WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Jan. 6 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * Bill Ashworth Steps Into Role as VHB President * VHB proudly announces that Bill Ashworth, PE, ENV SP, has assumed the role of President of VHB. Bill, whose selection as the firm's next leader was announced in July, has played a key role in positioning VHB to scal  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 6 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release: * * * GE Vernova powers up Vietnam with commercial operation of first 9HA gas power plant in the country * PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power)'s Nhon Trach 3&4 marks the first HA-powered plant in Vietnam, as well as the first to be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) * The new 9HA.02 combined cycle power plant is expected to improve the reliability and stability of the energy grid  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Jan. 5 -- Clark University posted the following news: * * * 'The secret sauce' Improving youth mental health with Mosakowski Institute Director Nadia Ward and Ariel Rodriguez '26 * Clark's Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise aims to create a world where all young people are supported in developing the social and emotional skills they need to be successful in school and in life. To help reach that goal, the Institute has embarked on the Southbridge CARES pro  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, Jan. 6 -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. issued the following news release: * * * MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company Launches New Optional Income Rider on Fixed-Indexed Annuities CINCINNATI - On average, about 11,200 people/1 are reaching retirement age every day. This means more people are looking for sources of guaranteed income as they are looking at their financial plan. MassMutual Ascend offers a suite of annuity products, including their new op  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 6 (TNSjou) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management issued the following news release: * * * Generative AI could help you lose weight in the new year New MIT Sloan research found that the use of tailored generative AI in an online weight loss program resulted in a reduction of weight and BMI for participants. * If you're considering setting a goal to lose weight in 2026, there is good news: Generative artificial intelligence ca  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 5 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * New research may help scientists predict when a humid heat wave will break * A long stretch of humid heat followed by intense thunderstorms is a weather pattern historically seen mostly in and around the tropics. But climate change is making humid heat waves and extreme storms more common in traditionally temperate midlatitude regions such as the midwestern U.S., which has seen epis  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Jan. 5 -- The University of Massachusetts issued the wqfollowing news: * * * Stockbridge School's Dhankher, Xing Present Research at CANVAS Annual Meeting The Stockbridge School of Agriculture's Om Parkash Dhankher and Baoshan Xing were recently featured at the annual meeting of CANVAS, which represents 13,000 certified professionals from the American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America, the Soil Science Society of America and the Agronomic Science  more