AMHERST, Massachusetts, March 11 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * Andrew Lover Discusses Arboviral Disease Intervention in NASEM Webinar * Andrew Lover, associate professor of epidemiology, recently appeared as a panelist on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) webinar series on arboviral disease, " Meeting the Moment: Practical Solutions for Arboviral Disease Prevention and Response." The series of four webinars, which wer  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Blumenthal Lead Colleagues Demanding Trump Reinstate Protections for Northeast Canyons & Seamounts Marine National Monument * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) led a group of Democratic senators in a letter to President Trump, calling on him to restore vital pr  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, March 12 -- The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School issued the following news: * * * Med school best friends create guide for new immigrants navigating health care system By Pat Sargent Rhea Kukkal and Jenna Patel, fourth-year medical students in the T.H. Chan School of Medicine, have spent their final year at UMass Chan Medical School creating a handbook for patients who have recently arrived in the country to aid them in accessing and navigating the he  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 12 -- The University of South Carolina posted the following news: * * * USC team conducting research on endangered North Atlantic right whales * There are only about 384 North Atlantic right whales remaining on Earth. That's fewer than the number of students living in the Capstone dorm. Erin Meyer-Gutbrod, an assistant professor with USC's School of the Earth, Ocean & Environment, studies North Atlantic right whales and advocates for them in the global halls  more