WATERVILLE, Maine, May 4 (TNSPer) -- Colby College issued the following news release on May 3, 2022: Colby today announced that Nicole Trufant will join the College as vice president and chief financial officer. With more than 20 years of experience in higher education, Trufant will work closely with the president and senior leadership to ensure that Colby maintains its exceptional financial standing to support its plans for growth and innovation. Trufant currently serves as senior vice presid  more

BLOOMINGTON, Illinois, May 4 (TNSPer) -- Illinois Wesleyan University issued the following news release: Five Illinois Wesleyan University faculty members were honored as endowed professors during the 2022 commencement ceremony. The tradition of appointing faculty as endowed professors and chairs is reserved for IWU faculty who have distinguished themselves through exemplary teaching and active engagement of students, outstanding scholarship or artistic achievement and service at the very high  more

LONGMEADOW, Massachusetts, May 4 (TNStalk) -- Bay Path University issued the following news release: Bay Path University will be holding its 125th Commencement on Sunday, May 15, at 4:00 p.m. at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, MA. Approximately 800 students, including members from the classes of 2020 and 2021 who have elected to participate in the in-person ceremony, will be honored before 4,000 plus family and friends. Bay Path University is also proud to announce that the honorary Doct  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: With the onset of warmer weather, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urges New Englanders to be aware of the increased risk of ground-level ozone and fine particle air pollution (which is often referred to as smog, when combined), and to take health precautions when smog levels are predicted to be high. EPA and the New England States continue to offer free resources for the public   more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on April 27, 2022, on the fiscal 2023 budget request for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation: * * * We are here today to discuss the fiscal year 2023 budget requests for the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation. Your agencies are a cornerstone of our e  more

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, May 4 -- Middlesex Community College issued the following news: The Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) International Honor Society chapter at Middlesex Community College inducted 75 new members during a campus ceremony on Thursday, April 28, 2022. The college also announced several national, regional and statewide awards earned by the chapter and individual members during the induction ceremony. Most notably, the Middlesex chapter, Beta Gamma Xi, was named one of PTK's top 100 chap  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, May 4 (TNSJou) -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * In the ultimate use of telemedicine, UNC School of Medicine's Stephan Moll, MD, worked with NASA to treat a U.S. astronaut's blood clot during a mission on the International Space Station. That led to a study on how blood flows in zero gravity, and if astronauts are at greater risk of developing blood clots in space. * * * Are astronauts more likely to d  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, May 4 (TNSPer) -- The Vertical Flight Society issued the following news release: The Vertical Flight Society, the world's leading non-profit dedicated to advancing vertical flight, is pleased to announce its Board of Directors for 2022-2023. The following members were elected to the Board's Executive Committee for the one-year term of July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023: * Chair: Tomasz Krysinski, Vice President Research & Technology, Airbus Helicopters (previously the Board Pres  more