BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 27 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Announces Settlements Requiring First Deposits Into Environmental Justice Trust CAMBRIDGE -- Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has announced that her office has reached consent judgments that require the first payments, totaling $155,000, into the newly established Environmental Justice Trust. These consent judgments arose out of a lawsuit in Suffolk S  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 28 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: Goodwin's Public M&A and Technology M&A teams advised Qatalyst Partners in its role as the financial advisor to the Special Committee of Aspen Technology ("AspenTech") in an agreement under which Emerson will acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of AspenTech not already owned by Emerson for $265 per share pursuant to an all-cash tender offer. The transaction values the minority stake being acquir  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 28 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Jan. 27, 2025: * * * The associate leader in the Advanced Materials and Microsystems Group at Lincoln Laboratory strongly believes in the power of collaboration and how it seeds innovation. * * * By Katy Dandurand, MIT Human Resources Melissa Smith PhD '12 is an associate leader in the Advanced Materials and Microsystems Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Her team, which is emb  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 28 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, issued the following news release on Jan. 27, 2025: GE Vernova's nuclear business, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), today announced that it has awarded a contract to BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT) to manufacture the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for the first BWRX-300 small modular reactor to be constructed at Ontario Power Generation's Darlington New Nuclear Project site. The RPV is the largest component within the BWRX-300.  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 28 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: Goodwin advised Disc Medicine (NASDAQ: IRON) on its upsized underwritten offering of (i) 4,533,182 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $55.00 per share, which included the full exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase an additional 615,000 shares, and (ii) in lieu of common stock to certain investors, pre-funded warrants to purchase 181,818 shares of common stock at a p  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 27 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Healey Issues Formal Policy Prohibiting Non-Disclosure Agreements Across Executive Branch Boston -- Governor Maura Healey today issued a written policy regarding the use of settlement agreements in executive branch offices and agencies, including for employment claims. The policy formalizes the Healey-Driscoll Administration's pre-established approach to employee settlement   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 27 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards Literacy Launch Grants to 15 School Districts to Support High-Quality Reading Instruction Peabody -- The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced today that it is awarding $326,477 in Partnership for Reading Success in Massachusetts (PRISM) grants to 15 school districts across the state that are funded through Literacy Launch. One of Governor Mau  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 27 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Healey-Driscoll Administration Hosts Meeting of Massachusetts Military Asset and Security Strategy Task Force Boston -- Today, Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll hosted members of the Massachusetts Military Asset and Security Strategy Task Force for a meeting at the State House that featured an update on Massachusetts' six military installations and a discussi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 28 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Mintz represented Quorum Cyber Security, a platform company of Charlesbank Capital Partners, in its acquisition of Kivu Consulting, Inc., a global cybersecurity firm specializing in Incident Response. The acquisition significantly expands Quorum Cyber's presence in the incident response market in the US and UK and further solidifies its status as a leading global threat management firm. Read more about th  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 28 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Luis F. Torres has joined as a Member of Mintz's Energy & Sustainability Practice in the firm's Washington, DC and New York offices. An accomplished project finance lawyer, Luis's practice focuses on the structuring, development, and financing of energy, transport, telecommunications, and other infrastructure projects in the United States, Latin America, and other jurisdictions around the globe. "Mintz has  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 28 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The course challenges students to commercialize technologies and ideas in one whirlwind semester. Alumni of the class have founded more than 150 companies. * * * By Zach Winn, MIT News In 2014, a team of MIT students in course 15.366 (Climate and Energy Ventures) developed a plan to commercialize MIT research on how to move information between chips with light instead of   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 28 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Support for D2O in 2025 includes two new three-year, all-consortium commitments from the Florida Virtual Campus and the Big Ten Academic Alliance. * * * By Rachel Aldrich, MIT Press The MIT Press has announced that Direct to Open (D2O) will open access to over 80 new monographs and edited book collections in the spring and fall publishing seasons, after reaching its full   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 28 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Associate Professor Luca Carlone is working to give robots a more human-like awareness of their environment. * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Robots have come a long way since the Roomba. Today, drones are starting to deliver door to door, self-driving cars are navigating some roads, robo-dogs are aiding first responders, and still more bots are doing backflips and helping  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 28 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Jan. 27, 2024: * * * An MIT affiliate for some 60 years, Schneider was an authority on the relationships between brain structure and behavior. * * * Gerald E. Schneider, a professor emeritus of psychology and member of the MIT community for over 60 years, passed away on Dec. 11, 2024. He was 84. Schneider was an authority on the relationships between brain structure and behav  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 28 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Technology and Public M&A teams advised NinjaOne, LLC ("NinjaOne") in its definitive agreement and intent to acquire Dropsuite Limited (ASX: DSE), a global cloud backup and archiving software provider, for a total transaction value of approximately $252 million (USD). Upon completion of the transaction, Dropsuite Limited will become a privately held company. NinjaOne automates the hardest parts of IT,  more