AUGUSTA, Maine, April 8 (TNSPer) -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release on April 7, 2022: Following the unanimous approval of the University of Maine System (UMS) Board of Trustees, Chancellor Dannel Malloy today named Michael Laliberte as President of the University of Maine at Augusta (UMA), effective Aug. 1. A native New Englander, Laliberte comes to Maine's third-largest public university with more than three decades of demonstrated leadership in higher educati  more

TUCSON, Arizona, April 8 (TNSPer) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: The Arizona Board of Regents voted Thursday to confirmed the appointments of University of Arizona faculty members Sama Alshaibi, Jean-Luc Bredas, Dr. Juanita Merchant, David Pietz and Dr. Donata Vercelli as Regents Professors. The title of Regents Professor is reserved for full professors whose exceptional achievements merit national and international distinction. Regents Professor appointments a  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, April 7 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport recently assisted Massachusetts-based small business Bionet Sonar by underwater testing its new wireless technology called HydroNet at the Narragansett Bay Test Facility for two days in February. HydroNet is an open, modular and programmable underwater modem that powers an autonomous wireless communications system bringing the internet underwater and   more

WASHINGTON, April 7 (TNSPol) -- The Immigration Hub issued the following news release: Senate Republican Whip John Thune announced that Senate Republicans will introduce an amendment to the COVID aid bill, aimed at undermining the Biden administration's decision to revoke Title 42. Yesterday, Republican senators went as far as derailing the vote on cloture for the COVID aid bill. If the GOP amendment were to pass, it would not only serve to block Ukrainian, Afghan, Venezuelan, Cuban and other a  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 8 (TNSJou) -- Massachusetts General Hospital issued the following news release: The United States is becoming more racially and ethnically diverse every day, but those changes are not reflected in the makeup of clinical faculty and leadership of medical schools in this country, according to a special report in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) led by Sophia Kamran, MD, a radiation oncologist at Mass General Cancer Center. While this analysis found some posi  more

FARMINGTON, Connecticut, April 8 (TNSJou) -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: The enactment of laws legalizing adult-use marijuana possession and sales is not associated with any increase in the proportion of marijuana-related substance use treatment admissions, according to data published in The American Journal of Addictions. A pair of researchers affiliated with the University of Connecticut and with the Veterans Administration Ne  more

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, April 7 (TNSPar) -- Roger Williams University issued the following news: Roger Williams University announces a historic $20 million partnership with Cummings Foundation. In recognition of this transformative philanthropic partnership between RWU and Cummings Foundation - the largest in Roger Williams' history - President Ioannis N. Miaoulis announced on Wednesday, April 6, that the School of Architecture, Art and Historic Preservation will be rededicated as the Cummings  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 7 (TNSJou) -- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center issued the following news release: Building on BIDMC's culture of collaboration and innovation, our researchers are helping to transform medicine and health care delivery. Below are selected academic publications issued in the month of March. DGAT2 inhibition potentiates lipid droplet formation to reduce cytotoxicity in APOL1 kidney risk variants Journal of the American Society of Nephrology / Original Research /   more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, April 8 (TNSJou) -- The University of Minnesota School of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * Professor David Jacobs co-led a study that found children with only mildly elevated body mass index, blood pressure or lipids, and youth who start smoking may be at higher risk for adult cardiovascular disease. * * * Cardiovascular disease affects more than 126 million people a year worldwide and continues to be the leading cause of death in the United Stat  more