BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 3 -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * 'The Potential Damage from Reducing Support for Health Services Research Is High' In a new commentary in The Milbank Quarterly, Michael Stein discusses how federal funding cuts to academia will stymie research that aims to improve health systems and make healthcare more accessible, affordable, and equitable for all. From slashing the majority of US foreign aid, to drastically reducing more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 3 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * After Five Years of Planning, Pardee's New Home Will Unite Global Studies School The 12-story building on Bay State Road will be the largest mass timber tower on the East Coast and will include more green space near the BU Beach By Molly Callahan With plans that have been in the works for five years, Boston University is building a new home for the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies--one that wil more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 3 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * Might Clinically Obese Patients Have Treatment Denied Under Proposed Diagnosis Changes? BU emerita professor who served on international commission suggests doctors look beyond BMI to diagnose obesity By Rich Barlow Body mass index (BMI), doctors' go-to metric for adjudicating a person's healthy weight for decades, has had long-recognized limitations. Determined by dividing people's weight by their height, more PR

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, April 3 -- Clark University issued the following news: * * * Discovering a 'magic' mushroom was no trick By Melissa Hanson Researcher Alexander Bradshaw and team uncover a new fungi species A new species of psychoactive fungi has been described from Africa by a team that includes Alexander Bradshaw, a post-doctoral researcher in Clark's Biology Department, working in the lab with professors David Hibbett and Javier Tabima Restrepo. The species, which has been name more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 2 [Category: BizEnergy] -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release: * * * GE Vernova launches first brand campaign: "The Energy of Change" CAMBRIDGE, MA (April 2, 2025) - On the one-year anniversary of its spin-off from General Electric, GE Vernova is launching its first-ever global brand campaign, " The Energy of Change ". This visually striking, emotionally charged initiative highlights the opportunity, progress and momentum happeni more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 2 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Healey-Driscoll Administration Files $756 Million Supplemental Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 Boston -- Today, Governor Maura Healey filed a supplemental budget for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) to address time-sensitive spending needs for state services such as food access, public safety, housing and child care, create opportunities for Massachusetts businesses, and boost local economies thr more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 2 [Category: BizEnergy] -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release: * * * Homer City Redevelopment and Kiewit announce country's largest natural gas-powered data center campus to support AI and HPC demand Homer City, PA (April 2, 2025) - Today Homer City Redevelopment (HCR) and Kiewit Power Constructors Co. (Kiewit) announced the future of the former Homer City Generating Station. Homer City - previously the largest coal-burning power more PR

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, April 3 -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: * * * IDC Publishes New, Actionable AI Research at Annual 'Directions' Event AI Agent Adoption Now Considered Strategic to Overall Business Transformation, Not as Independent Technology SAN JOSE, CA. - April 2, 2025 - IDC, the global leader in trusted technology intelligence, is today showcasing actionable artificial intelligence (AI) insigh more PR

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, April 3 -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, issued the following news on April 2, 2025: * * * VHB Explores Coastal Resiliency with Industry Leaders at ULI Tampa Bay Kathleen Keen moderated a local panel that shared insights on resilience. More than 16 hurricanes have impacted Florida in the last decade, underscoring the importance of resilient infrastructure across  more PR

OLYMPIA, Washington, April 2 -- The Washington State Department of Health issued the following news release on April 1, 2025: * * * Washington WIC chosen for online ordering pilot program with Walmart Washington WIC recipients can now use benefits for delivery, shipping, or pickup from 67 Walmart stores across the state OLYMPIA - Washington state families enrolled in the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program can now use their benefits to order WIC-approved foods online from Wa more PR