CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 21 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A on March 19, 2024, with Professor of Biology Adam Martin, and Joel Voldman, William R. Brody professor of electrical engineering and computer science: * * * In late February, Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate and Graduate Education Ian A. Waitz and Faculty Chair Mary Fuller announced the formation and launch of the Task Force on the MIT Undergraduate Academic Program (TFUAP). The effort ful  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 22 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on March 21, 2024: Today, the Mayor's Office of Women's Advancement (MOWA) announced their 2024 EXTRAordinary Women honorees. EXTRAordinary Women (ExW) are recognized for their commitment and dedication to their community, neighborhood, and workplace. "Ensuring that residents have equitable access to menstrual products is critical for their health and well-being," said Mayor Michelle Wu. "As we work to make B  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 22 (TNSres) -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: By Jillian McKoy A new commentary in JAMA examines how discriminatory disinvestment in broadband infrastructure perpetuates health inequities and provides recommendations on how the US can achieve national digital equity through healthcare, research, public outreach, and legislation. Broadband plays a critical role in most aspects of modern-day life, yet over 42 million Americans s  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 22 -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: By Megan Jones Christopher Louis received the 2024 Teaching Excellence Award for Healthcare Management and Leadership from the Association of University Programs in Health Administration for his longstanding commitment to healthcare management education. Christopher Louis, clinical associate professor of health law, policy and management, is the recipient of the 2024 Teaching Excellence Awa  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 22 (TNSres) -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: By Jillian McKoy A new study applied whole genome sequencing to pinpoint specific genes and genetic changes of interest in genetic regions previously associated with Alzheimer's disease, aiming to inform future treatment and prevention strategies. Identifying genetic variants and the role they play in predisposing people to Alzheimer's disease can help researchers better understand  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, March 22 -- Clark University issued the following news on March 20, 2024: President David Fithian has announced that Clark's 120th Commencement will take place at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 20, at the DCU Center in downtown Worcester. "Commencement is among our most meaningful and celebratory occasions each year," Fithian wrote in an annouccement to the campus community, "and I am looking forward to sharing this special day with our Clark graduates, families, and friends   more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, March 22 -- Clark University issued the following news: By Grace Williams On August 13, 2006, at a U.N. refugee camp near Gatumba, Burundi, the Forces Nationales de Liberation, a Hutu supremacy rebel group, attacked the Banyamulenge community, a Congolese Tutsi ethnic group who had fled violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One hundred sixty-six people were massacred and about another 100 injured. Professor Chris Davey would ensure that such a terrible event   more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, March 22 -- Clark University issued the following news: By Jim Keogh "It's never new." Susannah Heschel, the Eli M. Black Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College, has been asked whether episodes of antisemitism throughout history are markedly different than contemporary manifestations in the United States. She is unequivocal. "There is such a long history of antisemitism that you can always find it in the background, so there is nothing new in that sense,"   more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, March 22 (TNSres) -- Clark University issued the following news: By Meredith Woodward King As climate change alters patterns of precipitation, governments and utility companies around the world are turning to the little-studied practice of cloud seeding to generate snow and rain, according to a geographer who spoke at Clark University this week. "As I dug into this, I was surprised both by how common cloud seeding actually is, especially where I live in Colorado, and  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Joining three teams backed by a total of $75 million, MIT researchers will tackle some of cancer's toughest challenges. * * * By Bendta Schroeder, Koch Institute Cancer Grand Challenges recently announced five winning teams for 2024, which included five researchers from MIT: Michael Birnbaum, Regina Barzilay, Brandon DeKosky, Seychelle Vos, and Omer Yilmaz. Each team is   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 22 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news: Foley Hoag LLP has welcomed Patrick Scully as partner, further expanding the Denver office and building on the firm's strength in traditional labor law. Scully is a member of the Labor & Employment group. Scully represents companies on labor law issues, helping his clients navigate complex claims from international and local labor unions. His work includes unfair labor practice charges and representation case  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 22 -- The Massachusetts Department of Transportation issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Governor Maura Healey, Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll, Transportation Secretary & CEO Monica Tibbits-Nutt, U.S Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Michael Connor, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator Edward Markey and Congressman William Keating today announced a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been reached between the Commonwealth of Mas  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 22 -- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced more than $360,000 o help local cities and towns meet existing stormwater management requirements. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) awarded grants to seven multi-community watershed coalitions and planning collaboratives to develop innovative programs designed to assis  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 22 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Today, Governor Maura Healey appointed Commissioner Jordan Maynard as Interim Chair of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, following the announcement of Cathy Judd-Stein's retirement. The administration is in the process of searching for a permanent chair. Maynard was appointed as a Commissioner by Governor Charlie Baker, then-Attorney General Healey, and Treasurer Deb Go  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 22 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Governor Maura T. Healey nominated Rebeca G. Figueroa, Vanessa Velez, and Steven S. Kim as Associate Justices to the Boston Municipal Court. The nominees will now be considered by the Governor's Council for confirmation. "I am proud to nominate these three attorneys to the Boston Municipal Court. Throughout the course of their careers, they've shown a clear and dedicated commitment to just  more

NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts, March 22 -- MassDevelopment issued the following news release: MassDevelopment has issued a $17 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of Wamsutta Preservation LLC, an affiliate of HallKeen Management, Inc., which is using proceeds to renovate and preserve the historic Wamsutta Apartments, a 144-unit affordable multifamily rental housing complex in New Bedford's Acushnet Heights Historic District. The company is making significant upgrades to all bathrooms and most kitche  more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, March 21 -- Middlesex Community College issued the following news release: This summer, Middlesex Community College and Lowell Public Schools (LPS) will debut the Paraprofessional Pilot Program to assist paraprofessionals in getting a teaching license. The goal of the partnership is to diversify the teaching workforce, develop a highly qualified staff, and stabilize classroom teacher staffing. "We are eager to partner with Lowell Public Schools to create a pathway for al  more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, March 21 -- Middlesex Community College issued the following news release: On Thursday, February 8, Middlesex Community College welcomed Cambodian artist Sopheap Pich for an artist talk, "Wading, Ploughing, Waiting" at MCC's Richard and Nancy Donahue and Family Academic Arts Center in Lowell. One of the most prominent, internationally-known contemporary artists working in Cambodia, Pich's visit was in partnership with MCC's 2023 Fulbright-Hays grant, which sent 14 Lowell   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Researchers also found that a variant of the protein is not as protective against the bacteria and increases susceptibility to the disease. * * * By Anne Trafton, MIT News Lyme disease, a bacterial infection transmitted by ticks, affects nearly half a million people in the United States every year. In most cases, antibiotics effectively clear the infection, but for som  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Novel method makes tools like Stable Diffusion and DALL-E-3 faster by simplifying the image-generating process to a single step while maintaining or enhancing image quality. * * * By Rachel Gordon, MIT CSAIL In our current age of artificial intelligence, computers can generate their own "art" by way of diffusion models, iteratively adding structure to a noisy initial st  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A collaboration between ACT and MIT.nano, the class 4.373/4.374 (Creating Art, Thinking Science) asks what it really takes to cultivate dialogue between disciplines. * * * By Matilda Bathurst, Arts at MIT MIT has a rich history of productive collaboration between the arts and the sciences, anchored by the conviction that these two conventionally opposed ways of thinking   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * While working to nurture scientific talent in his native Nigeria, Assistant Professor Ericmoore Jossou is setting his sights on using materials science and computation to design robust nuclear components. * * * By Poornima Apte, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering In 2010, when Ericmoore Jossou was attending college in northern Nigeria, the lights would flicker  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Associate Professor Jeehwan Kim is exploring systems that could take over where silicon leaves off. * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Undergrads, take note: The lessons you learn in those intro classes could be the key to making your next big discovery. At least, that's been the case for MIT's Jeehwan Kim. A recently tenured faculty member in MIT's departments of Mechanic  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Results suggest the clouds of Venus could be hospitable for some forms of life. * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT News If there is life in the solar system beyond Earth, it might be found in the clouds of Venus. In contrast to the planet's blisteringly inhospitable surface, Venus' cloud layer, which extends from 30 to 40 miles above the surface, hosts milder temperatures that c  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * At the MIT Quantum Hackathon, a community tackles quantum computing challenges. * * * By Rachel Yang, Research Laboratory of Electronics Publication Date: Quantum computing is the next frontier for faster and more powerful computing technologies. It has the potential to better optimize routes for shipping and delivery, speed up battery development for electric vehicles,  more

SOUTH HADLEY, Massachusetts, March 22 -- Mount Holyoke College issued the following news: Barbara Smith '69 kicked off the inaugural lecture series bearing her namesake on her time shaping the Combahee River Collective and discussed the skills she developed at Mount Holyoke that helped her contribute to building Black feminism. From the day that Barbara Smith was born, she says there was not the "slightest possibility" that she would ever enter the gates of Mount Holyoke College. In 1946 Smith  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * FeatUp, developed by MIT CSAIL researchers, boosts the resolution of any deep network or visual foundation for computer vision systems. * * * By Rachel Gordon, MIT CSAIL Imagine yourself glancing at a busy street for a few moments, then trying to sketch the scene you saw from memory. Most people could draw the rough positions of the major objects like cars, people, and   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 22 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray represented a group of second lien lenders to Petmate, a supplier and manufacturer of pet products, in its 100% consensual reorganization, ensuring a sustainable long-term capital structure. The transaction was announced in a March 20 press release. The transactions contemplated by the agreement will reduce the Company's debt by over 80%, eliminating over $600 million of funded debt and infus  more

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, March 22 -- DNV, a provider of classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services, issued the following news: Ulsan Port, a maritime hub for Asia has solidified its commitment to sustainable shipping practices by joining DNV Korea's Decarbonization Network. The Network unites technical executives and managers from various stakeholders in Korea's maritime industry. It consists of two groups: one comprised of major Korean yards (tota  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Ukrainian researchers and faculty will spend a semester at MIT during the two-year pilot program. * * * By Lisa Capone, MIT Center for International Studies Even before Russia's invasion of Ukraine two years ago, members of the MIT faculty knew that violence and political pressures in the region endangered the work and well-being of Ukrainian scholars and contemplated ho  more