NEW YORK, April 30 (TNSPer) -- New York University issued the following news release: The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) has elected eight New York University faculty as fellows: Jose Alvarez, Dafna Bar-Sagi, Katherine Fleming, Jennifer Homans, Perri Klass, Nader Masmoudi, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Deborah Willis. Among the other 244 AAAS members elected this year are Oprah Winfrey, Sanjay Gupta, and Kara Swisher. "We are honoring the excellence of these individuals, celebrating wha  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 30 -- Gov. Charlie Baker, R-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on April 29, 2021: The Baker-Polito Administration today announced $2.1 million in new funding to 10 vocational technical high schools as part of its Career Technical Initiative, to support additional training programs for students and adults. The funds will support training and skill-building programs in the construction, trades and manufacturing spaces across 23 different career pathways.  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA recently awarded a $1,972,612 grant to the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) for the state's Emergency Feeding Program. The grant covers 100% of the costs of the state's "Vermont Everyone Eats" program, which provides nutritious meals to high-risk populations impacted by COVID-19 throughout Vermont. The program is administered   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 30 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story: NOAA's Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program just released its Report to Congress. It showcases new accomplishments and scientific discoveries and summarizes exciting activities from 2018 and 2019. The deep sea is the largest habitat on Earth, and the least well known. Our research improved our understanding of deep-sea coral communities, supported management dec  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following report (No. PNNL-29737) entitled "Improving Discovery, Sharing, and Use of Water Data": The report was co-authored by Kyle B. Larson, James W. Saulsbury, Brian J. Bellgraph, and Jerry D. Tagestad from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Makena A.Y.L. Wong, Kelford C. Mitchel and Dan W. Reicher from Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. Here are excerpts: Summary D  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Lisa F. Stifler, director of state policy at the Center for Responsible Lending, as part of a remote hearing entitled "The Reemergence of Rent-a-Bank?" on April 28, 2021: * * * My name is Lisa Stifler, and I am the Director of State Policy at the Center for Responsible Lending. CRL is a nonprofit, non-partisan research and policy organization dedicated to protecting homeownership a  more

ATHENS, Greece, April 30 -- The U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa - U.S. 6th Fleet issued the following news: The Sentinel-class fast response cutters USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141) and USCGC Robert Goldman (WPC 1142) arrived in Athens for a routine logistics visit and key leader engagements, April 29, 2021. This port visit marks the cutters' third stop while conducting operations in U.S. Sixth Fleet region en route to their new homeport of Manama, Bahrain. ""I'm very happy to welcome the   more