ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 11 -- Advanced Energy Economy issued the following news release: National business association Advanced Energy United celebrated the Maryland General Assembly's passage of the Promoting Offshore Wind Energy Resources Act (SB781/HB793), known as the POWER Act. Advanced Energy United represents the full range of technologies and services needed for 100% clean energy in Maryland and nationally, ranging from solar installers and EV manufacturers to energy efficiency compa more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 12 -- The Business Network for Offshore Wind, an organization that expands the adoption of offshore wind energy, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: The Maryland legislature passed the POWER Act today, which raises Maryland's offshore wind goal from 2.022 GW to 8.5 GW of offshore wind generation by 2031. In addition to raising the state's overall offshore wind goal, the legislation requires a new transmission study to guide how the state incorporates  more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 12 (TNSper) -- Loyola University Maryland issued the following news on April 11, 2023: Cheryl Moore-Thomas, Ph.D., NCC, has been named Loyola University Maryland's next provost and vice president for academic affairs. Moore-Thomas, who was selected after a national search, has served as the University's interim provost and vice president for academic affairs since July 2021. She begins in the role effective immediately. A longtime resident of Baltimore, Moore-Thomas more PR

ITHACA, New York, April 12 (TNSjou) -- The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, a unit of Cornell University, issued the following news release: * * * Study examines a key but costly strategy * * * Deteriorating habitat conditions caused by climate change are wreaking havoc with the timing of bird migration. A new study demonstrates that birds can partially compensate for these changes by delaying the start of spring migration and completing the journey faster. But the strategy comes with a cost--a d more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 12 (TNSper) -- Duane Morris, a law firm, issued the following news release: Nicholas C. Stewart has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm's Corporate Practice Group in its Baltimore office. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Stewart was a partner at Saul Ewing LLP. "Expanding our Corporate Practice Group remains a priority, and as its workload continues to increase, I'm very pleased with the group's great performance and trajectory," said Duane Morris Chairman more PR

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Pepco issued the following news release: Exelon, Pepco and Public Sector Solutions Group (PS2G) have launched a new program that will give residents from under-resourced communities in the District of Columbia and Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland training toward new career opportunities in cybersecurity and information technology. The new workforce development program will provide skills-based, hands-on training with a focus on industry certifications, more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 12 (TNSjou) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: Newly diagnosed people with Crohn's disease (CD) in the United States are more likely to experience drug and alcohol use compared with the general population, according to a recent study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers. The study, which used data from Medicaid between 2010 and 2019, found that 16.3% of enrollees had some form of substance use at the time of being diagnosed with CD, with more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 12 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: Governor Wes Moore today presided over the Moore-Miller Administration's first bill signing, dedicated to ending child poverty in Maryland. Governor Moore signed both the Fair Wage Act of 2023 and the Family Prosperity Act of 2023 into law during the first signing session in a series that will span the coming weeks. "I entered office saying that this administration would launch the more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 12 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Governor Wes Moore swore in Lieutenant Colonel Roland L. Butler, Jr. as the Superintendent of the Maryland Department of State Police. Governor Moore was joined by Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller, Secretary of State Susan Lee, House Speaker Adrienne Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson for the ceremony. "Superintendent Butler is the best person to move the Maryland Department of State Police fo more PR

SALISBURY, Maryland, April 12 (TNSawa) -- Salisbury University issued the following news release: The Maryland Collegiate Honors Council (MCHC) recently named Salisbury University junior Elizabeth Wash as the 2023 recipient of its John & Edythe Portz Award for Outstanding Four-Year Maryland Honors Student. For Wash, a biological sciences major from Waldorf, MD, being a member of the Glenda Chatham and Robert G. Clarke Honors College is what brought her to SU202 and has kept her succeeding bey more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Maryland, April 12 (TNSper) -- The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science issued the following news release: The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) announces the appointment of Essala Lowe as Vice President for Administration and Finance. She joins the leadership team at Maryland's premiere environmental research university, headquartered in Cambridge, MD, as the chief financial and operating officer. Lowe brings more than 20 years of re more PR

SALISBURY, Maryland, April 12 (TNSpro) -- Wor-Wic Community College issued the following news release: Wor-Wic Community College will offer a new associate of science degree in electro-mechanical technologies starting this fall. The program teaches everything students need to know about how to safely put together, install, run and maintain buildings and machines in many industries. Graduates will be ready to move into the high-demand skilled trades. They may pursue careers as industrial machin more PR