WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Aug. 23 -- Assumption University issued the following news: * * * Clinical Counseling Psychology Program Receives National Distinction Assumption University's clinical counseling psychology program will receive the Award for the Outstanding Training Program by the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy (ABCT), a leading professional organization for practitioners of cognitive behavioral therapy. ABCT presents this award to programs that have made significa more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 22 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Imaging tech promises deepest looks yet into living brain tissue at single-cell resolution * For both research and medical purposes, researchers have spent decades pushing the limits of microscopy to produce ever deeper and sharper images of brain activity, not only in the cortex but also in regions underneath, such as the hippocampus. In a new study, a team of MIT scientists and e more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 22 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Marcus Stergio named ombudsperson * Marcus Stergio will join the MIT Ombuds Office on Aug. 25, bringing over a decade of experience as a mediator and conflict-management specialist. Previously an ombuds at the U.S. Department of Labor, Stergio will be part of MIT's ombuds team, working alongside Judi Segall. The MIT Ombuds Office provides a confidential, independent resource for  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 22 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Transforming boating, with solar power * The MIT Sailing Pavilion hosted an altogether different marine vessel recently: a prototype of a solar electric boat developed by James Worden '89, the founder of the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team (SEVT). Worden visited the pavilion on a sizzling, sunny day in late July to offer students from the SEVT, the MIT Edgerton Center, MIT Sea Gran more PR