NEW YORK, June 25 -- Fox News Channel, a business unit of Fox, issued the following news release: FOX Weather, FOX News Media's new AVOD streaming weather service, has signed six meteorologists to helm morning, daytime and evening programming across the platform, announced Sharri Berg, president of FOX Weather. Meteorologists Jason Frazer, Britta Merwin, Craig Herrera, Brigit Mahoney, Nick Kosir, and Stephen Morgan will lead the platform's weather coverage once the streaming service launches la  more

ORONO, Maine, June 24 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Paloma Henriques, a marine policy master's student at the University of Maine has been awarded a 2021 Switzer Fellowship by the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. Henriques, a marine policy master's student in the School of Marine Sciences, is advised by Joshua Stoll. Her research is focused on creating alternatives to sustainability certifications that serve the needs and capacities of small-scal  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 25 -- The University of Massachusetts System issued the following news release: Trusted health care providers could increase vaccine acceptance among the 40 percent of Americans who say they are hesitant or not likely to get a COVID-19 shot. Researchers at UMass Medical School are working to identify what message doctors should convey to their patients to be most effective. Kimberly Fisher, MD, associate professor of medicine, and Kathleen Mazor, EdD, professor of m  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, June 24 (TNSPer) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The University of Rhode Island has named Alyssa Boss, a former partner in the Providence law firm of Cameron & Mittleman LLP and former executive vice president and general counsel for the Care New England Health System, to the position of University general counsel. She starts at URI on July 6. The Exeter resident and URI alumna succeeds Louis J. Saccoccio, who retired in December 2020 after   more