DALLAS, Texas, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 18, 2021, entitled "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions - December 2020": Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $32.34 per hour in the South to $40.62 in the Northeast during December 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. In t  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, March 19 -- The University of Massachusetts-Amherst issued the following news: A new professorship in psychological and brain sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been established through a financial commitment of $1.2 million from Robert S. Feldman and his wife, Katherine E. Vorwerk. Feldman is senior advisor to Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy, as well as the former deputy chancellor of the university and dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sci  more

RINDGE, New Hampshire, March 19 (TNSPer) -- Franklin Pierce University issued the following news: Franklin Pierce University announces the appointment of Pierre Morton as the University's Chief Diversity Officer, effective April 12, 2021. Pierre joined the Franklin Pierce community in July 2019 as the Executive Director of the Lloyd & Helen Ament Astmann '69 Career Center. The appointment follows a national search which drew the interest of hundreds of professionals from throughout New England   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 19 (TNSPer) -- The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review issued the following announcement: The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) has appointed new members to each of its three independent evidence Appraisal Councils: the California Technology Assessment Forum (CTAF), the Midwest Comparative Effectiveness Public Advisory Council (Midwest CEPAC), and the New England Comparative Effectiveness Public Advisory Council (New England CEPAC). "Each of   more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, March 19 -- The National Pest Management Association issued the following news release: The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) today released its bi-annual Bug Barometer(R) forecast, a seasonal projection of the pest pressure and activity Americans can expect to see in their respective regions of the country based on weather patterns, long-term forecasts and pest biological behaviors. According to the group's team of entomologists, warm and wet spring and summer cond  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news release on March 18, 2021: Nearly one-half of the country -- stretching from the Pacific Coast to the Great Plains and upper Midwest -- is currently experiencing moderate to exceptional drought conditions, and that is expected to continue and expand, according to NOAA's U.S. Spring Outlook released today. Drier conditions in the Southwest U.S. associated with La N  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, March 19 -- The University of New England issued the following statement by President James D. Herbert: * * * On Tuesday, a horrific act of violence occurred in our country when a man killed eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, in a mass shooting at three spas in Atlanta. These murders bring to the forefront the overt racism and hate many Asian Americans have experienced over the course of the last year. Asian Americans are experiencing increasing racism and ha  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 19 (TNSRes) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Vanderbilt University Medical Center is recruiting volunteers for a randomized controlled phase 2 clinical trial to help determine the prevalence of systemic allergic reactions (SARS) to the two-dose COVID-19 mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. True allergies associated with these vaccines appear to be quite rare, in the range of only three to four cases per million doses a  more

WESTFIELD, Massachusetts, March 19 (TNSPer) -- Westfield State University issued the following news: Westfield State University Dean of the College of Education, Health, and Human Services Juline E. Mills, Ph.D., has been elected to serve on the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), the regional accreditation agency for New England colleges and universities. Commission members from colleges and universities across New England elect at least 27 individuals to serve on the Commiss  more