PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 7 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release on June 6, 2022: * * * With support from a $1.25 million grant from the Abrams Foundation, scholars at Brown are working with partners to collect personal stories that reveal how slavery and colonialism shaped societies across the globe. * * * With a $1.25 million grant from the Abrams Foundation, scholars at Brown University will work with partners across the globe to collect important untold sto  more

NEW YORK, June 7 (TNSres) -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release: The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, a web shop was found on the print-on-demand platform Spring selling merchandise featuring neo-Nazi and white supremacist iconography and slogans. On Telegram, a neo-Nazi accelerationist manual was released calling fo  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 7 (TNSawa) -- GBH issued the following news release: Boston public media producer GBH has been honored with six Boston/New England Emmy(R) Awards recognizing major GBH News initiatives and the work of individual contributors across the organization. The awards were presented on June 4 by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Boston/New England Chapter. NATAS is dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television, the fostering o  more

NEW YORK, June 6 (TNSjou) -- The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center issued the following news release on June 5, 2022: Breakthrough findings were presented at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting and published in The New England Journal of Medicine today by researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) confirming a clinical complete response in all 12 patients who received the immunotherapy treatment dostarlimab as a first-line treatment for mismatch repair-deficient (MMRd) locally ad  more

ALBANY, New York, June 7 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on June 6, 2022: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the confirmation of new parks administration nominees by the Senate. "New York has a wealth of parks and nature trails all across the state, and it deserves strong, experienced leaders who will work tirelessly to make sure visitors from all across the country will be able to appreciate the natural beauty that our parks provide," Governor Hochul sai  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 7 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - New England Field Office issued the following news release: Agriculture producers who did not receive the 2017 Census of Agriculture and do not receive other USDA surveys or censuses have until June 30 to sign up to receive the 2022 Census of Agriculture at nass.usda.gov/AgCensus. USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will mail ag census survey codes for responding   more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) joined gun violence prevention advocates in Hartford to call for action on gun safety legislation following the tragic shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Blumenthal and Murphy and their colleagues continue to discuss a path forward on bipartisan gun violence prevention measures following shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde, T  more

ISLAND HEIGHTS, New Jersey, June 7 (TNSpol)(TNScapv) -- The Kennedy Forum issued the following joint statement with 59 organizations: * * * Our organizations write to express our deep concerns about false and harmful attempts to link mental illness and gun violence. The horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that killed 19 children and two adults on May 24th is just one in a long series of mass shootings throughout our country. These shootings have one thing in common - easy access to weapo  more

STONINGTON, Connecticut, June 7 -- The Trust for Public Land issued the following news release on June 6, 2022: Trust for Public Land and partners announce today the conservation of 230 acres along Copps Brook in Stonington. "The land along Copps Brook has been an important part of Stonington's history, from agriculture to recreation to water quality, and to see this property permanently protected is a great benefit to the community," said Walker Holmes, AVP, New England Director and Connecti  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, June 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: By Hannah Echols Since 2009, the most commonly used blood test to evaluate kidney function has used equations that include race as a determining factor. The equations estimate glomerular filtration rate from blood creatinine concentrations. Experts and researchers have recently challenged the inclusion of race in the equations since race is a social construct, not a biological one. There have been con  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 7 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: By Jane E. Dee People with obesity treated with a novel GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist, tirzepatide, lost about 52 pounds on average, according to results of a new study that were published in New England Journal of Medicine. The study, "Tirzepatide Once Weekly for the Treatment of Obesity," reports that highly significant weight reduction can be attained with tirzepatide. "In this study, about nine out   more