BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 9 -- The University of Massachusetts Boston campus issued the following news on Dec. 8, 2023: The University of Massachusetts Boston today announced a commitment of $10 million from Boston-based New Balance Athletics, Inc. to establish the New Balance Institute for Innovative Leadership in Sport. The gift will provide operational funds to launch the institute and endow it in perpetuity at the UMass Boston campus. The new commitment and institute build on the New Bal  more

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, Dec. 9 -- Bowling Green State University issued the following news: Offering in-demand degrees that meet workforce needs, Bowling Green State University is adapting its academic programs to support student success and outcomes and drive Ohio's economic vitality now and into the future. At their December meeting, the BGSU Board of Trustees approved degree and program updates, honored distinguished alumni who have created public good and authorized plans for continued campus  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The National Football League Players Association issued the following news release: Pat Surtain II has been named this season's Week 14 NFLPA Community MVP after he surprised two Title I high schools with grants totaling $100,000 to build his foundation's first two Inspiration STEAM Rooms. Initially, the Denver Bronco was going to give a $50,000 donation to the winner of his Game Plan Pitch Day in October. However, through his generosity, Surtain elected to extend an addi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: on Dec. 8, 2023 U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen and Representatives Annie Kuster and Chris Pappas today announced that the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority is being awarded $27,492,000 in federal funding. It will be used for track-related improvements on Amtrak's Downeaster route, which stops in Exeter, Durham, and Dover. The funding comes from the Hassan and Shaheen-negotia  more

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The College of William and Mary issued the following news story: In the spring semester of his freshman year, William & Mary student Garett Bellin '25 thought it would be "pretty interesting" to take a Geographic Information Systems course to fill his schedule. Two years later, he is a co-principal investigator on a National Science Foundation grant and gives regular presentations to fishing industry partners - all because of GIS. "It's not something   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 9 -- Nutter, a law firm, issued the following news release: Eric Magnuson, co-chair of Nutter's Business Litigation practice group, was appointed to the Massachusetts Advisory Council of the New England Legal Foundation (NELF). NELF Advisory Councils help develop the Foundation's positions on public policy matters and often recommend legal advocacy for consideration by NELF's Board of Directors on issues of importance to the region's economy. The Advisory Councils   more

DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: UT Southwestern Medical Center is leading three multicenter clinical trials funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) focused on potential treatments for methamphetamine or cocaine addiction. Hundreds of patients will participate in the trials at UT Southwestern and other sites across the country, making them the largest trials ever conducted for this purpose, sa  more