Saturday - November 23, 2024
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Wednesday November 06, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Broad Institute: A Transatlantic Collaboration is Uncovering the Role of Key Genetic Variants in Common Diseases Like Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 5 (TNSres) -- The Broad Institute issued the following news: * * * The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Genomic Mechanisms of Disease brings together Danish and Broad scientists. Managing director Kasper Lage shares the center's origin story, its achievements so far, and what the future holds. * * * By Lucy Mutz Like many research endeavors, the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Genomic Mechanisms of Disease at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (NNFC)   more

Conservation Law Foundation: MassDEP Grants New Bedford Opportunity to Weigh in on Proposed Waste Facility
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 6 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Listening session follows CLF's requests for public input on traffic and pollution * * * In response to requests by Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and local residents, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has scheduled a public listening session to address community concerns over South Coast Renewables' proposed waste transfer facility in New Bedford. Thi  more

Student Borrowers Score Another Win in $6 Billion Borrower Defense Settlement
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 6 -- The Project on Predatory Student Lending issued the following news release: * * * The Ninth Circuit denied three intervening schools' attempt to overturn the approved settlement * * * SAN FRANCISCO - In the class action lawsuit Sweet v. Cardona, the Ninth Circuit has rejected an appeal by three intervening schools--Lincoln Educational Services Corporation, American National University, and Everglades College, Inc.--seeking to overturn the approved borrower d  more