WATERBURY, Connecticut, July 21 -- Naugatuck Valley Community College issued the following news release: Effective July 17, 2020, Mark Ojakian, President of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) has selected Dr. Lisa Dresdner, Dean of the Academic Affairs at NVCC to serve as the Interim Campus Chief Executive Officer with responsibility for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the campus. Dr. Dresdner joined the Naugatuck staff in 2015 as the Associate Dean of Liberal Arts/  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 21 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news on July 20: In their zeal to promote the importance of climate change as an ecological driver, climate scientists increasingly are ignoring the profound role that Indigenous peoples played in fire and vegetation dynamics, not only in the eastern United States but worldwide, according to a Penn State researcher. "In many locations, evidence shows that Indigenous peoples actively managed vast areas   more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine issued the following news release: A group of organizations including the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine--a national nonprofit of more than 12,000 doctors--ended its lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday after the agency announced a set of policies for the disclosure of animal welfare records. The change comes after years of court battles stemming from the USDA's abrupt shutdown of its onl  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced VA hospitals outperform or match neighboring non-VA hospitals in surgical quality and overall patient safety satisfaction. The finding comes from a study conducted by VA and university researchers that was published June 26, in the Journal of Surgical Research. "The prospect of having surgery can be stressful," said VA Secretary Robert Wilkie  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 21 -- The University of Massachusetts Boston campus issued the following news on July 20: Responding to the financial hardships that many Massachusetts families are facing, the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees voted today to freeze tuition rates for in-state undergraduate and graduate students for the 2020-21 academic year. Across the Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, and Lowell campuses, tuition will average $14,722 for the nearly 48,000 in-state undergradua  more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, July 21 -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have identified a quicker and less expensive way to count sperm in lobsters that could help scientists looking at any animal better understand mating, a key aspect of species survival. "Scientists used to have to do this using a very tedious or expensive method so it was rarely attempted," said Win Watson, professor emeritus of marine biology. "Now  more

CALLAGHAN, Australia, July 21 -- The University of Newcastle issued the following news: Laboratory tests conducted at the University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute have shown that a modified form of medicinal cannabis can kill or inhibit cancer cells without impacting normal cells, revealing its potential as a treatment rather than simply a relief medication. The significant outcome follows three years of investigations by cancer researcher Dr Matt Dun in collaboration with  more