STORRS, Connecticut, Dec. 1 (TNSJou) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: Driving is ingrained in the American culture. It is a rite of passage immortalized in movies and music as the moment when teens get their first taste of freedom - a set of car keys. But for most adolescents in Connecticut, driving is not an option, and there are few alternative means of transportation. Researchers from UConn's Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center (CTSRC), located within  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Dec. 1 -- Assumption College issued the following news on Nov. 30: Assumption University today announced that its Multi-sport Stadium has been named for the University of Notre Dame's Dick Corbett Head Football Coach Brian Kelly '83, HD'12 in recognition of his storied contributions to build the University's football program in the 1980s and steadfast support for the University, including a generous challenge grant he has issued to alumni and friends of the institution  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 1 -- The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston issued the following news release: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), announced that it has commissioned Lauren Halsey (born 1987) and Diedrick Brackens (born 1989) for the second and third editions of The Banner Project. This annual series of exhibitions engages artists to create large-scale banners that hang from the glass ceiling of the I. M. Pei-designed Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art. Known for site-specific p  more

HERSHEY, Pennsylvania, Dec. 1 -- Penn State Health issued the following transcript: According to the Epilepsy Foundation, one in 10 people will experience a seizure throughout their life, and of that group, one in 26 will develop epilepsy. Dr. Michael Sather addresses questions about the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. Transcript Barbara Schindo - Good morning and thank you for joining us. You're watching Ask Us Anything About Epilepsy. I'm Barbara Schindo. According to the CDC, 3.4 mill  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Dec. 1 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Massachusetts-Amherst issued the following news: Professor Deepak Ganesan of the College of Computer and Information Sciences (CICS), with former students Pengyu Zhang and Pan Hu, recently received one of the 2020 Boston Patent Lawyers' Association (BPLA) tenth annual "Invented Here!" Awards for his team's invention and successful patenting of "Systems and Methods for Asymmetric Backscatter Communications" and "Systems and Methods for  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Dec. 1 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Xinchao Liu, a doctoral student in the Department of Industrial Engineering, received the 2nd prize in the Poster Competition at the 2020 NextGen Data Science Day conference. The conference was organized by the NextGen committee of the New England Statistical Society and was held virtually. NextGen is an annual event involving all major schools in the New England region, as well as a few schools ou  more