NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Dec. 13 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Fire control technicians Eric Eng, Damian Campbell and Michael Sheremeta, each members of Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport's Military Detachment and fleet liaisons in the Combat Systems Department, recently received promotions to the rank of chief petty officer. A frocking ceremony was held Nov. 19, 2021 at Naval Station Newport. "We are extremely proud of our Sailors who have been p  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 14 (TNSAwa) -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2021: Mintz is pleased to share that Member and Co-chair of the firm's Real Estate Practice Daniel O. Gaquin has been honored by Connect Commercial Real Estate (CRE)'s 2021 Lawyers in Real Estate Awards. Mr. Gaquin was chosen as a winner in the Boston & New England region for excelling in his practice as well as contributions to the community. Mr. Gaquin is a highly regarded commercial r  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following remarks on Dec. 13, 2021, by Secretary Pete Buttigieg on RAISE grants and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: * * * Thank you, Senator Hassan, for your work passing this legislation-including, importantly, the rail dimensions, which are historic. I'm so glad to be here with Representatives Kuster and Pappas. Mayor Donchess, great to see you; Mayor Craig, love being here in a great river city. Peopl  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston issued the following Beige Book for Dec. 1, 2021: * * * Summary of Economic Activity Business activity in the First District expanded at a modest pace on balance, but results were somewhat mixed. Retail sales softened slightly, while restaurant sales rebounded in September following weakness in August attributed to the Delta variant surge. Manufacturers saw moderate sales gains in the third quarter, and most staffing firms saw robust i  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Dec. 14 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2021: Governor Janet Mills announced today that members of the Maine National Guard will deploy to ten health care facilities across the state this week to help relieve hospitals experiencing capacity challenges and to maintain access to inpatient health care for Maine people amid a sustained surge of COVID-19. The Mills Administration anticipates that these actions, coupled with the other steps   more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Dec. 14 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Northeast Fisheries Science Center issued the following news: * * * IN FISH! is an inclusive internship program sponsored by NOAA Fisheries and partners in academia and non-governmental research institutions. * * * The NOAA Fisheries Inclusive Fisheries InternSHip (IN FISH!) program is now accepting applications for the summer 2022 program. Launched in 2021, IN FISH! is a paid summer internship for d  more

CALLAGHAN, Australia, Dec. 14 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Newcastle issued the following news: Two University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) researchers received awards at the Research Australia Awards last night. Dr Tracy Dudding-Byth, from HMRI and the Hunter New England Local Health District, was awarded the Data Innovation Award Sponsored by Bupa Health Foundation. Dr Dudding-Byth received the award for her work on developing an image recognition system to assi  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Dec. 14 (TNSOps) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on Dec. 13, 2021: The University of Rhode Island Research Foundation, in conjunction with Rhode Island Commerce and a regional team focused on the growing blue economy, has successfully competed against hundreds of regional teams across the country to be selected by the U.S. Economic Development Administration as a finalist in the nation-wide Build Back Better Regional Challenge. The award is d  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 13 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: * * * MD Anderson study results presented at American Society of Hematology meeting * * * Three clinical studies led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated enhanced responses for patients with high-risk lymphoma treated with axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy. These results were rep  more