WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, April 24 -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Eastern Connecticut State University recently joined a partnership with the New York Southeast Asia Network (NYSEAN), a multidisciplinary group of scholars at colleges and universities in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey who specialize in Southeast Asian studies. The network allows for collaboration in research, conferences and workshops. Eastern is one of the first schools to partner with   more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, April 25 [TNSgrants] -- The University of Massachusetts Amherst campus issued the following news: A team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Clean Energy Extension recently was awarded a 15-month grant to lead development of community-focused solar siting and financing procedures in three rural western Massachusetts communities, Blandford, Wendell and Westhampton. The project will demonstrate "bottom-up" solar siting processes driven by community residents and mu  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 25 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,350) involving Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy: Motion for Protective Order and Confidential Treatment Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Eversource's Motion for Confidential Treatment and Protective Order This order grants a request by Eversource for confidential treatment of personnel information and bulk substation one-line di  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, April 25 -- The University of Massachusetts Amherst campus issued the following news: An estimated 80% of ornamental plants for sale at garden centers and other outlets are non-native, which means "the average yard does a poor job of supporting native flora and fauna," says invasive plant expert Bethany Bradley at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She and her colleagues at UMass, at the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (NE CASC) and elsewhere in New En  more