BURLINGTON, Vermont, Sept. 16 (TNSGra) -- Champlain College issued the following news: The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the University of Maine, University of Maine at Augusta, University of Vermont, and Champlain College a $4 million grant this month to solve problems of national importance by analyzing massive amounts of data. Champlain students majoring and minoring in Data Science will be on the frontline of a huge social impact project that sets out to understand the effects   more

HOLYOKE, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 (TNSPPX) -- ISO New England issued the following news release: Every year, ISO New England's Customer Service and Training department conducts an online survey of market participants to measure their satisfaction with the information and services the ISO provides. The survey from the ISO's Participant Support and Solutions department contains a series of questions (both multiple choice and open response) that should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete. Th  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 16 (TNSPPX) -- The Natural Resources Council of Maine issued the following news release: The virtually unknown company seeking to operate a mine in the shadow of Katahdin has asked the Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC) to carry out only a narrow review of its rezoning proposal, a move the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) called an egregious attempt to bypass rezoning rules that protect the health of Maine's people and natural environment. On August 26, 2020, Wo  more

GARDEN CITY, New York, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Kathleen Rice, D-New York, issued the following news release on Sept. 15: U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) today announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $314,155 federal grant to Nassau Community College (NCC) for its project, "Collaborative Research: Broadening Participation in Computing through Authentic, Collaborative Engagement with Computing for the Greater Good." The project will expand computer science education   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (TNSPPX) -- Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment issued the following news release on Sept. 15: Today, RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment) joined more than 300 organizations engaged with pesticide products to urge members of Congress to support the availability of safe and effective pesticides to protect our public health, infrastructure, and green spaces and to oppose H.R. 7940 and S. 4406. Download the letters sent to the U.S. House of Representati  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Sept. 16 (TNSAwa) -- The University of New England issued the following news release: Jefferson Navicky, M.F.A., the archivist for the Maine Women Writers Collection on the University of New England's Portland Campus, has been awarded a 2020 Maine Literary Award for his series of poems, "Other Fathers and Other Poems." The Maine Literary Awards, an annual competition hosted by the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance (MWPA), were hosted online in May with over 200 people in at  more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 (TNSRes) -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following news release: As wildfires continue to ravage the West Coast, UMass Lowell researchers analyzing the reasons behind hot and dry conditions hope their work will offer greater understanding of extreme weather events across the country. UMass Lowell Prof. Mathew Barlow and Assistant Prof. Christopher Skinner, both of Medford, are examining why heat waves and droughts occur in the U.S. N  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Sept. 16 (TNSRes) -- The University of New England issued the following news release: Anne-Marie Davee, M.S., RDN, LD, assistant clinical professor in the Department of Nutrition within the University of New England's Westbrook College of Health Professions, recently spoke with the Bangor Daily News about the purported health benefits of yet another popular dietary supplement: liquid chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is the green pigment found in plants that converts the sun's rays in  more