KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Oct. 20 (TNSEve) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Barton Seaver is one of the world's leading sustainable seafood experts and educators. Before leaving the restaurant industry to pursue interests in sustainable food systems, he was an award-winning chef leading top seafood restaurants in Washington, D.C. He is set to discuss "The Future of Seafood: How Marine Food Systems Can Support Healthy Oceans and Communities" on Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. as a par  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (TNSJou) -- Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health issued the following news: Best-selling author and climate activist Bill McKibben joined Columbia Mailman professor Lew Ziska for a conversation about the threat of climate change on global food security. The conversation was moderated by Alfredo Morabia, editor of the American Journal of Public Health and professor of epidemiology. The virtual conversation, the first in the School's Centennial Distinguished Sp  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2021: U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that she secured $5,810,000 for two key projects to expand workforce training for nursing and other health care professions in the draft Fiscal Year 2022 Labor and Health and Human Services Appropriations bill that has been released by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislation must still be voted upon by the full Senate and House. "Mai  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2021: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that government funding legislation for fiscal year (FY) 2022 released late yesterday afternoon includes $45,564,000 for specific New Hampshire projects, which she helped secure. The robust federal dollars, appropriated through the congressionally directed spending process, inv  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: With colder weather around the corner and energy costs projected to precipitously increase this winter, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) led a bipartisan coalition of 36 Senators in urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to release funds for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) as swiftly and at the highest level possible. The Senators say t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: With colder weather around the corner and energy costs projected to precipitously increase this winter, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to release funds for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) as s  more