BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 3 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on Aug. 2, 2024: * * * The Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs Community Building Mini Grants will support organizations ongoing work to expand community building and provide more culturally relevant services to residents and families * * * Today, the Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs announced the 45 grant recipients of the City's inaugural Community Building Mini Grants, which awards organizations up to $5,  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 3 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news: Foley Hoag LLP advised FocusGrowth Asset Management, LP ("FocusGrowth"), a leading capital provider to the cannabis sector, as agent and lender on an up to $140 million syndicated senior secured term loan facility to TerrAscend Corp., a North American cannabis company. The non-dilutive financing bears a coupon of 12.75% with a four-year term, and the proceeds will be used to refinance existing debt and for gener  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 3 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release: Attorney General John M. Formella announces that Dorabela Medeiros, age 43, of Andover, Massachusetts, has been convicted of class B felony Medicaid Fraud - False Claims and class B felony Medicaid Fraud - False Records. On August 1, 2024, Medeiros pleaded guilty in Merrimack County Superior Court to stealing $7,249.75 in Medicaid funds by submitting false documentation to two sepa  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 3 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on Aug. 2, 2024: * * * The Office of Nightlife Economy awarding $301,581 to 42 grantees to support activations and programming aimed at revitalizing Boston's nighttime economy * * * Today, Mayor Michelle Wu and the Office of Nightlife Economy announced the 42 grant recipients of the City's inaugural Wake Up the Night Grant, which awards individuals and organizations up to $10,000 in support of nighttime activ  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 30 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Through MISTI's Imperial College London Exchange, students experience AeroAstro, MIT, and the beauty of New England. * * * By Rachel Ornitz, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Nathanael Jenkins had always wanted to study aerospace engineering, he just hadn't quite found the right place for it. He had explored options close to his home in Hampshire, U.K., but had never cons  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 2 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: By Jody Mou, Office of Graduate Education Each year, new MIT graduate students are tasked with the momentous decision of choosing a research group that will serve as their home for the next several years. Among many questions they face: join an established research effort, or work with a new faculty member in a growing group? Professors Cynthia Breazeal, leading a group of over 30 student  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 29 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Shared commitment to data-driven approach will help identify new policy solutions to reduce poverty and increase economic mobility in the US. * * * By Laina Sonterblum, J-PAL North America J-PAL North America, a regional office of MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), will significantly expand its work to conduct rigorous research and strengthen evidence-  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 2 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The work, originating from ultrathin materials, could impact future electronics and establishes a new way to study these particles through a powerful instrument at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. * * * By Elizabeth A. Thomson, Materials Research Laboratory MIT physicists and colleagues report new insights into exotic particles key to a form of magnetism that has attra  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 31 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * CSAIL researchers introduce a novel approach allowing robots to be trained in simulations of scanned home environments, paving the way for customized household automation accessible to anyone. * * * By Rachel Gordon, MIT CSAIL At the top of many automation wish lists is a particularly time-consuming task: chores. The moonshot of many roboticists is cooking up the prop  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 2 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The nodes are intended to become part of a widespread sea-ice monitoring network. * * * By Ariana Tantillo, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Shimmering ice extends in all directions as far as the eye can see. Air temperatures plunge to minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit and colder with wind chills. Ocean currents drag large swaths of ice floating at sea. Polar bears, narwhals, and other   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 29 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Data from the Bronx account for people's daily mobility patterns, reveal demographic disparities in exposure levels. By Peter Dizikes, MIT News There are significant differences in how much people are exposed to air pollution, according to a new study co-authored by MIT scholars that takes daily mobility into account. The study, based in the Bronx, New York, does not jus  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 2 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A quantum computing research collaboration connects MIT with the University of Copenhagen. * * * Researchers at MIT recently signed a four-year collaboration agreement with the Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme (NQCP) at Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), focused on accelerating quantum computing hardware research. The agreement means   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 3 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray represented Duration Capital Partners' portfolio company Rand Logistics in the acquisition of Andrie LLC, a leading marine transporter of liquid bulk commodity goods. The transaction was announced in a July 31 press release and financial terms were not disclosed. Rand Logistics is a leading provider of bulk freight shipping services throughout the Great Lakes region. Duration Capital Partners   more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Aug. 3 -- Worcester Polytechnic Institute issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2024: At a ceremony held on Friday, August 2 at Middlesex Community College's Lowell Campus, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) President Grace Wang and Middlesex Community College (MCC) President Phil Sisson signed an articulation agreement to provide a clear pathway for MCC students to transfer to WPI. This initiative is central to both schools' mission to address the evolving e  more