BURLINGTON, Vermont, May 5 (TNSRes) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: * * * Class of 2026 will be most academically qualified in university's history * * * The University of Vermont, for the first time in its history, received more than 30,000 applications for undergraduate admission, leading the university to be even more selective and setting the stage for the Class of 2026 to be the highest-achieving incoming class ever. "The quality of the Class of 2026 speaks to a  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 5 (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * New methods of analyzing DNA will allow for a better understanding of how genetic conditions affect different populations, ultimately enabling more targeted treatments. * * * By using new methods for analyzing DNA data and medical records, researchers from Brown University are helping improve the understanding of complex traits that will make more discoveries relevant to non-white, non-Europ  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 4 -- MassDevelopment issued the following news release: MassDevelopment has awarded grants totaling $1,056,010 to 22 community health centers across Massachusetts through its Community Health Center Grant Program. The program offers grants of up to $50,000 each to fund capital improvement projects including construction, renovation, equipment, furniture, technology-related projects, as well as facility needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. "The Commonwealth is for  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 5 -- National Grid, an electricity and natural gas delivery company, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: National Grid today announced the completion of a portion of the Ready Path Solution, the grid reliability project for the Boston region. The Ready Path Solution is the first competitively awarded reliability project chosen by ISO New England (ISO-NE), the region's independent power grid operator. National Grid and Eversource partnered on the project  more

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, May 5 (TNSfund) -- Roger Williams University issued the following news on May 4, 2022: The Narragansett Bay Estuary Program (NBEP), hosted at Roger Williams University, announces $649,000 in planning grant awards to support green-infrastructure and capacity-building projects for municipalities, local organizations, and universities across Rhode Island and Massachusetts NBEP is providing a total of 11 grant awards through the Green Infrastructure Planning Grant program fu  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 5 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: The Narragansett Bay Estuary Program (NBEP), hosted at Roger Williams University, announces $649,000 in planning grant awards to support green-infrastructure and capacity-building projects for municipalities, local organizations, and universities across Rhode Island and Massachusetts NBEP is providing a total of 11 grant awards through the Green Infrastructure Planning Grant pro  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks issued the following information for a legislative hearing at 10 a.m. on May 11, 2022, at 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building: The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills: * H.R. 268, to provide for the boundary of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Park to be adjusted, to authorize the donation of land to the United States for addition to that historic park, and f  more

ORONO, Maine, May 5 (TNSJou) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Efforts to reduce the risk of entanglement in lobster trap lines for the endangered North Atlantic right whale may need to consider more factors than just line strength if they want to be safe, effective and economical, according to new research led by the University of Maine and the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR). North Atlantic right whales have the potential to get caught in the vertical l  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, May 5 (TNSRes) -- Worcester Polytechnic Institute issued the following news release: * * * Fatemeh Ganji Leads Work with New Equipment That Is First of Its Kind in New England * * * Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers led by Fatemeh Ganji have installed on campus a powerful microscope that is the first of its kind in New England and a critical piece of equipment in the development of a research center focused on semiconductor cybersecurity. Ganji, ass  more