WASHINGTON, June 3 -- 73 Strings Inc., a valuation technology infrastructure provider based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration. The letter addresses the agency's proposed rule on fiduciary duties in selecting designated investment alternatives for participant-directed defined contribution (DC) plans, published in the Federal Register on March 31, 2026. The company, comprised of private-asset  more ST

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 3 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * A new vaccine adjuvant could make it easier to eradicate polio * In the United States, children routinely receive an injectable form of the polio vaccine. This vaccine is very effective at preventing illness, but it doesn't block transmission of the polio virus as well as the oral polio vaccine does. Poliovirus is usually transmitted through contaminated food or water, so the GI t more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 3 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Federal Court Hears Challenge to Trump Executive Order Restricting Mail-in Ballots Voting rights groups say order is unlawful, warn of mass disenfranchisement - A federal District Court heard arguments today in a lawsuit challenging President Trump's March 31 executive order concerning mail-in voting. Plaintiffs argue that the order violates the U.S. Constitution and more PR

NEW YORK, June 3 -- Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law posted the following news release on June 2, 2026: * * * Federal Court Hears Challenge to Trump Executive Order Restricting Mail-in Ballots Voting rights groups say order is unlawful, warn of mass disenfranchisement - BOSTON - A federal District Court heard arguments today in a lawsuit challenging President Trump's March 31 executive order concerning mail-in voting. Plaintiffs argue that the order violates t more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 3 [Category: BizConsulting] -- Boston Consulting Group, a management consulting firm, presented the following news release: * * * AI Is Reshaping Jobs Faster Than Companies Are Reshaping Work * * BCG's Fourth Annual Global AI at Work Survey Reveals Nearly Half of Respondents Now Spend More Time Managing and Directing AI than Doing the Work Itself * Two-Thirds of Regular AI Users Report Higher Job Satisfaction, but 41% Also Report Increased Cognitive Load, Crea more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 3 -- Akamai Technologies, a provider of content delivery network services, posted the following news release: [Category BizComputer Technology] * * * Akamai and GM Sectec Partner to Secure Autonomous Digital Workforce * Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) today announced that GM Sectec, a global leader in PCI-led managed security services with key operations in North America, Latin America, and Europe, has joined the Akamai Partner Connect Program. The partnership is intend more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The Alliance for mRNA Medicines, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration urging the agency to deny a Citizen Petition filed by Children's Health Defense. The petition questioned the FDA's authorization and licensure of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Moderna Inc. and Pfizer Inc./BioNTech, specifically targeting Emergency Use Authorizations granted in December 2020 and subsequent Biologic License Applications ap more ST

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * At Hearing, Secretary Bessent Defends President Trump's Stock Trades, Dodges Warren's Push For Investigation On Potential Insider Trading * President Trump's recent ethics disclosures reveal more than 3,400 stock trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars in the first three months of 2026 Warren: "We need stronger anticorruption rules and conflict of interest rules in Washington for eve more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, June 3 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Leads Coalition in Opposing Federal Legislation That Would Weaken State Privacy Protections * Federal data privacy law should not preempt strong state privacy laws OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta yesterday led a coalition of 18 attorneys general and state agencies in opposing the Securing and Establishing Consumer Uniform Rights and Enforcem more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, June 3 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Bonta Sends Letter to Federal Judicial Center Strongly Opposing Removal of Climate Science from Judicial Manual * OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general, the Cities of New York and Chicago, and Harris County, Texas in a letter to the Federal Judicial Center (FJC) strongly opposing its decision to strike the chapte more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 3 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Opposes Federal Bill That Would Tell Tech Companies They Have No Duty to Protect Kids Online * RALEIGH -A federal bill marketed as children's online safety legislation would tell tech companies they have no legal duty to protect kids, drop any requirement to verify users' ages, and override the stronger state laws already on the books. Attor more PR

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, June 3 -- Clark University posted the following news: * * * Becker School of Design & Technology student has custom art featured in professional video game * Aidan Benjamin '29 hopes to create indie games Aidan Benjamin '29 was browsing at a GameStop store in 2013 when he paused at a demo kiosk. The game on demo was Bit.Trip Runner 2, a side-scrolling platformer that invites players to explore five different worlds. Benjamin was hooked and had no idea that in a fe more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 29 (TNSjou) -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news: * * * Medicine's Irina Pikuleva leads team of researchers to investigate CYP46A1 activation CYP46A1 activation by low dose efavirenz uncovers the link between brain cholesterol metabolism, energetics and vasculature. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University--led by Irina Pikuleva, PhD, the Carl F. Asseff Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences--identified brain processes that help expl more PR

FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, June 2 -- Christendom College posted the following news: * * * Christendom College Launches Free Online Course on How to Restore Catholic Education * Christendom College has launched a new, seven-part course titled "Education at the Crossroads" on its free online learning platform. Taught by Christendom College professor Dr. Jon Kirwan, the course explores the crisis in modern education and offers a clear path forward on how to restore the Great Tradition of Catholic e more PR

NEW YORK, June 3 -- The Columbia Law School issued the following news: * * * Columbia Law School's Weil, Gotshal & Manges Distinguished Jurist Speaker Series Launches With Judge Brian E. Murphy '06 The judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts joined Dean Daniel Abebe for a fireside chat and spoke about his path to the law, the nuances of sentencing, and the value of clerking. As a longtime defense lawyer with dozens of criminal trials on his resume, Brian E. Murphy more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 3 [Category: Energy]-- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, posted the following news release: * * * Communities win temporary halt to Glencore coal operations in Colombia * Afro-Colombian and Wayuu indigenous communities barricade the coal train lines of Glencore's El Cerrejon mine in La Guajira, Colombia (Photo credit: 350.org/ Robert Garcia) Colombia -Swiss mining giant Glencore has ann more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals, Massachusetts, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Labor concerning the proposed rule which aims to improve wage protections for the temporary and permanent employment of certain foreign nationals in the U.S. COBTH represents 12 member nonprofit academic medical centers in Boston employing immigrant workers under H-1B and Permanent Labor Certification visa programs. COBTH expressed deep concern that the p more ST

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 2 [Category: Environment] -- Clean Air Task Force, an organization that says it works to safeguard against the impacts of climate change by catalyzing the development and deployment of low-carbon energy and other climate-protecting technologies, issued the following news: * * * Congress advances bipartisan geothermal legislation, marking an important step toward deploying superhot rock energy * WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Geoth more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Akebia Therapeutics Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services presenting a cost comparison analysis of hospitalizations for dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease (DD-CKD) patients treated with vadadustat versus darbepoetin alfa (DA). The analysis is based on hospitalization data derived from the INNO VATE clinical trials and Medicare inpatient cost information. Vadadustat, an oral hypoxia-inducib more ST

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 4 -- The Consumer Technology Association issued the following news release on June 3, 2026: * * * CTA Foundation Supports Accessibility Programs with $700K in New Grants From AI-powered tools helping older adults age in place to smart glasses opening up everyday tasks for people who are blind or have low vision, the CTA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Consumer Technology Association(R) (CTA), today is announcing $700,000 in grants to 32 nonprofit organizatio more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has issued a final rule updating a wide range of Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures at airports across the U.S., with the changes taking effect beginning June 1, 2026. The rule amends 14 CFR Part 97 and establishes, revises, suspends or removes instrument flight procedures used by pilots operating under instrument flight rules. According to more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 (TNSLrpt) -- Expanding Opportunity for America's Youngest Learners - A report from Education Development Center, Waltham, Massachusetts - June 2026 (62 pages) * * * The Education Development Center issued a report evaluating the impact of the Ready To Learn initiative on early childhood education and examining how educational media resources support learning among children, families, and educators. The report synthesizes findings from a five-year research and evaluation effo more ST

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, June 3 (TNSrpt) -- The Education Development Center issued the following news: * * * What 30 Years of Ready To Learn Tell Us About How Children Learn EDC released a new report highlighting the long-standing impact and effectiveness of the Ready To Learn (RTL) initiative, a federal investment in early childhood education that has helped children and families nationwide access high-quality educational content and learning opportunities through public media for more than  more PR

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, June 3 [Category: Environment] -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * Endangered basking sharks rely on the ocean twilight zone during long-distance migrations * A new WHOI study shows basking sharks dive nearly 1,000 meters deep, likely in search of prey Photos and video available for use with credit can be found here. Woods Hole, Mass. (June 3, 2026) - Endangered basking sharks aren't fasting during long-distance migr more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 3 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Berger Montague, a law firm, posted the following news: * * * Federal Court Certifies Class of Tens of Thousands of Alumni in Elite University Financial Aid Price Fixing Case * Berger Montague Named Class Counsel in Landmark Suit Against Cornell, Penn, Notre Dame, Georgetown, and Other Elite Universities PHILADELPHIA, PA -Berger Montague, a leading national plaintiffs' law firm, scored a major win in Henry, et al. v. Brown Univ more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release on June 2, 2026: * * * Federal Court Hears Challenge to Trump Executive Order Restricting Mail-in Ballots BOSTON - A federal District Court heard arguments today in a lawsuit challenging President Trump's March 31 executive order concerning mail-in voting. Plaintiffs argue that the order violates the US Constitution and federal law and risks mass disenfranchisement of eligible voters. The Constitution makes cl more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston issued the following Beige Book on June 3, 2026: * * * Summary of Economic Activity Economic activity expanded slightly, representing an improvement from the previous report. Despite high gas prices, consumer spending excluding autos edged up, and auto sales rose moderately. Manufacturing activity increased slightly, with one firm reporting historically high demand. Nonfinancial services firms reported an uptick in revenues, activity am more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Federated Hermes, a Boston, Massachusetts-based global investment management firm, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Labor concerning its proposed rule on fiduciary duties in selecting designated investment alternatives (DIAs) for participant-directed individual account plans. The letter applauds the Department's efforts to create a clear, process-based framework intended to expand access to alternative assets such as private equity, private credit more ST

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Fidelity Investments, Boston, Massachusetts, submitted a public comment letter to the Internal Revenue Service urging the agency to modernize the electronic furnishing requirements for payee statements. Fidelity emphasized the importance of defaulting to electronic communication for tax forms and underscored the need for regulations that reflect the digital-first interactions between brokers and customers. In its letter, Fidelity highlighted that brokerage customers, in bo more ST

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Following Aftermath of Steward Health Bankruptcy in Massachusetts, Sen. Markey Leads Colleagues to Demand Labor Dept. Retract Rule Allowing Private Equity Investments in 401(k)s Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, along with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congress more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 3 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Goodwin Advises Incyte in Expanded Molecular AI Collaboration and License Agreement With Genesis Valued at More Than $1 Billion * The Life Sciences team advised Incyte in the expansion of its strategic collaboration and license agreement with Genesis Molecular AI to accelerate the discovery of novel small molecule medicines using Genesis' AI platform, GEMS (Genesis Explorat more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 3 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Goodwin Advises MaintainX on Entering into a Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Autodesk for $3.6 Billion * The Technology M&A team advised MaintainX on entering into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Autodesk, Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $3.6 billion. MaintainX is used by organizations around the world to manage maintenance activity,  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 3 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Healey Nominates Judge Sarah Joss to Superior Court * Boston -Today, Governor Maura Healey nominated Associate Justice of the District Court Sarah Joss to serve as an Associate Justice of the Superior Court. The nomination will now be considered by the Governor's Council for confirmation. "I am confident that Judge Joss will continue to serve with distinction, bringing dec more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 3 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Historic Early College Expansion, Creating Nearly 1,700 Additional Seats for High School Students * Worcester -The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced the largest Early College expansion in state history with the approval of 29 new Early College partnerships, adding 1,692 additional seats this fall. This expansion followed a vote by more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 4 -- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on June 3, 2026: * * * Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards $500,000 to Support Eelgrass Restoration and Collect Critical Carbon Data Today at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, the Healey-Driscoll Administration awarded nearly $500,000 in grant funding for field and laboratory studies on marine eelgrass and carbon storage. Eelgrass-which looks much like th more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 3 -- Harvard University issued the following news: * * * HKS 2036: A vision for Harvard Kennedy School's next chapter * Dean Jeremy Weinstein on Wednesday issued a call to action for the Harvard Kennedy School community amidst ongoing turbulence worldwide. "The problems of governance have never been more urgent," he said in the opening letter of HKS 2036: Leadership for a New Era -a strategic vision for the Kennedy School. And fortunately, he continues in the more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 4 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release: * * * How a New Generation of Field Engineers Is Helping Keep Power Running Fifteen years ago, the world's power grids were starting to change fast. As coal plants retired and renewables expanded, power systems needed technology that could deliver both flexibility and scale. GE Vernova's H-class gas turbine was built for that moment, and its record-breaking combined-cycle efficiency helped  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 3 -- Harvard University issued the following news: * * * How new diagnostics and surveillance could shape the fight against drug-resistant gonorrhea * Antimicrobial resistance is widely recognized as one of the most urgent and fast-moving threats in global public health. The World Health Organization has identified bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as a major global health challenge, with drug-resistant infections already contributing to more than 1 mill more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Humane World Action Fund (formerly the Humane Society Legislative Fund) and Humane World for Animals issued the following news release on June 2, 2026: * * * What's happening with California Prop 12, the Farm Bill and Save Our Bacon Act? A timeline and explainer for Prop 12, Massachusetts Question 3 and the fight over state farm animal protection laws - As the United States Congress continues debate around the Farm Bill, a multi-year agricultural legislative package, H more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, June 3 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * In Memoriam: Haim B. Gunner * Haim B. Gunner, 101, professor emeritus of environmental sciences, died April 27 in Amherst.Gunner, who was appointed professor of microbiology at UMass Amherst in 1963, co-founded the Department of Environmental Sciences later that decade "as a response to the dawning awareness of the impact of pollution." Among his discoveries, Gunner exposed the impact of the  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 (TNSFR) -- The International Trade Commission has received a complaint alleging unfair imports of systems, devices, software, chemicals and laboratory supplies used in protein research and is seeking public comment on potential public-interest issues raised by the case. The complaint, filed by Seer, Inc., Redwood City, California, and The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, alleges violations of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 involving imports and more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration has proposed an exemption that would allow the Abiomed Retirement Savings Plan to continue holding contingent value rights, or CVRs, received as part of the Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey, acquisition of Abiomed, Danvers, Massachusetts, and to receive future payments linked to those instruments. According to the notice, the exemption would apply retroactively to Nov. 15, 2022, if ap more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 2 -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: * * * A search for identity Bible Dean Leonard Allen encourages spirituality today by shedding light on the Church of Christ's historical search for its own identity in a series of symposiums and books. By Janel Shoun-Smith, 615-966-7078 Sometimes you have to look back to understand where you are and how far you have traveled. Dr. Leonard Allen, dean of the College of Bible & Ministry and one of the nation's lea more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, June 3 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * Mariana Ivanova Presents Keynote at Symposium Marking 80th Anniversary of East German Film Studio DEFA * Mariana Ivanova, academic director of the DEFA Film Library and associate professor of German film and media in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, recently presented a keynote at the international symposium celebrating the 80 th anniversary of the founding of the East German film studi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey Leads 15 Senate Democrats Calling for Affordability, Safety, Worker Priorities in Surface Transportation Bill Calls for protections against Trump's politically motivated attacks on infrastructure projects - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today led 15 of his Democratic colleagues in writing to the Republican and De more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 3 -- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences posted the following news: * * * Martin Egli's Kairos Lecture focused on RNA's physical characteristics and how they influence its biological roles and disease * Martin Egli, the Richard N. Armstrong, Ph.D. Professor of Innovation in Biochemistry and a professor of biochemistry at the School of Medicine Basic Sciences, delivered a Kairos Lecture on May 28. The chair of the Department of Biochemistry, Da more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 4 -- The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news release on June 3, 2026: * * * Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Historic Early College Expansion, Creating Nearly 1,700 Additional Seats for High School Students 29 new partnerships approved, more than 12,000 high school students to participate in Early College in 2026-27 school year * Worcester -- The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced the la more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 4 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brown Opposes Federal Legislation That Would Weaken State Privacy Protections Federal Data Privacy Law Should Not Preempt Strong State Privacy Laws - Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general and state agencies in opposing the Securing and Establishing Consumer Uniform Rights and Enforcement over Data Act (SECURE Data Act), more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 3 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * MIT chemists design impact-resistant plastics * With help from a novel cross-linking molecule, MIT chemists have shown they can substantially improve the ballistic impact resistance of common polymers, including polystyrene and a type of rubber used to make shoe soles. Polystyrene is a hard, glassy polymer that is used to make many types of plastic containers, such as bottles and  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 3 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * MIT researchers teach AI models to interpret charts * To accelerate and refine decision-making in a fast-paced, global marketplace, enterprises may deploy generative artificial intelligence models to help summarize and interpret the charts that often fill market summaries and financial reports. But even the latest vision-language models sometimes struggle with this task, since it  more PR

WESTON, Massachusetts, June 4 -- Regis College issued the following news: * * * Nancy Gaden, DNP, RN, FAAN, Appointed to Regis College Board of Trustees Regis College is pleased to announce Nancy Gaden, DNP, RN, FAAN, senior vice president and chief nursing officer (CNO) at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and assistant professor of medical sciences and education at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, has been appointed to its Board of Trustees. "As an alumna deeply groun more PR

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, June 3 -- OASIS Open, an international open source and standards consortium, issued the following news: * * * NIEM Goes Global: NIEMOpen Submits to ISO/IEC JTC 1 By Paul Wormeli, Chair, NIEMOpen Project Governing Board OASIS Open has formally submitted two NIEMOpen standards to ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC 1) for transposition into International Standards. The two submissions are NIEM Model v6.0 and the Naming and Design Rules (NDR) v6.0, both approved  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Pathway for Immigrant Workers, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Labor opposing the agency's proposed rule concerning prevailing wages for foreign nationals employed in the United States under various visa programs. The non-profit cautions that the proposed method of setting uniform wage percentiles for the EB-3 visa category risks detaching wage requirements from actual market conditions, potentially rendering the EB- more ST

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley Delivers Floor Speech Honoring the Life and Legacy of Boston Firefighter Robert Kilduff Jr. * "Bobby's humanity, empathy, and strength saved the lives of so many of our Boston neighbors. As we mourn this loss, may we carry his example forward in word and deed." Video (YouTube) WASHINGTON - On the House floor, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) delivered a heartfelt speech honoring th more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley Urges Colleagues to Support Lebanon War Powers Resolution & Protect Innocent Lives, Calls on White House to End the War * "Congress must not sit idly by while the Trump administration supports Netanyahu's barbaric warfare. We must not be complicit. We must take action for peace and pass this war powers resolution." Video (YouTube) WASHINGTON - Today, during a speech on the House floor,  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on June 3, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Markey Slams Devastating Impact of Trump's Cruel Cuts to Hungry Children and Families Ahead of Small Business Committee Hearing New estimates show 50,000 children in Massachusetts lose SNAP benefits because of Trump's Big Ugly Bill * Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today hig more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on June 3, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Markey, Committee Democrats Call for SBA Administrator Loeffler to Appear Before Congress Congress is denied an opportunity to question Trump administration about proposed 67 percent cut to SBA budget, concerning audit findings * Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) was joined by more PR

HATTIESBURG, Mississippi, June 3 -- The University of Southern Mississippi issued the following news: * * * Southern Miss Researcher Earns Spot in Competitive CAS Future Leaders Program By: Morgan Smith Dr. Anthony Griffin, a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Polymer Science and Engineering at The University of Southern Mississippi, has been selected for the 2026 CAS Future Leaders(TM) program, an international leadership development initiative hosted by CAS, a division of the America more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 3 -- Harvard University issued the following news: * * * Students begin summer global health research, internship programs U.S. and globally * The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) is proud to announce the launch of the HGHI Summer Research and Internship Program for 2026. This summer, 43 undergraduate students begin immersive research and internship experiences with 29 partner organizations across the world, addressing some of the most pressing challenges more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 3 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Teaching AI agents to ask better questions by playing "Battleship" MIT researchers use the classic game as a test bed for AI agents, finding a small AI model can outperform the biggest ones at 1 percent of the cost. - In 2026, the hype for artificial intelligence agents is louder than ever before. These semi-autonomous programs can "think" and execute well-defined tasks in areas l more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 2 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management issued the following news release: * * * The art of central banking: Ancient lessons for today's financial system * CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 3, 2026 - The economic instability of the last two decades -marked by the 2008 global financial crisis, the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, and subsequent surge in global inflation -shattered a period of economic stability, and the collapse in global GDP per c more PR

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, June 3 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for June 2, 2026 * ASAM Weekly -June 2 Using Human-in-the-Loop AI to Understand Stigma During the Deployment of Addiction Evidence-Based Practices in the HEALing Communities Study By Nabila El-Bassel, PhD, James David, MS, Eric Aragundi, MS, Tim Hunt, PhD, MSW, Louisa Gilbert, PhD, Dawn Goddard-Eckrich, EdD, Elwin Wu, PhD, Dan Feaster more PR

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, June 3 [Category: Biology] -- The Marine Biological Laboratory, an affiliate of the University of Chicago, posted the following news: * * * The Road to Better Health Requires a Map of the Microbes in Your Mouth * There's a lot of buzz about the gut microbiome-the trillions of microbes that help us digest food and support the immune system. But your mouth is also home to its own highly specialized microbial community, and new research suggests that these oral microb more PR

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, June 4 (TNSjou) -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release: * * * Nuclear Physicists Discover New Rule for Peppy Partner Picking Nuclear physicists used a little magic in their latest experiment conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, and the result has revealed surprising new information about the behavior of protons and neutrons inside the atom's nucleus. S more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 4 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Torrey McClary Named "Leaders of Influence: M&A" by Los Angeles Business Journal Health care partner Torrey McClary was recognized in the Los Angeles Business Journal's 2026 "Leaders of Influence: M&A" list. This prestigious recognition highlights exceptional leadership, knowledge, skill and achievements across the spectrum of M&A and fiscal guidance. Torrey was recognized for structuring and nego more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, June 3 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * UMass Amherst Earns Seventh Straight STARS Gold Rating for Campus Sustainability * For the seventh straight time, the University of Massachusetts Amherst has once again earned a STARS Gold rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).STARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System, more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, June 3 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * UMass Amherst Researchers Combine Bacteria and Viruses to Demonstrate a New Way to Fight Cancer * Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have designed non-toxic Salmonella bacteria to deliver viruses that are safe to humans but potent against liver and pancreatic cancer tumors -two cancers with an extremely poor prognosis. The researchers found that animal models treated with th more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, June 3 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * UMass iCons Program Graduates Largest Ever Cohort at 13th Annual Senior Exposition * The UMass Amherst Integrated Concentration in STEM (iCons) Program held its 13 th annual Senior Exposition on May 13, celebrating 53 scholars who completed iCons with projects spanning a wide array of academic disciplines and societal problems.iCons is a certificate program focused on real-world problem-solving more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 3 -- The University of Massachusetts Boston campus issued the following news: * * * CSM Showcase Highlights Innovative Student Research Every year, graduate and undergraduate students from the College of Science & Mathematics (CSM) gather to present their research to their peers, their mentors, and the public. Elizabeth Deatrick This year, which marked the tenth annual CSM Showcase, allowed students from across CSM's many disciplines to present their latest findi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 (TNSLrpt) -- Addressing Freight Pollution at the Source: Air Pollution, Freight Facility Clusters, and the Role of Indirect Source Rules - A report from Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, Massachusetts - May 2026 (35 pages) * * * The Union of Concerned Scientists issued a report analyzing the environmental and public health impacts of freight transportation pollution and evaluating strategies to reduce emissions at their source. The report examines pollution generated more ST

IOWA CITY, Iowa, June 4 (TNSjou) -- The University of Iowa College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Study: City planning can help expanding cities combat heat, air pollution Urban areas facing a one-two punch of heat and air pollution could fight back with changes in city planning, according to a new study published in Nature Communications last month. The study, co-authored by Gregory Carmichael, University of Iowa Karl Kammermeyer Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engine more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, June 3 -- The University of Southern California Rossier School of Education posted the following news: * * * USC Rossier doctoral students attend annual global summit on education technology * Every year, entrepreneurs, educators, investors, policymakers, and industry leaders gather for the ASU+GSV Summit. The event, held across multiple days, explores the education technology sector through panel discussions, tours of innovative schools, keynote speakers, new produc more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * USCIS Reveals Rampant Fraud Among Juvenile Immigrant Claims * From Fiscal Year 2013 through 2025, nearly 19,000 Special Immigrant Juvenile petitioners had criminal arrest records WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued the following statement after DHS General Counsel James Percival asked state court judges to take greater steps to combat rampant fraud more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 4 -- The University of San Francisco issued the following news release: * * * USF Names First Vice President for Mission and Ignatian Imagination Kevin F. Burke, S.J., will join the University of San Francisco as the university's first vice president for mission and Ignatian imagination, effective Aug. 1. Fr. Burke, a member of the USF Board of Trustees from 2013-22 who served on the Academic Affairs committee and the Catholic Identity and Jesuit Mission commi more PR

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, June 4 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Welcomes Josh Duckwall as Director of Energy Planning * VHB has welcomed Josh Duckwall, CEM, LEED AP, as Director of Energy Planning within the firm's Energy Evolution Practice, strengthening VHB's capacity to support clients as they plan, evaluate, and implem more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Lawmakers Slam White House After Reports of "Egregious Corruption" Involving Lucrative Pentagon Loan Gifted to Trump Jr.-Tied Company * New reporting revealed White House interfered to secure DoD loan for Trump Jr.-linked Vulcan Elements "If this report is accurate, it reveals a staggering level of corruption and influence peddling that... enrich(ed) the President's son at the exp more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- WilmerHale, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * WilmerHale Recognized in 2026 IAM Patent 1000 Rankings The IAM Patent 1000 has again recognized WilmerHale and a number of its partners in its annual rankings, which focus exclusively on patent practice and serve as a leading resource for identifying world-class patent expertise. According to IAM, the guide highlights firms and individuals based on the depth of their knowledge, market presence and sophistication of more PR