BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 19 -- MassDevelopment, a development finance agency and land bank, issued the following news release: * * * Tax-Exempt Bond from MassDevelopment & Citizens Bank Funds First Step in Multi-Phase Housing Development at Former State-Owned Site * * * FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - MassDevelopment has issued a $22.2 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of Walnut Street Phase One 4 LLC to build 80 units of affordable senior housing at 51 Walnut Street in Foxborough, a project develope  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 19 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on July 18, 2024: * * * Through a $3 million grant from the Mellon Foundation, the largest-ever investment into public art programming in Boston, this multi-year, city-wide program will bring free public art installations and programming * * * Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture (MOAC) today announced the selected artists and public art projects for year one of the City's "Un-monument   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 19 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news: At Mayor Wu's State of the City address, she announced a plan to identify locations for 3,000 new units of public housing. The Boston Housing Authority (BHA) and Housing Innovation Lab (Housing iLab) are collaborating on an effort to ask Boston's community members to help us imagine the future of these new public housing developments, where residents will pay no more than 30% of their income on rent. Public H  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 19 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news: * * * Additional BCYF Pools Reopens for the Summer Boston to invest $250,000 in funding to provide support for free swim lessons this fall, with applications now open for partner organizations. * * * Mayor Michelle Wu, the City of Boston's Human Services Cabinet, and Boston Centers for Youth & Families announced applications are now open for Swim Safe Boston grants to support non-profit organizations in Bo  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 19 (TNSres) -- Boston University School of Law issued the following news: * * * BU Law hosts an event to celebrate the publication of Professor Robert Tsai's latest book. * * * By Sabrina Molinaro From 1982 to 2016, Stephen B. Bright served as director, and later president and senior council, of the Southern Center for Human Rights, a nonprofit public interest law firm that worked to enforce the civil and human rights of people in the criminal justice system, par  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 19 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Increasing severity and duration of heat drives data collection and resiliency planning for the forthcoming Climate Resiliency and Adaptation Roadmap. * * * By Nicole Morell, MIT Office of Sustainability Warmer weather can be a welcome change for many across the MIT community. But as climate impacts intensify, warm days are often becoming hot days with increased severity and fre  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 19 -- The city of Boston issued the following news: The City of Boston's Equity and Inclusion Cabinet is partnering with Healing Our Land Inc. (HOLI) to deliver on-site voting education and outreach for incarcerated voters in Suffolk County House of Correction and Suffolk County Jail, through the Ballots Behind Bars initiative. The Ballots Behind Bars Initiative is focused on raising awareness about the challenges faced by incarcerated voters. The initiative will als  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 19 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray advised Gauge Capital and its platform Soleil Collective in acquiring a majority stake in Coco & Eve, an Australian beauty brand selling hair and skincare products. Gauge Capital is a leading middle-market private equity firm based in Southlake, Texas, that manages over $2 billion in capital across five key sectors: business services, food and consumer, government and industrial services, heal  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 19 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, issued the following news release: Berlin, Germany (July 18, 2024) -- GE Vernova's Electrification business (NYSE:GEV) today announced that it has entered into a research & development contract with four German Transmission System Operators (TSOs). The R&D agreement with TenneT TSO GmbH, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, Amprion GmbH and Transnet BW GmbH for the design and engineering of a Multi-Terminal/Multi-Hub High-Voltage Dire  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 19 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Last year crypto lender Celsius Network received U.S. bankruptcy court approval for a restructuring plan that would return cryptocurrency to customers and create a new company owned by Celsius creditors. Litigation winnings in a new lawsuit filed against Celsius criminally indicted co-founder and other former leaders would add to the 67% to 85% recovery that customers are expected to receive on the debts t  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 19 -- Mayer Brown, a law firm, issued the following news: John Nadolenco, managing partner of Mayer Brown's Los Angeles office, was named to Los Angeles Business Journal's (LABJ) "Leaders of Influence: Litigation & Trial Attorneys" list for the second consecutive year. The list honors Los Angeles-based litigators and trial lawyers "who go to the proverbial mat to fight for their clients before judges and jury have their own unique sets of skills." In his profile, LABJ n  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 19 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * An MIT team uses computer models to measure atomic patterns in metals, essential for designing custom materials for use in aerospace, biomedicine, electronics, and more. * * * By Poornima Apte, Department of Materials Science and Engineering The concept of short-range order (SRO) -- the arrangement of atoms over small distances -- in metallic alloys has been underexplored  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 19 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Mintz advised Seven Starling, a virtual provider of women's behavioral health services, on an oversubscribed $10.9 million Series A funding round, led by RH Capital. Seven Starling, which is already a trusted resource for over a thousand OBGYNs across the country, will use the funding to expand access to women's mental healthcare, ensuring that more women receive support during critical periods like infert  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 19 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Philosophy doctoral student Abe Mathew is both studying philosophy and questioning some of its deeply-held ideas. * * * By Benjamin Daniel, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences MIT philosophy doctoral student Abe Mathew believes individual rights play an important role in protecting the autonomy we value. But he also thinks we risk serious dysfunction if we ignore the   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 19 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Two studies pinpoint their likely industrial sources and mitigation opportunities. * * * By Mark Dwortzan, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change When it comes to heating up the planet, not all greenhouse gases are created equal. They vary widely in their global warming potential (GWP), a measure of how much infrared thermal radiation a greenhouse g  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 19 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray has advised Tillman FiberCo, LLC ("Tillman Fiber"), a leading developer of open-access fiber infrastructure, on its $815 million committed debt financing with a syndicate comprising Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., MUFG Bank, Ltd., Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Societe Generale and Banco Santander, S.A., New York Branch. T  more

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, July 18 (TNSres) -- DNV, a provider of classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services, issued the following news: * * * Exploring Future Opportunities for Offshore Wind Energy in Brazil * * * Porto Alegre, Brazil, 16 July 2024 -- The World Bank Group today released a study on "Scenarios for Offshore Wind Development in Brazil" conducted by DNV, the global independent energy expert and assurance provider. This report is one of  more