ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 10 -- The American Horticultural Society issued the following news: The American Horticultural Society's (AHS) associate director for horticulture Dan Scott and AHS board member Amy Bolton attended The Philadelphia Flower Show in late February 2020 to select the winner of the AHS Environmental Award, which recognizes horticultural excellence best demonstrating the bond between horticulture and environmental impact. The winning exhibit was "The Olfactory Pathway" by   more

ENFIELD, Connecticut, April 10 -- Asnuntuck Community College issued the following news: With courses moved online as a result of COVID-19, Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) institutions have repurposed advanced manufacturing technology centers to help meet the state's need for personal protective equipment (PPE). Responding to the immediate and critical need, community colleges, including Asnuntuck, Housatonic, Naugatuck Valley, Northwestern, and Tunxis, have begun to produce   more

BOSTON, April 10 -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release: * * * - Pan-Mass Challenge makes $4 million commitment to support fund * * * Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund have established an Emergency Response Fund (ERF) to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Dana-Farber. Dana-Farber's largest single donor, the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC), has committed to contribute $3 million of unrestricted giving to this initiative by May 1. Once PMC ride  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) New England regional office announced that it has transferred more than 11,500 pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to be distributed to state and local agencies across New England battling COVID-19. "EPA is working hard to support our nation's first responders as they risk their own safety to   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 10 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * - Critical research continues, students and staff are receiving support, and contingency planning proceeds for eventual phased reopening. * * * As the MIT community adjusts to this unique period of separation and disruption, the Institute's top leaders held an online "town hall" on Tuesday to answer some of the most frequent questions being asked by students, faculty, and staff. R  more

PORTLAND, Maine, April 10 -- The Maine Medical Center issued the following news release: Noting that none of its employees have been laid off or seen their pay and benefits diminished, MaineHealth released details on how it is redeploying staff amid the COVID-19 outbreak. "In an effort to provide financial security and assurance to our employees at a time when so much is being demanded of them, we have decided that all MaineHealth employees who are sent home for any COVID-19- related reason wi  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, April 9 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Montana State University issued the following news on April 8: An article written by health workforce leaders and published in the New England Journal of Medicine calls for health care delivery organizations, educators and government leaders to "cut through bureaucratic barriers and adapt regulations to rapidly expand the U.S. health care workforce and sustain it" for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. The article was written by eight leade  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 10 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following order of notice (No. 20-040) involving Liberty Utilities: ORDER OF NOTICE On March 27, 2020, Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp. d/b/a Liberty Utilities (Liberty) filed a request for approval of annual retail rate adjustments related to its stranded cost charge and transmission service charge. Liberty calculates that the impact of the rate changes for a residential customer using  more

NEWTON, Massachusetts, April 10 -- Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: In a letter to Congressional leadership, Congressman Joe Kennedy III outlined his priorities for any infrastructure package intended to provide a stimulus in the aftermath of COVID-19. Citing the region's emerging offshore wind industry, South Coast Rail, East West Rail, Combined Sewage Overflow, Cape Cod Bridges, and clean, safe drinking water investments, Kennedy wrote that Massa  more

FARMINGTON, Connecticut, April 9 -- Tunxis Community College issued the following news release: With courses moved online as a result of COVID-19, Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) institutions have repurposed advanced manufacturing technology centers to help meet the state's need for personal protective equipment (PPE). Responding to the immediate and critical need, community colleges, including Asnuntuck, Housatonic, Naugatuck Valley, Northwestern, and Tunxis, have begun to p  more