BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 -- The Berkshire Bank issued the following news release: Berkshire Bank, a leading relationship-driven, community-focused bank with financial centers in New England and New York, is pleased to announce that Cathy Velez has joined the bank as managing director of Retail Banking and Deposit Operations. As a senior leader, Velez will oversee Berkshire's financial center network, retail sales and service delivery and branch operations. She will also direct the executi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 (TNSres) -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on June 5, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu today announced the appointment of Adrian Jordan as the City's new Chief of Emergency Preparedness. With 27 years of experience at the Boston Fire Department (BFD), in this new role, Jordan will lead emergency planning and preparedness as well as communication and coordination during emergency response. The pandemic, increasing cyber-security threats, projected sea lev  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 5 (TNSres) -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * A new commentary in the American Journal of Public Health urges public health researchers to incorporate questions about partisan identity in demographic data collection, arguing that excluding this information could lead to ineffective policy and health promotion interventions. * * * The partisan divide in attitudes toward vaccination and masking during the COVID-19 pandemic   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 5 -- Boston University issued the following news: By Molly Callahan A jury found former president Donald J. Trump guilty of felony crimes last week, returning guilty verdicts on all 34 charges related to a scheme to cover up hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels in a trial in New York. Now, voters face an important question as the 2024 presidential race, already considered razor-thin, heats up: how much do they care? In this calcified environment,   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 5 -- Boston University issued the following Q&A on June 3, 2024, with Shira Diner and Angelo Petrigh, criminal law experts from the School of Law: * * * By Alene Bouranova When a New York jury found former President Donald J. Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, it was historic for a number of reasons. The guilty verdicts represent the first-ever criminal conviction of a former president, and they make Trump the second pers  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news: Foley Hoag LLP announced it has been named to the 2024 Best Companies for Equal Advancement Opportunity list by Parity.Org. Of the 37 companies recognized, Foley Hoag was the sole law firm to make the list. The recognition is part of the 2024 ParityLIST(TM), which recognizes organizations that have established policies, benefits, and programs to ensure equal advancement opportunities in the workplace. The comp  more

MARLBOROUGH, Massachusetts, June 6 (TNSres) -- GE HealthCare issued the following news release: * * * * Adding a PET/CT scan with [18F]FES, a breast oncology PET tracer, may increase the accuracy of knowing the estrogen receptor (ER) status. This is notable when a tumor sample cannot be obtained, or the risk of a biopsy-related complication is high. * Increased diagnostic accuracy may help clinicians select more effective treatments and decrease the rate of re-biopsies, resulting in the poten  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, June 5 (TNSres) -- Hampshire College issued the following news: Hampshire has a rich history of Fulbright Scholars. Recent graduate Anna Kempf is the College's latest recipient. Kempf, who graduated from Hampshire in spring 2022, has been honored with a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. She will serve as an English teaching assistant (ETA) in Germany for the 2024-25 academic year, drawing   more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, June 6 -- Hampshire College issued the following news: At the end of the spring 2024 semester, Hampshire said goodbye to three long-term professors, each of whom has earned emeritus status. After 46 years at the College, Margaret Cerullo has stepped down from her role as professor of sociology, through which she made an impact on countless students in the areas of social and political theory, including feminist theory and queer theory, sociology of culture, and social m  more

EVERETT, Massachusetts, June 5 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced today that it is awarding $1.2 million in grants to 18 school districts and collaboratives to implement Appleseeds, a package of materials for teaching foundational reading skills in kindergarten through second grade. While Appleseeds is free for download to all Massachusetts school districts, the grant will fund professional printing of the mater  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Department of Revenue issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) Commissioner Geoffrey Snyder today announced that preliminary revenue collections for May totaled $2.447 billion, $260 million or 9.6% less than actual collections in May 2023, and $192 million or 7.3% below benchmark.[1] FY2024 year-to-date collections totaled approximately $36.306 billion, which is $1.279 billion or 3.7  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 -- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority issued the following news on June 5, 2024: The MBTA today announced it will operate a special event train - dubbed the "The Lucky Express" - between Oak Grove, Malden Center, and North Station on Sunday, June 9, in support of the Celtics playoffs game. The special train will depart Oak Grove at 6:42 PM, depart Malden Center at 6:45 PM, and arrive at North Station at 7 PM. "The excitement surrounding the Celtics pla  more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, June 5 -- Middlesex Community College issued the following news release: From childhood, Megan Guros, of Andover, has lived with a disability and a diagnosis of a rare disease that brought a life expectancy of 15 years. Medical advancements helped her survive, improved her quality of life, and inspired a passion for the field of biotechnology, which she pursued at Middlesex Community College. Guros is one of two graduation speakers representing the class of 2024 at MCC's   more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, June 5 -- Middlesex Community College issued the following news release: To help students learn more about the Information Technology (IT) industry, Middlesex Community College hosted an IT and Cybersecurity panel on Wednesday, April 24. The event featured a panel of female professionals working in the field who discussed their educational journeys, interests and career paths. When panelist Sokphaneath Taing, an MCC Cybersecurity graduate from Lowell, began her career in  more

IPSWICH, Massachusetts, June 6 -- EBSCO Industries, a provider of research databases, e-journals, magazine subscriptions, e-books and discovery service to libraries, issued the following news release: EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has assisted MOBIUS, one of the largest consortia in the United States, in migrating to the FOLIO Library Services Platform (LSP). EBSCO FOLIO has provided hosting and support services for the FOLIO migration, providing 62 academic libraries representing diverse   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 5 -- Boston University issued the following news: By Patrick Kennedy A thousand miles and more above our heads, satellites form a critical modern infrastructure, aiding global communication, navigation, and weather forecasting. But once a satellite is decommissioned or dies, it doesn't disappear. It stays up there, an orbiting hunk of junk, joining cast-off rocket parts and other space debris. If current trends continue--nearly 12,000 working satellites already enc  more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, June 5 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: Wavelogix, a manufacturer of novel, patented concrete strength sensors invented at Purdue University's College of Engineering, has received $3 million in Series A funding from Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Rhapsody Venture Partners, a venture capital firm that specializes in hard-tech investments. Luna Lu, Purdue's Reilly Professor in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering and Wavelogix's founder, invented   more

WESTON, Massachusetts, June 5 -- Regis College issued the following news: Regis was recently named in the U.S. News and World Report's list of 2024 Best Nursing Schools, specifically for the university's Doctor of Nursing program (DNP), earning a spot in the lists top one hundred and fifty programs. The DNP program at Regis provides nurses who are nurse leaders, nurse practitioners, or educators with the educational training to advance their careers and pursue leadership roles in healthcare or  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray represented Advent International in its strategic investment in Prometheus Group, a global provider of comprehensive and intuitive enterprise asset management software solutions and current portfolio company of Genstar Capital. Leonard Green & Partners will also make an investment. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The transaction was announced in a June 5 press release. Founded in 1984, Ad  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray advised Genstar Capital on its $585 million all-cash sale of 2-10 Home Buyers Warranty to Frontdoor. The sale was announced June 4 in a press release and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2024. 2-10 Home Buyers Warranty offers new construction structural warranties and systems and appliances coverage for new and existing homes. Genstar Capital is a San Francisco-based private equity  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: In a Law360 article, health care partner David Peloquin commented on impending guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on diversifying clinical trial participation. Because the efficacy and safety of treatments can vary across patient groups, many drug developers and regulators seek to include more historically underrepresented populations. David notes it would be helpful for the FDA to clarify  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: The growth of global standard-essential patent disputes and the rise in 5G technology are trends impacting how law firms are winning new business. In a Managing Intellectual Property article, IP litigation partner and practice chair Steve Pepe discussed how 5G is a much broader technology with more applicability than the prior 4G standard. Steve notes that 5G is a highly specialized area of law and the tec  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 6 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news on June 5, 2024: In a Westlaw Today article, intellectual property attorneys provide an overview of recent copyright lawsuits filed against artificial intelligence providers. The article examines the most prominent ongoing AI copyright cases and their theories, and recent discussions about a potential compulsory copyright licensing scheme, and provides considerations regarding the allocation of copyright inf  more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, June 6 -- Middlesex Community College issued the following news release: Three Middlesex Community College students were named to the 2024 Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) All-Massachusetts Team: Nicole Dione Marques, Lihong Li and Riam Mian. The students were recognized at a ceremony at the State House in Boston on Friday, May 9. "It is a great honor to be recognized among so many great students," Marques said. "MCC has helped reach my goal toward getting a degree while keeping me  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, June 6 -- Worcester Polytechnic Institute issued the following news release: Following a comprehensive and competitive nationwide search, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) President Grace J. Wang, PhD, has appointed Andrew Sears, PhD, as the university's new Provost and Senior Vice President. A successful academic leader, administrator, and distinguished computer scientist, Sears brings over 30 years of experience in higher education to WPI. "Dr. Andrew Sears is a  more