GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts, March 21 -- The American Hockey Coaches Association following news release: For once again leading Hobart College into the NCAA Men's Division III Frozen Four at Trinity College, Mark Taylor has been named winner of the 2024 Edward Jeremiah Award as the CCM/AHCA Division III Men's Coach of the Year. Taylor becomes only the third Division II-III coach to win this award in back-to-back years. The others were Norwich coach Mike McShane in 1999 and 2000 and Bowdoin coach   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 21 -- Boston University issued the following news: By Joel Brown A playwright, a painter, and the founding cellist of a world-renowned string quartet will take over as leaders of the three schools at Boston University's College of Fine Arts on July 1. Award-winning playwright Kirsten Greenidge, a CFA associate professor of playwriting and theater arts, will become director of the School of Theatre. Marc Schepens (CFA'12), a senior lecturer in art, painting, will b  more

GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts, March 21 -- The American Hockey Coaches Association following news release: Devon Bobak (Northwood, OH), a sophomore goaltender from Trinity College, is the recipient of the 2024 Sid Watson Award. The award, voted on by the nation's Division III head coaches, is presented to the best player at the men's NCAA Division III level by the American Hockey Coaches Association. The announcement was made on the eve of the NCAA Men's Division III Ice Hockey Championships hosted  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: * * * Treatment for rare childhood disease was well tolerated and slowed loss of motor function. * * * An investigational gene therapy for a rare neurodegenerative disease that begins in early childhood, known as giant axonal neuropathy (GAN), was well tolerated and showed signs of therapeutic benefit in a clinical trial led by   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 21 (TNSres) -- Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health issued the following news release: Topiramate--an antiseizure medication prescribed to treat epilepsy as well as migraines and bipolar disorder--does not appear to increase the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among children exposed to it prenatally, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study was published online on March 20, 2024, in the New Englan  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: The Bridge Investment Program grant is the last remaining piece of federal support needed to advance the phased replacement of the Sagamore and Bourne Bridges. Letter Text (PDF) Washington (March 20, 2924) - Today, Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), along with Representative Bill Keating (D-Mass.) and the Massachusetts congressional delegation, sent a letter to U.S. Secr  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: A Quincy man was sentenced today for his role in Cameron Street, a violent Boston gang. Michael Nguyen, also known as "Asian," 23, was sentenced today by U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young to 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In December 2023, Nguyen pleaded guilty to conspiracy to participate in a rack  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, March 21 (TNSres) -- The National Pest Management Association issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: * * * The National Pest Management Association reveals Spring & Summer 2024 Bug Barometer(R) forecast for the continental U.S. * * * Today, the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) released its bi-annual Bug Barometer(R), forecasting what Americans can expect from pest populations in their respective regions across the U.S. this spring and summer based   more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, March 21 -- The New England Journal of Medicine, a peer-reviewed medical journal from the Massachusetts Medical Society that says it delivers research and interactive clinical content to physicians, educators and the global medical community, published research articles on the following topics in its March 21, 2024, edition (Vol. 390, No. 12): Perspective: * Fundamentals of Medical Ethics: Physicians, Spirituality, and Compassionate Patient Care * "What's Lymphoma?" -  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: OAKLAND, Calif. - Felipe de Jesus Ornelas Mora, the owner of Rincon Musical, a money transmitting business in Oakland, was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison following his conviction for conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced First Assistant United States Attorney Patrick D. Robbins; IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) Acti  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following transcript of a foreign press center briefing on March 19, 2024, featuring Margaret Spring, chief conservation and science officer, Monterey Bay Aquarium: * * * Summary * At the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA) meeting in March 2022, the United States joined other countries in adopting a resolution on plastic pollution. The resolution launched a process to develop a legally binding instrument on plastic poll  more

DANVERS, Massachusetts, March 20 -- The National Scleroderma Foundation issued the following news: Please join us in welcoming Mirian Moultrie as the Executive Director of the New England Chapter. Mirian joined the team on Monday, March 18. In this role, she will oversee the New England Chapter, and lead them in their programs, services, and fundraising efforts. Mirian comes to us from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts, where she was the Regional Director of the South Coast. Sh  more

ORONO, Maine, March 21 -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: University of Maine System (UMS) leaders are proposing an annual operating budget for Maine's public universities next year that is balanced. The Board of Trustees' Finance, Facilities and Technology Committee spent today reviewing the System's $646.7 million Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) proposed operating budget, which is balanced without the use of budget stabilization funds for the first  more

CALLAGHAN, Australia, March 21 -- The University of Newcastle issued the following news: A University of Newcastle and Hunter New England Local Health District partnership working to strengthen field epidemiology capacity, disease surveillance and outbreak response in the Pacific for the past 10 years has been awarded $7.5m in Australian Government funding to continue their important work supporting public health training programs in the region. Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Penny Wong   more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Edward J. Markey, along with U.S. Representative Bill Keating (D-Mass.) the entire Massachusetts Congressional delegation, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, reaffirming their support for Massachusetts' $1.072 billion Bridge Investment Program (BIP) grant application to replace the Cape Cod Bridges. "We write to r  more