BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 25 -- Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, a provider of commercial property, casualty, healthcare and executive and professional lines and marine insurance, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced that it has appointed Hart Humble to the newly created role of Head of Customer & Broker Engagement (C&BE) for the South Central U.S. "Given the substantial growth of our business and our team  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 25 -- Boston University issued the following commentary on April 23, 2024: * * * POV - The Biden-Trump Rematch May Mark the End of an Era By Bruce J. Schulman The results of the recent primaries confirmed what Americans long expected (and many dreaded): the 2024 presidential election will feature a second contest between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. The rematch between the current and former presidents has caused much disappointment, even despair, among the electo more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 25 -- Boston University issued the following news: By Alene Bouranova The reports are in, and they're grim: young people in this country are struggling. The United States recently dropped out of the top 20 on the world's happiest countries list, a fall driven by Americans under 30 reporting feelings of loneliness and general dissatisfaction with the world. Last year, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared loneliness an epidemic, pointing to its debilitating eff more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 25 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today announced a $193,932.42 settlement with Riverdale Mills Manufacturing and its owner James Knott. The settlement resolves allegations that Riverdale failed to pay timely wages, failed to pay overtime, and failed to provide proper notice of earned sick time. The settlement money will come in the form of restitution an more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 26 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Today, Governor Maura T. Healey continued her Mass Leads Road Show with visits to Electric Hydrogen in Devens and Triton Anchor in Chelmsford. In Devens, she was joined by Congresswoman Lori Trahan, Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Rebecca Tepper, Secretary of Economic Development Yvonne Hao, MassCEC CEO Emily Reichert and other industry leaders to celebrate  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 26 -- The Massachusetts Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing it is now accepting applications for the Fiscal Year 2025 Industrial Rail Access Program (IRAP). The program accepts applications from freight rail-supported businesses across the state and supports projects that expand or improve rail or freight access, economic opportunity, safety and job growth. IRAP is a  more PR

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, April 26 -- The University of Massachusetts School of Law issued the following news release: UMass Law was well represented at the Northeastern University School of Law Junior Scholars Conference last month. The inaugural conference brought over 100 junior (less than seven years of full-time teaching experience at a law school) scholars from law schools across the country to engage with their peers in a friendly environment. Two UMass Law professors attended the two-da more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 25 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray represented the underwriters in Loar Holdings Inc.'s IPO of 11 million shares worth an estimated $308 million. The pricing of the offering was announced in a April 24 press release. The shares will be offered on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol LOAR. Loar Holdings is a diversified manufacturer and supplier of niche aerospace and defense components that are essential for tod more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, April 26 (TNSres) -- Springfield College issued the following news: By Damon Markiewicz The Springfield College Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship, with support from Springfield College President Mary-Beth A. Cooper, PhD, DM, hosted the April Presidential Scholar's Talk featuring Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, Erin Futrell, PT, MPT, PhD. Futrell provided an insightful discussion on her latest research, which explores the impact o more PR

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, April 26 -- The University of Massachusetts School of Law issued the following news release: After working with Visiting Assistant Professor Garrett Halydier, Esq. at the University of Hawaii at Manoa on two of his articles about cannabis regulation, editors at UMass Law Review decided to bring him to campus as the keynote speaker in this year's symposium, "Social Equity in the Cannabis Industry" held at UMass Law last week. "After a year and a half of being on law r more PR

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, April 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release: * * * David Campos Anchieta recently received the award for a paper he presented at the ASA meeting in Sydney, Australia * * * Electrical engineering PhD student David Campos Anchieta recently won the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Best Student Paper Award for a paper he presented at the ASA's Sydney meeting in December 2023. Anchieta received a cash prize o more PR

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, April 24 -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release: This spring, 25 senior marketing majors enrolled in "MKT 441: Marketing Management" functioned as a nonprofit marketing agency, working with local businesses in New Bedford through the NB100! program to create marketing plans for organizations without much of a budget or personnel for advertising. "I wanted to connect our exceptional marketing students here at UMass Dartmou more PR

LOWELL, Massachusetts, April 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following news release: * * * UMass Lowell Talent Management Strategist is Available for Interviews * * * Whether individuals are tired of what they view as "far-left" or "far-right" agendas, the politics of place is increasingly influencing where workers choose to live - a development that creates new opportunities for employers, according to a UMass Lowell talent management expert available more PR