YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio, April 14 (TNSJou) -- Antioch University Midwest issued the following news: Environmental Studies graduate student Kyle Bradford and Dr. Michael Akresh, Core Faculty in Environmental Studies program at Antioch University New England, were featured in the article Forest Journal: Where do the ants go marching? in the New Hampshire Union Leader. Bradford and Akresh are currently studying the ant communities that inhabit dry oak-pine barrens and heathlands, a globally imperile  more

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio, April 14 (TNSJou) -- Antioch University New England issued the following news: Environmental Studies graduate student Kyle Bradford and Dr. Michael Akresh, Core Faculty in Environmental Studies program at Antioch University New England, were featured in the article Forest Journal: Where do the ants go marching? in the New Hampshire Union Leader. Bradford and Akresh are currently studying the ant communities that inhabit dry oak-pine barrens and heathlands, a globally impe  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, April 13 (TNSEve) -- Assumption College issued the following news: Pulitzer Prize-winning and nationally syndicated Washington Post columnist George F. Will will deliver the Commencement address during Assumption University's 104th Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 9 at 10 a.m. at the DCU Center in downtown Worcester. Will and Vincent Strully, Jr., founder and CEO of the New England Center for Children, will receive honorary degrees during the ceremony. Will is a  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, April 13 (TNSEve) -- Assumption College issued the following news on April 12, 2021: After a year of waiting due to gathering restrictions imposed by the Commonwealth, Assumption will recognize the Class of 2020 during a combined Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 15, at 12 noon, at the DCU Center in downtown Worcester. The Class of 2020, who received their diplomas last year after a virtual Conferral of Degrees ceremony, is the last to gradu  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 13, 2021, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - March 2021": The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Northeast increased 0.6 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that the recent increase reflected advan  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 14 (TNSAwa) -- The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics issued the following news release on April 13, 2021: Noura Abul-Husn, MD, PhD, FACMG is the recipient of the ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine's 2021 Dr. Michael S. Watson Genetic and Genomic Medicine Innovation Award--the "Watson Award"--named for the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics first and longstanding executive director, Dr. Michael Watson, FACMG. "I am truly hon  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 9 -- Rep. David Cicilline, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline today announced that 401 Tech Bridge has received $724,674 from the Economic Development Administration's (EDA) Scaling Pandemic Resilience Through Innovation and Technology (SPRINT) Challenge. The SPRINT Challenge was created last year by the CARES Act with the aim of harnessing America's en  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, April 14 (TNSPer) -- Western New England University issued the following news release: Western New England University has announced the appointment of Basil Andrew Stewart as Vice President for Finance and Administration after a comprehensive national search. Currently, Stewart is the Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer for Lasell University and Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Lasell Village in Newton, MA. At WNE, Stewart will se  more

WESTFIELD, Massachusetts, April 14 (TNSPol) -- Westfield State University issued the following news: Westfield State University has launched a Racial Equity and Justice Institute (REJI) Team and joined the Leading for Change Higher Education Racial Equity and Justice Institute, pledging to help dismantle systemic barriers to opportunity and combat injustices faced by communities of color on our campuses. The Bridgewater State University-based Consortium is a voluntary collaboration of 30 publi  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, April 14 (TNSJou) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release on April 13, 2021: As the Rhode Island legislature considers designating the Northern Star Coral an official state emblem, researchers are finding that studying this local creature's recovery from a laboratory-induced stressor could help better understand how to protect endangered tropical corals. A new study published today in mSystems, a journal of the American Society for M  more