MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 26 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Scott announced action on the following bills, passed by the General Assembly. On May 25, Governor Scott signed bills of the following titles: * H.53, An act relating to driver's license suspensions * H.110, An act relating to extending the sunset under 30 V.S.A. Sec. 248a * H.161, An act relating to issuance of burning permits * H.222, An act relating to reducing overdoses * H.495,  more

MANCHESTER, Connecticut, May 26 (TNSsel) -- Manchester Community College issued the following news release on May 25, 2023: Manchester Community College today conferred 667 degrees and certificates to the Class of 2023. These were awarded to 630 individual graduates at the 59th annual commencement ceremony held this afternoon, Thursday, May 25. Graduates from 84 towns in Connecticut, as well as Florida, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Vermont, were awarded associate  more

MIDDLEBURY, Vermont, May 23 (TNSfund) -- Middlebury College issued the following news: Middlebury has received an anonymous gift of $2 million to expand the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) at its Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS) and to provide financial aid to students in the MA program in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies (NPTS). The gift will support staff positions and senior research scholars, giving CTEC the flexibility to recruit and   more

MIDDLEBURY, Vermont, May 24 (TNSres) -- Middlebury College issued the following news: A Middlebury College student and three recent graduates have received National Science Foundation (NSF) fellowships to pursue graduate education. The NSF's Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in STEM fields who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited U.S. institutions. The fellowship includes an annual stipend of $37,  more

WATERVILLE, Maine, May 23 (TNSpar) -- Thomas College issued the following news release: Thomas College is pleased to announce a partnership with MMG Insurance to extend graduate education to all employees in the company's five-state operational footprint. MMG Insurance Company, headquartered in Presque Isle, Maine, is a regional property and casualty insurance company with operations in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. The nine-time recipient of the Best Places to Wor  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, May 26 (TNSconf) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: The University of Vermont's research enterprise has doubled over the last decade, from just over $106 million in sponsored research funding in 2013 to over $214 million last fiscal year. For the first time in UVM's history, sponsored research now eclipses revenue generated from undergraduate admissions. But leaders in research, sustainability, and innovation both at UVM and beyond are now asking: how c  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, May 22 (TNSsel) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: After a night of rain, the morning skies cleared to beautiful sun, light clouds, and cool breezes for the University of Vermont's 222nd commencement ceremony. The weather seemed to mirror the spirit of resilience and triumph that filled the air as graduates, faculty, and families gathered to celebrate on the Main Green. "This is a day of victory," said the Honorable Sethuraman Panchanathan, director of  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 24 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following news release on May 23, 2023: Attorney General Charity Clark today sued Michael D. Lansky, LLC, which does business under the name Avid Telecom, for allegedly initiating and facilitating billions of illegal robocalls to millions of people and violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Telemarketing Sales Rule, and other federal and state telemarketing and consumer laws. Avid Telecom sent or tran  more