TEMPE, Arizona, Aug. 6 (TNSPer) -- Arizona State University issued the following news: This fall, the humanities division at Arizona State University will welcome scholar Elisa New as the first-ever director of the Center for Public Humanities in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The new center will join the division's 11 existing centers, with the goal of bringing the best of humanities teaching and learning to worldwide public audiences. New, a scholar of classic American literature   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 7 (TNSOps) -- The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission issued the following news release: The Commission's Atlantic Menhaden Management Board initiated an addendum to Amendment 3 to consider changes to commercial allocations, the episodic event set aside (EESA) program, and the incidental catch and small-scale fisheries provision. This action responds to the recommendations of a Board work group charged with evaluating provisions of the current management progra  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New England Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 5, 2021, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area - June 2021": Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.1 percent in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Consolidated Statistical Area (CSA) for the 12-month period ending June 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 6 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: In a written response to Attorney General William Tong's August 2 letter, M&T Bank made a commitment to Connecticut jobs and to Bridgeport as its New England regional headquarters. Attorney General Tong had written to leadership of M&T Bank and People's United Bank seeking detailed information regarding efforts to mitigate job losses and adverse economic impacts to Connecticut workers   more

BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 6 (TNSAwa) -- D'Youville College issued the following news: The Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership is proud to announce Amy Brombos was just awarded the United States Department of Commerce Bronze Medal for her work at the U.S. Census Bureau. Amy is a student in the program at the dissertation stage. She is also Partnership and Media Coordinator for the U.S. Census Bureau for New York, New Jersey, New England, and Puerto Rico. The Department of Commerce Bronze M  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- Fox News Channel, a business unit of Fox, issued the following news release: FOX News Channel (FNC) has named Jacqui Heinrich White House correspondent, announced Jay Wallace, president and executive editor of FOX News Media. In this position, Heinrich will cover President Biden's domestic and international agenda as well as issues impacting the administration. She will report alongside FNC's Peter Doocy, who will continue in his role as White House correspondent for the net  more

LONDON, England, Aug. 7 (TNSJou) -- The National Institute for Health Research issued the following news: Three international clinical trial platforms, working together to test the effects of anticoagulants (blood thinners) in hospitalised people with COVID-19, have found the treatment improves survival and reduces the need for vital organ support such as mechanical ventilation in moderately ill patients. The findings, published in the New England Journal of Medicine this week, demonstrated be  more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, Aug. 6 (TNSOps) -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: The New England First Amendment Coalition recently launched a monthly educational series featuring short, practical lessons on journalism and the First Amendment. The goal of the program - called "30 Minute Skills" - is to provide reporters and other citizens knowledge they can use immediately in newsgathering, data collection, storytelling and other areas of journalism a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: What: Mutation in a single gene appears to account for a form of male infertility in which men fail to produce sperm, according to an international study funded in part by the National Institutes of Health. Males with the condition, known as non-obstructive azoospermia, fail to produce any sperm, even though they do not have any obstruction in the ducts throug  more