BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 7 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Adverse Prenatal Exposures Linked to Higher Rates of Mental Health Issues, Brain Changes in Adolescents * Mass General Brigham investigators found an association between negative experiences during pregnancy and risk of mental health problems, such as depression, as children reached their teenage years. In an NIH-funded study led by researchers from Mass General Brigham, c more PR

ORANGE, Connecticut, Jan. 8 -- Avangrid, an energy company, issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2026: * * * Avangrid Foundation Awards Grant to Gulf of Maine Research Institute for STEM Education Grant will enable transformative STEM experiences for middle school students * The Avangrid Foundation, the philanthropic arm of leading energy company Avangrid Inc., a member of the Iberdrola Group, today announced that it has awarded the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) a $50,000  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 8 (TNSrep) -- Boston Consulting Group, a management consulting firm, presented the following news release: * * * Biopharma's Innovation Engine Powers Ahead, but Its Business Model Faces Mounting Strain New Report from BCG Explores Challenges and Strategic Shifts Ahead for 2026 That Could Further Erode Pharma's Longstanding Social Contract * Biopharma enters 2026 amid continuing scientific progress and accelerating deal activity, yet its business model is under pr more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 8 (TNSrpt) -- Boston Consulting Group, a management consulting firm, presented the following news release: * * * Global Benchmark Reveals Cities Leading on Urban Mobility * BCG Report Assesses 150 Cities Across 20+ Performance Indicators * Cities Such as Singapore, Utrecht, and Berlin Stand Out Within Their Respective Peer Groups * Most Cities Trail 2035 Sustainable Mobility Targets by an Average of 10 to 15 Points * Over 90% of cities have set 2035 goals for i more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 8 (TNSrpt) -- Boston Consulting Group, a management consulting firm, presented the following news release: * * * Resilient Global Trade Could Grow 2.5% Annually Through 2034 Despite Rising Geopolitical Fragmentation * New Analysis by Boston Consulting Group Reveals Four Scenarios for the Future of Global Trade * Momentum Behind Scenario in Which Overall Global Trade Grows Just Above Global GDP Through the Next Decade Amid Big Policy Shifts * Industrial Policy Mea more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 8 [Category: Medical] -- The Broad Institute posted the following news: * * * Researchers uncover molecular roots of fibrosis or tissue scarring in inflammatory bowel disease Highlights * Study highlights key cells involved in tissue scarring known as fibrosis in inflammatory bowel disease. * Scientists also identified the GLIS3 molecule as a master regulator of the crosstalk between immune and structural cells that gives rise to fibrosis. * The cellular p more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 8 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 6, 2026: * * * School discipline's influence on academic outcomes in the South By Catrin Wigfall In the unfolding story of American education recovery, one striking narrative has emerged: Several southern states have climbed the national rankings in academic performance more quickly than many other more PR

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news on Jan. 7, 2026: * * * Chapel to host spiritual resiliency at American Heritage Museum By Jerry Saslav, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs The Chapel will host a free spiritual resiliency event at the American Heritage Museum in Hudson, Massachusetts, Jan. 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will highlight methods used by Soldiers to overcome hardship during the Battle of the Bulge in W more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- A coalition of scientists has issued a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), emphasizing the urgent need for accurate definitions of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS. The group advocates for definitions that reflect scientific understanding, without political interference, to address the public health and environmental risks posed by these persistent "forever chemicals." PFAS are extensively used in various cons more ST

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Agudath Israel of New England, a nonprofit organization representing Jewish day schools and the Orthodox Jewish community in Massachusetts, has submitted a public comment letter to the Internal Revenue Service addressing the implementation of the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit. This initiative aims to enhance educational opportunities, particularly for students with disabilities, through the establishment of the New England Jewish Community Scholarship Fund. The organizati more ST

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 8 -- Advent International, a private equity investor, issued the following news release: * * * Congratulations to our new Advent partners - We are delighted to promote one colleague to Managing Partner and elevate six individuals at the Managing Director level. - In addition, we are happy to congratulate our 78 colleagues globally who were promoted, representing roles across our investment and corporate teams. * Advent, a leading global private equity investor,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following Fed Notes article: * * * Assessing Recession Risks with State-Level Data/1 By Hie Joo Ahn/2, Yunjong Eo/3, and Lucas Moyon This note evaluates recession risks at the national and state levels using a state-of-the-art Bayesian Markov-switching model that distinguishes between full-recovery recessions (U-shaped recessions) and those that generate lasting damage, or hysteresis (L-shaped recessions). While states exhibit considerable more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 7 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Fewer layovers, better-connected airports, more firm growth * Waiting in an airport for a connecting flight is often tedious. A new study by MIT researchers shows it's bad for business, too. Looking at air travel and multinational firm formation over a 30-year period, the researchers measured how much a strong network of airline connections matters for economic growth. They found  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 7 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Goodwin Releases 2025-26 Update to Annual Biosimilars Guide * Global law firm Goodwin today announced the release of the 2025-2026 annual update to its definitive biosimilars treatise Guide to Biosimilars Litigation and Regulation in the U.S. First launched in 2019, the Guide is the industry's first and leading compendium of the laws and regulations governing biosimilars in more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 7 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Healey Modernizes Seaport Economic Council to Strengthen Massachusetts' Maritime Economy * Boston Today, Governor Maura Healey announced a series of actions to strengthen Massachusetts' maritime economy and support the long-term vitality of the state's waterfronts and harbors. Governor Healey signed an Executive Order reconstituting the Seaport Economic Council, updating the more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Jan. 7 -- Hampshire College posted the following news: * * * Hampshire College President Chrisler Speaks to Boston Globe About Why Liberal Arts Education Remains Essential * Hampshire College President Jennifer Chrisler participated in a conversation about New England's history of small liberal arts college education and what the current challenges to the model could mean for the future. The piece included comments from three other presidents from the Five College Con more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2026: * * * ICYMI: Warren, Schumer, Senate Democrats Take On Trump's Broken Promise to Address Historic Housing Costs Crisis Democrats kick off 2026 push on housing affordability Warren, Schumer release "Broken Promises Report" * Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banki more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 7 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * In Legaltech News, Shannon Capone Kirk Outlines 2026 E Discovery Playbook: AI-Enabled, Advocacy-First * In a recent article in Legaltech News, Managing Principal and Global Head of Advanced E-Discovery and AI Strategy Shannon Capone Kirk outlines a pragmatic playbook for E-Discovery in the year ahead. Shannon sees generative AI continuing to embed across litigation workflows more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The Lynch Foundation, a Boston-based family foundation, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service expressing support for the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (FSTC) and providing recommendations for its implementation. Founded in 1988, the foundation has awarded over $170 million in grants aimed at improving access to quality education and enhancing community development throughout Massachusetts. In its letter, the foundation emphasizes the i more ST

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey Presses Oil Company CEOs on Collusion with Trump on Venezuela Oil War * Washington (January 6, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the Environment and Public Works Committee, today wrote to the CEOs of three U.S.-based oil companiesMichael K. Wirth, CEO of Chevron; Darren W. Woods, CEO of ExxonMobil; and Ryan L more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 7 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Mass General Brigham-Developed Cholera Vaccine Completes Phase 1 Trial * A team of scientists and physicians at Mass General Brigham has developed a single-dose oral cholera vaccine and tested it in a phase 1 clinical trial, with results published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. "The devastating cholera outbreak in Haiti in 2010 triggered my desire to create a new oral  more PR

CHARLESTON, South Carolina, Jan. 8 -- The Medical University of South Carolina issued the following news release: * * * Reprogramming immunity to rewrite the story of Type 1 diabetes Breakthrough Type 1 Diabetes Grant Award * In the battle against type 1 diabetes (T1D), one researcher at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is leading a bold new front. With $1 million in funding from Breakthrough T1D, the leading global T1D research and advocacy organization, Leonardo Ferreira, P more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Moulton, Ryan, 10 Other Democratic Veteran Members Criticize Lack Of Strategy By Trump Administration In Venezuela, Need To Avoid Endless War * WASHINGTON, D.C. This afternoon, Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06), along with Reps. Pat Ryan (NY-18), Mike Thompson (CA-04), Ted Lieu (CA-33), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), Chris Deluzio (PA-17), Eugene Vindman (VA-07), Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), Derek Tran more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The New England Aquarium has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, calling for the withdrawal of proposed regulatory changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The aquarium argues that these changes threaten the effectiveness of a law critical for the conservation and recovery of imperiled marine species. In its letter, the New England Aquarium highlights the importance of the ESA and its e more ST

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Jan. 7 [Category: Environment] -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * Oil residues can travel over 5,000 miles on ocean debris, study finds * Oil spill forensics reveal how plastic debris can carry petroleum pollution across entire ocean basinss available for use with credit can be found here. Woods Hole, Mass. (January 7, 2026) When oily plastic, glass, and rubber washed ashore on Florida beaches in 2020, it appeared at  more PR

SOUTH HADLEY, Massachusetts, Jan. 7 -- Mount Holyoke College issued the following news: * * * President Holley defends liberal arts education * Boston Globe Magazine interviewed 10 college presidents in New England about the power and promise of liberal arts education and the peril higher education is facing. President Danielle R. Holley spoke about the current attacks on intellectualism and the rigors of interdisciplinary study. "When we ask about liberal arts education, we're asking, 'Wh more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 8 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary on Jan. 7, 2026: * * * Cannabusiness lawsuit highlights need for Congress to clarify federal treatment of marijuana Without reform, lawsuits like this may force federal courts toward decisions that destabilize existing state markets or that effectively go around Congress. By Geoffrey Lawrence, Research Director A chain of Michigan marijuana retailers is exploiting the federal marijuana ban to attempt to more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 7 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Research Spotlight: Mapping Metastasis--How Nutrient Availability Shapes Breast Cancer's Spread * Authorship: In addition to Jain, co-corresponding authors include George Church, PhD, (Harvard) and Matthew Vander Heiden, MD, PhD (MIT). The co-first authors are Keene L. Abbott (MIT), Sonu Subudhi (MGB) and Raphael Ferreira (MIT). Paper cited: Abbott, K., Subudhi, S., Ferrei more PR

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 8 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Researchers Press for a Rethinking of Childhood Trauma Support in Schools With mental health concerns at historic levels among young people, a Rutgers professor joins a national call to create context-driven approaches to grief counseling By Greg Bruno Schools should be ideal places for children who have faced trauma to process their experiences. Yet too often, school systems lack the infrastructure or  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on Jan. 7, 2026: * * * Sanders Releases New Report Delineating Trump's War on Free Speech on College Campuses Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today released a new report revealing that President Donald Trump has violated or likely violated the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2026: * * * Sanders Releases New Report Delineating Trump's War on Free Speech on College Campuses Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today released a new report revealing that President Donald Trump has violated or likely violated the First Amendment in 17 cases related to college campuses, according to federal c more PR

SOUTH HADLEY, Massachusetts, Jan. 7 -- Mount Holyoke College issued the following news: * * * Second Nature lauds climate justice work at Mount Holyoke * Second Nature has lauded Mount Holyoke College for redefining institutional sustainability from top-down administrative mandates into a grassroots, community-led model. It highlighted the College's Community Commitment to Climate Justice (CC2CJ), an initiative designed to ensure that MHC uses equitable, inclusive principles to meet its 2037 more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2026: * * * Statement from Senator Warren on Wall Street Buying Up America's Homes Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement: "Donald Trump has not yet lifted a finger to bring down housing costs for  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 7 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Trump Sinks to New Low by Announcing US Withdrawal from 66 International Organizations, Including UNFCCC and IPCC * WASHINGTON (January 7, 2026)President Trump announced today that he is removing the United States from the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), a Senate-ratified treaty. He also extracted the country from the Intergovernmental P more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Jan. 8 -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news: * * * UMass Amherst Receives $3.6 Million from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center to Expand Life Sciences Research, Advanced Manufacturing IALS Core Facilities awarded funding for mass spectrometer, two-photon 3D printer * The Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received two grants totaling nearly $3.6 million from the Massachusetts Life Sci more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Jan. 8 -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news: * * * UMass Amherst to Host Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Racial Healing Community Brunch with Speaker and Trustee, Imari K. Paris Jeffries UMass Amherst will welcome campus and local community members to the annual Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Racial Healing Community Brunch in the Student Union Ballroom at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20. All are welcome to join in community as the university  more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Jan. 8 -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news: * * * Kalpen Trivedi to Present During 80th Annual Hamilton Hall Lecture Series on World Affairs Kalpen Trivedi, senior vice provost for global affairs, has been invited to present during the 80th Annual Hamilton Hall Lecture Series on World Affairs. Trivedi will present "Strategic Positioning in Global Higher Education: Partnerships, Student Mobility, and Geopolitics" at historic Hamilton Hall in Sal more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 7 -- Baruch College posted the following news: * * * Zicklin School of Business Places #11 Worldwide for Accounting Research The University of Texas at Dallas tracks publications in the top 24 business research journals. Three of these journals specialize in accounting: The Accounting Review, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, and the Journal of Accounting Research. In 2025, the Zicklin School of Business ranked 12th worldwide in terms of publishing research papers in t more PR