WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2022: As part of the Biden-Harris administration's goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, today the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced the availability of its draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed New England Wind energy project offshore Massachusetts. If approved, this proposed 2,600-  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (TNSper) -- Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, issued the following news release: Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, is pleased to announce that both Liz Alpert and Fran Feldman have been elected National Vice President and Marcia Gabrilove Ladin has been elected National Secretary of Hadassah's National Board, the organization's governing body. The new officers, who succeed Janet Hand Deixler, Dr. Rachel Schonberger and Carol Ann Schwar  more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Dec. 20 (TNSjou) -- West Virginia University issued the following news: In the competition between brand name pharmaceuticals and their generic counterparts, drug companies use patent gamesmanship to their advantage, one West Virginia University patent expert said. Sean Tu's primary area of study is patents and how they influence drug prices and innovation. The College of Law professor is researching the ways brand name firms manipulate the patent system to improper  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration issued the following news release: * * * Maine Oxy-Acetylene Supply Co., company leaders, plan trustee face $630K penalty * * * The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement agreement with the fiduciaries of an Auburn, Maine, employee stock ownership plan to recover $6.3 million for the plan's participants and resolve alleged violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security A  more

BUFFALO, New York, Dec. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * One of medicine's highest impact journals published major papers by UB pediatrics faculty that will change the standard of care * * * Getting a paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is a career-crowning achievement for any medical researcher. This fall, within one week, it happened to two members of the Department of Pediatrics in th  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on Dec. 19, 2022: Mayor Michelle Wu today announced a partnership with New England Conservatory (NEC) to substantially increase access to high-quality music education for children. The initiative, funded by a $14.5 million grant secured by NEC, is a significant expansion of resources to provide young people music education that is instrumental to their academic growth, especially students who don't typically ha  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (TNSper) -- The National Aeronautic Association issued the following news release: The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) is pleased to announce the addition of nine new board members to its Board of Directors: Ted Ellett, Jana Denning, Sierra Grimes, Nicole Alexander, Matt Byrd, Ben Kowalski, Martiqua Post, Stacey Rudser and Patty Wagstaff. Elected at the Board of Directors meeting Friday December 16, these individuals will begin serving in January 2023. Each member of t  more