CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * 3 Questions: Addressing the world's most pressing challenges * The Center for International Studies (CIS) empowers students, faculty, and scholars to bring MIT's interdisciplinary style of research and scholarship to address complex global challenges. In this Q&A, Mihaela Papa, the center's director of research and a principal research scientist at MIT, describes her role as wel  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * 3 Questions: How a new mission to Uranus could be just around the corner * The successful test of SpaceX's Starship launch vehicle, following a series of engineering challenges and failed launches, has reignited excitement over the possibilities this massive rocket may unlock for humanity's greatest ambitions in space. The largest rocket ever built, Starship and its 33-engine "sup  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * California Names Companies Expected to Report Emissions, Climate Risks * A Ropes & Gray Viewpoints column was cited in ESG Dive and Utility Dive articles about the California Air Resources Board publishing its preliminary list of entities that may be subject to upcoming reporting for greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks. The Viewpoints article was  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 1 -- Circle Internet Financial, a financial technology firm, issued the following news release: * * * Deutsche Borse Group and Circle Announce Collaboration to Advance Stablecoin Adoption in Europe First collaboration between a leading European market infrastructure provider and a global stablecoin issuer marks a milestone for regulated digital finance in Europe * Parties aim to deploy Circle's products, including EURC and USDC stablecoins, via Deutsche Borse Grou  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Oct. 1 -- The Education Development Center issued the following news on Sept. 30, 2025: * * * Moms Are Experiencing a Mental Health Crisis: Here's How We Can Help By Julie Goldstein Grumet and Zandra Levesque A national alarm is ringing loud and clear--the United States has a maternal mental health crisis that demands an immediate, systemic, and compassionate response. When a new mother dies by suicide, the headlines often frame it as an isolated tragedy. But in real  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 29 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Expert Care Enables Young Dad to Overcome Brain Tumor and Get Back in the Game * Joel recalled his first meeting with his neurosurgeon, Omar Arnaout, MD, who specializes in treating primary brain tumors and serves as director of Clinical Neurosurgery at Mass General Brigham. "Being told they have to open up your head and go into your brain is scary. That was the last thi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Goodwin Guides Paid in $21 Million Seed Round * The Technology team advised Paid on an oversubscribed $21.6 million Seed round. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from new investor FUSE and existing investor EQT Ventures. This brings total funding raised to $33.3 million and the fresh capital will accelerate Paid's mission to help AI Agent  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Warren Slams Attack by Trump, Carr on Kimmel, Free Speech, Free Press At Spotlight Forum * Warren: "If [media giants] are bending the knee so they can get handouts from the government, they need to have a serious conversation with their lawyers." Opening Remarks (YouTube) | Video of Exchange (YouTube) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) delivered opening   more

NEW YORK, Sept. 30 [Category: Media] -- The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University issued the following news release: * * * In Landmark Ruling, Federal Court Says Trump Administration Violated First Amendment By Deporting Foreign Citizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy * BOSTON--Judge William G. Young of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts today ruled that the Trump administration's policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen students and fac  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Klobuchar, Warren, Colleagues Call for Halt of Argentina Bailout That Will Harm American Farmers Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, led  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 1 -- Liberty Mutual Insurance Group issued the following news release: * * * Liberty Mutual Insurance Launches Global Cyber Products Both Products Offer Market-Leading Base Forms and Flexible Solutions for Companies in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia Liberty Mutual Insurance has introduced a new flagship global cyber product suite, offering comprehensive first- and third-party cyber coverages and rapid incident response that blend world-wide resource  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey Joins Booker, 40 Democratic Colleagues in Urging State Department to Resume Medical and Humanitarian Visas for Civilians in Gaza * Washington (September 29, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today joined Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and 40 of their Democratic colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing concern and demanding an explanation over  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Mass General Brigham Releases Vision for Modernized Brigham Inpatient Building * The vision is centered on the replacement of the Braunwald building, a 564-bed inpatient facility, that after nearly 50 years of service, is nearing the end of its functional life. The current facility comprises mostly double rooms, inadequate elevators, and outdated operating rooms and servic  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT joins in constructing the Giant Magellan Telescope * The following article is adapted from a joint press release issued today by MIT and the Giant Magellan Telescope. MIT is lending its support to the Giant Magellan Telescope, joining the international consortium to advance the $2.6 billion observatory in Chile. The Institute's participation, enabled by a transformational gi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2025: * * * Neal, Sanchez, Sewell Call on Congress to Reauthorize AGOA Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Linda Sanchez (D-CA), and Oversight Subcommittee Ranking Member Terri Sewell (D-AL) released the following statement on the importance of reauthorizing the African Gr  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Markey Statement on Senate Republican-led Decimation of American Innovation Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released a statement following his effort to save the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs by passing  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Responding to the climate impact of generative AI * In part 2 of our two-part series on generative artificial intelligence's environmental impacts, MIT News explores some of the ways experts are working to reduce the technology's carbon footprint. The energy demands of generative AI are expected to continue increasing dramatically over the next decade. For instance, an April 2  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 7 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Ropes & Gray to Host Regulatory Roundtable: Hot Topics in Life Sciences * Ropes & Gray will host a Regulatory Roundtable: Hot Topics in Life Sciences on October 7 th to discuss the most pressing regulatory and compliance challenges currently facing the life sciences industry. As the landscape evolves under the Trump administration, the roundtable will examine recent key deve  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Ropes & Gray to Lead Discussions at Kayo M&A and Private Funds Conferences * Four Ropes & Gray partners will moderate sessions in October at the Kayo M&A and Kayo Private Funds conferences. Private equity partner Jessica Cooney will moderate "The Macroeconomy and its Impact on M&A" discussion, where she will be joined by Alysa Craig, managing director at Stifel Financial  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Saab 340 becomes permanent flight-test asset at Lincoln Laboratory * A Saab 340 aircraft recently became a permanent fixture of the fleet at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory Flight Test Facility, which supports R&D programs across the lab. Over the past five years, the facility leased and operated the twin-engine turboprop, once commercially used for the regional transport of passenge  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 7 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Sarah Young to Moderate Discussion on M&A Trends at Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference (WIPL) * M&A partner Sarah Young will moderate a panel on October 7, 2025 at the Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference titled "The Road Ahead: Exploring M&A Trends and What's Next?" Sarah and the panelists will discuss the shifting market dynamics shaping the M&A landscape a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Urges Chairman Cruz to Bring in FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to Testify * In light of Carr's refusal to answer basic oversight questions, Senator Markey calls for immediate Senate Commerce Committee hearing Letter Text (PDF) | Carr Response to Markey (PDF) Washington (September 29, 2025) -- Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today wrote to Commerce, Science, and Transporta  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Study finds key role for non-neural brain cells in processing vision * Cells called astrocytes are about as abundant in the brain as neurons, but scientists have spent much less time figuring out how they contribute to brain functions. A novel study by MIT researchers at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory shows that one function appears to be maintaining the chemical co  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 29 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The first animals on Earth may have been sea sponges, study suggests * A team of MIT geochemists has unearthed new evidence in very old rocks suggesting that some of the first animals on Earth were likely ancestors of the modern sea sponge. In a study appearing today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers report that they have identified "chemica  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Slashes Accountability, Boosts Bailouts for Coal Industry * CAMBRIDGE (September 30, 2025)--The Trump administration announced a suite of policies yesterday set to pour money into aging coal-fired power plants, allow coal plants to bypass critical pollution protections, and subsidize coal mining on federal lands by sharply lowering roya  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 [Category: Media] -- GBH, a multiplatform creator for public media, issued the following news release: * * * TWO-PART NOVA SPECIAL "OPERATION SPACE STATION" SHOWCASES 25 YEARS OF SCIENCE AND SURVIVAL ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION * OPERATION SPACE STATION: HIGH-RISK BUILD premieres Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at 9 p.m.ET/8 p.m. CT on PBS OPERATION SPACE STATION: SCIENCE AND SURVIVAL premieres Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT on PBS   more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Hosts Inaugural Pack Leaders Networking Night at NC State * VHB Raleigh, located on NC State University's Centennial Campus, recently hosted the inaugural Pack Leaders Networking Night, bringing together engineering students and industry leaders for an eveni  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Sept. 29 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Joins ASCE Infrastructure 2050 Commitment Program * VHB recently joined an exclusive list of industry leading consultants in signing the inaugural American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Infrastructure 2050 Commitment Program. The Program "supports the vi  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Projects Using AI Feature * Two VHB transportation projects were recently featured in an Engineering Florida story about how artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) are opening possibilities across the state. The publication spoke to Frank Gros  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2025: * * * Warren Statement on Trump Nominees for HUD and Treasury Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, gave opening remarks before an executive session vote on four Trump Administration nominees: Jonathan Burke, to be Assist  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, 100+ Members of Congress Warn: Trump Ripping Away Temporary Protected Status for Immigrants Will Devastate Health Care Workforce * Sens. Van Hollen, Markey, along with Reps. DeGette, Auchincloss, Kelly, Ross join Warren in leading new letter to Trump administration warning of the dangerous impacts of its immigration policies "At a time when President Trump and Republicans in Con  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Sherrill, 40+ Lawmakers Renew Push To Lower Child Care Costs * The Child Care for Every Community Act would ensure half of families nationwide would pay no more than $10 a day for child care and cap child care costs for all families. Bill Text (PDF) | One-Pager (PDF) Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) led over fo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Waters Urge Scott, Hill to Call Up Trump Housing Secretary Turner to Testify Before Congress on Alleged Violations of Fair Housing Laws Exposed By Whistleblowers U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Congresswoman Maxine Waters   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Whip Clark Demands Speaker Johnson Act To Avoid Shutdown, Swear in Rep-Elect Grijalva * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) called on Speaker Mike Johnson to reschedule votes ahead of the impending government shutdown to address the GOP's health care crisis and swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. "Democrats will be in Washington, D.C. this week t  more