PHOENIX, Arizona, July 17 -- Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication issued the following news: Karen Bordeleau, an award-winning journalist and veteran educator, has been named director of communications at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Arizona PBS. Bordeleau will oversee communications for Cronkite and Arizona PBS, including websites, press releases, social media, marketing, newsletter  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 17 -- Emory University's Woodruff Health Sciences Center issued the following news release: As an academic research institution, Emory's faculty and staff conduct studies across every discipline, from the sciences to the humanities. Here's a sample of recent grant awards and the work they will support, plus highlights from some published research findings. Grants highlighted: * Winship investigator leading glioblastoma clinical study * NSF grant to support antifungal r  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Following calls from U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and 21 of their colleagues, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted unanimously to reject a petition by the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) that would have upended states' net metering programs. Net metering allows consumers and businesses who generate some or all of thei  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 17 -- Massachusetts General Hospital issued the following news release on July 16: In a shift to personalize treatment for neurological disease, a team of neurologists and neurosurgeons from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) completed the first deep brain stimulation (DBS) implant in New England that will be able to use the patient's own brain activity to guide therapy. DBS treatment is designed to alleviate symptoms and reduce medication side-effects in patients  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 17 -- The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services issued the following news release: A cyanobacterial bloom has been developing at Keyser Pond in Henniker. The bloom has been an annual event for at least the last 4 summers. The pond is being monitored by NHDES and New England College. Samples collected on 7/16/20 exceeded the state threshold of 70,000 cells/ml of cyanobacteria in lake water. The water contained 89,000 cells/ml of Anabaena (Dolichospermum)  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners issued the following news release: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ruled unanimously in favor of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners protest opposing the New England Ratepayers Association net energy metering petition. FERC dismissed the petition because NERA failed to cite any specific harms or controversies that should be addressed by the Commission. This was a key argument r  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 17 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story: Researchers have been using passive acoustic recordings of whale calls to track their movements. They have found that four of the six baleen whale species found in the western North Atlantic Ocean -- humpback, sei, fin and blue whales -- have changed their distribution patterns in the past decade. The recordings were made over 10 years by devices moored to the seafloor at   more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Ocean Conservancy issued the following news release: The United States government announced it is joining the Global Ghost Gear Initiative(R) (GGGI), the world's only global platform for tackling abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear, also known as ghost gear. In doing so, the U.S. joins more than 100 member organizations including 15 other national governments and 13 U.S. fishing and seafood companies signaling their commitment to combatting the issue domestical  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 17 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: The National Institutes of Health's Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) initiative chose the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center as one of its sites for a study comparing the effectiveness of two different methods for emergency departments to initiate opioid use recovery medication. The study will begin in September and be led by Jeanmarie Perrone, MD, profes  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following statement by President and CEO Abigail Ross Hopper: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected a controversial petition to end state and local jurisdiction over net metering programs. The petition was brought by the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) and drew significant bipartisan pushback from around the country. * * * "As the leader of a coalition of conservative groups, solar advocates, sta  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, July 17 -- The University of Massachusetts Amherst campus issued the following news: Certain methods of decontaminating medical face masks for repeated use during the COVID-19 pandemic appear to damage the masks' integrity and protective function, according to research by a University of Massachusetts Amherst environmental health scientist. "Some treatments for decontamination had no impact on respirator performance, while other treatments resulted in substantial damage  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 17 -- WGBH Boston issued the following news release: Boston public media producer WGBH and The Boston Globe have joined together for a series of virtual events looking at race and inequality in Massachusetts. Produced in partnership with the NAACP Boston Branch and WGBH's WORLD Channel, The State of Race will premiere on Wednesday, July 22 at 7:30 p.m. with a discussion on the intersection of race and COVID-19. The State of Race: COVID-19 will feature interviews wit  more