BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 15 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * Five 2023-2024 conference championships, highest GPA in department history set new high bar for future * * * By Charles Moore It's August at Boston University. Along with the steady whir of construction vehicles and the just-ended bustle of summer session students, a palpable buzz is building along the BU stretch of Comm Ave, in particular around West Campus, home to Agganis Arena, Nickerson Field, New Bala  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 17 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray represented Audax Private Equity in its acquisition of the Clinical Services business of Avantor Inc. Clinical Services provides clinical trial and laboratory supply chain services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, contract research organizations (CROs), and diagnostic laboratories. The transaction is valued at approximately $650 million. Audax will acquire Avantor's clinical serv  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 17 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Tax partner Ben Rogers and strategic transactions counsel Emily Karlberg have been selected to receive the American Lawyer's California Legal Awards in the "Lawyers on the Fast Track" and "Women Leaders in Tech Law" categories, respectively. The Lawyers on the Fast Track award recognizes exceptional attorneys under the age of 40. Ben launched Ropes & Gray's West Coast tax practice in 2019 from the San Fran  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 16 -- Boston University issued the following Q&A on Aug. 14, 2024, with assistant professor Matthew Motta and associate professor Timothy Callaghan: * * * By Rich Barlow Public health surveys inquire about our habits, from smoking to drinking to exercising. Should they also ask, Are you a Republican or a Democrat? Yes--and your doctor should, too, say two health law, policy, and management scholars at the School of Public Health. Matthew Motta, an assistant profe  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 15 -- Boston University issued the following Q&A on Aug. 13, 2024, with Cody Jacobs, lecturer in the School of Law: * * * By Rich Barlow "Bring it on." With that, Massachusetts State Rep. Michael Day (D-Stoneham) dared the National Rifle Association (NRA) to sue the commonwealth over a new gun safety law, a law Day sponsored in the House of Representatives and Governor Maura Healey signed last month. The NRA announced plans to challenge the "egregious" and "freed  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Ortiz is an internationally recognized researcher in biotechnology and biomaterials, advanced and additive manufacturing, and sustainable and socially-directed materials design. * * * Christine Ortiz, the Morris Cohen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT, has been named the next director of the MIT Technology and Policy Program (TPP). "Christine is a forc  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 13 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The scholar's body of work included two literary biographies of great American writers. * * * By Benjamin Daniel, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Cynthia Griffin Wolff, a noted scholar of American literature, passed away on July 25. She was 87. Wolff joined the humanities faculty at MIT in 1980 and was named the Class of 1922 Professor of Humanities in 1985. She  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 17 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray acted as legal advisor to EQT Private Capital Asia on its agreement to acquire PropertyGuru Group Limited, for USD $1.1 Billion. The transaction was announced in an Aug. 16 press release. It is expected to close in Q4 2024 or Q1 2025, subject to customary closing conditions, including approval by PropertyGuru's shareholders and receipt of regulatory approvals. EQT Private Capital Asia is a pa  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- Clark University issued the following news: * * * New collaborative formed to coordinate, support engagement with local community * * * By Melissa Lynch Expanding educational opportunities for elementary- and high-school students. Studying what makes downtowns thrive and applying that knowledge to Worcester. Helping local organizations improve the housing and health care options for the city's underserved populations. These are just some of the   more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- Clark University issued the following news: * * * Summer STEM Workshop brings science alive * * * By Brenna Moore For 76 Clarkies, summer was spent in the lab peering into microscopes, analyzing data, studying dung beetles, or mating fruit flies. Students in the STEM Summer Undergraduate Research Program worked with faculty to explore topics in chemistry, biochemistry, biology, physics, environmental science, and computer science. In addition to  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 17 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2024: * * * Deals in principle reached to transition ownership of four hospitals, administration will take control of Saint Elizabeth's and transition to new operator * * * Governor Maura Healey today announced that deals in principle have been reached to transition operations at four Steward hospitals - Saint Anne's Hospital, Good Samaritan Medical Center, the Holy Family Hosp  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory issued the following news with the National Strategic Research Institute: * * * MIT students who participated in the pilot program developed tools to rapidly screen for novel biosynthetic capabilities. * * * The following announcement was released jointly by MIT Lincoln Laboratory and the National Strategic Research Institute. MIT Lincoln Laboratory and the National Strategic Research   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 17 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on Aug. 16, 2024: * * * Boston Public Schools awards Zum three year contract for new, improved bus tracking platform for families; City also announces opening of new City Academy facility in partnership with UMass Boston to train additional bus drivers * * * Mayor Michelle Wu and Boston Public Schools (BPS) Superintendent Mary Skipper today announced two new improvements to ensure BPS' transportation experie  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * These zinc-air batteries, smaller than a grain of sand, could help miniscule robots sense and respond to their environment.. * * * By Anne Trafton, MIT News A tiny battery designed by MIT engineers could enable the deployment of cell-sized, autonomous robots for drug delivery within in the human body, as well as other applications such as locating leaks in gas pipelines.  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The approach can detect anomalies in data recorded over time, without the need for any training. * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News Identifying one faulty turbine in a wind farm, which can involve looking at hundreds of signals and millions of data points, is akin to finding a needle in a haystack. Engineers often streamline this complex problem using deep-learning models tha  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The new device, which can be implanted under the skin, rapidly releases naloxone when an overdose is detected. * * * By Anne Trafton, MIT News In 2023, more than 100,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses. The most effective way to save someone who has overdosed is to administer a drug called naloxone, but a first responder or bystander can't always reach the person wh  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 16 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT's Office of Graduate Education hosts Summit on Creating Inclusive Pathways to the PhD * * * By Jennifer Sutton, Institute Community and Equity Office In June 2023, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that colleges and universities could no longer use race as a factor in their admission decisions, many higher education institutions across the United States faced the same chall  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 13 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A wide range of faculty disciplines showcases the breadth of research and scholarship across the school. * * * By Maria Iacobo, School of Architecture and Planning Eleven faculty in the MIT School of Architecture and Planning have been recognized with promotions for their significant contributions to the school, effective July 1. Five faculty promotions are in the Depart  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * In controlled experiments, MIT CSAIL researchers discover simulations of reality developing deep within LLMs, indicating an understanding of language beyond simple mimicry. * * * By Alex Shipps, MIT CSAIL Ask a large language model (LLM) like GPT-4 to smell a rain-soaked campsite, and it'll politely decline. Ask the same system to describe that scent to you, and it'll wa  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The software tool NeuroTrALE is designed to quickly and efficiently process large amounts of brain imaging data semi-automatically. * * * By Anne McGovern, MIT Lincoln Laboratory In late 2023, the first drug with potential to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease was approved by the U.S. Federal Drug Administration. Alzheimer's is one of many debilitating neurologic  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The presence of organic matter is inconclusive, but the rocks could be scientists' best chance at finding remnants of ancient Martian life. * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT News In a new study appearing today in the journal AGU Advances, scientists at MIT and NASA report that seven rock samples collected along the "fan front" of Mars' Jezero Crater contain minerals that are t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 17 -- The Boston Planning and Development Agency issued the following news on Aug. 16, 2024: The Planning Department this month recommended the tentative designation of a team to redevelop public land in Dorchester, and recommended approval of three new development projects to the BPDA Board. All were approved. These projects represent approximately 131,481 square feet (SF) of development. The new projects will create 45 residential units, including seven units that   more