BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 23 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on April 22, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu, the Mayor's Commission on Persons with Disabilities and the Disability Advisory Board today announced that the City's annual Disability Community Forum will take place on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. The event is hybrid and will be held at Suffolk University Law School located at 120 Tremont St. Boston MA. The event is open to the public, with hybrid atten  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 23 -- Boston University's Wheelock College of Education and Human Development issued the following news: By Sofia Romero Three BU Wheelock faculty members were recently promoted to full professor. Kimberly Howard, Melissa Holt, and Yasuko Kanno represent the Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development and Language & Literacy Education programs at BU Wheelock. * * * Melissa Holt, Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development Melissa Holt is a counseling  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, April 23 (TNSres) -- Clark University issued the following news: Twice a year, the Clark community comes together to celebrate the work of undergraduate student scholars. On Wednesday, April 24, more than 100 students will showcase their research and creative work at ClarkFEST, a campuswide event featuring presentations, interactive media, and poster displays. ClarkFEST presenters have completed their work under the mentorship of Clark faculty and staff, often with th  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 23 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration today celebrated its selection by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to receive $156 million in funding under the Solar for All competition, a $7 billion program that is part of the Inflation Reduction Act's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. A coalition led by the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) and including the Ma  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 23 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rebecca Tepper today celebrated the award of $5 million in federal grant funding for two coastal habitat restoration projects through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coastal Zone Management Habitat Protection and Restoration Bipartisan Infr  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 23 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Mintz will receive a 2024 Beacon of Justice Award from the National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) for efforts to address to civil and human rights related issues. This is the fifth year in a row that Mintz has won this award. "Over the past thirty years Mintz has fought to help and protect low income and vulnerable individuals, families, and communities in their civil and human rights," said Sus  more

SOUTH HADLEY, Massachusetts, April 23 -- Mount Holyoke College issued the following news: David Karp, director of the Center for Restorative Justice in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences at the University of San Diego, was welcomed to Mount Holyoke College as the keynote speaker for the eighth annual BOOM! Learning Symposium. In May 2020, the College had planned on hosting a speaker who would present a communal approach to prevent and respond to harm. The speaker, David Karp, a pr  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 23 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray represented the underwriters in Biohaven Ltd.'s $264.5 million follow-on offering. Biohaven intends to use the proceeds from the offering to fund general corporate purposes. The offering was announced in a press release on April 18 and closed on April 22. Biohaven is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of life-changing treatments in key ther  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 23 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Continuation funds are becoming increasingly prominent as a liquidity option for GPs, even as the outlook for private equity exits slowly improves. Isabel Dische, chair of the alternative asset opportunities group, told Mergermarket that "there is a lot of buyside capital, but this is dwarfed by opportunities. There are new entrants, but the capital mismatch is there despite deal volumes being high." "Ma  more