CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Eleven from MIT awarded 2024 Fulbright fellowships The Fulbright US Student Program funds research, study, and teaching opportunities abroad. * * * By Julia Mongo, Office of Distinguished Fellowships Eleven MIT undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni have won Fulbright grants to embark on projects overseas in the 2024-25 grant cycle. Two other students were offered   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The 10 Design Fellows are MIT graduate students working at the intersection of design and multiple disciplines across the Institute. * * * By Adelaide Zollinger, MIT Morningside Academy for Design Since its launch in 2022, the MIT Morningside Academy for Design (MAD) has supported MIT graduate students with a fellowship, allowing recipients to pursue design research and p  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Portugal's second-ever satellite was developed in collaboration with the MIT Portugal Program. * * * A new CubeSat orbiting Earth represents a multinational academic-industry collaboration and an important milestone in Portugal's space program, marking the country's return to space after its first satellite launch 30 years ago. The small satellite, called AEROS-MH1, was de  more

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, May 24 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, today announced that Ameresco and Envision Energy have been chosen by Atlantic Green to build the Cellarhead project, a 300-megawatt (MW) battery energy storage project (BESS) with a maximum energy capacit  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: By Calvin Hennick, MIT Energy Initiative In 1987 in a village in Mali, workers were digging a water well when they felt a rush of air. One of the workers was smoking a cigarette, and the air caught fire, burning a clear blue flame. The well was capped at the time, but in 2012, it was tapped to provide energy for the village, powering a generator for nine years. The fuel source: ge  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 24 -- Boston Public Schools issued the following news: Superintendent Mary Skipper shared a series of new proposals to increase access to high-quality education across the Boston Public Schools over the course of School Year 2024-25. Over the course of the last two years, students, families, educators and community members developed a shared vision for the High Quality Student Experience (HQSE), where every student in Boston has rigorous academic instruction, access t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 24 (TNSres) -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * A new study found that people who were exposed to higher levels of noise from aircraft were more likely to have a higher body mass index, an indicator for obesity that can lead to stroke or hypertension. The findings highlight how the environment--and environmental injustices--can shape health outcomes. * * * By Jillian McKoy Research has shown that noise from airplanes and   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 24 (TNSres) -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news on May 23, 2024: * * * A new study has found that the risk of people developing acute gastrointestinal illness is significantly higher in Massachusetts communities that border the Merrimack River, following extreme combined sewer overflows. This risk increased regardless of drinking water source, suggesting that exposure to sewage-associated pathogens may occur through other pathways s  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 24 -- Boston University's Wheelock College of Education and Human Development issued the following news: By Finn Gardiner Five faculty members were recently promoted for their significant contributions to BU Wheelock and Boston University. Naomi Caselli and Christina Dobbs received the rank of associate professor with tenure. Pipier Smith-Mumford was promoted to master lecturer, and Lindsey Chapman and William Rodriguez to senior lecturer. Together, these five facult  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 24 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news: Leading technology companies Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Salesforce announced on May 22, 2024 the launch of the Symbiosis Coalition. The coalition is a new advance market commitment collaboration aimed at supporting the development and growth of the nature-based carbon removal market, with a collective commitment to contract up to 20 million tons of high quality nature-based carbon removal credits. Foley Hoag   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Audrey Chen '24 landed an internship at NASA before she was old enough to drive. Here's her secret to success. * * * By Sonny Oram, Edgerton Center Audrey Chen '24 lives by the philosophy that "a lot of opportunities only present themselves if you ask for them." This approach has served her well, from becoming a NASA intern at 15 to running MIT's autonomous boat team Arct  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 17 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: By Benjy Kantor | MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics Jonathan L.S. Byrnes, a distinguished senior lecturer at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL), passed away peacefully on May 7 after a long battle with cancer, leaving behind a legacy of profound contributions to supply chain education, industry, and the MIT community. He was 75 years old. "Jonathan was not jus  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 24 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Today, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell joined the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and a bipartisan coalition of 29 other state attorneys general in suing Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., which owns Ticketmaster. "Our lawsuit today alleges that Live Nation's anticompetitive conduct not only violates the law, but stifles innovation, including by forcing ve  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, May 24 -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. issued the following news release: MassMutual today announced that accomplished cyber security executive and Veteran Eric Boateng has been named Head of Enterprise Cyber Security. In this role, Boateng will be responsible for leading the company's cyber security and cyber risk management strategies and safeguarding MassMutual's information assets. "Eric brings demonstrated success implementing globally recognized tec  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 24 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management issued the following news release: * * * Companies aren't complying with minimum wage requirements -- why do they take the risk? * * * Labor laws are meant to protect workers' health and livelihoods. However, according to an April report from the Education & The Workforce Committee Democrats, the penalties companies face for violating the laws -- including the minimum wage law   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * To create molecules with unique properties, Associate Professor Robert Gilliard and his team deploy strategies from both organic and inorganic chemistry. * * * By Anne Trafton, MIT News While most chemistry labs focus on either organic (carbon-containing) or inorganic (metal-containing) molecules, Robert Gilliard's lab takes a more expansive approach. On any given day i  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 17 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * When the senior isn't using mathematical and computational methods to boost driverless vehicles and fairer voting, she performs with MIT's many dance groups to keep her on track. * * * By Sandi Miller, Department of Mathematics Senior math major Janabel Xia is a study of a person in constant motion. When she isn't sorting algorithms and improving traffic control systems   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: Faculty and researchers across MIT's School of Engineering receive many awards in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence. The School of Engineering periodically recognizes their achievements by highlighting the honors, prizes, and medals won by faculty and research scientists working in our academic departments, labs, and centers. * Pulkit Agrawal in the   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Political scientist Ben Ross Schneider's new book examines why improving public education has been so difficult in Latin America. * * * By Peter Dizikes, MIT News As of 2015, about one-third of all 15-year-old students in Latin America lacked rudimentary literacy and math skills, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Those students may ha  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, May 24 -- National Grid, an electricity and natural gas delivery company, issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: National Grid today announced plans to invest an estimated $75 billion* across the company's service territory in the UK and US over the next five years, with nearly half of the funding dedicated to US energy system improvements in Massachusetts and New York. This significant step up to approximately $35 billion* of investment represents an increas  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 24 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Department of Public Health issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Working-age Massachusetts residents who died between 2011 and 2020 were 35 percent more likely to have died of an opioid-related overdose if they had previously been injured at work, according to a new report (https://www.mass.gov/doc/opioid-related-overdose-deaths-among-injured-workers-in-massachusetts-findings-from-the-public-health-data-warehouse/download  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A with electrical engineering and computer science graduating student Christopher Wang: * * * Christopher Wang, a senior in EECS, shares his favorite study spaces, how he discovered theater at the Institute, and what he'll miss most. * * * By Jane Halpern, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Christopher Wang is a senior graduating from MIT this month. The Cour  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT CSAIL researchers enhance robotic precision with sophisticated tactile sensors in the palm and agile fingers, setting the stage for improvements in human-robot interaction and prosthetic technology. * * * By Rachel Gordon, MIT CSAIL "I'll have you eating out of the palm of my hand" is an unlikely utterance you'll hear from a robot. Why? Most of them don't have palms.   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 24 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news on May 23, 2024: Ropes & Gray represented Foghorn Therapeutics in its registered direct offering of 12,743,039 shares of common stock $5.51 per share, and, to certain investors in lieu of common stock, pre-funded warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 7,220,794 shares of its common stock for total gross proceeds of approximately $110 million. The closing was announced in a May 22 press release. Foghorn   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 24 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news on May 23, 2024: Ropes & Gray has advised Bain Capital in the refinancing of BCPE Centur Investments, LP, the majority shareholder of Classys, a South Korea-based skincare device maker. With the refinancing, Classys is expected to expedite its global expansion and launch of new products. The deal was signed on April 24, 2024 and closed on April 26, 2024. Ropes & Gray also represented Bain Capital in its init  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 24 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray has advised Bain Capital Special Situations in its sale of a minority stake in Douzone Bizon to Shinhan Value Up the First, Co., Ltd. Douzone Bizon is a leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) software developer based in South Korea that provides ERP software for internal corporate functions such as payroll management, accounting, and logistics. The transaction was announced on April 25, 202  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 24 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news on May 23, 2024: In a Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog article, ERISA attorneys analyzed the U.S. Department of Labor's recently finalized fiduciary rule and the implications it will have for private fund managers. The Final Rule focuses on whether advice is being provided to retirement accounts in the context of a trusted advice relationship. The Final Rule is narrower in scope from the rule the DOL adopte  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 24 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: IP litigation partners James Batchelder and Andrew Radsch in the firm's Silicon Valley office were honored as 2024 Top Intellectual Property Lawyers by the Daily Journal. The award recognizes the top performing intellectual property attorneys in California working in patent litigation, trademark and copyright. Jim was recognized in a profile article as a member of the firm's governing policy committee and a  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 24 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray advised Nona Biosciences in a license agreement with AstraZeneca for preclinical monoclonal antibodies that will be used to develop targeted oncology therapies using Nona's antibody discovery platform. The transaction was announced on May 22. Under the agreement, Nona will receive $19 million upon completion of the transaction. Nona is eligible to receive an additional $10 million in potential   more