KEENE, New Hampshire, Nov. 11 (TNSAwa) -- Antioch University New England issued the following news release: Dr. William Ketterer (Antioch University New England, PsyD '10) received notice in October that he had won the APA 2021 Distinguished Contributions of Applications of Psychology to Education and Training Award, one of the highest honors awarded by the American Psychological Association. The award, which comes with a $1,000 prize, is one of four given annually by the APA's Board of Educati  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 11 -- Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health issued the following news: When the first news of what would become a global pandemic emerged from China, the world's leaders immediately turned to researchers at the Columbia Mailman School, who moved with lightning speed to begin unraveling the mysteries of the novel coronavirus. The scientists were tapping a deep well of innovative research and policy expertise going back decades. From discerning who is particularly v  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Nov. 11 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Nov. 9: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has approved more than $11 million in state funding for grants through the Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP) that will be awarded to 94 small towns across Connecticut for various infrastructure improvement projects. This is the first time since 2016 that the state has awarded STEAP funding. The governor said that he reinstated t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following statement on Nov. 10 by Senior Attorney Jane Davenport: Today, the U.S. Senate released its fiscal year 2021 Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations bill, increasing funding for monitoring and protecting the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale by $2 million over FY 2020 levels. The additional funds will also help develop and test new anti-entanglement fishing gear technologies. The funding levels are simil  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Nov. 10 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following Economic Research report (No. 616) entitled "Economic Benefits of COVID-19 Screening Tests". The report was co-authored by Andrew Atkeson of the University of California, Los Angeles and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and Michael Droste, Michael J. Mina and James H. Stock of Harvard University. Here are the excerpts: Abstract We assess the economic value of screening testing programs as a p  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 10 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Maine's bold renewable energy and climate change policies are supporting economic growth and workforce demands in thriving clean energy industry, new report finds. A new report from the Governor's Energy Office and Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future offers a detailed analysis of the momentum within Maine's clean energy economy, and how the sector is emerging as a source of economic growt  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - New England Field Office issued the following news release: The USDA-NASS, Northeastern Region has released the crop production forecast for November, according to Pam Hird, state statistician of the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), New England Field Office. The latest survey, which was conducted during the last week of October and the first week of November  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Nov. 10 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story: A trait fishermen and scientists share is adaptability: the trait required to think on your feet, be comfortable with uncertainty, and repurpose resources when necessary. "Adaptable" is a word that perfectly describes Marsden Brewer, a third-generation commercial fisherman, who is also a scallop farmer and owner of PenBay Farmed Scallops. Brewer's business is the result o  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 11 -- Northeastern University issued the following news: A newly approved antibody therapy for COVID-19, produced by the pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly and Company, could help high-risk patients recover from the disease as long as the virus is detected soon after infection, says Mansoor Amiji, university distinguished professor of pharmaceutical sciences and chemical engineering at Northeastern. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the therapy, calle  more

SCHUYKILL HAVEN, Pennsylvania, Nov. 10 (TNSRes) -- Pennsylvania State University's Schuykill Campus issued the following news: Art Zilleruelo, assistant teaching professor of English and co-coordinator of the Honors Program at Penn State Schuylkill, has long been fascinated by nature and the mingling of terror, beauty, and reverence he experiences in its presence. From his youthful wanderings along the banks of the Susquehanna River to his current excursions into the wilderness of poetic compos  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Nov. 10: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on the legislation released by the Appropriations Committee's Chairman to fund the federal government for fiscal year (FY) 2021. Despite the process that failed to include a full committee markup, Senator Shaheen worked to include and supported numerous measures that w  more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, Nov. 10 (TNSRes) -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Justice has tapped the expertise of a UMass Lowell researcher to create a program to improve workplace health and safety for the country's 500,000 correctional officers and staff, a population data shows are at high risk for on-the-job injury, stress, obesity and premature death. Asst. Prof. Mazen El Ghaziri, associate chair of UMass Lowell's Solomo  more