BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 1 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on Feb. 29, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu, the Human Services Cabinet, and Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) today announced expanded investments in water safety through the City's Swim Safe program. The City is opening up a new round of grant funding to support learn-to-swim programming for historically underserved communities. This expansion builds on an investment made by the City this past fall to offer   more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, March 1 (TNSres) -- Clark University issued the following news: By Meredith Woodward King Clark political scientist Ora Szekely admits she has ignored the advice she learned in graduate school at McGill University: Don't write books about current events; they are "moving targets," ever evolving and slippery to predict by the time a publication date rolls around. To that point, she gave a talk on Feb. 7 for Goddard Library's "Between the Lines: A Clark Author Series,"  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 1 -- General Electric, a manufacturer of appliances, lighting, power systems and other products, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: * * * GE Vernova and GE Aerospace to Launch April 2, 2024 * * * General Electric Company ("GE") (NYSE: GE) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the previously announced spin-off of GE Vernova.[1] The company is expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") on April 2, 2024, und  more

LONDON, England, March 1 -- GlaxoSmithKline, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) has today announced that Dr Jeannie Lee has been appointed to the Board of the Company as a Non-Executive Director. Jeannie will join the Board on 4 March 2024. Jeannie is currently the Phillip A. Sharp, PhD, Endowed Chair in Molecular Biology and Acting Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She is al  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 1 -- The Massachusetts Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration today swore in members of the new Transportation Funding Task Force, which is tasked with developing recommendations for a long-term, sustainable transportation finance plan. The recommendations will address the need for a safe, reliable, equitable and efficient transportation network, including roadways, bridges, railways, and b  more

SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts, March 1 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, Governor Maura T. Healey detailed major new proposals to make Massachusetts a global hub for life sciences, climatetech and applied artificial intelligence (AI). She announced that she is reauthorizing the Life Sciences Initiative to build on the success of the program that has made Massachusetts a global leader in this critical industry. She also announced that   more

NORTH BILLERICA, Massachusetts, March 1 -- Curriculum Associates issued the following news release: Curriculum Associates has named Clare Ashford of Poplar Grove Elementary School in Franklin, Tennessee to its 2024 class of Extraordinary Educators, an annual program that celebrates and connects exemplary teachers in Grades K-8 from around the country. Selected from hundreds of nominations, Ashford is among the 32 educators from 19 states and the District of Columbia who exhibit best-in-class u  more