WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, May 13 (TNSMon) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: The Interdisciplinary Arts Center (IAC) at Wake Forest has received $1 million from anonymous donors to support the University's commitment to integrating the arts across all corners of campus, in the classroom and in the community - both Wake Forest and Winston-Salem. From a joint virtual performance of Alysia Lee's choral work, "Say Her Name," featuring the combined choirs from Winston-Salem S  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 13 (TNSJou) -- The Annenberg Public Policy Center issued the following news release on May 12, 2021: Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, a trio of science communication researchers proposes to treat the Covid-19 misinformation "infodemic" with the same methods used to halt epidemics. "We believe the intertwining spreads of the virus and of misinformation and disinformation require an approach to counteracting deceptions and misconceptions that parall  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 12, 2021, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - April 2021": The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Northeast increased 0.7 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that the recent increase reflected advances   more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, May 13 (TNSOps) -- Clark University issued the following news: In recent days, President Joe Biden raised the nation's cap on refugee admissions for this year to 62,500 -- and some experts think that number might increase to 125,000 for the 2022 fiscal year starting in October. What does this mean for the U.S. and, perhaps more importantly, for Central Massachusetts? A virtual symposium co-facilitated by Professor Anita Hausermann Fabos will examine this question and o  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 13 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on May 12, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech is available to residents in Connecticut between the ages of 12 to 15 at all clinics in the state that are offering that vaccine. The expansion of Connecticut's vaccine program follows on the heels of this afternoon's decision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its Advisory Com  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, May 13 -- The Massachusetts Medical Society issued the following news release: Dr. Jeffrey M. Drazen has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society as the 2021 recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award, given to a member of the Society who has made lasting contributions to the practice of medicine over a lifetime in health care delivery, patient care, education, and administration and who has made significant contributions to the goals of the Society. Drazen, a  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 (TNSPer) -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release on May 12, 2021: The Center for American Progress announced today that Frances Colon, Kelly Kryc, and Michael Williams will be joining the organization's Energy and Environment team later this month. Colon will be the team's senior director for international climate. At CAP, she will help develop strategies to strengthen U.S. partnerships with the international community to address climate change.  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 13 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following proclamation: WHEREAS, approximately 33 million small businesses operate within the United States, including 26 million that are individually operated without any employees; and WHEREAS, the state of Maine has more than 149,000 small businesses, nearly 3,800 of which are minority-owned; and WHEREAS, small businesses represent ninety-nine percent of all businesses in Maine, employing approximately fifty-seven percent of  more

LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey, May 12 (TNSOps) -- Rider University issued the following news release: Ming Luke '00 and Paul Chapin '84 recognized for their professional accomplishments and support of WCC's Music Education program. Chapin is head of school for the Newark Boys Chorus School. Before his current appointment, he was an educator and administrator in the Princeton Public Schools for 35 years. A vocal music teacher at Riverside School, he also served as acting/interim principal of the sc  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 13 (TNSOps) -- The Southern Poverty Law Center issued the following news release on May 12, 2021: The new season of the Southern Poverty Law Center's (SPLC) original podcast -- Sounds Like Hate -- was released today. This season goes deeper into the dangers and peril of everyday people who engage in extremism. It also looks at local communities grappling with the national effort to remove Confederate symbols from public spaces. "For decades we have tracked and analyzed  more