SYRACUSE, New York, April 1 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: For researchers studying the acoustic behavior of whales, distinguishing which animal is vocalizing is like a teacher trying to figure out which student responded first when the entire class is calling out the answer. This is because many techniques used to capture audio record a large sample size of sounds. A suction cup sound and movement tag being deployed on the back of a humpback whale in Massachusetts. These ta  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Over the weekend, former U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte took to Twitter to spread false information, claiming that a facility was kicking veterans out of housing to house "illegal immigrants." The facility Ayotte is referencing is vacant and is being used to house homeless families in Massachusetts. Ayotte was quickly corrected by Massachusetts media who pointed out her lie, including NBC10 Boston and Politico's M  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, April 2 -- Hampshire College issued the following news: Hampshire College Professor of Childhood Studies Rachel Conrad and alum Casey Zella Andrews 08F coauthored the essay "Collaborative Agency and Relationality in a High School/College Poetry Partnership," which outlines their findings from a years-long project. Their work was published in Childhood: A Journal of Global Child Research in 2023. Conrad teaches courses on critical childhood and youth studies, 20th- and 2  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 2 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: The Healey-Driscoll administration will be conducting a full market analysis of the convention industry to study ways to best position the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) and its facilities to drive economic activity across Massachusetts. On Friday, the Executive Office for Administration and Finance issued a Request for Proposals (https://www.commbuys.com/bso/external/bidD  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 2 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced today that the Worcester County Superior Court has returned indictments against four individuals in relation to a wide-spread personal care attendant and home health Medicaid fraud scheme in the Worcester area. The defendants allegedly billed over $500,000 to MassHealth, for home health services that were not prov  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 2 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has co-led a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth (BAGLY), et al. v. United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), et al., filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The amicus brief supports the plainti  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 2 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: As part of ongoing litigation brought by the Attorney General's Office, a Court ordered that VICA Trading, Inc. d/b/a VapeSourcing, stop advertising and selling illegal flavored tobacco products in Massachusetts. The Preliminary Injunction orders VapeSourcing to stop what the Commonwealth's motion called "egregious and unequivocal violations of the law." The  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 2 -- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority issued the following news: The MBTA is proud to announce the graduation of another large class of heavy rail motorpersons, continuing the momentum of previous efforts to increase graduating class sizes from the MBTA's Training School. This milestone achievement is a significant step forward in the MBTA's ongoing efforts to maintain reliability and provide consistent Red, Orange, and Blue Line service. "The skills   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 2 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Economic Development issued the following news release: The Biden-Harris Administration and the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that Massachusetts had been allocated $14.1 million from the State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program, an "Internet for All" initiative designed to give individuals and communities the tools, skills and opportunities they need   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 2 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: The Commission on Energy Infrastructure Siting and Permitting provided recommendations to Governor Maura Healey today on reforms to improve and streamline siting and permitting for clean energy infrastructure. The Commission's recommendations would consolidate permits, set mandatory timeframes for permit decisions, establish community engag  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 2 -- The Massachusetts Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is pleased to announce the five-week public comment period for Beyond Mobility, the Massachusetts 2050 Transportation Plan. Community members are encouraged to offer thoughts on Beyond Mobility by using an online survey tool, which can be found at www.mass.gov/beyond-mobility. "The most important element of Beyond Mobility   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 2 -- Nixon Peabody, a law firm, issued the following news release: Nixon Peabody LLP is pleased to announce the addition of partners Jonathan Winnick and Michael Tentindo, expanding one of the legal profession's premier Corporate Trust teams. Both Jonathan and Mike represent major financial institutions and trust companies, serving as indenture trustee, owner trustee, collateral agent, intercreditor agent, account bank, paying agent, administrative agent, exchange   more

KUTZTOWN, Pennsylvania, April 2 -- Kutztown University issued the following news release: Kutztown University has named Dr. Chali Nondo as associate dean of the College of Business. Chali comes to KU from Jackson State University, Jackson, Miss., and will begin at KU Monday, July 1. Nondo has served as department chair and associate professor of Economics at JSU since 2022. He oversaw the daily operations of the Department of Business Administration and offered guidance and leadership to both   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 2 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Retraction Watch recently featured a Ropes & Gray alert on Authorship Credit and Funding Acknowledgements as Vulnerabilities in Investigations of Grants Compliance and Foreign Influence. The alert explains that awareness of authorship and funding acknowledgment requirements, and adhering closely to them, is crucial to protecting the reputation of both researchers and their institutions. Research institutio  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 2 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news on April 1, 2024: Asset-backed securitization (ABS) for fiber companies has recently come into existence and finance partner Christopher Poggi spoke with Fierce Telecom about the benefits of ABS and how Ropes & Gray advises on these complex offerings. "To isolate the market that a fiber operator wants to securitize, you basically have to take their company apart and put it back together in a group of specia  more

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, April 2 -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release: UMass Dartmouth's interior architecture and design (IAD) program, alongside committee members from the College of Visual & Performing Arts, the Ora M. DeJesus Gerontology Center, and the Leduc Center for Civic Engagement, will host the Universal Design Symposium and Design-athon for the second time Friday, April 5 in the Claire T. Carney Library Grand Reading Room. "Accessib  more