BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 13 [Category: Media] -- GBH, a multiplatform creator for public media, issued the following news release: * * * 17 Massachusetts High Schools to Compete on Season 17 of GBH's High School Quiz Show * Boston, Mass. (Nov. 13, 2025) - High School Quiz Show (r), GBH's televised academic tournament for Massachusetts high school students, has revealed the 17 teams that will compete for the Season 17 State Championship title. The qualifying schools received the highest sc  more

STORRS, Connecticut, Nov. 14 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: * * * Dr. Linda Barry of UConn Medical School Delivers Keynote Address for the Black Men In White Coats Youth Summit The inspiring Summit for the future health care workforce was hosted in Waterbury by Saint Mary's Hospital at the Palace Theater and the UConn Waterbury campus. By Lauren Woods Dr. Linda Barry of UConn School of Medicine delivered the keynote address to the youth of Connecticut in attenda  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Former Massachusetts Resident Living in California Sentenced for PPP Fraud * BOSTON - A Los Angeles man who formerly resided in Randolph, Mass. was sentenced on Oct. 1, 2025 in federal court in Boston for submitting fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications on behalf of multiple companies he owns and controls. Rindal Pierre-Canel,  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Harvard Medical School Professor Aaron S. Kesselheim from an Oct. 29, 2025, hearing entitled "The Future of Biotech: Maintaining U.S. Competitiveness and Delivering Lifesaving Cures to Patients": * * * Chairman Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders, and Members of the Committee: My name is Aaron Kesselheim. I am an internal medicine physician, lawyer, and a Professor of Medicine at   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 14 -- Harvard University issued the following news: * * * Five faculty members appointed to Emma Bloomberg chairs Harvard has appointed five new Emma Bloomberg faculty members, expanding a distinguished group of scholars whose work addresses complex problems facing cities worldwide. The endowed chairs, established with a gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies and named for Emma Bloomberg, M.B.A. '07, M.P.A. '07, support leading scholars who advance the study and pra  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 14 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Nov. 13, 2025: * * * Governor McKee Leads Effort to Transform Rural Health Care with Federal Funding Application Governor Dan McKee today announced that Rhode Island has formally submitted its application to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for funding under the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). This federal program was designed to strengthen and moderniz  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins' Legislation to Reopen Government to be Signed into Law * Legislation includes significant wins for Maine Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation coauthored by U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, to reopen government by a vote of 222 to 209. The legislation, which includes a continuing resolution and thr  more

STORRS, Connecticut, Nov. 14 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: * * * UConn Pharmacy Student Honored with Travel and Best Poster Awards in Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Society Conference Sai Pallavi Pradeep, a fifth-year Pharmaceutical Sciences Ph.D. student, attended the Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Society Conference last month. There, she received two prestigious awards: the Travel Award and the Best Poster Award. By Abigail Baier Graduating with a Bachelor of Sc  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Nov. 14 -- The University of New England issued the following news on Nov. 13, 2025: * * * UNE hosts second Southern Maine Climate Action Workshop Municipal leaders, non-profits officials, UNE faculty and students share strategies for climate resilience * For the second year, the University of New England, in partnership with the Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission (SMPDC), on Nov. 12 hosted the Southern Maine Climate Action Workshop, a day-long conference f  more

BIRMINGHAM, England, Nov. 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * Lifesaving programme to prevent childbirth-related bleeding wins Times Higher Education STEM Award University of Birmingham-led E-MOTIVE programme takes research prize at ceremony celebrating best in UK Higher Education * A cost-effective intervention for postpartum haemorrhage, which has reduced maternal death worldwide by 60%, has won a major award in UK Higher Education. The E-MOTIVE p  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Nov. 14 -- The State University of New York Upstate Medical University campus issued the following news: * * * Upstate's Joslin Diabetes Center celebrates 30 years of transforming diabetes care and research The Joslin Diabetes Center at Upstate Medical University is marking a major milestone this month -- its 30th anniversary -- celebrating three decades of advancing diabetes care, research, and education across Central New York. Established in 1995, the Center was founde  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Westfield Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Narcotics and Firearm Offenses * BOSTON - A Westfield man was sentenced on Oct. 17, 2025 in federal court in Worcester for his role in a conspiracy to traffic drugs from California to Massachusetts and launder the proceeds. David Cruz, 56, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 14 -- Yale University issued the following Q&A on Nov. 13, 2025, by Meg Dalton with Hugh Taylor, Anita O'Keeffe Young professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences: * * * 'A whole-body disease': Why endometriosis is so difficult to diagnose and treat Endometriosis affects one in 10 women of reproductive age across the United States. In a Q&A, world-renowned expert Hugh Taylor explains why it's often misunderstood -- and w  more