BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 17 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on April 16, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) today announced the recipients of the second annual awards for the Fastest Bostonians, given to the Boston man, woman, and non-binary runner with the quickest finish times at the 128th Boston Marathon. The awards will be given to Dr. Miles Batty from West Roxbury, an orthopedic surgery resident who finished the race in 2 hours an  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 17 -- Cooley, a law firm, issued the following news release: Cooley represented Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology, on the closing of $7.2 billion for the following new funds: American Dynamism ($600 million), Applications ($1 billion), Games ($600 million), Infrastructure ($1.25 billion) and Growth ($3.75 billion). Partner Matthew Smith led the Cooley team a  more

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, April 17 (TNSres) -- DNV, a provider of classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services, issued the following news on April 16, 2024: DNV forecasts that decarbonizing the energy supply across the member states of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) could see a staggering reduction of USD 800 billion in costs through comprehensive regional collaboration encompassing power interconnectors, hydrogen networks, and ene  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 17 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services announced a settlement that has been reached in a class action lawsuit that expands opportunities for individuals in nursing facilities, including the plaintiffs and thousands of people like them ("class members"), to receive the services they need to live in their communities of choice. T  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 17 (TNSres) -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today, Governor Maura T. Healey visited Brigham and Women's Hospital to highlight Massachusetts' leadership in life sciences and the Governor's proposed 10-year reauthorization of the Life Sciences Initiative in her Mass Leads Act. She was joined by Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao, Health and Human Services Secretary Kate Walsh, and President and CEO of   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 17 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Amidst a widespread increase in businesses' use of artificial intelligence and algorithmic decision-making systems ("AI"), including in consumer-facing contexts, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today issued an advisory to provide guidance to developers, suppliers, and users of AI regarding their obligations under state consumer protection, anti-discrimi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 17 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today the Healey-Driscoll administration awarded 50 grants to cannabis social equity businesses in 28 communities, totaling $2,350,000, through the Cannabis Social Equity Trust Fund (CSETF). These awards follow Governor Healey's recent pardon of marijuana possession misdemeanor offenses as part of the administration's efforts to advance equity and justice in Massachusetts.  more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, April 17 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today, Governor Maura T. Healey continued her Mass Leads Road Show with a stop at Ascend Elements in Westborough to promote the key climatetech investments included in the bill. Ascend is a clean energy company committed to creating the future of sustainable, Electric Vehicle battery manufacturing and recycling. This visit is part of the Governor's Mass Leads Act Roa  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 17 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Mintz has been recognized as one of the most active and high-performing law firms in biotech in the Patexia 2024 Patent Prosecution Intelligence Report. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the best performing and most active attorneys, law firms, and companies for patent prosecution based on their activity and performance before the USPTO. Patexia's Patent Prosecution report covers the period b  more

SOUTH HADLEY, Massachusetts, April 17 -- Mount Holyoke College issued the following news: Mount Holyoke College's Department of Jewish Studies welcomed Riv-Ellen Prell, professor emerita, Department of American Studies, University of Minnesota, to speak about Christian nationalism, white power and American antisemitism. Riv-Ellen Prell feels like the democracy in the U.S. is experiencing a moment of existential crisis. For the past several months, Prell - who is an anthropologist and professo  more

SOUTH HADLEY, Massachusetts, April 17 (TNSres) -- Mount Holyoke College issued the following news: Mara Benjamin, Irene Kaplan Leiwant Professor of Jewish Studies at Mount Holyoke College, has been named as part of the class of 2024 Guggenheim Fellows. Benjamin is one of 188 distinguished and diverse fellows of culture creators named. Mara Benjamin, Irene Kaplan Leiwant Professor of Jewish Studies at Mount Holyoke College, has been named as part of the class of 2024 Guggenheim Fellows. Benjami  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 17 -- Pegasystems, a software company empowering digital transformation, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the leading enterprise AI decisioning and workflow automation platform provider, today introduced Pega GenAI(TM) Coach, a generative AI-powered mentor for Pega solutions that proactively advises users to help them achieve optimal outcomes. Leveraging an organization's own best practices for sales, service,   more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, April 17 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: Purdue University has been designated an overseas partnership institution for global technology cooperation by the Republic of Korea. The South Korea Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced this month that Purdue is one of only five U.S. institutions, and six worldwide, named as a formal academic partner to foster and promote joint research and development opportunities in critical technology sect  more

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, April 17 -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release: As part of UMass Dartmouth's 2024 Commencement celebrations, the University will award honorary degrees--the highest award that the University can bestow--to Justice Geraldine Hines, Martin Kurzweil, and Steve Pemberton. Kurzweil and Pemberton will be awarded with Doctor of Humane Letters degrees during the Doctoral Commencement ceremony on May 16 at 4 p.m. in the Main Campu  more