BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 16 -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * A DrPH Student Centers Community Priorities in Public Health * As a community engagement specialist at Boston Medical Center and a part-time DrPH student at the School of Public Health, Jazmin Granadeno works to ensure community voices shape public health programs and research. Growing up, Jazmin Granadeno spent summer Sundays at soccer tournaments her parents organized around Boston. Families from El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Massachusetts Wins $130 Million in Federal Funding to Advance West-East Rail * Boston (October 16, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, and Congressmen Richard Neal (MA-01) and Jim McGovern (MA-02) today announced that Massachusetts has secured $130 million in federal funding for the Springfield Hub Modernization Project. The investment will improve existing passenger rail service along the Conn more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Markey Announce Joint Resolution of Disapproval on U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal, Setting Up Senate Vote * Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley--a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee--and Massachusetts' U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey today introduced a Joint Resolution of Disapproval (JRD) that gives the Senate an opportunity to debate and vote on the proposed U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal before it goes into effect. more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 16 -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * World Health Summit Shows Why Public Health Must Cross Borders * The summit, held this year in Berlin on October 11-13, provided a vital opportunity for global engagement that US academia must continue to maintain, despite the current challenges. Last week, I had the honor of attending and speaking at the 2026 World Health Summit (WHS), which arrived at a particularly difficult moment for international health cooperation. Global more PR