WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Aug. 23 -- Assumption University issued the following news: * * * Clinical Counseling Psychology Program Receives National Distinction Assumption University's clinical counseling psychology program will receive the Award for the Outstanding Training Program by the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy (ABCT), a leading professional organization for practitioners of cognitive behavioral therapy. ABCT presents this award to programs that have made significa  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (TNSFR) -- Continuus Pharmaceuticals, Woburn, Massachusetts, has submitted a request to the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration for registration as a bulk producer of controlled substances. The application, filed on July 14, 2025, is specifically for the manufacturing of Fentanyl, a Schedule II drug. The company's application specifies that the purpose of this production is for research and development activities exclusively. The registration, if grant  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 22 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Imaging tech promises deepest looks yet into living brain tissue at single-cell resolution * For both research and medical purposes, researchers have spent decades pushing the limits of microscopy to produce ever deeper and sharper images of brain activity, not only in the cortex but also in regions underneath, such as the hippocampus. In a new study, a team of MIT scientists and e  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 22 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Marcus Stergio named ombudsperson * Marcus Stergio will join the MIT Ombuds Office on Aug. 25, bringing over a decade of experience as a mediator and conflict-management specialist. Previously an ombuds at the U.S. Department of Labor, Stergio will be part of MIT's ombuds team, working alongside Judi Segall. The MIT Ombuds Office provides a confidential, independent resource for   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Neal Statement on the Trump/EU Trade Framework SPRINGFIELD, MA-- Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Trump Administration and European Union announced details of a trade framework: "More broken promises, more higher prices for the people. President Trump has spent the last 7 mon  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Markey Calls on Trump Administration to Prepare Tariff Refund Plan for Small Businesses (Boston, August 21) - Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, U.S. T  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Markey Decries DOGE "Deregulation Tool" Deployment at SBA (Boston, August 22) - Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler demanding transparency about the so-called "DOGE AI Deregulation Decision Tool," which is re  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Markey Hosts Listening Session with Massachusetts Small Businesses on Harmful Impacts of the Trump Administration's Innovation Funding Cuts, Reckless Tariff Policies (Boston, August 19) - Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today hosted a listening session to hear directly from Massachusetts res  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Aug. 21 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Public Health Association posted the following news release: * * * SCOTUS issues partial stay in NIH research case * Contact: Ricardo Mimbela, ACLU, rmimbela@aclu.org ACLU of Massachusetts, media@aclum.org Michael Sandoval, Protect Democracy, michael.sandoval@protectdemocracy.org Jeff Cronin, Center for Science in the Public Interest, jcronin@cspinet.org In a significant setback for public health, the U.S. Supr  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Southbridge Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Distribution Conspiracy A Southbridge man pleaded guilty in federal court in Worcester to conspiring to distribute cocaine in Central Massachusetts. Eric Rivera, 33, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine. U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman scheduled sent  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 22 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Transforming boating, with solar power * The MIT Sailing Pavilion hosted an altogether different marine vessel recently: a prototype of a solar electric boat developed by James Worden '89, the founder of the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team (SEVT). Worden visited the pavilion on a sizzling, sunny day in late July to offer students from the SEVT, the MIT Edgerton Center, MIT Sea Gran  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Releases New Data: More Massachusetts Residents At Risk of Losing Health Care, Food Assistance Under Republican Cuts * Bill threatens Medicaid coverage for nearly 350,000 Massachusetts residents and food assistance for 104,000 people Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released new data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), estimating that  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Wyden, Durbin, Senate Democrats Slam Social Security Administration for Disabling Lawfully-Obtained Social Security Numbers * Trump Administration flagging lawfully obtained SSNs as fraudulent, undermining integrity of Social Security Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-O  more