WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Nov. 18 (TNSPer) -- Assumption College issued the following news: The New England Psychological Association (NEPA) announced a transition in leadership at its annual conference on November 6, naming Assumption University Associate Professor of Psychology Adam Volungis, Ph.D., as its next president. Prof. Volungis assumes the role from fellow Assumption Professor Leonard A. Doerfler, Ph.D., who has served as NEPA president since 2018. Prof. Volungis was elected preside  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Nov. 18 (TNSPol) -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: Conservation leaders in New Hampshire thanked Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) for her leadership to restore funding to the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP). Inclusion of CELCP funding in the Infrastructure and Jobs Act is a positive and much needed step towards protecting our coastline in New Hampshire and across the country. This important program provides g  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 18 (TNSPol) -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) would not allow the expansion of the Wheelabrator Saugus Ash Landfill as it's currently proposed according to a letter from Commissioner Martin Suuberg. The letter cited the location of the landfill and adjacent solid waste incinerator in the middle of an Area of Critical Environmental Concern (a fragile salt marsh) in detai  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 18 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: Governor Mills and Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher issued the following statements today on the U.S. Court of Appeals' decision to reinstate a 967 square mile fisheries closure off the Maine coast. The closure had been temporarily suspended by U.S. District Court Judge Lance Walker in October as a result of a lawsuit filed by the Maine Lobster Union. "This is a   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 18 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: Governor Janet Mills announced today that, effective immediately, all Maine adults age 18 and older are eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster shot, regardless of underlying medical condition. Expanding booster eligibility will protect the health of Maine people, limit transmission of the deadly Delta variant, and preserve our health care system's capacity now overburdened because of a sust  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 18 (TNSJou) -- Massachusetts General Hospital issued the following news release: When patients with cardiovascular disease have stents placed in narrowed coronary arteries to ensure that blood is delivered to the heart, they typically receive a combination of antiplatelet drugs for many months (up to 2.5 years) after surgery to prevent blood clots from forming in the stents. A recent analysis published in the journal Circulation and led by researchers at Massachusett  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 18 -- MassDevelopment issued the following news release: MassDevelopment has issued a $56,730,000 tax-exempt bond on behalf of Ascentria Care Alliance, Inc., a nonprofit human service agency that will use bond proceeds to buy and renovate the Lutheran Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center in Worcester and to renovate the Quaboag Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center in West Brookfield, which it already owns. Renovations at the historic 150-bed Lutheran Rehabilitati  more

BRUNSWICK, Maine, Nov. 18 (TNSOps) -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news release: On November 17, The Nature Conservancy in Maine (TNC) submitted comments to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on the Conservation Plan submitted by Central Maine Power (CMP) affiliate NECEC Transmission LLC for the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) project. The Conservation Plan was required by DEP's final Permit Order, issued on May 11, 2020. TNC's comments were joined by  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (TNSGra) -- Rails-to-Trails Conservancy issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) today announced that it has awarded a combined $308,500 in grant funding to 45 projects across 16 states, with a goal of investing in community-led efforts to create more opportunities for people to connect with trails in their neighborhoods--either through activities and events, or through improved, connected trail infrastructure. "At RTC, we believ  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 18 (TNSAwa) (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * American College of Physicians Bestows Honor for Lifetime Achievements * * * Jeffrey L. Carson, MD, whose research has profoundly reshaped transfusion medicine by establishing evidence-based national standards, saving vital blood and enhancing care for even the most critical of patients, is being honored by the American College of Physicians (ACP) with the John Phillips Memorial Award   more

LANGLEY, Canada, Nov. 17 -- Trinity Western University issued the following news: A newly released book on Guiney, Borderlands: The Art and Scholarship of Louise Imogen Guiney, is co-edited by Dr. Jonathan Nauman and Dr. Holly Faith Nelson. Scheduled for publication by The Vaughan Association in November 2021, this book is "the first edited collection of original essays ever published on Guiney, and the first volume to anthologise a wide selection of both her poetry and prose," as Nauman and Ne  more

ORONO, Maine, Nov. 18 (TNSGra) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: A new Maine Farm to School Institute for rural middle and high schools will focus on promoting and sourcing local food, and educating students about what they eat. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded Jade McNamara, a University of Maine assistant professor of human nutrition, a nearly $225,000 grant to lead the creation of the Maine Farm to Sch  more