CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 2 (TNSRes) -- The Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital issued the following news release: Joyce Wu, MD, will start at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago on October 1 as the Section Head of the Epilepsy Program in the Division of Neurology. She also will be the Lorna S. and James P. Langdon Chair in Pediatric Epilepsy. She is nationally recognized for her expertise and research in tuberous sclerosis complex -- an inherited disease, which affects t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release on Oct. 1: Yesterday the New England Fishery Management Council approved Amendment 23 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan to improve data collection in the New England groundfish fishery. Amendment 23 will require 100% monitoring of groundfish trips for the next four years, provided that funding is made available to cover costs. In the absence of adequate funding, the fleet must maintain a m  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston issued the following Beige Book for Sept. 2, 2020: Summary of Economic Activity Business activity continued to pick up modestly in the First District in July and early August, even as some sectors saw little improvement. Some retailers cited strong activity, while air travel and hotels remained very soft. Manufacturing and staffing results were similarly mixed, with results largely a function of the pandemic's effects on the sectors of t  more

PORTLAND, Maine, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine, Halsey B. Frank, issued the following news release on Oct. 1: U.S. Attorney Halsey Frank today announced that Brunswick-based Volunteers of America, Northern New England has received a federal grant of $749,586 to help assist offenders reenter their communities after confinement. The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and Office   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 2 -- New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald issued the following news release: Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald and New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) Commissioner Robert Scott announce that a settlement with New England Metal Recycling, Inc. (NEMR) has been sent to the Strafford County Superior Court for improper disposal of hazardous waste at a facility located at 290 Knox Marsh Road in Madbury, New Hampshire. The settlemen  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - New England Field Office issued the following news release: Maine oat production totaled 1.39 million bushels in 2020, down 4% from the 2019 total of 1.44 million bushels, according to Pam Hird, state statistician of the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), New England Field Office. Yield was estimated at 63.0 bushels per acre, down 13.0 bushels from the previous  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 2 -- The New England Foundation for the Arts issued the following statement by National Programs Directors Indira Goodwine and Quita Sullivan: In the wake of a global health pandemic, economic downturn, and continued racial injustice, NEFA recognizes that the arts & culture landscape remains in flux. However, we remain steadfast in our commitment to the humanity of artists and our efforts to be nimble, responsive, and champions for change in our field and beyond. Th  more

PLYMOUTH, New Hampshire, Oct. 2 (TNSEco) -- Plymouth State University issued the following news release: Plymouth State's venerable Physical Education (PE) Center is undergoing an energy efficiency transformation. After years of research and planning, nearly an acre's worth of advanced solar panels are being installed on the center's Holderness campus roof, with construction anticipated to be completed by year's end. Covering all available roof space, the solar photovoltaic (PV) array will offs  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Oct. 1: Today the House passed bipartisan legislation led by House Oceans Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Don Young (R-AK) along with Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) to strengthen the federal response to marine debris. Save Our Seas 2.0, S. 1982, builds on the original Save Our Seas Act to improve the domestic response to mari  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release on Oct. 1: Today a coalition of solar companies and clean energy advocacy organizations sent a letter to Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka and House Speaker Robert DeLeo strongly opposing a legislative provision that authorizes utilities to construct, operate and own solar projects. The provision, Section 15H in the House Act Creating a 2050 Roadmap to a Clean and Thriving Commonwealth (H.  more

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama, Oct. 2 (TNSRes) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news on Oct. 1: A new medical journal article written by Fredrick Vars, the Ira Drayton Pruitt, Sr. Professor of Law, suggests doctors and mental health professionals could use voluntary do-not-sell lists for firearms as a new tool in their suicide prevention toolkit. Vars developed the proposal that would allow those at risk of suicide to voluntarily place their name on a registry, prohibiting gun stores fr  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Oct. 2 -- The University of New England issued the following news release: The University of New England has been named a partner in the Northern Periphery and the Arctic Programme (NPA) COVID-19 Response CORE Project, a first-of-its-kind collaboration with the intent of collating information learned from thematic projects within the NPA's newly formed COVID-19 Response Group, of which UNE NORTH: The Institute for North Atlantic Studies is a part. The COVID-19 CORE Project ai  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Oct. 2 (TNSRes) -- The University of New England issued the following news release: As the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread across the United States in March, all UNE labs were required to significantly decrease research. Lab faculty and professional staff were reduced to skeleton crews to maintain vital long-term research projects. Students were not allowed in the labs without special permission. Despite the limitations, students continued their research remotely. This incl  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Oct. 1 (TNSRep) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on Sept. 30: A study of the impact of utility scale solar power installations on nearby housing prices by University of Rhode Island economists found that house prices within a mile of a Rhode Island or Massachusetts solar array declined by an average of 1.7%. Homes within a tenth of a mile of the installations declined by 7%. Those are among the findings of a report issued today by Corey Lang,   more