CONCORD, Massachusetts, May 29 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New England District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as part of an interagency effort with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, is announcing the availability of the final 2018 National Wetland Plant List (NWPL). The Federal Register Notice for the 2018 NWPL update was posted  more

NEW YORK, May 29 -- The Association for Computing Machinery issued the following news release: ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has announced the election of new officers who will lead the organization for a two-year term beginning July 1. Heading the new team will be incoming President Gabriele Kotsis. Kotsis is Professor and Head of the Department of Telecooperation at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria. Joining Kotsis as Vice President will be Joan Feigenbaum, Grace Mur  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, May 29 -- Brandeis University issued the following news: Thirty-one undergraduates have received awards from Brandeis fellowship programs to partner with university faculty on unique and ambitious research projects. The fellowships were awarded this spring through a collaborative effort between the Fellowships Advising Office and the Undergraduate Research and Creative Collaborations Office. The Undergraduate Research and Creative Collaborations Office is a newly formed  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 29 -- Harvard Medical School issued the following news: One of the hallmarks of severe cases of COVID-19 is acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a rapid, widespread inflammation of the lungs that can lead to respiratory failure and death. But how exactly does ARDS affect the lungs of COVID-19 patients? Researchers continue to look for answers in an effort to design new treatments and clinical trials to avert this life-threatening complication. Newly published   more

HOLYOKE, Massachusetts, May 29 -- ISO New England issued the following news release: For the second year in a row, ISO New England sponsored a Senior Design Capstone Project at the University of Connecticut (UCONN). This year, two student groups worked on a joint project, with the ISO's lead analyst, Qiang (Frankie) Zhang, from the our Business Architecture and Technology (BAT) group, serving as technical project advisor and ISO's Technical Manager, Xiaochuan Luo, serving as lead engineer. UCON  more

HOLYOKE, Massachusetts, May 29 -- ISO New England issued the following news release: The 2019 Annual Markets Report, issued by the Internal Market Monitor at ISO New England, concluded that New England's wholesale electricity markets performed well and were competitive in 2019. The report notes that the total wholesalecost of electricity in 2019, at $9.8 billion, was considerably lower than in 2018, decreasing by 19%, or by $2.3 billion. Lower energy costs accounted for about 85% of the overal  more

HOLYOKE, Massachusetts, May 28 -- ISO New England issued the following news release: Regional emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) increased in 2018 compared to the previous year, primarily due to a historic cold snap at the start of the year, according to data compiled for the 2018 ISO New England Electric Generator Air Emissions Report. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, however, declined during the year, continuing a long-term emission reduction trend in New England. Yea  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 29 -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: San Antonio patients with severe COVID-19 lung disease contributed to an international study published May 22 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study outlined preliminary results of the recent Adaptive Covid-19 Treatment Trial, conducted partly in San Antonio, testing a new anti-viral drug called remdesivir. Thomas Patterson, M.D., is principal investigator of  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, May 29 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following story: Researchers have projected significant changes in the habitat of commercially important American lobster and sea scallops on the Northeast U.S. continental shelf. They used a suite of models to estimate how species will react as waters warm. The researchers suggest that American lobster will move further offshore and sea scallops will shift to the north in the coming decades. Find  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 28 -- The National Sheriffs' Association issued the following news release: The National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) and the REFORM Alliance (REFORM) are partnering to deliver personal protective equipment (PPE) to every jail across the country in the coming weeks. REFORM is making millions of masks available to help protect every employee and incarcerated individual in jails throughout the country from the continued spread of COVID-19. The partnership comes after REF  more

HOUSTON, Texas, May 29 -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on May 26: New data from the Phase III EMBRACA trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found the PARP inhibitor talazoparib did not demonstrate a statistically significant overall survival (OS) benefit for patients with metastatic HER2-negative breast cancer and mutations in the BRCA1/2 genes. Most patients included in the study went on to receive  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The White House issued the following readout from Vice President Mike Pence's call with summer camp owners and operators: Vice President Mike Pence met with members of the American Camp Association by phone and led a discussion with camp owners and operators across the country to discuss the approach to safely and responsibly reopening summer camps across the country amid COVID-19. Vice President Pence and White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx disc  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 28 -- The University of Massachusetts Boston campus issued the following news: Rebecca Herst, director of the Sustainable Solutions Lab (SSL) at the University of Massachusetts Boston, has been awarded the 2020 Zuckerberg Endowed Leadership Prize for her work in climate adaptation, preparing marginalized communities for the effects of climate change, and developing sustainable and equitable solutions that prioritize their needs. Established in 2005 by UMass Lowell al  more