DARTMOUTH, New Hampshire, May 23 -- The Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine issued the following news release: The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has renewed its Cancer Center Support Grant to Dartmouth College's Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) located at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, continuing core funding for the only Comprehensive Cancer Center north of Boston. The five-year $15.5 million grant, recently finalized and announced, will provide continued core support for NCCC's clinical ca  more

RINDGE, New Hampshire, May 21 -- Franklin Pierce University issued the following news: The College of Business is pleased to announce the creation of a new Accounting specialization in the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program, which will be offered in Fall 2020. The MBA in Accounting will prepare students for management positions or accounting leadership roles in for-profit or non-profit positions. Students will study a wide range of business topics, including leadership, marketing,   more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, May 19 -- Montgomery College issued the following news release: Montgomery College (MC) and Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) have announced a new partnership and articulation agreement that provides direct transfer opportunities between the two institutions, in the spirit of academic cooperation. Under the agreement, students from Montgomery College will be able to transfer up to 90 credits and complete their bachelor's degree online with Southern New Hampshire Uni  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 23 -- New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald issued the following news release: Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald and Bank Commissioner Gerald H. Little announce that New Hampshire has joined a multistate settlement agreement with Santander Consumer USA Inc. (Santander). The agreement includes direct relief to consumers, totaling $550 million nationally, and even more relief in the form of additional deficiency waivers. The settlement will result in mo  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 22 -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release: New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut congratulated a pair of New Hampshire students selected to 56th class of U.S. Presidential Scholars. U.S Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced the selection of two Nashua students, Jeffrey Lam from Nashua High School South and Claire Emily Reynolds from Bishop Guertin High School, this afternoon. "I am so proud of Jeffrey and Cla  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 22 -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release: Researcher Jessica Carson is concerned about long-term food insecurity and the state's most vulnerable populations. She is not alone. During a Zoom webinar on Tuesday morning, the research assistant professor at the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire discussed her brief on innovations that have helped alleviate the needs of families hit by the economic e  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 20 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,357) involving PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE d/b/a EVERSOURCE ENERGY: Petition for License to Construct and Maintain Electric Lines Over and Across the Ammonoosuc River and Over and Across Land Owned by the State of New Hampshire in the Town of Lisbon Order Nisi Granting License This order grants Eversource a license to modify, construct,and maintain electric d  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 20 -- The New Hampshire Employment Security issued the following news release: New Hampshire's preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April 2020 was 16.3 percent, reflecting the impact on unemployment due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and efforts to contain it. This is the highest unemployment rate in the history of the series (seasonally adjusted data are available back to 1976). This was an increase of 13.9 percentage points from the March r  more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, May 19 -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: Government, nonprofit, retail and volunteer emergency food system responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have not only been innovative but include new dissemination models as well as modifications to and expansions of existing programs, according to a new summary by the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire. "Unlike in prior economic downturns, meeting food needs is not l  more

PLYMOUTH, New Hampshire, May 21 -- Plymouth State University issued the following news release: A recent analysis by Plymouth State students evaluated New Hampshire's potential for issuing more meaningful air quality alerts, spotlighted communities with higher rates of respiratory illness, and pointed to areas warranting further study. Professor Justin Wright's applied math modeling class presented these and other findings during Spring 2020 finals week through a partnership in which it analyze  more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, May 20 -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: All signs indicate that 2020 is likely to be a challenging time for angel investing and the negative impact could be similar to the post 2000 decline and the 2008-09 recession, according to new analysis by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. How lasting these impacts are will likely be determined by a myriad of factors, many of which are beyond the control of the a  more