BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 31 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on May 30, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu today announced applications for the 2024-2025 SPARK Boston Council are now open and available online (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebgygDF1O1UewFQ8rwQs2o3nOuylvGc-LFALB-u3OLG-tBmg/viewform?usp=sf_link). The SPARK Boston Council is a volunteer leadership and civic engagement council made up of 20 to 35 year olds charged with spearheading the City's efforts to engag  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 30 -- Boston University issued the following news: By Steve Holt Emilie Townes was all set to retire in two years from the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University and return to teaching full-time. Then she accepted an invitation to meet with a search committee member from Boston University's School of Theology regarding a renowned--and recently vacated--professorship bearing the name of civil rights icon and BU alum Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS'55, Hon.'59). The c  more

BROOKLINE, Massachusetts, May 31 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: The Healey-Driscoll Administration is celebrating a $67 million federal grant awarded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to improve accessibility for passengers on the Green Line. The funding comes from the All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP) under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden in 2021. AS  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, May 31 (TNSres) -- Worcester Polytechnic Institute issued the following news release: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher Shahin Tajik has been awarded a prestigious CAREER Award of $594,081 by the National Science Foundation to develop new technologies to monitor and protect computer chips and other hardware from malicious attacks. The grant will enable Tajik, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, to expand his res  more