CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A new community for computational science and engineering * For the past decade, MIT has offered doctoral-level study in computational science and engineering (CSE) exclusively through an interdisciplinary program designed for students applying computation within a specific science or engineering field. As interest grew among students focused primarily on advancing CSE methodolo more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Becoming a Private Equity Lawyer - Goodwin (Chambers Associates) * The Private Equity industry supercharges companies' operations and puts money in the pocket of investors. Four Goodwin lawyers share insights in a Chambers Associates article that work in this area brings much more than financial profit. The article highlights what a private equity practice is, the Goodwin more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Ceres, a non-profit organization that is mobilizing companies and investors to take stronger action on climate change, water scarcity and global sustainability challenges, posted the following news release: * * * Businesses applaud multistate action plan to cut energy costs and expand clean home heating options * Businesses welcome the release of a new roadmap designed to help states accelerate the transition to energy-efficient, zero- more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 17 -- Community Catalyst issued the following news release: * * * Republicans' Government Funding Bill Is Woefully Insufficient and Democrats Should Reject It Washington, D.C. - In response to Speaker Johnson's Continuing Resolution text that does not include any health care relief for millions of people in this country, Mona Shah, Senior Director of Policy and Strategy at Community Catalyst, released the following statement: "The proposal from Speaker Johnson an more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Decoding the sounds of battery formation and degradation * Before batteries lose power, fail suddenly, or burst into flames, they tend to produce faint sounds over time that provide a signature of the degradation processes going on within their structure. But until now, nobody had figured out how to interpret exactly what those sounds meant, and how to distinguish between ordinary more PR

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Sept. 17 -- The Education Development Center issued the following news on Sept. 16, 2025: * * * Putting an MTSS Lens on Mathematics What if every student received the instruction they needed to be successful and confident mathematics learners? That's the core motivation behind the work of EDC's Amy Brodesky and Emily Fagan. Brodesky and Fagan work with school/district leaders and teachers in upper elementary and middle schools to strengthen mathematics intervention cl more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Forbes Names Joshua Zachariah to its 2025 Top 250 Lawyers in America List * Forbes has named partner Joshua Zachariah to its second-annual Top 250 Lawyers in America list, which spotlights "the nation's finest attorneys in private practice." Honorees were chosen through a rigorous, multi-stage process of researching, evaluating and rating thousands of candidates through n more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * How to build AI scaling laws for efficient LLM training and budget maximization * When researchers are building large language models (LLMs), they aim to maximize performance under a particular computational and financial budget. Since training a model can amount to millions of dollars, developers need to be judicious with cost-impacting decisions about, for instance, the model ar more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * How to get your business into the flow * In the late 1990s, a Harley-Davidson executive named Donald Kieffer became general manager of a company engine plant near Milwaukee. The iconic motorcycle maker had forged a celebrated comeback, and Kieffer, who learned manufacturing on the shop floor, had been part of it. Now Kieffer wanted to make his facility better. So he arranged for a more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 17 (TNSrep) -- Bain and Co., a management consulting firm, issued the following news release: * * * Luxury's tech evolution continues, brands seek to invest smarter to transform faster--Bain & Company and Comite Colbert * Technology has become a key function in luxury's transformation: 85% of CEOs consider it important to executing their strategy, and 8% deem it truly critical * 37% of luxury houses report having already largely put in place the technological cap more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT geologists discover where energy goes during an earthquake * The ground-shaking that an earthquake generates is only a fraction of the total energy that a quake releases. A quake can also generate a flash of heat, along with a domino-like fracturing of underground rocks. But exactly how much energy goes into each of these three processes is exceedingly difficult, if not imposs more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Over 1,000 Scientists Call on EPA to Do Its Job: Heed Best Available Climate Science to Protect Public from Global Warming Pollution * WASHINGTON (September 16, 2025)--The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) today submitted a letter with more than 1,000 signatory scientists and experts, objecting to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposal  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Ropes & Gray Wins Two Awards at the 2025 Asia Legal Awards * Ropes & Gray won two "Deal of the Year" awards at Law.com 's 2025 Asia Legal Awards. The firm's work on behalf of clients was recognized in the following categories: * M&A Deal of the Year - Lexmark's $1.5 Billion Sale to Xerox * Private Equity Deal of the Year - Bain Capital - Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Statement by Senator Warren on Appeals Court Decision Rejecting Trump's Illegal Attempt to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the D.C. Circuit Court's decision rejecting P more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 17 (TNSrep) -- Bain and Co., a management consulting firm, issued the following news release: * * * Store strikes back as a connected, AI-powered space--Bain & Company and VusionGroup * The store is back at the center of retail strategies with 75% of executives planning a large-scale store transformation in the next 2 years * From bottom-line improvements to enhanced experiences, tech-enabled stores are delivering big wins for retailers and customers on efficienc more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * The American Lawyer Highlights Growth of 'Pioneering' R&G Insights Lab * As the R&G Insights Lab celebrates its fifth anniversary, a recent article in The American Lawyer featured the Insights Lab for its innovative approach, and continued leadership in illustrating how integrated, technology-enabled legal services can aid clients in identifying and mitigate emerging areas more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Hirono Lead Senate Armed Services Committee Democrats in Demanding Answers on Reassignment of Military Lawyers to Immigration Courts * "This [reassignment] demonstrates how the Trump administration views skilled personnel as pawns to be traded between agencies, rather than as professionals essential to their core missions, in order to advance misguided immigration policies." Tex more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Slotkin, Grassley, Ernst Unveil Plan to Take on Military Contractors' Price Gouging, Expand Transparency in Maintenance Contracts * Bill Text (PDF) | Bill One-Pager (PDF) Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) announced the introduction of the new bipartisan Transparency in Contract more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Warnock, Colleagues Urge Bank Regulators to Withdraw Proposal to Kill First Improvements to the Community Reinvestment Act in 30 Years U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) led a letter to Fede more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Whip Clark Statement on GOP's Partisan Spending Bill * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Democratic Whip Katherine Clark issued the following statement after House Republicans released the text of their partisan spending funding bill: "The GOP's budget plan will cut health coverage for millions of people and hike insurance premiums for everyone, all to hand tax cuts to billionaires. "Democrats have b more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Wix Prices Upsized $1.15 Billion Convertible Senior Notes Offering with Capped Call * Goodwin's Capital Markets team advised the initial purchasers on a Rule 144A offering by Wix.com Ltd. (NASDAQ: WIX) of its 0.00% convertible senior notes due 2030. The offering was upsized from $750 million to $1.00 billion plus the full exercise of the initial purchasers' option to purc more PR