WASHINGTON, May 20 (TNSawa) -- Americans for the Arts issued the following news release on May 19, 2022: Americans for the Arts announced today the recipients of the 2022 Americans for the Arts Leadership Awards at Americans for the Arts' Annual Convention. Given annually, the awards recognize the achievements of individuals and organizations committed to enriching their communities through the arts. This year's awards recipients are: * Julie Garreau - Selina Roberts Ottum Award for Arts Leade  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 19 (TNSpol) -- Action for Boston Community Development issued the following news release: On Friday, May 13, 2022, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5129, the Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act of 2021-2022 on a 246-169 vote. The bill reauthorizes the Community Services Block Grant program through FY2031 and makes important changes concerning administration and leadership. performance measurement, and minimum and maximum allotments to states,  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 20 (TNSres) -- The Connecticut Business and Industry Association issued the following news release on May 19, 2022: The state's largest business organization issued the following response to today's release of the April 2022 employment report. "Connecticut's year-to-date job growth is 0.7%, half the national rate and the slowest of the New England region," said Eric Gjede, vice president of public policy at CBIA. "The slow, uncertain pace of our recovery must be add  more

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, May 19 (TNSpar) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news on May 17, 2022: By Dwight Bachman On May 16, Eastern Connecticut State University signed a historic partnership agreement with the Hispanic Alliance of Southeastern Connecticut to offer scholarships to students from Latino communities in southeast Connecticut. Eastern is the first Connecticut state university to partner with the alliance. Provost William Salka opened the signing ceremo  more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, May 20 (TNSpar) -- Middlesex Community College issued the following news release: Middlesex Community College's Dental Hygiene department partnered with the International Institute of New England (IINE) to provide dental services to 32 children from Afghanistan. The services - including x-rays, cleanings and fluoride treatments by a pediatric dentist - took place on two Fridays, April 15 and April 22. "Our collaboration with the International Institute provides the MCC d  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, May 19 -- National Grid, an electricity and natural gas delivery company, issued the following news release: National Grid has submitted its Geothermal Program Implementation Plan to the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) for approval. This is an important milestone following the DPU's order issued late last year approving National Grid's proposed five year networked geothermal system demonstration program. The plan, which advances one of the four pillars of National  more

PORTLAND, Maine, May 19 (TNSreact) -- The Natural Resources Council of Maine issued the following news release on May 18, 2022: Labor, business leaders, and conservationists today urged the state and federal governments to act quickly and responsibly to bring innovative, locally developed floating offshore wind technology to the Gulf of Maine. "Maine has a unique opportunity to lead in developing well-sited and operated floating offshore wind with the least impact to wildlife and the environm  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued the following news release on May 19, 2022: The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium--in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Energy Technologies Office and Water Power Technologies Office, and NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center--today announced six projects to advance social science and technology research on offshore renewable energy in the Northeast United States.   more

WASHINGTON, May 20 (TNSjou)(TNSreact) -- Public Citizen issued the following news release on May 19, 2022: An article published today in STAT News criticizes the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) for publishing a commentary strongly endorsing the pharmaceutical industry's perspective on drug pricing, authored by economists with drug company ties that were not adequately disclosed within the piece itself. Last November, the NEJM published the piece, "Drug-Pricing Debate Redux -- Should Co  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand hosted current Major League Soccer (MLS) champions New York City FC (NYCFC), congratulating the club on their thrilling MLS Cup victory over the Portland Timbers in December 2021. Senator Gillibrand congratulated NYCFC defender Anton Tinnerholm, NYCFC CEO Brad Sims, club Vice Presidents Sam Pugsley and Sam Cooke, and Communication Advisor Anthony Hayes, who were in town  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 19, 2022: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) joined Congressmen Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio-02) and Tom O'Halleran (D-Ariz.-01) today in introducing legislation that would expand access to life-saving bleeding control kits in schools, malls, houses of worship, libraries and other gathering places in communities across the country. With immediate access to bleeding control kits  more

BUFFALO, New York, May 20 (TNSres) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: In a quieter era when a ship's progress at sea arrived only through the courtesy of the wind, sailors told stories of intriguing sounds coming from humpback whales. If conditions were curiously calm and a vessel through coincidence or pursuit found itself in the close company of humpbacks, crews could hear a mysteriously beautiful call coming from the ocean that seem  more

ORONO, Maine, May 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium -- in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Energy Technologies Office and Water Power Technologies Office, and NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center -- today announced six projects to advance social science and technology research on offshore renewable energy in the Northeast United States. This funding opportunity, first announced in March 2021, s  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 19 -- The University of Massachusetts System issued the following news release: The five-campus University of Massachusetts system research enterprise grew to $752 million in fiscal year 2021, shattering the previous high of $687 million set only a year earlier, according to the system's latest annual research report. UMass R&D has grown by nearly 20 percent over the past five years, boosted by large increases in federal research funding. Support from federal agenci  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 19 (TNScapv) -- The University of Massachusetts System issued the following news release: A new effort was launched to rally support for locating the newly-funded federal Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)in Massachusetts. The effort includes top leaders from Massachusetts higher education, industry and government convened by Governor Charlie Baker, U.S. House Committee on Ways & Means Chair Richard E. Neal, University of Massachusetts President Mar  more