WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker visited commands, installations, and industrial construction and maintenance locations as part of a multi-state trip across the East Coast. Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker wrapped up a multi-state trip across the East Coast April 7 where he visited industrial construction and maintenance locations to view current work, tour facilities and discuss industrial base e  more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, April 8 (TNSAwa) -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release on April 7, 2021: The New England First Amendment Coalition will honor the Bangor Daily News with its 2021 Michael Donoghue Freedom of Information Award. The FOI Award is given each year to a New England journalist or team of journalists for a body of work from the previous calendar year that protects or advances the public's right to know under federal or state law. Pref  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 9 (TNSPer) -- Brown University issued the following news on April 8, 2021: Dr. Jack A. Elias, dean of the Warren Alpert Medical School, has been named to a new senior position at Brown in which he will work with University leadership to advance the development of the University's new relationship with two local health systems to create the first integrated academic health system for Rhode Island, once the merger of the two systems is approved. After helping to t  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 9 -- The New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game issued the following news: The Schoolyard Action Grant Team (Team) has awarded over $11,000 in small grants to schools throughout the Granite State. The selected institutions are working on outdoor classrooms, habitat areas, and pollinator gardens. This year's grant awards support a mix of projects including: the Montessori Schoolhouse of Cheshire County in Keene, which will use funding to create a pollinator gard  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 9 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story: Two new reports provide an updated picture of conditions supporting fisheries in the U.S. Northeast Shelf marine ecosystems. One report focuses on Georges Bank and the Gulf of Maine, two ocean regions off New England, and the other report focuses on the Mid-Atlantic Bight. These are the three major regions within the U.S. Northeast Continental Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem.  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 8, 2021: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today led a letter to President Joe Biden, applauding the Executive Order that pauses new leasing for offshore oil and gas drilling on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Representatives Salud Carbajal, Jared Huffman, Alan Lowenthal, Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Donald McEachin also led the letter which was signed by 47 additional Members of  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, April 9 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker and U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee overseeing the U.S. Department of Defense, visited the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport on April 6. As part of the Secretary of the Navy's tour of some of New England's Navy facilities, Harker and Reed toured the Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) High Bay workspace f  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 9 (TNSJou) -- The Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine issued the following news release: A new type of therapeutic food specifically designed to repair the gut microbiomes of malnourished children is superior to standard therapy in promoting growth, according to the results of a proof-of-concept clinical trial conducted in Bangladesh. The study, conducted by an interdisciplinary team of researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. L  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 9 (TNSJou) -- The Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine issued the following news release: Genetic and genomic testing is driving advances in precision medicine. Such testing provides the data that, when combined with information about disease status and environmental factors, enable doctors to move away from one-size-fits-all treatment plans to personalized therapies tailored to individual needs. The Department of Pathology & Immunology at Washington Un  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, April 9 (TNSOps) -- The University of New England issued the following news release: The University of New England is proud to have led the state in hosting the Maine "Solve Climate by 2030 Dialog" on Wednesday, April 7. The dialog was one of more than 100 such events across 45 countries worldwide and in nearly every U.S. state held as part of the Solve Climate by 2030 project. Led by Bard College, the project aims to encourage states to engage in ambitious but feasible action  more