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State Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Friday August 30, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Boston University: FYSOP Looks to Expand the Horizons of Incoming First-Years
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 29 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * Over three days, students will prepare Boston's Mather and Condon Schools for the upcoming school year and get a feel for campus life * * * By Crystal Yormick While their classmates are doing last-minute back-to-school shopping and packing up to head to campus, approximately 400 freshmen and new transfer students will arrive on campus August 28 to participate in the University's First-Year Student Outreach   more

Healey-Driscoll Administration Releases Inaugural Equity Assessment Report
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2024: Today, the Healey-Driscoll administration is releasing a report (https://www.mass.gov/doc/final-08292024-equity-report/download) on its first-ever equity assessment, which analyzed how each state agency can improve equity, accessibility and accountability. In her inaugural address, Governor Healey announced her intention to launch this assessment as part of her comm  more

Mass. Gov. Healey Announces Agreements for Lifespan to Acquire Saint Anne's, Morton Hospitals and Lawrence General to Acquire Holy Family
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 30 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2024: Governor Maura Healey announced today that Lifespan Corporation has filed an asset purchase agreement (APA) to acquire and operate Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall River and Morton Hospital in Taunton and Lawrence General Hospital has filed an APA to acquire and operate both campuses of Holy Family Hospital in Haverhill and Methuen. "This agreement accomplishes our goal of mai  more

New College Leader: Peter A. Eden, President of Franklin Pierce University
RINDGE, New Hampshire, Aug. 29 -- Franklin Pierce University issued the following news: A reputation for enhancing academic offerings, building revenue streams and endowments, and fostering diversity precede Peter A. Eden as he assumes the role of president of Franklin Pierce University in Rindge. Formerly president of Landmark College in Putney, Vermont, for 13 years, Eden also served as dean of arts and sciences at Endicott College in Massachusetts and was a tenured associate professor and c  more

Researchers Call for Individualized Gene Therapies to Be More Widely Accessible
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management issued the following news release: * * * Innovations in regulation and payment models for individualized gene therapy and increased collaboration can improve the efficiency of developing individualized genetic medicines, reducing their per-patient cost and improving access for patients in need. * * * As gene and cell therapy and gene editing technologies continue to revolution  more