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

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 6 (TNSJou) -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news on May 5, 2022: * * * Led by Andrew Stokes, a new analysis of deaths associated with COVID-19 indicates that nearly 940,000 people died in the US beyond expected totals in the first two years of the pandemic--22 percent more than official reports estimate. These findings suggest that the US has long since passed the one million deaths mark. * * * By Jillian McKoy As the United State  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 (TNSPol) -- North America's Building Trades Unions issued the following news release: North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU) and 0rsted, the U.S. leader in offshore wind energy, announced a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) to construct the company's U.S. offshore wind farms with an American union workforce. A first-of-its-kind in the United States, the National Offshore Wind Agreement (NOWA) sets the bar for working conditions and equity, injects hundreds of millions of d  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

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