BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 18 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray advised CCMP Growth Advisors, LP, a growth-oriented middle-market private equity firm, on the final close of CCMP Capital Investors IV, LP, together with its parallel fund vehicles ("CCMP IV"), in excess of its fundraising target of $500 million in aggregate capital commitments. The fund close was announced in a press release on July 17. CCMP IV is solely focused on investing in high-growth, m  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 18 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on July 17, 2024: * * * An extensive report by renowned urban rodentologist Dr. Bobby Corrigan lays out the foundation for City to build upon to greatly improve the delivery of basic city services, better target rat mitigation efforts, and increase coordination across city departments * * * Mayor Michelle Wu today announced the launch of the Boston Rodent Action Plan (BRAP) (http://boston.gov/rats), a new co  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 17 -- Boston University's College of Communication issued the following news: A collaboration among journalism and data science students at Boston University led to a blockbuster expose of federal and state supreme court justices for ABC's Good Morning America and the investigative journalism nonprofit ProPublica. Over two years, the students helped scour the records of more than 1,200 judges, both Republican and Democratic appointees, who chose not to recuse themse  more

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, July 18 -- DNV, a provider of classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services, issued the following news: * * * DNV has signed a collaboration agreement with RACS Quality Certificates Issuing Services * * * Through this strategic collaboration, DNV will now be able to offer the Emirates Conformity Assessment Scheme (ECAS) to its customers, as well as seamless access to both ATEX / IECEx certification through a single applicati  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, July 18 (TNSres) -- Hampshire College issued the following news: Betsy Hartmann, who taught developmental studies at Hampshire for 28 years, releases her newest book, Last Place Called Home, a novel that dramatically brings to life the human realities of the U.S. drug crisis. "Hartmann has crafted an intimate page turner that reveals the relation between drug policy and the economy of despair while confronting the fraying bonds between youthful friends, and between pare  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 18 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, issued the following news release: * * * * GE Vernova secures a major order to supply grid equipment and solutions through GEAT for Sonelgaz projects. * The order includes supplying advanced grid solutions for 134 substations by 2028 to enhance Algeria's grid infrastructure. * * * Algiers, Algeria (July 17, 2024) -- GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) today announced that it has secured a major order from Sonelgaz through their   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 18 (TNSres) -- Harvard University's Business School issued the following news release: BOSTON--Harvard Business School (HBS) has named its 2024-25 Blavatnik Fellows and the program's eleventh cohort. Launched in 2013, the Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship is part of a gift from the Blavatnik Family Foundation to Harvard University. The Blavatnik Fellowship offers HBS alumni and Harvard-affiliated postdoctoral researchers the opportunity to adva  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 17 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Education posted the following news release on July 16, 2024: * * * Career Technical Initiative Addresses the Persistent Demand for Workers in the Trades, Construction, and Manufacturing in Partnership with over 180 Employers * * * The Healey-Driscoll Administration awarded $13.4 million in Career Technical Initiative (CTI) implementation and planning grants today to 21 organizations to train 1,641 jobseekers for careers  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 17 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on July 16, 2024: * * * Investment will Enable Community-Based Mental Health Providers in Historically Underserved Areas to Make Critical Services More Widely Available and Accessible * * * Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration announced $2.8 million in grant awards to six community-based clinics to make mental health urgent care more widely available in high-need areas, including Broc  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 18 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: * * * Program supports more than 600,000 children and their families in the state; Eligible families will start to receive payments next week * * * Westborough -- The Healey-Driscoll Administration celebrated the launch of the new Massachusetts Summer Child Nutrition Program today, joining Congressman Jim McGovern, U.S. Department of Agriculture Administrator of Food and   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 18 -- The Massachusetts Department of Transportation issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: * * * FY25-29 CIP includes more than $800 million for the MBTA, including funding for Red and Orange Line vehicles, South Coast Rail, and bi-level commuter rail coaches; Approval vote follows 21-day public comment period * * * The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Board of Directors today voted to approve the Fiscal Year 2025-2029 five-year C  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 17 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news: * * * Appoints Ashley Montgomery Executive Director for the Office of Returning Citizens Montgomery takes this role with over 15 years of experience in human services and government. * * * Mayor Michelle Wu announced the award of $105,000 in mini-grants to 21 Boston reentry organizations and the appointment of Ashley Montgomery as Executive Director for the Office of Returning Citizens (ORC). As Executive   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 17 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The approach could help engineers design more efficient energy-conversion systems and faster microelectronic devices, reducing waste heat. * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News It is estimated that about 70 percent of the energy generated worldwide ends up as waste heat. If scientists could better predict how heat moves through semiconductors and insulators, they could design mo  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 17 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The planet's wild orbit offers clues to how such large, hot planets take shape. * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Hot Jupiters are some of the most extreme planets in the galaxy. These scorching worlds are as massive as Jupiter, and they swing wildly close to their star, whirling around in a few days compared to our own gas giant's leisurely 4,000-day orbit around the sun.   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 17 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Neural network controllers provide complex robots with stability guarantees, paving the way for the safer deployment of autonomous vehicles and industrial machines. * * * Alex Shipps, MIT CSAIL Neural networks have made a seismic impact on how engineers design controllers for robots, catalyzing more adaptive and efficient machines. Still, these brain-like machine-learning  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 17 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * "Our hope is that our students grow and mature as scholars and help rebuild the intellectual potential of Ukraine after the devastating war." * * * By Sandi Miller, Department of Mathematics When Sophia Breslavets first heard about Yulia's Dream, the MIT Department of Mathematics' Program for Research in Mathematics, Engineering, and Science (PRIMES) for Ukrainian student  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 17 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * BU political scientist Erik Peinert cautions against reading too much into these international results * * * By Molly Callahan Recent elections around the world--in France, Britain, and Iran--show signs of a sea change for far-right populist regimes. Voters in the three countries largely rejected candidates who are sympathetic to (or have outright embraced) authoritarian ideals, opting instead for leftist   more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, July 17 -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, issued the following news: * * * Funding will support complete streets improvements and multimodal facilities. * * * Three longstanding VHB clients--the Norwalk Redevelopment Agency in Connecticut, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT), and the Town of Killington, Vermont--were awarded 2024 Rebuilding Amer  more