CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A on Dec. 17, 2024, with Deborah Liverman, executive director of MIT Career Advising and Professional Development: * * * Deborah Liverman, executive director of MIT Career Advising and Professional Development, offers a window into undergraduate and graduate students' post-graduation paths. * * * In a fall letter to MIT alumni, President Sally Kornbluth wrote: "[T]he world has never been mo more PR

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, Dec. 17 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release: * * * Edmundston will soon host the largest rooftop solar panel project in the Atlantic region, reinforcing local energy independence and advancing sustainability * * * FRAMINGHAM, MA and EDMUNDSTON, NEW BRUNSWICK - December 17, 2024 - Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: Goodwin's Capital Markets team advised The Chemours Company ("Chemours") on its private offering of $600,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 8.000% senior unsecured notes due 2033 (the "Notes") that was exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Notes are Chemours' senior unsecured obligations and are guaranteed by certain of its subsidiaries. The net proc more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 17 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: As firefighters strive to contain the blaze threatening to consume homes in Malibu, California, other wildfires burn in Texas, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Virginia. Forest fires are natural phenomena, yet studies show they are becoming more widespread, consuming larger areas of forest each year. "Natural ignitions occur as a result of lightning strikes in the growing season," said Virginia Tech fire ecology and mana more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Paris Private Equity team is advising Fiblac (Financiere de Blacailloux, the financial holding of the Chamoin family) as they enter, alongside a consortium, into exclusive discussions with Eurazeo regarding the acquisition of a majority stake in Albingia. Fiblac leads a consortium composed of the management team, as well as Krefeld, the family office of the Hermes families, and Fairfax Financial Holdin more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Public M&A and Financial Services team advised Brookline Bancorp, Inc. ("Brookline") in connection with its entry into a definitive agreement for a merger of equals with Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. ("Berkshire") in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $1.1 billion, or $12.68 per share of Brookline common stock, based on the $30.20 closing price of Berkshire common stock on December 13, 20 more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Life Sciences team advised Duality Biologics to enter into an exclusive option agreement with GSK for a potentially best-in-class ADC candidate, DB-1324. Under the agreement, DualityBio will grant GSK an exclusive option to obtain a license to develop and commercialize DB-1324 worldwide (excluding mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau) (the "Option"). Under the terms of the agreement, GSK will pay $30 m more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: Goodwin has advised Smart Energy Group ("SEG"), a portfolio company of EOS Partners GmbH ("EOS"), on the financing of the acquisition of Matthias Frischke GmbH ("Frischke"). Via one of its entities, L&P Gebaudetechnik Holding GmbH ("L&P"), SEG acquired 100% of the shares in Frischke, a full-service company in the field of heating, ventilation and plumbing with a focus on innovative, energy-efficient solut more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: Goodwin has advised easybill GmbH ('easybill'), a portfolio company of LEA Partners GmbH ('LEA'), on the financing of the acquisition of the e-commerce company PAQATO GmbH ('PAQATO'). Founded in 2007, easybill is the market leader for electronic invoicing and daily business operations with more than 20,000 customers. The Kaarst-based company has established itself as the leading, user-friendly SaaS soluti more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Financial Services team advised Northeast Bank (the "Bank") in the entry into an equity distribution agreement with Piper Sandler & Co. ("Piper Sandler") and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. ("KBW") for the offer and sale from time to time of shares of its voting common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $75 million in an at-the-market offering. The Bank intends to use the net proceeds from more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Life Sciences team advised VelaVigo Cayman Limited ("VelaVigo") on an agreement with Avenzo Therapeutics, Inc. ("Avenzo") granting Avenzo an exclusive option to an exclusive license to develop, manufacture and commercialize a potential first-in-class Nectin4/TROP2 bispecific ADC globally (excluding Greater China). VelaVigo will maintain rights for Greater China and plans to collaborate with Avenzo in g more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Financial Services team advised Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. ("Washington Trust"), parent company of The Washington Trust Company, of Westerly (the "Bank" in its underwritten public offering of shares of common stock at a public offering price of $34.00 per share. The 2,198,528 shares sold in the offering include 286,764 shares sold pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters' purchase option. The e more PR

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: After two quarters of declines, global shipments of AR/VR headsets finally returned to growth as volumes rose 12.8% during the third quarter of 2024 (3Q24) according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker. However, growth was largely driven by one vend more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 15 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: By Peter Dizikes, MIT News Dozens of major research labs dot the streets of Kendall Square, a Cambridge, Massachusetts, neighborhood in which MIT partially sits. But for Andres Sevtsuk's City Form Lab, the streets of Kendall Square themselves, and those in other cities, are subjects for research. Sevtsuk is an associate professor of urban science and planning at MIT and a leading more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * With models like AlphaFold3 limited to academic research, the team built an equivalent alternative, to encourage innovation more broadly. * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News MIT scientists have released a powerful, open-source AI model, called Boltz-1, that could significantly accelerate biomedical research and drug development. Developed by a team of researchers in the MIT Ja more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The company has announced that it will build the first grid-scale fusion power plant in Chesterfield County, Virginia. * * * By Zach Winn, MIT News America is one step closer to tapping into a new and potentially limitless clean energy source today, with the announcement from MIT spinout Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) that it plans to build the world's first grid-scal more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Haystack Observatory researchers and citizen scientists team up to map the aurora. * * * By Nancy Wolfe Kotary, MIT Haystack Observatory As seen across North America at sometimes surprisingly low latitudes, brilliant auroral displays provide evidence of solar activity in the night sky. More is going on than the familiar visible light shows during these events, though: Wh more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Industrial policy is said to have sparked huge growth in East Asia. Two MIT economists say the numbers tell a more complex story. * * * By Peter Dizikes, MIT News From 1960 to 1989, South Korea experienced a famous economic boom, with real GDP per capita growing by an annual average of 6.82 percent. Many observers have attributed this to industrial policy, the practice  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Sensors developed by SMART researchers are capable of detecting pH changes in plant xylem enable farmers to detect drought stress up to 48 hours before visible physical symptoms manifest. * * * Have you ever wondered if your plants were dry and dehydrated, or if you're not watering them enough? Farmers and green-fingered enthusiasts alike may soon have a way to find this  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Researchers at MIT, NYU, and UCLA develop an approach to help evaluate whether large language models like GPT-4 are equitable enough to be clinically viable for mental health support. * * * By Alex Ouyang, Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health With the cover of anonymity and the company of strangers, the appeal of the digital world is growing as a pla more PR

BEDFORD, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- MITRE, a company that advances national security and serve the public interest as an independent adviser, issued the following news release: * * * MITRE and Montana State University (MSU) are conducting joint research that includes pursuing alternative domestic sources to the rare earth elements used today in developing quantum technology applications. Under an agreement signed in August, the two organizations are also collaborating to identify emp more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT study confirms the climate impacts of hydrogen, recommends leak prevention be a priority as infrastructure for handling this clean-burning fuel is built. * * * By Nancy W. Stauffer, MIT Energy Initiative As the world looks for ways to stop climate change, much discussion focuses on using hydrogen instead of fossil fuels, which emit climate-warming greenhouse gases ( more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news on Dec. 17, 2024: Ropes & Gray represented New Mountain Capital and its portfolio company Pearce Services, on Pearce's acquisition of Unified Power, a provider of preventative maintenance and repair services for power systems. The transaction was announced in a Dec. 17 press release. New Mountain Capital is a New York-based investment firm that emphasizes business building and growth, rather than excessive  more PR

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, issued the following Q&A on Dec. 17, 2024, with transportation planning manager Ankita Rathi: * * * Leveraging Safe Systems and SS4A to create people-centered streets. * * * Creating safer, more people-centric streets is a growing priority across New York State. At the heart of these efforts is the Safe System Approach, a  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Junior Katie Spivakovsky describes her path through New Engineering Education Transformation to biomedical research and beyond. * * * By Michaela Jarvis, New Engineering Education Transformation (NEET) program At an early age, Katie Spivakovsky learned to study the world from different angles. Dinner-table conversations at her family's home in Menlo Park, California, of more PR