ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 4 (TNSEve) -- The American Network of Community Options and Resources issued the following news release on June 2, 2021: This morning, ANCOR announced that William Pate, a direct support professional (DSP) based in Indianapolis, Ind., has been named the 2021 National Direct Support Professional of the Year. Pate and his organization, Dungarvin--a national provider of long-term supports and services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) base  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 4 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New England Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 3, 2021, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Providence-Warwick - May 2020": Workers in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $28.32 in May 2020, about 5 percent above the nationwide average of $27.07, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Region  more

MACON, Georgia, June 4 (TNSAwa) -- Mercer University issued the following news: Mercer University faculty member and Georgia Poet Laureate Chelsea Rathburn was recently selected by the Academy of American Poets as a 2021 Poets Laureate Fellow. This year's 23 fellows serve as poets laureate of states and cities across the U.S. and will be leading civic poetry programs in their respective communities in the year ahead. Each will receive $50,000, and the Academy will provide more than $100,000 to  more

NEW YORK, June 4 -- Mount Sinai Hospital issued the following news release: A phase 3 clinical trial co-led by Mount Sinai researchers is the first to show that immunotherapy after surgery to remove bladder cancer can reduce the risk of relapse for patients who are at high risk of their cancer returning in a deadly metastatic form, according to results published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The immunotherapy nivolumab was used as an adjuvant therapy, which is given after surgery in t  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - New England Field Office issued the following news release: The 2020 wholesale value of floriculture crops in Connecticut is up 13% from the 2019 valuation according to Pam Hird, New England State Statistician for USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), New England Field Office. The total crop value at wholesale for all growers with $10,000 or more in sales is estima  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 3 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story: Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, NOAA funded 125 habitat restoration projects in coastal areas throughout the country. Now, more than a decade later, we're taking a look back at some of the projects we funded. We'll explore the benefits this restoration work continues to bring to communities and ecosystems across the country. In Part 3 of this 3-p  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The White House issued the following news release: President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following seven individuals to serve in key roles: * Paloma Adams-Allen, Nominee for Deputy Administrator for Management and Resources, United States Agency for International Development * Isobel Coleman, Nominee for Deputy Administrator for Policy and Programming, United States Agency for International Development * Grant Harris, Nominee for Assistant Secretary f  more

NEW YORK, June 4 -- The United Nations issued the following news release on June 3, 2021: The new Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations, Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Dr Pa'olelei Luteru, paid a courtesy call on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today. He earlier presented his credentials to the Secretariat on 2 June. Prior to his latest appointment, Mr. Luteru was ambassador to Belgium and the European Union and bilaterally accredited to the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hun  more

IRVINE, California, June 3 (TNSJou) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: A multidisciplinary research team led by Jonathan Lakey, Ph.D., professor of surgery and biomedical engineering at the University of California, Irvine, has developed a biomaterial for pancreatic islet transplants that doesn't trigger the body's immune response. Based on stem cell technology, hybrid alginate offers a possible long-term treatment for Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune  more