CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 29 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * 3 Questions: Hank Green on science, communication, and curiosity Hank Green, prolific content creator and YouTuber whose work has often focused on science and STEM-oriented topics, is delivering today's OneMIT Commencement address. Green, along with his brother John, has built the educational media company Complexly, racking up over 2 billion views for the their content, including th more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 30 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: * * * 600 days into war, Israel's mass displacement campaign is entirely erasing Gaza, warns Oxfam Since breaking the ceasefire, Israel issued nearly one displacement order every two days, confining people in inaccessible areas covering less than 20 percent of the Gaza Strip. Israel has used mass displacement orders and relentless military assault to systematically force civilians into five restricted zones--he more PR

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, May 29 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release: * * * Ameresco Drives Cost Savings for Los Angeles Unified School District with over 2.7 MW in Solar PV Projects The $20 million projects will install EV chargers and PV shade structure technology at five middle schools as part of an initiative to build energy resiliency across Los Angeles FRAMINGHAM, MA and LOS ANGELES, CA - May 28, more PR

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, May 29 -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * Annual award honors video and television excellence across all screens Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has been named a gold and silver award winner at the 46th Annual Telly Awards. With over 13,000 entries from across the globe, the Telly Awards honors excellence in video and television across all screens and is judged by leaders from video platforms, television, str more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * As GOP Tries to Gut Medicaid and Attack Reproductive Healthcare, Pressley Reintroduces Bill Affirming Equitable Access to Reproductive Healthcare for People with Disabilities Resolution Designates "Disability Reproductive Equity Day" in May, Calls for Disability and Reproductive Justice Amid Trump's Attacks on Healthcare This Month, Pressley Delivered Keynote at Center for American Progress' Reprod more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Banks, Warren Press NVIDIA on National Security Risks of Shanghai R&D Facility WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senators Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a bipartisan letter to NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang raising serious national security concerns about the company's reported plans to open a research and developme more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 29 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * What to Make of the Recent COVID Vaccine Guidance Changes--and Will You Be Eligible for a Shot This Fall? BU infectious diseases doctor and researcher Nahid Bhadelia says a lot of people still qualify for shots, advises patients to talk with their physician By Amy Laskowski Significant changes are potentially ahead for COVID-19 vaccine eligibility. On May 27, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robe more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Clean Water Action issued the following news release: * * * Clean Water Action to Honor Grassroots Leaders at 2025 Celebration BOSTON: Maria Belen Power, Massachusetts' first Undersecretary of Environmental Justice, headlines Clean Water Action's just-announced 2025 environmental champions, an inspiring list of grassroots organizers and movement leaders. They will be honored at the organization's 2025 celebration, "The Fun is in the Fight!", happening June 12th at the Ch more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 29 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Commencement address by Hank Green Below is the text of Hank Green's Commencement remarks as prepared for delivery on May 29. I don't really do imposter syndrome, that's where you feel like you don't belong. I have a superior syndrome called "Hahaha I fooled them again" syndrome where I know that I don't belong, but I also am very pleased that I have once again cleverly convinced y more PR

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, May 30 -- OASIS Open, an international open source and standards consortium, issued the following news on May 29, 2025: * * * Data Model for Lexicography Approved as an OASIS Standard OASIS Members Advance Digital Lexicography with an Interoperable Data Model for Dictionaries Boston, MA - 29 May 2025 - Members of OASIS Open, the global open source and standards organization, have approved the Data Model for Lexicography (DMLex) Version 1.0 as an OASIS Standard, a s more PR

MIAMI, Florida, May 29 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * David J. Dykeman and Terence P. McCourt Named Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly 'Top Managing Partners' BOSTON - May 29, 2025 - For the second consecutive year, David J. Dykeman and Terence P. McCourt, co-managing shareholders of the Boston office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, were named among the "Top 20 Managing Partners in Massachusetts" by Massachusetts Lawyer more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 30 -- Duane Morris, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Duane Morris Intellectual Property Practice Group and Attorneys Recognized in IAM Patent 1000 Duane Morris' Intellectual Property Practice Group and attorneys have been recognized by IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Professionals 2025. Individual attorneys include: Samuel W. Apicelli - Pennsylvania Stuart Bartow - California Tia D. Fenton - D.C. Metro Area Anthony J. Fitzpa more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 [Category: Education] -- Education Trust posted the following news release: * * * Five Years After COVID-19: Massachusetts Parents Are Still Struggling with the Fallout CONTACT: Chanthy Lopes Clopestoro@edtrust.org BOSTON, MA -- Five years after COVID-19 disrupted classrooms and sent thousands of Massachusetts students into remote learning, lasting impacts continue to burden the state's education system. While the immediate crisis has subsided, long-term consequence more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news release: * * * GSA Announces Accelerated Disposition of Captain John F. Williams Coast Guard Building BOSTON - Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced the accelerated disposition of the Captain John F. Williams Coast Guard Building at 408 Atlantic Ave., Boston, Massachusetts. The disposition of the Captain Williams Building is part of GSA's strategy to evaluate underutilized assets an more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 29 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * H.I.G Capital Announces Strategic Growth Investment in AgileBlue Ropes & Gray represented H.I.G. Growth Partners, the dedicated growth capital investment affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, in its investment in AgileBlue, an AI-powered Security Operations platform that detects, investigates, and auto-responds to cyber threats across cloud, network, and endpoint environments. The tra more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 29 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Hank Green urges the Class of 2025 to work on "everyday solvable problems of normal people" An energetic OneMIT Commencement ceremony today featured calls for MIT's newest graduates to have a positive impact on society while upholding the Institute's core values of open inquiry and productive innovation. "Orient yourself not just toward the construction and acquisition of new tools more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * ICYMI: Pressley Delivers Keynote at Boston University School of Public Health Convocation "A decision to pursue a career in public health is a noble and worthwhile decision, and to do so especially right now, is in and of itself, an act of radical courage." "Keep dreaming and remain in unapologetic and in active pursuit of making those dreams a reality, just as you did with your degree. Change can' more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Warren Presses Trump Trade Officials' Prioritizing Big Tech-Friendly Trade Deals at Expense of Everyday Americans "The White House's negotiations so far appear to be focused on securing advantages for Trump and his tech billionaire friends, rather than for American families." "I am gravely concerned renegotiated trade deals will be used to advance Big Tech's anti-consumer agenda whi more PR

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, May 30 -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: * * * IDC Decreases its Worldwide Smartphone Forecast to 0.6% for 2025 Amidst Uncertainty and Tariff Volatility NEEDHAM, Mass., May 29, 2025 - Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 0.6% year-over-year (YoY) in 2025 to 1.24 billion units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracke more PR

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, May 29 -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: * * * IDC Increases its PC and Tablet Forecasts Despite Tariff Uncertainty Global PC Volume Expected to Reach 274 Million in 2025, Growing +4.1% Over Prior Year NEEDHAM, Mass., May 28, 2025 - After recording strong results in the first quarter of 2025, IDC is increasing its traditional PC forecast for 2025 -- this comes despite the significan more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * In Fox News Op-Ed, Warren, Sheehy Announce Bipartisan Fight to Guarantee Military Right to Repair Its Equipment "On both sides of the aisle, many of us agree that waste, fraud, and abuse are real problems in our government - and it's worse when it threatens our military readiness. It's time to show servicemembers we've got their backs and restore their right to fix their own equipment." Op more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 30 (TNSrpt) -- The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review issued the following news release on May 29, 2025: * * * Institute for Clinical and Economic Review Publishes Evidence Report on Treatment for Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis There are significant uncertainties regarding long term efficacy of tolebrutinib; ICER estimates that treatment would achieve common thresholds of cost-effectiveness if priced between $3,250 and $5,900 per year BOSTON, May  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 29 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Josh Lichtenstein Discusses Department of Labor Move that Opens the Door to Adding Cryptocurrencies to 401(k) Plans In a new article in the Financial Times publication Ignites, Josh Lichtenstein, partner and head of the firm's ERISA and Title I practice, discusses a new action by the Department of Labor that could pave the way for cryptocurrencies to be included in 401(k) pla more PR

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, June 2 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * Lakeville Hospital to be Transformed into Residential Units VHB is teaming up with Rhino Capital Advisors LLC, a Boston-based commercial and real estate investment and development firm, to redevelop the former Lakeville State Hospital into 450 mixed-residential hou more PR

PASADENA, California, May 29 -- CALSTART, an organization that says it works with member companies to build a clean transportation industry, issued the following news release on May 28, 2025: * * * Mass Fleet Advisor Program Funded by MassCEC Highlights Zero-Emission Truck Technology at Boston-Area Event NATICK, MA - Last week, over 100 community members, many of whom are from the transportation industry, gathered at Lookout Farm in Natick, MA for a zero-emission vehicle showcase + ride along more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, May 30 -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. issued the following news release: * * * MassMutual Adds New Group Critical Illness and Group Accident Insurance To Portfolio SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Most people rely on benefits offered by their employer to cover their health insurance needs, and while that is a good start, it leaves many exposed without realizing it. That's where supplemental health benefits play a crucial role. Recognizing this coverage gap, MassMu more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Media Tip Sheet: The Impact of the Megabill on the Energy Sector WASHINGTON (May 29, 2025) - The " One Big Beautiful Bill Act " was passed by the House of Representatives last week and, if it clears the Senate as it is now, critics say it would effectively end most clean energy tax credits and reverse much of the US agenda to mitigate climate change. According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and more PR

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, May 30 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * Mill Creek Road Rebuild Restores Access After Flooding Damage Mill Creek Road in Head of the Harbor, Long Island, is undergoing a critical reconstruction effort after severe flooding and the collapse of the Grist Mill Dam in August 2024 caused serious erosion. Appr more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 29 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT Corporation elects 10 term members, three life members The MIT Corporation -- the Institute's board of trustees -- has elected 10 full-term members, who will serve three- or five-year terms, and three life members. Corporation Chair Mark P. Gorenberg '76 announced the election results today. The full-term members are: Wes Bush, Ruby R. Chandy, Hala Fadel, Jacques Frederic Kerre more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on May 28, 2025: * * * Neal Statement on Federal Court Blocking Trump's Reckless Tariff Tax SPRINGFIELD, MA-- Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after a three-judge panel of the Court of International Trade ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) is not a blan more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Markey Statement on U.S. Court of International Trade Ruling on Trump's Reckless Tariffs (Boston, May 29) - Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), lead Democrat on the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, released the following statement on the U.S. Court of International Trade's r more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 29 -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Researchers Identify Key Symptoms of Long COVID in Young Children Long COVID--symptoms that linger long after initial viral infection--can affect people of every age, including children. But the lasting symptoms in an infant, toddler, or pre-school-aged child may be different than symptoms in adults and older children. A new study conducted by researchers at Mass General Brigham and their colleagues more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 29 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Sally Kornbluth's charge to the Class of 2025 Below is the text of President Sally Kornbluth's 2025 MIT Commencement remarks, as prepared for delivery today. Good afternoon, everyone! Governor Healey. The members of the Class of 1975, in their incredibly fashionable red jackets! And of course, all the members of the Class of 2025 -- and your devoted family and friends! At MIT, it more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 30 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: * * * SCOTUS ruling on National Environmental Policy Act gives fossil fuel developers a 'hall pass to continue to destroy our climate' -- Oxfam In response to the Supreme Court ruling in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Ashfaq Khalfan, Oxfam America's Director of Climate Justice, said: "This ruling hands fossil fuel developers a hall pass to continue to destroy our climate. The Supreme Cou more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 29 -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS Announces Design of TPN-101 for the Treatment of ALS in HEALEY ALS Platform Trial The Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is pleased to announce the initiation of a new HEALEY ALS Platform Trial regimen design for TPN-101 in collaboration with Transposon Therapeutics, Inc. TPN-101 was selected for inclusion in the HEALEY AL more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Markey Hosts Walking Tour Focused on Trump Administration's Cancellation of Flood Resiliency Funding for Chelsea and Everett Senator Markey joined by local leaders, advocates in Chelsea Boston (May 28, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-chair of the Senate Climate Change Task Force and a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today hosted a walking tour and  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 30 -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Traditional Diagnostic Decision Support Systems Outperform Generative AI for Diagnosing Disease Mass General Brigham researchers say both types of artificial intelligence (AI) tools have potential to augment one another to better inform treatment decisions. Medical professionals have been using artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline diagnoses for decades, using what are called diagnostic decisi more PR

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, May 30 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: * * * Two N.C. A&T Journalism Students Selected for MIT HBCU Science Journalism Fellowship By Markita C. Rowe EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (May 28, 2025) - North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University rising seniors Kani'ya Davis and Dasia Garner have been selected as 2026 HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Science Journalism Fellows at the Massa more PR

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, May 30 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB & Liv Development Bring Housing to Norfolk with Livano Apartments Norfolk's newest apartment community, Livano Apartments, is officially open, contributing to the city's housing supply amid rising residential demands. VHB partnered with Liv Development to provi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, MA Delegation Sound Alarm on Trump Admin Attacks on International Students at Harvard and Nationwide Letter follows recent DHS attempts to terminate Harvard's ability to enroll international students on F-1 and J-1 visas Massachusetts hosts over 80,000 international students, who contribute almost $4 billion to state economy and support over 35,000 jobs in the state "The Administ more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Reed, Wyden Urge Justice Department to Determine if DOGE Employees' Committed Criminal Violations of Federal Ethics Laws Recent reports have highlighted new examples of DOGE employees potentially violating criminal conflicts of interest law at Treasury Department, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau "Neither Mr. Musk nor those working on his behalf in DOGE are above the law, and i more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Senators Press RealPage on Multi-Million Lobbying Campaign and House Republicans' Provision Blocking States from Protecting Renters RealPage has been scrutinized for use of AI algorithms that drive up costs for renters Provision would block state and local efforts to protect renters from artificial price hikes powered by AI pricing tools Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. -  more PR