WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Advanced Energy United issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2024: BOSTON, MA - Today, the Massachusetts state legislature set a model for the nation by passing comprehensive permitting and siting reforms for clean energy infrastructure, along with key advancements on grid-enhancing technologies and energy storage. National business association Advanced Energy United supported the bill throughout the legislative process. "This legislation is a crucial step forwa  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- Bank of America, a financial institution, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2024: * * * Boston Marathon presented by Bank of America Economic Impact Report Released * * * BOSTON, MA - The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) and Meet Boston today released an independent economic impact report (PDF) conducted by the Economic and Public Policy Research group at the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute, commissioned to look at   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 15 -- Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology issued the following news on Nov. 14, 2024: Franklin Cummings Tech announced today a $2.5 million grant from the Yawkey Foundation. Announced at the topping off ceremony for the college's new Nubian Square campus building in Roxbury, the grant will support the creation of the campus's new student center and strengthen the mission of Boston's only technical college as it marks a new era in its history. "We are   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 15 -- Boston University School of Law issued the following news: * * * Professor Preeti Pratishruti Dash joins BU Law as the 2024-25 William and Patricia Kleh Distinguished Visiting Professor of International Law. * * * By Kimberly Miragliuolo Preeti Pratishruti Dash grew up in the eastern side of India, in Bhubaneshwar. While Indian culture and laws hold strong patriarchal values, she witnessed her parents buck the norms from a young age. Her mother struggled af  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * A new study found that pregnant people in Massachusetts who made multiple unscheduled hospital visits during their pregnancy were 46 percent more likely to experience severe maternal morbidity than those who sought limited or no emergency care during pregnancy. * * * By Jillian McKoy Frequent hospital visits during pregnancy could be a sign that a pregnant person will encou  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 14 -- Boston University's Wheelock College of Education and Human Development issued the following Q&A on Nov. 13, 2024, with Sherri Hughes, director of the Executive EdD in Higher Education Leadership program: * * * Executive EdD emphasizes understanding higher education in a global context * * * By Sofia Romero In today's complex world, higher education leaders are expected to juggle many roles, including engaging a variety of stakeholders, leading initiatives   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 14 (TNSres) -- Flagship Pioneering, a bioplatform innovation company, issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2024: * * * Vesalius Will Apply its Proprietary Platform to Identify Novel Intervention Points that GSK may Advance for the Treatment of Patients with Parkinson's Disease GSK has Licensed a Preclinical Small Molecule Inhibitor Program * * * Vesalius Therapeutics, a company pioneering a revolutionary platform to deliver breakthrough treatments for  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 15 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2024: * * * * $500,000 total in grants to the Spanish Red Cross, CARE, and Team Rubicon, to support recovery efforts in Spain, Vietnam, Poland, and the United States * * * Taking action to help recovery efforts following natural disasters in Asia, Europe, and the United States, today the GE Vernova Foundation announced a total of $500,000 in donations to CARE, Team Rubicon and   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 15 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, issued the following news release: * * * * 750,000 USD investment in three-year skilling and upskilling program focused on the energy sector * Working with ASSIST and Electric Power University on new curricula and training * * * Hanoi, Vietnam (November 14, 2024) - As part of its ongoing efforts to support skills development, the GE Vernova Foundation was joined by Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Trans  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 15 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Mintz's Institutional Investor Class Action Recovery Practice has recovered $400 million for institutional investor clients in 2024 and expects recoveries exceeding $500 million by year end. Mintz's Institutional Investor Class Action Recovery Practice is comprehensive and global with clients including mutual funds, investment companies, banks, pension funds, trustees, and other institutional investors.   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The startup SiPhox, founded by two former MIT researchers, has developed an integrated photonic chip for high-quality, home-based blood testing. * * * By Zach Winn, MIT News x in 10 Americans are living with at least one chronic disease, and four in 10 Americans have two or more chronic diseases. Some of those diseases, such as hypothyroidism and inflammatory diseases,   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A new exhibit explores the Institute's first Japanese students, who arrived as MIT was taking flight and their own country was opening up. * * * By Peter Dizikes, MIT News In 1867, five Japanese students took a long sea voyage to Massachusetts for some advanced schooling. The group included a 13-year-old named Eiichiro Honma, who was from one of the samurai families that  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Nov. 14 (TNSres) -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, issued the following agency statement on Nov. 12, 2024: * * * The article highlights VHB's Jamestown, RI, transportation planning work. * * * Congratulations to Skye Levin for her recent article, "Planning for Resilience with Aging Infrastructure," published in the October issue of the Institute of Transportation   more