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State Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Saturday June 28, 2025 ( 6 items )  

Boston University School of Public Health: SPH Partners With MAPC to Host Symposium on Heat Health
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 27 -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * SPH Partners with MAPC to Host Symposium on Heat Health The event convened stakeholders from across the state to discuss research and policy to address extreme heat and health. * With half the country poised to hit record-breaking high temperatures, the Center for Climate and Health at the School of Public Health collaborated with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) to host  more

Boston University to Seek External Recommendations for Athletics Policies and Practices
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 27 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * Boston University to Seek External Recommendations for Athletics Policies and Practices Review will focus on best practices to ensure the well-being of athletes * Boston University announced Thursday that it will seek a new outside review to make recommendations about ways to enhance the athletics department's current policies, processes, and best practices to further strengthen support for student well-bei  more

Global M&A Resilient to Tariff Shock as Executives Lean in With Dealmaking to Exploit Disruptions--Bain & Company M&A Midyear Report
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 28 (TNSrep) -- Bain and Co., a management consulting firm, issued the following news release: * * * Global M&A resilient to tariff shock as executives lean in with dealmaking to exploit disruptions--Bain & Company M&A Midyear Report Leading companies will pursue multi-year M&A roadmaps to secure scale advantage, expanded capabilities and future-proof portfolios amid volatility * BOSTON--June 26, 2025--Global mergers and acquisitions activity by leading companies   more

MIT and Mass General Brigham launch joint seed program to accelerate innovations in health
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 27 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT and Mass General Brigham launch joint seed program to accelerate innovations in health * Leveraging the strengths of two world-class research institutions, MIT and Mass General Brigham (MGB) recently celebrated the launch of the MIT-MGB Seed Program. The new initiative, which is supported by Analog Devices Inc. (ADI), will fund joint research projects led by researchers at MIT   more

Nth Cycle is bringing critical metals refining to the U.S.
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 27 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Nth Cycle is bringing critical metals refining to the U.S. * Much like Middle Eastern oil production in the 1970s, China today dominates the global refinement of critical metals that serve as the foundation of the United States economy. In the 1970s, America's oil dependence led to shortages that slowed growth and brought huge spikes in prices. But in recent decades, U.S. fracking   more

Using generative AI to help robots jump higher and land safely
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 27 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Using generative AI to help robots jump higher and land safely * Diffusion models like OpenAI's DALL-E are becoming increasingly useful in helping brainstorm new designs. Humans can prompt these systems to generate an image, create a video, or refine a blueprint, and come back with ideas they hadn't considered before. But did you know that generative artificial intelligence (GenA  more