BETHESDA, Maryland, April 23 -- The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists issued the following news: William A. Gouveia, a pharmacy leader who made tremendous contributions to the profession, died March 23 in Deadham, Massachusetts, at the age of 77 years. Gouveia spent his career in the Boston area, holding leadership positions at Massachusetts General Hospital, the New England Medical Center (now Tufts Medical Center), and Northeastern University. But his influence extended far beyon  more

HOLYOKE, Massachusetts, April 23 -- ISO New England issued the following news release: Weather is the biggest factor driving demand for electricity and, among grid operators, it's long been said that "the load forecast is only as good as the weather forecast." That truism has become even truer as New Englanders have added an increasing amount of weather-dependent solar electric systems, to their rooftops. With more than 180,000 such systems scattered around New England, an accurate forecast of  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: An Andover, Mass. high school teacher, Melanie Cutler, is one of 10 education professionals honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), with a "Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators" (PIAEE) award. EPA also recognized Carly Imhoff, a teacher at Ashford School in Ashford, Conn., with an Honorable Me  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- New York-Presbyterian Hospital issued the following news release: About 15% of pregnant women admitted to two maternity wards in northern Manhattan in late March and early April were already infected with the new coronavirus, though most had no symptoms, according to a new study by physicians at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian. In the study, the researchers tested all 215 women who were admitted to the two labor and delivery units as soon  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 22: A group of students from Rockport, Mass. were recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), as awardees of the 2019 President's Environmental Youth Award (PEYA). The program recognizes outstanding environmental stewardship projects by K-12 youth. Across the country, 35 students are being recognized for t  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan recognized the Salem High School cheerleading team as April's Granite Staters of the Month for coming together, even while social distancing, to help raise the spirits of residents at a local nursing home. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Salem's cheerleading team was unable to compete at their New England conference meet, a moment that athletes had worked hard for all season  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, April 23 -- The University of Massachusetts Amherst campus issued the following news: Some of the nearly 1,000 small farmers in New England who grow leafy greens use a creative, efficient and cost-effective method of drying the fresh veggies after a triple dip in water: a conventional home washing machine. The spin cycle of a retrofitted washing machine wicks the water off the greens to dry and keep them fresher longer. This discovery by farmers offered a way to automat  more

ORONO, Maine, April 23 [TNSgrants] -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: A University of Maine initiative to create a first-ever bilingual portal to Franco American heritage records from archives in the United States and Canada has received a nearly $60,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Franco American Programs at UMaine, which is spearheading the Franco American Portal, also was awarded $10,000 from the Maine Bicentennial Commission for a simila  more

ORONO, Maine, April 23 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: The Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) was officially completed in January 2020. Since August 2014, the program developed new aquaculture siting tools, discovered new information pertaining to emerging aquaculture sectors, provided suggestions regarding food safety, and continued providing information on aquaculture research outcomes to state officials, stakeholders and community members. SEA  more