BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 19 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today announced that she, along with District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb, has co-led a coalition of 18 attorneys general in opposing needless barriers to mifepristone access imposed by the state of North Carolina. The coalition filed an amicus brief (https://www.mass.gov/doc/bryant-v-stein-amic  more

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 19 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed a lawsuit (PDF) against Donald Peltier, of South Hadley, Massachusetts, for his alleged role in operating fraudulent websites claiming to be associated with the Democratic and Republican parties. The lawsuit alleges Peltier used the fraudulent websites "democraticnationalcommittee.co," "maf.democrat," and "republicannationalcommi  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The quasars appear to have few cosmic neighbors, raising questions about how they first emerged more than 13 billion years ago. * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT News A quasar is the extremely bright core of a galaxy that hosts an active supermassive black hole at its center. As the black hole draws in surrounding gas and dust, it blasts out an enormous amount of energy, making  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Alumni-founded Ambience Healthcare automates routine tasks for clinicians before, during, and after patient visits. * * * By Zach Winn, MIT News Most doctors go into medicine because they want to help patients. But today's health care system requires that doctors spend hours each day on other work -- searching through electronic health records (EHRs), writing documentati  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The new study also identifies factors that can make these efforts more successful. * * * By Anne Trafton, MIT News When an election result is disputed, people who are skeptical about the outcome may be swayed by figures of authority who come down on one side or the other. Those figures can be independent monitors, political figures, or news organizations. However, these "  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * PrismsVR, founded by Anurupa Ganguly '07, MNG '09, takes students to virtual worlds to learn through experiences and movement. * * * By Zach Winn, MIT News Legend has it that Isaac Newton was sitting under a tree when an apple fell on his head, sparking a bout of scientific thinking that led to the theory of gravity. It's one of the most famous stories in science, perhaps  more

BEDFORD, Massachusetts, Oct. 18 -- MITRE, a company that advances national security and serve the public interest as an independent adviser, issued the following news release: McLean, Va., Oct. 17, 2024 - MITRE's Board of Trustees has elected Chris Inglis, former national cyber director and deputy director of the National Security Agency, to serve on the company's board. "Chris brings a wealth of leadership in cybersecurity and national security and will be a tremendous asset to MITRE as we ta  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 19 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray was honored with "United States Transactions Firm of the Year" at The Global IP Awards 2024 gala ceremony in London on October 17. The event hosted by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) and World Trademark Review (WTR) recognizes outstanding individual and firm legal achievements in IP litigation, prosecution and transactional work. Winners were selected based on criteria related to excellen  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 19 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray advised Sanofi in a $10 million strategic investment in Stockholm-based Vicore Pharma Holding AB. Vicore plans to use the funding for its Phase 2b trial investigating the disease-modifying potential of buloxibutid for patients suffering from the lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The transaction was announced on Sept. 30. The Ropes & Gray team included life sciences licensing associ  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 19 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * Union calls deal "significant improvements in our wages and benefits" * * * The longest strike in Boston University's history, and one of the longest in recent years in higher education, is over, as BU's Graduate Workers Union (BUGWU) has voted overwhelmingly to approve a three-year contract after a seven-month strike that has had widespread impact across the University. The union's first contract was ratif  more

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, Oct. 19 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release: * * * 99 MW Microgrid to Enhance Energy Resilience and Reliability for Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam and the Broader Oahu Community * * * FRAMINGHAM, MA & HONOLULU, HI - October 18, 2024 - Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, in partnership with the U.S  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Oct. 19 -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, issued the following news: * * * VHB distinguished as an industry leader providing Esri ArcGIS Cloud Services. * * * VHB recently received Esri's prestigious ArcGIS Cloud Services Specialty designation, placing us among a select group of firms highly skilled in deploying and managing Esri ArcGIS within cloud environments.   more