BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 28 -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * After Pandemic Spike, Adolescent Gun Homicide Rates Show No Sign of Slowing A new study by Jonathan Jay and Patrece Joseph found that gun death rates among adolescents increased during the pandemic and continue to grow, even as these rates decline among adults. Community violence intervention programs that focus on younger adolescents can help reverse this trend. By Jillian McKoy   more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, March 28 -- Clark University issued the following news: * * * How can New England coastal communities best develop climate resilience? Environmental economist co-leads project supporting towns' preparation for extreme-weather disasters By Meredith Woodward King A two-year study co-led by Clark environmental economist Robert Johnston is applying machine learning to understand the types of community engagement and capacity-building activities that best support storm   more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, March 28 -- Clark University issued the following news: * * * How much might countries benefit from cleaning up plastic pollution in the ocean? Study of North Atlantic nations indicates that international cooperation could curb overall costs By Meredith Woodward King Bottles and caps, cigarette butts, food wrappers, straws, cups, fishing nets, and single-use bags are plastics that are commonly found polluting the oceans. As much as 12.7 million metric tons of plast  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, March 28 -- Clark University issued the following news: * * * Will Long Island Sound residents make changes to help protect it? With over $1.5M in funding, Clark researcher studies how to encourage less fertilizer use, more septic upgrades By Meredith Woodward King Millions of people live, work and recreate in communities that surround the 1,320-square miles that comprise Long Island Sound. Connecticut and New York have worked for decades to restore water quality a  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 27 [Category: BizEnergy] -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release: * * * GE Vernova's Pensacola energy surge: Over 2.7 GW of U.S.-built turbines fuel SunZia build out and U.S. wind farm upgrades PENSACOLA, FL. (March 27, 2025) - GE Vernova today announced three key milestones that reinforce the Pensacola factory's role in supporting U.S. energy abundance, affordability, and security. The company's Florida factory has: * Produced   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 27 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Healey Welcomes Consul General of Japan Seiichiro Takahashi to Massachusetts Boston -- This week, Governor Maura Healey welcomed Consul General of Japan Seiichiro Takahashi to the Massachusetts State House. At a meeting in the Governor's Ceremonial Office, Governor Healey and Consul General Takahashi discussed opportunities to strengthen the economic, cultural and education  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, March 28 -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, issued the following news: * * * Harnessing Technology to Enhance Real Estate Project Delivery Key takeaways from RETCON 2025. Providence Managing Director Justin Dufresne leads VHB's Real Estate & technology initiative, helping to identify opportunities to enhance client communication and project efficiencies using techn  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 28 -- Circle Internet Financial, a financial technology firm, issued the following news release: * * * ICE and Circle Sign MOU to Explore Product Innovation Based on Circle's USDC and USYC Digital Assets ATLANTA & NEW YORK, March 27, 2025 -- Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, and Circle Internet Group, Inc., a global financial technology company and stablecoin market leader, today announced an agreement whe  more

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, March 28 -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: * * * Indonesia PC Market Grew 8.8% In 2024, Driven by Consumers JAKARTA, March 27, 2025 -- According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Personal Computing Device Tracker, Indonesia's PC market saw a total of 4.1M shipments of desktops, notebooks, and workstations in 2024. This volume represents an 8.8% year-over-year (YoY  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 28 -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Meet the 2025 Public Health Post Fellows Following a record number of applicants, the daily online publication welcomed five new fellows to the team this year: Bernadette Carter-Salmond, Mallika Chimpiri, Rowena Lindsay, Jack Mellom, and Aidan Stotz. Public Health Post (PHP) is a daily population health magazine produced by the School of Public Health that spotlights critical interse  more

SOUTH HADLEY, Massachusetts, March 28 -- Mount Holyoke College issued the following news: * * * Professor Craig Woodard named AAAS fellow Craig Woodard, Christianna Smith Professor of Biological Sciences, has been recognized as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals. Woodard's research examined how steroid hormones affect animal development by analyzing genes in  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 28 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * US Defense Secretary Called Europe "Pathetic." Two BU Experts on Whether the Alliance Is Damaged Former ambassadors, both European, assess the deteriorating friendship between the longtime allies By Rich Barlow The antagonism toward traditional US allies in Europe that some Trump administration officials have expressed publicly in the past emerged again, inadvertently, from the now highly publicized March  more