BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 21 -- Boston University issued the following Q&A on Feb. 20, 2024 with Beth Allgood, founder of OneNature: * * * Beth Allgood's resume brims with (almost) more big-name conservation groups than a jungle has animals: International Fund for Animal Welfare, World Wildlife Fund, National Wildlife Federation, the Nature Conservancy. In 2020, Allgood (MET'93) founded her own nonprofit: OneNature. As executive director with five employees--"though none of us is fully pai  more

NEWARK, Delaware, Feb. 20 -- Delmarva Power, a subsidiary of Exelon, issued the following news release: Delmarva Power customers can now request a free tree to plant at their home as part of the company's partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation's Energy-Saving Trees program. Residential customers can reserve a complimentary tree on a first-come, first-served basis and reap the energy-saving benefits that trees provide. Delmarva Power will make 600 free trees available to customers throughout  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 21 -- The University System of Maryland issued the following news release: The University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents has appointed Dr. Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm the next president of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES). Miralles-Wilhelm is currently professor and dean of the College of Science at George Mason University. In his 30-year career, Miralles-Wilhelm has combined his duties as a faculty member and administrator   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs issued the following news: * * * New CCP research suggests that broader, more systematic tools are needed to understand factors that influence behavior in low malaria settings. * * * When it comes to malaria, most of the existing social and behavior change tools and evidence come from research in areas where the mosquito-borne illness is endemic and where transmission is pretty high. These tools hel  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: Older people may be at greater risk of developing pancreatic cancer and have poorer prognoses because of age-related changes in cells in the pancreas called fibroblasts, according to research led by investigators from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. The study, published online   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 21 -- The University of Maryland School of Medicine issued the following news: University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, along with UMSOM Board of Visitors Chair Cynthia Egan, announced today that Troy LeMaile-Stovall, MS, MBA, an award-winning technology investment, higher education, and management consulting executive, has been appointed to the School's Board of Visitors. LeMaile-Stovall is the CEO of TEDCO, Maryland's economic engi  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 20 -- The Maryland Department of Transportation's Transit Administration issued the following news release: The Maryland Transit Administration has been awarded $213,696,341 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration's Rail Vehicle Replacement program. The grant will support the Maryland Transit Administration's efforts to replace all 52 aging Light Rail vehicles in its fleet with new, modern railcars. The State of Mary  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 21 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 20 Attorneys General calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take urgent action to protect babies and young children nationwide from lead and other toxic metals in baby food. In a letter (https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/News%20Documents/021624_NYAG_Multistate_Letter_FDA_Reconsideration.pdf), Attor  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Office of the Attorney General today released its investigative reports of the March 25, 2023, fatal police pursuit in Baltimore City. On March 25, at approximately 11:50 p.m., officers with the Baltimore Police Central District were on patrol and alerted to a wanted car in the area by a license plate reader  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Feb. 20 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2024: Governor Wes Moore and First Lady Dawn Moore this weekend opened the doors of Government House to hundreds of invited guests in celebration of Black History Month. The celebration honored Maryland's rich history and 2024 as the Year of Civil Rights in Maryland with performances from Prince George's County's Kingdom Fellowship A.M.E. Church Choir and artworks from various Maryland inst  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Feb. 21 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today testified in front of the House Environment and Transportation Committee in support of the Moore-Miller Administration's 2024 legislative housing package. Joined by Maryland Department Housing and Community Development Secretary Jake Day, the governor spoke in support of three bills: The Housing Expansion and Affordability Act (https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgaw  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- Morgan State University issued the following news release: * * * State-Funded Center to Lead Innovative Studies Providing Scientific Understanding of Climate Change Impacting Urban and Coastal Environments and Populations * * * Morgan State University and the State of Maryland have recently taken a significant step towards addressing the issue of climate change by establishing a new Center for Urban and Coastal Climate Science Research. The Center's p  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- The Oceantic Network, formerly the Business Network for Offshore Wind, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: The U.S. offshore wind industry concluded 2023 with its first commercial scale projects delivering power to the grid, a bright spot amid a difficult year for the industry, according to a new report published by the Oceantic Network. As the leading organization working to advance offshore wind and other ocean renewable industries and   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Pepco issued the following news release: Pepco customers can now request a free tree to plant at their home as part of the company's partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation's Energy-Saving Trees program. Residential customers can reserve a complimentary tree on a first-come, first-served basis and reap the energy-saving benefits that trees provide. Pepco will make 600 free trees available to customers throughout its Maryland and District of Columbia service regions. Cu  more