NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (TNSOps) -- Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism issued the following news: The Columbia Journalism School is seeking candidates for a new endowed professorship whose primary field of study, teaching and research is local journalism. The Philip S. Balboni Professor of Local Journalism will offer a vision for rebuilding the public square in communities large and small, while nurturing the development of journalists who dig deeply into local issues, who connect w  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 15 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that a multi-faceted proposal to strengthen Connecticut's offshore wind industry has been awarded $500,000 in round one planning funds from the American Rescue Plan Act's Build Back Better Regional Challenge through the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA). A coalition - led by Southeastern Connecticut Enter  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (TNSJou) -- The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2021: A study from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) published today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), found that in patients with previously untreated Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) Polatuzumab vedotin with Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, and Prednisone (pola-R-CHP) resulted in a 27 percent reduction in risk of disease progression or de  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2021: U.S. Senator Angus King and Representative Chellie Pingree today announced that the University of Maine-Forest Opportunity Roadmap/Maine (FOR/Maine) Coalition and Northeastern University's Coalition - which includes the Maine-based Roux Institute and FocusMaine - are finalists and in the running for the U.S. Economic Development Administration's (EDA) $1 billion "Build Back Better Regiona  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2021: U.S. Senator Angus King and Representative Chellie Pingree today announced that the University of Maine-Forest Opportunity Roadmap/Maine (FOR/Maine) Coalition and Northeastern University's Coalition - which includes the Maine-based Roux Institute and FocusMaine - are finalists and in the running for the U.S. Economic Development Administration's (EDA) $1 billion "Build Back Better Regional   more

WARWICK, Rhode Island, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jack Reed visited the New England Institute of Technology's Shipbuilding/Marine Trades and Advanced Manufacturing Institute (SAMI) to discuss the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022, which authorizes a total of $768.2 billion for the Department of Defense (DOD) and national security programs of the Department of Energy. This bipartisan legislation, which p  more

FORT KNOX, Kentucky, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Army Recruiting Command issued the following news: By Bevin McAdoo Army Mission Support Battalion The Army's newest interactive exhibit, "Operation Firebreaker," is travelling across the United States after making its initial debut at a New England Patriots game Nov. 14. Operation Firebreaker, part of the Army Adventure Semi, is a hands-on virtual reality simulation where Army helicopters douse wild fires threatening a small town. "When it comes to t  more