HANOVER, New Hampshire, Nov. 17 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: Postdoctoral researcher Patrick LaChance, Guarini '22, has won the 2023 Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience awarded by the Society of Neuroscience. The award, which recognizes an outstanding PhD thesis in general behavioral neuroscience, includes a $5,000 prize and travel to the society's annual meeting, where it was presented to LaChance on Monday. "Most people in the field of neuroscience  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Nov. 15 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2023: * * * The Minnesota Democrat spoke at Dartmouth's Path to the Presidency forum Monday. * * * Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., this week compared his challenge to President Joe Biden in the New Hampshire Democratic primary to a campaign by another Minnesotan, a little-known senator who challenged an unpopular sitting president in the first-in-the-nation primary in 1968. "Gene McCarthy recogni  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Nov. 16 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, the Wyoming Republican whose role as vice chair of the House Jan. 6 committee investigating former President Donald Trump's attempts to undermine the 2020 election led to her ouster from Republican leadership and defeat at the polls, will speak at Dartmouth on Friday, Jan. 5. The event was rescheduled after unforeseen travel circumstances prevented Cheney from g  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Nov. 14 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: Susan Brison, the Susan and James Wright Professor of Computation and Just Communities, has been appointed the inaugural director of the Susan and James Wright Center for the Study of Computation and Just Communities. Named in honor of the late Dartmouth president and his wife, the Wright Center advances equitable and democratic societies through the study of computational techniques and innovations. It was  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news release: * * * Leading experts will discuss how to turn vaccines into vaccinations, other key issues. * * * Vaccine experts from academia, foundations, industry, and government will discuss global advances in vaccine research, development, and policy at the first annual Dartmouth International Vaccine Conference on Wednesday, Dec. 6. The program will focus on vaccines for COVID-19, tuberculosis, respirat  more

RINDGE, New Hampshire, Nov. 16 -- Franklin Pierce University issued the following news: Franklin Pierce University is excited to announce the award of a $400,000 grant from the Department of Justice, administered by the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). This funding is part of the national effort under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (DVSAS) on college campuses. The grant will support the "Ravens Raising Al  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 14 -- GEI Consultants issued the following news release: GEI Consultants captured a prestigious Phoenix Award for the firm's brownfields remediation work on Massachusetts Port Authority's (Massport's) Conley Terminal Modernization - Berth 10 project. Presented at the 2023 National Brownfields Training Conference, the Phoenix Awards recognize high quality brownfields projects and their achievements around the country. The Conley Terminal Modernization - Berth 10 proj  more

KEENE, New Hampshire, Nov. 6 (TNSres) -- Keene State College issued the following news: Keene State College has named a three-person Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (DEI) Faculty Fellow Team to assist colleagues and to help create and sustain a campus culture grounded in these principles and practices. Announcement of the team and its charge was made recently by Dottie Morris - Associate Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - and James Beeby, Provost and Vice president for Acade  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 16 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release: Attorney General John M. Formella announces that the Merrimack County Superior Court has issued an order granting the State's motion to dismiss in the matter "Debrah Howes v. Frank Edelblut, Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Education", Docket No. 217-2022-CV-01115. "This decision preserves the ability of Granite State families to have real options so they can make the bes  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 18 (TNSres) -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release: Following pace with general trends across much of the country, New Hampshire's student enrollment continues to shrink - marking a steady, downward trend for more than two decades. This week, the New Hampshire Department of Education (NHED) released its statewide student enrollment numbers for the fall of 2023. At the start of the current 2023-2024 academic year, 165,095 stud  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 16 -- New Hampshire House Majority Floor Leader Joe Sweeney, R-Salem, issued the following statement on Nov. 15, 2023: * * * House Majority Floor Leader Joe Sweeney (R-Salem) released the following statement after Finance Committee Democrats voted in lock step to renege on the bipartisan Medicaid Expansion compromise reached 5 months ago in the state budget. "The bill voted on in the Finance Committee yesterday is identical to the language in the state budget that  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 16 -- New Hampshire House Majority Leader Jason Osborne, R-Auburn, issued the following statement on Nov. 15, 2023: * * * House Majority Leader Jason Osborne (R-Auburn) released the following statement in response to the Superior Court ruling on the constitutionality of Education Freedom Accounts: "The Superior Court's decision to dismiss the frivolous lawsuit against the wildly successful Education Freedom Account program reinforces parents' rights and that famil  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 16 -- The New Hampshire Department of Insurance issued the following news release: In a bid to enhance access to mental health services and streamline coordinated, patient-centered care, the New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) has issued a bulletin, Docket Number INS 23-038-AB, addressing the coverage of Behavioral Health Integration (BHI) services for health insurers. Recent reviews conducted by the NHID revealed challenges faced by behavioral health practit  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 9 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. DE 23-090) involving the Town of Newport: * * * Request for Approval of Newport Community Power Plan ORDER OF NOTICE On November 3, 2023, the Town of Newport (Newport) filed a Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (Community Power Plan) with the Commission pursuant to RSA 53-E:7 for Commission review and approval. RSA 53-E:7, II provides that The commission shall approve any p  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 18 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. DE 23-093) on Nov. 17, 2023, involving the Town of Plaistow: * * * Request for Approval of Plaistow Community Power Plan ORDER OF NOTICE On November 16, 2023, the Town of Plaistow (Plaistow) filed a Community Power Electric Aggregation Plan (Community Power Plan) with the Commission pursuant to RSA 53-E:7 for Commission review and approval. RSA 53-E:7, II provides that The commis  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 14 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following gas order (No. DG 23-084) on Nov. 13, 2023, involving Liberty Utilities (EnergyNorth Natural Gas) Corp. d/b/a Liberty Utilities - Keene Division: * * * Re: Liberty Utilities (EnergyNorth Natural Gas) Corp. d/b/a Liberty Keene Division Winter 2023-2024 Cost of Gas Filing To the Parties: Attached please find Order No. 26,900, issued on October 31, 2023, with a second revision to page 6. On pa  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 14 (TNSres) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Students, faculty, and staff gathered together for an afternoon of research, lectures, and more at The Inn at Virginia Tech. * * * To showcase undergraduate and graduate research, students presented their findings at an annual School of Plant and Environmental Sciences event. After student presentations, Stuart Grandy, professor of natural resources and the environment at the University of New Hampshire,  more