BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 20 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * "Empathy Is Essential," BU Commencement Speaker Emily Deschanel Tells 2025 Graduates University President Melissa Gilliam, leading BU's 152nd Commencement, and her first, tells the Class of 2025: "go out into the world, confident that you have the tools to pursue excellence" By Rich Barlow, Joel Brown and Alene Bouranova Over a three-decade acting career, Boston University alum Emily Deschanel has played a   more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, May 20 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * An Interview with Patrick Brown VHB's Georgia-based Environmental team is a vital component of the Southeast Region's services and its growth. Historian Patrick Bowen, MHP, leads the team in providing cultural and historical resource services for clients in the ene  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 20 -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * 'You Have Made the Right Choice' At the 2025 SPH Convocation, Ayanna Pressley, US Representative for Massachusetts' 7th district, told graduates to stand for truth and justice as they navigate this challenging, but important, moment for the field. By Jillian McKoy Public health faces enormous challenges ahead, and as of May 17, the field officially gained 461 additional practitioners  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 20 -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * A Letter to Our Graduates In a note to the class of 2025, Dean Ad Interim Michael Stein celebrates new graduates' accomplishments and discusses the exciting and challenging times that lie ahead in the next chapter of their careers. By Michael Stein Dear graduates, the Class of 2025: For this entire weekend, we celebrate you, our graduating students, for all the hard work you have don  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 20 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * How to solve a bottleneck for CO2 capture and conversion Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere efficiently is often seen as a crucial need for combatting climate change, but systems for removing carbon dioxide suffer from a tradeoff. Chemical compounds that efficiently remove CO2 from the air do not easily release it once captured, and compounds that release CO2 efficiently are  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 20 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Imaging technique removes the effect of water in underwater scenes The ocean is teeming with life. But unless you get up close, much of the marine world can easily remain unseen. That's because water itself can act as an effective cloak: Light that shines through the ocean can bend, scatter, and quickly fade as it travels through the dense medium of water and reflects off the persist  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 20 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Is gravity quantum? One of the most profound open questions in modern physics is: "" The other fundamental forces -- electromagnetic, weak, and strong -- have all been successfully described, but no complete and consistent quantum theory of gravity yet exists. "Theoretical physicists have proposed many possible scenarios, from gravity being inherently classical to fully quantum,   more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, May 21 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * Mary Ellen McCormack Redevelopment to Provide New & Affordable Housing The first phase of the long-awaited, large-scale Mary Ellen McCormack Redevelopment project recently launched with the announcement of secured funding and an upcoming groundbreaking ceremony for  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 21 -- Flagship Pioneering, a bioplatform innovation company, issued the following news release: * * * Mirai Bio Announces Partnership with Thermo Fisher Scientific to Accelerate Development of Genetic Medicines Thermo Fisher to serve as Mirai's preferred pharmaceutical services CDMO for cGMP services and commercial manufacturing Collaboration further enhances Mirai's end-to-end platform capabilities available to its partners CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 20, 2025 -- Mi  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 19 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT students turn vision to reality Life is a little brighter in Kapiyo these days. For many in this rural Kenyan town, nightfall used to signal the end to schoolwork and other family activities. Now, however, the darkness is pierced by electric lights from newly solar-powered homes. Inside, children in this off-the-grid area can study while parents extend daily activities past dus  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 21 -- Pegasystems, a software company empowering digital transformation, issued the following news release: * * * Pega to Hold Investor Session at PegaWorld 2025 WALTHAM, Mass. - May 19, 2025 - Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), The Enterprise Transformation Company(TM), today announced that an in-person Investor Session will be held at PegaWorld(R), the annual user conference at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, hosted by Ken Stillwell, COO and CFO, Pega. The Investor   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 20 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Scientists discover potential new targets for Alzheimer's drugs By combining information from many large datasets, MIT researchers have identified several new potential targets for treating or preventing Alzheimer's disease. The study revealed genes and cellular pathways that haven't been linked to Alzheimer's before, including one involved in DNA repair. Identifying new drug targe  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 20 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Technique rapidly measures cells' density, reflecting health and developmental state Measuring the density of a cell can reveal a great deal about the cell's state. As cells proliferate, differentiate, or undergo cell death, they may gain or lose water and other molecules, which is revealed by changes in density. Tracking these tiny changes in cells' physical state is difficult to   more