WATERVILLE, Maine, Feb. 23 (TNSper) -- Colby College issued the following news release: Colby announces the appointment of IT innovator Craig Loftus as chief information officer. He joined the College in January, bringing more than 25 years of leadership in higher education as an IT professional and consultant. Prior to joining Colby, Loftus served as chief information officer at the University of New England in Portland and Biddeford, Maine, during a period of unprecedented growth in enrollm  more

ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida, Feb. 23 (TNSper) -- The Defense Contract Management Agency issued the following news: By Tonya Johnson, DCMA Public Affairs Navy Capt. Jeffrey Carty is signing off after 29 years of service. During his time as a naval flight officer, he flew the S-3B Viking during four deployments, and served as an instructor at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Maryland. Throughout his honorable career, he flew multiple aircraft to include the Mirage 2000 in Istres,   more

SHEFFIELD, England, Feb. 23 (TNSres) -- The European Respiratory Society issued the following news: The European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) is calling for high quality research papers in preparation for this year's European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress. The ERJ will join The New England Journal of Medicine to host a collaborative research session during the upcoming ERS International Congress 2023. In preparation for this session, the ERJ is calling for high quality research  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 23 (TNSjou) -- Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health issued the following news release: A study co-led by David Sullivan, MD, a professor in the Bloomberg School's Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, has been recognized as a 2023 Top Ten Clinical Research Achievement Award by the Clinical Research Forum. The study, "Early Outpatient Treatment for Covid-19 with Convalescent Plasma," published in the New England Journal of Medicine  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 23 (TNSjou) -- Monash University issued the following news: * * * A new monitoring system developed by Monash University researchers uses artificial intelligence (AI) to track bees' movement to help improve pollination and crop yield. * * * The research, published in the International Journal of Computer Vision, involved recording pollinators like honey bees, hover flies, moths, butterflies and wasps, to build a database of over 2000 insect tracks at a commercial s  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 23 (TNSsro) -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following notice inviting public comment (Case No. 23-E-0081) on Feb. 22, 2023: * * * Petition of New York Transco LLC for an Expedited Order Granting a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity Pursuant to Section 68 of The Public Service Law. NOTICE INVITING PUBLIC COMMENT AND ANNOUNCING PUBLIC STATEMENT HEARINGS AND PROCEDURAL CONFERENCE Public comment is invited concerning a petition filed  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Maryland Baltimore issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2023: Patients with Parkinson's disease achieved a significant improvement in their tremors, mobility, and other physical symptoms after having a minimally invasive procedure involving focused ultrasound, according to a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. The clinical trial was led by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medici  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 23 (TNSjou) -- The Broad Institute posted the following news release: Late last year, thousands of children across the United States were hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), but unlike previous RSV surges, this one affected a larger number of people and a broader range of age groups, including older children. As cases climbed faster and earlier in the season than in previous years, researchers wondered whether a fast-spreading RSV variant might be  more

FARMINGTON, Maine, Feb. 22 (TNSpp) -- The University of Maine Farmington campus issued the following news: The University of Maine at Farmington's celebrated Visiting Writers Series is proud to present award-winning fiction writer Jessica Anthony as the popular program's fifth reader of the season. Anthony will read from her work at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 2, 2023, in The Landing in the UMF Olsen Student Center. The reading is free and open to the public and will be followed by a book signin  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Feb. 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine led the pivotal multicenter, double-blinded, randomized clinical trial to show that unilateral focused ultrasound ablation reduced dyskinesia and motor impairment in patients with Parkinson's disease. Vibhor Krishna, MD, co-led the study. * * * In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine co-auth  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Maryland School of Medicine issued the following news on Feb. 22, 2023: * * * Study Led to FDA Approval of Focused Ultrasound Device that Provides Novel Treatment Option Without Requiring Incision * * * Patients with Parkinson's disease achieved a significant improvement in their tremors, mobility, and other physical symptoms after having a minimally-invasive procedure involving focused ultrasound, according to a new study today publ  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Feb. 22 (TNSpp) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2023: A team of scientists and engineers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) left Charleston, SC aboard the R/V Neil Armstrong to begin test deployments in preparation for the installation of an Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) ocean observing system in its new location in the southern Mid-Atlantic Bight (MAB). The science team will deploy two test mo  more