BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Calls On U.S. Court Of Appeals To Defend Integrity Of Labor Board BOSTON -- Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief opposing a legal challenge that, if successful, would severely limit the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) ability to carry out its responsibility to protect America  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Files Brief Defending Temporary Protected Status For Venezuelans BOSTON -- Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in National TPS Alliance v. Noem in support of a challenge to the early termination of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Venezuela. TPS is a critical hum  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * AG Campbell Files Lawsuit To Stop Mass Firings Of Federal Probationary Employees BOSTON -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit and motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) against numerous federal agencies for conducting illegal mass layoffs of federal probationary employees, including   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 8 -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * COVID-19, Five Years Later Times of upheaval--such as the pandemic--can be opportunities to reshape society, in ways good and bad. By Michael Stein The shock and dismay of March 2020 are now five years behind us. Back then, COVID-19 was suddenly everywhere and nowhere, an invisible but deadly element, a new pathogen with delayed symptoms and sometimes no symptoms at all. We were all   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 8 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * Could Severance Ever Happen in Real Life? In the wildly popular show, people undergo a procedure that "severs" their memories between work and home. Possible? BU neuroscientist Steve Ramirez's answer By Molly Callahan In the world of Severance, things are getting interesting. As the highly anticipated second season of the Apple TV+ show--which recently eclipsed Ted Lasso as the streamer's most-watched prog  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Goodwin Advises Isomorphi Labs on Collaboration Expansion with Novartis The Life Sciences team advised Isomorphic Labs on expanding its strategic research collaboration with Novartis. Under the terms of the agreement, IsoLabs and Novartis will expand the scope of the initial collaboration, adding up to three additional research programs on the same financial terms as the or  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Healey-Driscoll Administration Launches Resources for Federal Workers Laid off by Trump and Musk BOSTON -- The Healey-Driscoll Administration today launched a new website -- mass.gov/fedup -- that provides employment and job training resources for federal workers, including individuals who have been laid off by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The website features job search too  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 8 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on March 6, 2025: * * * Leg up for STEM majors MIT undergraduates broaden their perspectives and prospects through political science. By Leda Zimmerman, MIT Political Science Senior Kevin Guo, a computer science major, and junior Erin Hovendon, studying mechanical engineering, are on widely divergent paths at MIT. But their lives do intersect in one dimension: They share an understanding  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 8 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Robotic helper making mistakes? Just nudge it in the right direction New research could allow a person to correct a robot's actions in real-time, using the kind of feedback they'd give another human. By Adam Zewe, MIT News Imagine that a robot is helping you clean the dishes. You ask it to grab a soapy bowl out of the sink, but its gripper slightly misses the mark. Using a new fr  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * PERE Global Awards Recognizes Ares Management for North American and European Capital Raise of the Year Goodwin client Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) was awarded the 2024 PERE North American Capital Raise of the Year for the formation of Ares U.S. Real Estate Opportunity Fund IV, L.P. ("AREOF IV"), and the 2024 PERE European Capital Raise of the Year for the forma  more

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, March 4 -- The Princeton Review issued the following news release: * * * The Princeton Review 2025 College Hopes & Worries Survey Findings 9,317 College Applicants and Their Parents Reported Their Dream Colleges, Application Stress, Financial Aid Need, Admission Test-Taking, Views about AI, and More * #1 "Dream College" Among Students: MIT * #1 "Dream College" Among Parents: Princeton * 73% Report High Stress About Applications * 98% Need Financial Aid * 92% Pl  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Ropes & Gray Advises Park Square Capital on Acquisition by Portfolio Company Cleanova of Micronics Ropes & Gray has advised leading private credit investor Park Square Capital in relation to the acquisition by its portfolio company Cleanova of Micronics Engineered Filtration Group ("Micronics"), a provider of advanced engineering filtration solutions. This transformative i  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Ropes & Gray Represents Walgreens Boots Alliance as Health Care Regulatory Counsel in $23.7 Billion Acquisition by Sycamore Partners Ropes & Gray advised Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) as health care regulatory counsel in a take-private acquisition of the leading retail pharmacy by Sycamore Partners valued at up to $23.7 billion. The transaction was announced on March 6 and   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 8 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * SMART researchers pioneer nanosensor for real-time iron detection in plants The innovation enables nondestructive iron tracking within plant tissues, helping to optimize plant nutrient management, reduce fertilizer waste, and improve crop health. Researchers from the Disruptive and Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) interdisciplinary research group of the   more

LA JOLLA, California, March 8 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Local Leadership on Global Climate Crisis Highlighted in Resilience Summit State and city leaders join scientists, students, advocacy groups to chart plan for action Story by: Robert Monroe - scrippsnews@ucsd.edu The Republican mayor of a California city, a Roman Catholic cardinal, Democratic governors from California and Massachusetts and grade-school students gathered in the sam  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 8 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * What Is Convergent Research and Why Is BU Embracing It? University announces new push for collaborative research, aims to step up progress on major societal challenges By Andrew Thurston A couple of years ago, Boston officials asked environmental ecologist Lucy Hutyra if there was a way to predict whether updating building and zoning laws might help make the city more sustainable and less vulnerable to cli  more