HASTINGS, Nebraska, May 28 -- Hastings College issued the following news release: Dr. Christopher M. Strickland, a Hastings College post-doctoral fellow and art educator, had an article from his dissertation research published in the June 2020 edition of the International Journal of Education Through Art. Strickland's research, "The Way of the Artist Educator Paradigm: Fusing Artistic Studio Practice and Teaching Pedagogy," examines the experiences of visual art educators who identify as "Arti  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Maine's congressional delegation took action this week to protect nonprofits -- which employ one in every six workers in the state -- from federal guidance that would lead to hundreds of thousands of dollars in unexpected, upfront costs for many nonprofit organizations. In a letter to U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Eugene Scalia, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angu  more

DENVER, Colorado, May 28 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined 23 Senate and House colleagues in calling on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reject a petition that aims to upend long-standing states net metering programs by imposing federal jurisdiction. Net metering allows consumers and businesses who generate some or all of their own electricity, particularly through wind and solar energy technol  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) hosted a senior consumer protection webinar to inform Granite State seniors on COVID-related fraud and scams. As a result of the public health emergency, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reported a skyrocketing number of fraud complaints. Many of these scams specifically target older Americans, who may be unfamiliar with the evolving tactics used by criminals a  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on May 27: U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) led 21 of their Senate and House colleagues in calling on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reject a petition by the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) that would upend states' net metering programs, including New Mexico's. Net metering allows consumers and businesses who gen  more

ORONO, Maine, May 28 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Years ago, when Emma Schroeder was managing a small organic farm, she started to ask herself, "How did women in the past combine feminism and ecological activism? Why do we see homes as places to care for the Earth and how does that affect women?" Schroeder, now a doctoral candidate in history at the University of Maine, asks such questions in her current research. She focuses on women in the 1960s and 1970s wh  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 27 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: To help reduce the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, volunteers around the world have leapt to the work of sewing homemade masks. But a dire shortage of other pieces of personal protective equipment, such as gowns, caps and shoe covers, has been more difficult to overcome. The lack of such equipment has led to higher rates of infection and death in health care workers around the world, acco  more