CHESTNUT HILL, Massachusetts, March 10 (TNSpar) -- Boston College issued the following news: * * * BCSSW's Research Program for Childhood Adversity will collaborate with the University of Illinois-Chicago in assessing Afghan families' needs, strengths, and challenges as they build new lives in the U.S. * * * The Boston College School of Social Work will assist efforts to provide mental health and family support for resettled Afghans in the United States, in partnership with a major resource   more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on March 9, 2023: * * * Uses a century's worth of data to report on Atlantic Ocean between New England, Bermuda and Africa * * * Messages in a bottle often carry information from another place and time. For University of Rhode Island professor emeritus H. Thomas Rossby, the messages he's received came from seafarers and oceanographers past, as he recently combined century-old data, and a nov  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Under a recent settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Precise Packaging LLC. (a subsidiary of Delaware-based PLZ Corp.) of Fall River, Mass. will now perform training, oversight, and reporting to regulators necessary to comply with federal and state laws regulating the management of hazardous waste. The company will also pay a penalty of $43,877 under the terms of   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox Business Network's Kudlow to discuss how H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, will work to restore America's energy independence and protect families' hard-earned dollars. Leader Scalise highlighted how the Lower Energy Costs Act will boost all forms of energy production by cutting red-tape regulations, lowering  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The Lepage Bakery of Lewiston was recently recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as one of 86 U.S. manufacturing plants that earned the agency's 2022 ENERGY STAR certification. The bakery was the only facility recognized in New England. The designation is reserved for manufacturing plants in the top 25% of energy efficiency in their sector. Along with the other 85 ma  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, March 10 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. DE 23-026) on March 9, 2023, involving Electric Distribution Utilities: * * * Potential Jurisdictional Conflicts Related to Authorization of Pilot Programs Under RSA 362-A:2-b COMMENCEMENT OF ADJUDICATIVE PROCEEDING AND NOTICE OF PREHEARING CONFERENCE On September 20, 2022, the Commission issued an order of notice in Docket No. IR 22-061 announcing the commencement of an investig  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 10 (TNSpp) -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news release: The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Tiverton Land Trust (TLT) announce the permanent conservation of a 48-acre tract of coastal forest in Tiverton, Rhode Island. Situated between the City of Newport's reservoirs at Pachet Brook and Nonquit Pond, the land was a top priority for conservation in the Sakonnet. It helps connect hundreds of acres of protected forest, wetlands and farmland, including   more

BANGOR, Maine, March 10 (TNSres) -- Husson University issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: Husson University announced today that two of their current faculty members and a former faculty member who now works at Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) have completed a new research study that examines the growth and trends associated with postgraduate second-year pharmacy residencies. "It's important for all pharmacy stakeholders to understand the current state of postgraduate tra  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 (TNSgov) -- Clean Water Action posted the following news release: PROVIDENCE: Rhode Island environmental leaders rallied at the State House Library Thursday afternoon for the passage of H.5502, the Rhode Island bottle bill, joined by the bill's sponsors and legislative supporters. The bill creates a 10 cent refundable deposit on all beverage containers, including "nips," in order to increase recycling and decrease litter. "Despite decades of anti-littering efforts and an i  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) joined a group of Senators to reintroduce the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA). The legislation would guarantee a pregnant woman's right to access an abortion--and the right of an abortion provider to deliver these abortion services--free from medically unnecessary restrictions that interfere with a patient's individual choice or the p  more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, March 10 (TNSfund) -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following news release: * * * UMass Lowell Study Funded by $3M Federal Grant * * * Imagine you are a doctor managing the emergency room of a large hospital. You suddenly get a call reporting a mass shooting at a nearby concert. In 20 minutes, you will be responsible for triaging more than 200 patients with a range of injuries. You do not have enough staff or resources and the hospital polici  more

ORONO, Maine, March 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Sepideh Ghanavati, assistant professor of computer science, has received a $674,804 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for her research studying data privacy. The annual NSF CAREER awards are one of the organization's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty and include a federal grant for research and education activities for five consec  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Bill Keating (D-Mass.) applauded the inclusion of $350 million, toward a commitment of $600 million, in President Biden's budget for the Cape Cod Canal Bridges Project, to replace the aging Bourne and Sagamore Bridges on Cape Cod. "I've been working hard to secure federal funding to replace the Cape Cod bridges an  more