BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 (TNSres) -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * A new study also found that flaring and venting activities contributed to more than 700 premature deaths and 73,000 asthma exacerbations. * * * Oil and gas producers worldwide use venting and flaring to release or burn away excess natural gas in crude oil production. The practice contributes to air pollution in surrounding and downwind communities resulting in increased risk  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 14 -- Draper issued the following news: Draper, an engineering innovation company, has been selected by the U.S. Air Force as one of 17 contractors to design, develop, test and deliver anti-tamper systems to protect critical program information and technologies from adversarial tamper efforts. The potential six-year, $499 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract will support the Air Force Life Cycle Management at Wright Patterson Air Force Base   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Global law firm Goodwin today announced that Lori Gordon joined the firm's Intellectual Property Litigation practice as a partner, resident in the Washington, DC office. "The Patent Trial and Appeal Board or PTAB, has become an important forum for IP litigation disputes," said Elaine Blais, co-chair of Goodwin's Intellectual Property Litigation practice. "Leveraging Lori's distinctive e  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Governor Maura T. Healey today announced that she is taking executive action to pardon misdemeanor marijuana possession convictions in Massachusetts. If approved by the Governor's Council, this would be the most comprehensive action by a governor since President Joe Biden pardoned federal marijuana possession convictions and called on governors to take similar actions in t  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, March 14 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Today, Governor Maura T. Healey continued her Mass Leads Road Show with a stop at Western New England University (WNE) to highlight the bill's proposed investments in advanced manufacturing and robotics. During the Mass Leads Road Show, Governor Healey is traveling to communities across the state to highlight the ways in which her Mass Leads Act will grow the Massachu  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, March 14 (TNSres) -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, a life insurance company, issued the following news release: Retirees are generally happier in retirement than in the workforce, but like many things in life, there are gaps between expectation and reality according to the latest MassMutual Retirement Happiness Study. "MassMutual's research on retirement happiness underscores the importance of managing expectations and preparing for retirement both financiall  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 14 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management issued the following news release: * * * New MIT Sloan research shows how rational inattention theory plays a role in investment decision making * * * A peer-reviewed research paper from MIT Sloan School of Management assistant professor Rahul Bhui takes a new look at rational inattention--a theory that argues we process information based on how we "rationally allocate" limit  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 -- Morgan Lewis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Morgan Lewis represented CodaMetrix, an artificial intelligence (AI) solution provider, in the company's closing of its $40 million Series B funding round. CodaMetrix provides an AI-powered platform for multispecialty medical coding that is in use at more than a dozen provider organizations and health systems, reaching in total more than 200 hospitals and 50,000 providers. Morgan Lewis partner Benj  more

SOUTH HADLEY, Massachusetts, March 14 -- Mount Holyoke College issued the following news: Mount Holyoke College welcomed Freddy Mutanguha, CEO of Aegis Trust and director of the Kigali Genocide Memorial, to discuss the Rwandan genocide, the lessons learned and how we can prevent genocide from ever happening again. On the evening of March 5, 2024, Mount Holyoke College students, faculty, staff and members of the general public welcomed Freddy Mutanguha, CEO of Aegis Trust and Kigali Genocide Me  more

NORTH BILLERICA, Massachusetts, March 14 -- Curriculum Associates issued the following news release: Curriculum Associates has named Cinderella Shaw of Lady's Island Elementary School in Beaufort, South Carolina 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, Shaw is among the 32 educators from 19 states and the District of Columbia who exhibit best-in-c  more

MEDFORD, Massachusetts, March 14 (TNSres) -- Tufts University's Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement issued the following research: * * * New CIRCLE research shows a positive relationship between political participation and opportunities to develop student voice in and out of the classroom. * * * For more than two decades, CIRCLE has been researching and promoting equitable access to civic learning for young people, and how it shapes their future voting habits  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 13 -- The University of Massachusetts System issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: In his annual State of the University message, University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan today called for a three-fold expansion of enrollment in the university's early college programs over the next five years. "Within the next five years, we plan to expand our early college initiatives to serve more than 2,000 high school students and broaden our early colle  more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, March 13 -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following news release: Throughout her professional career, Xinfang Jin, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has sought ways to use abundant materials as renewable energy sources. Her latest research focuses on large-scale production of hydrogen via reversible solid oxide cells, tricky devices used to produce hydrogen en masse that degrade quickly over time. "It's like a magic box," said   more