ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 24 -- ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) issued the following news release: ACTFL is proud to announce that Drs. Kristin Davin and Francis Troyan will serve as Co-Editors of the scholarly journal Foreign Language Annals (FLA) effective May 1, 2024. They have served as Interim Co-Editors since August 2023. Drs. Davin and Troyan have broad experience in language teaching, learning, and research. Their leadership at the journal has provided c  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 24 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release: "Kari Lake says 'unfortunately' Arizona isn't enforcing 1864 abortion ban" according to new reporting from NBC News this morning. Lake doubled down on calling for the enforcement of the 1864 ban twice in the last week alone, and is "once again fully behind Arizona's ghoulish 1864 near-total abortion ban" writes Arizona Republic Opinion's EJ Montini. On April 13th, while in Mohave County, Lake "solidif  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Association of American Medical Colleges issued the following news on April 23, 2024: As fewer medical faculty are awarded tenure, some suggest there must be new ways to protect those in academia from institutional and political retribution. For more than a century, tenure has served as a bedrock principle in American academia. When it was first formalized by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) in 1915, its primary purpose was to guard the righ  more

WACO, Texas, April 25 -- Baylor University issued the following news: By Lori Fogleman Following a national search, Toby J. Brooks, Ph.D., assistant dean of faculty success, program director of athletic training and professor at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) in Lubbock, has been selected to serve as director of Baylor University's Academy for Teaching and Learning (ATL), effective July 15, 2024. Brooks will succeed Lenore Wright, Ph.D., professor of interdisciplin  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Gradual implementation of nutrition updates, to include less sugar, set to begin in Fall 2025 Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced major steps to promote the health of America's children through school meals. Nutrition standards for school meals will be gradually updated to include less sugar and greater flexibility with menu planning between Fall 2025 and Fall 2027. T  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, April 25 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: By Natalie Blando-George Binghamton University's Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences celebrated the careers of nursing faculty members Professor A. Serdar Atav, Associate Professor Mary Muscari and Associate Professor Rosa Darling with a retirement reception April 18 in the Anderson Center President's Reception Room. Atav, Muscari and Darling made deep and enduring contributions at Binghamton Universi  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on April 22, 2024: * * * A Conversation With Second Rough Draft's Richard J. Tofel (Part 1 of 2) By Michael E. Hartmann After getting bachelor's, law, and master's degrees from Harvard, Richard J. Tofel began an interestingly varied career by first practicing law in 1983. He has since also been assistant publisher and assistant managing editor of The Wall Street Journal and a vice president and assistant gene  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on April 23, 2024: * * * Scott Walter Talks About Arabella with Ed Martin By Scott Walter CRC's Scott Walter recently appeared on The Pro America Report with Ed Martin to talk about his latest book, Arabella: The Dark Money Network of Leftist Billionaires Secretly Transforming America. Not many seem to be aware of the entity known as Arabella Advisors, despite it spending billions of dollars during each elec  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Center for a New American Security issued the following news release: The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) welcomes Geoffrey Gertz and Adam Tong to its Energy, Economics, and Security Program. "I am thrilled to welcome Geoffrey and Adam to CNAS," said Emily Kilcrease, director of the Energy, Economics, and Security program. "Geoffrey's wealth of experience in government, academia, and research roles, and Adam's demonstrated excellence in research will allow  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following statement on April 23, 2024, by Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson on final rulemaking on swap confirmation requirements for Swap Execution Facilities: * * * An essential component of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) is its framework for the regulation of swaps, including central clearing and trade execution requirements, registration and comprehensive regulation of   more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, April 25 (TNSres) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: Actor, activist, social media celebrity, and writer George Takei will be on campus from May 2 to 4 as a Montgomery Fellow. Takei, who first gained fame portraying Hikaru Sulu in the original Star Trek series, will visit with writing and theater students and meet with student members of the Asian American Pacific Islander and LGBTQ communities. He will also appear as a guest speaker at the 25th anniversar  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 25 -- Duquesne University issued the following news release: Renowned poet and Duquesne University McAnulty Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English Dr. Sam Hazo was recently honored at the 45th annual Common Wealth Awards of Distinguished Service in the category of literature. Hosted by The PNC Financial Services Group, the Common Wealth Awards are bestowed to individuals who have enriched modern culture through their professional and personal endeavors. Haz  more

CARY, North Carolina, April 25 -- ELT Journal, a peer-reviewed journal that says it provides a medium for informed discussion of the principles and practice which determine the ways English is taught and learned, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 78, Issue 2): Special Issue on Positive Psychology and Wellbeing: * Towards English language learners' wellbeing: Contributing factors and stressors * Social-emotional learning in ESOL with ninth-gra  more

LONDON, England, April 25 -- Environmental Communication, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features communication, media, society and environmental issues, including climate change, natural resources, sustainability, conservation, wildlife, ecosystems, water, environmental health, food and agriculture and energy, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 18, Issue 3 edition: Research Article: * Cross-Country Analysis of the Association between Media Coverage and Expo  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 25 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: Dolores Albarracin, Charles L. Kane, Edward D. Mansfield, Virgil Percec, and Deborah A. Thomas are recognized for their contributions to mathematical and physical sciences and social and behavioral sciences. Five faculty affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an honorary society and independent rese  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The House Education and the Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-444) on the A Stronger Workforce For America Act (H.R. 6655), which aims to amend and reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The report was advanced by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, on April 5, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose The purpose of H.R. 6655, A Stronger Workforce for America Act, is to reauthorize and reform the public workforce development system est  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, April 24 (TNSres) -- The Kellogg Institute for International Studies, a part of the Keough School of Global Affairs at Notre Dame, issued the following news: "The International Scholars Program (ISP) is what made me fall in love with research in the first place," says Isabela Tasende, a senior majoring in political science and economics who's just completed her senior thesis project on the role of the armed forces in upholding Venezuela's civilian authoritarian regime. "It  more

LEWISTON, Idaho, April 25 (TNSres) -- Lewis-Clark State College issued the following news release: Lewis-Clark State College students and faculty will present their classroom and independent research projects or performances during the college's 15th Annual Research Symposium on Monday-Thursday, April 29-May 2, on campus, and on Friday, May 3, in Coeur d'Alene. All presentations are free and open to the public. Parking is also free. Undergraduate students from the college's academic divisions  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 24 -- Brown University issued the following news: About 350 students from Providence, Pawtucket and Central Falls visited Brown University to immerse themselves in various aspects of the college experience as part of an inspirational and informative daylong program. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brown University student Michael Ochoa stood in front of a crowd of about 350 high schoolers and asked them to see themselves in him. Ochoa, now in his third year studying intern  more

HAMILTON, Ontario, April 24 (TNSres) -- McMaster University issued the following news: By Jay Robb Flynn O'Dacre spent four months getting splattered with guano and vomit from thousands of screaming birds, sticking her bare hands into half-thawed buckets of fish guts three times a day and sleeping in a tent on an uninhabited, treeless island with no running water, limited Wi-Fi and summer temperatures that rarely broke 10 degrees Celsius. And she can't wait to return to Middleton Island -- t  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- George Washington University issued the following news: The Supreme Court will hear Trump v U.S. arguments Thursday. This case will determine whether former president Donald Trump is entitled to immunity from federal prosecution or if he can be tried on criminal charges for his conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Experts at the George Washington University are available to provide commentary, explanation and analysis of this Supreme C  more

ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, April 24 -- Memorial University of Newfoundland issued the following news release: Dr. Harris Berger has spent his lengthy career listening to and deciphering the stories and history held within songs. The professor, who is cross-appointed between Memorial's School of Music and the Department of Folklore, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, was recently renewed as a tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in ethnomusicology. Broadly defined, ethnomusicology is the   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The National Association of College and University Business Officers issued the following news: NACUBO recently submitted renewed feedback to the IRS after the agency revived a comment period on both the institutional reporting requirements for the Form 1098-T under Internal Revenue Code section 6050S and the rules on the education tax credits under section 25A. The IRS proposed the 1098-T changes eight years ago, and the reopening of the comment period presents an oppo  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The National Center for Public Policy Research issued the following news release: Shareholder activists with the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will present proposals at four shareholder meetings this week -Levi Strauss, Pfizer, Goldman Sachs and Cigna. FEP has provided voting recommendations for these and other key shareholder meetings on its Proxy Navigator app. FEP's proposals with Levi Strauss (Proposal #4) and Pfizer (Pr  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 24 -- NetChoice, a coalition of trade associations that says it makes the internet safe for free enterprise and expression, issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Today, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed SB 351, which creates a mandated identity verification scheme for social media access. Despite some admirable aspects of this legislation, the problems arise when examining the fine print of this new law, which becomes effective on July 1, 2025. "SB 351 breac  more

LOS GATOS, California, April 25 -- Netflix, an Internet television network provider, issued the following news: Set to tug at the heartstrings of audiences worldwide, the teaser for Drawing Closer has been unveiled, with a premiere set for June 27. The live-action film is adapted from the beloved novel by Ao Morita, titled "Yomei Ichinen to Senkoku Sareta Boku ga, Yomei Hantoshi no Kimi to Deatta Hanashi," which translates to "The story of how I, who was told I only had one year to live, met yo  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 25 -- The National Institutes of Health's National Human Genome Research Institute issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: On April 25, National DNA Day, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will welcome a new statue, "The Ladder," celebrating DNA and children. National DNA Day is a unique day when students, teachers and the public can learn more about genetics and genomics. The day commemorates the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and th  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The New York Public Library issued the following news release: The New York Public Library's Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers has selected 15 gifted academics, nonfiction writers, and creative writers for its 26th class of Fellows in 2024 - 2025. The Cullman Center is an international fellowship program open to people whose work will benefit directly from access to the collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. Books written at the Cull  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 25 -- Reed Smith, a law firm, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Global law firm Reed Smith today announced that its aviation practice is one of only three firms shortlisted as 'Finance & Legal Team of the Year' in the eVTOL Insights Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Awards 2024. Highly experienced with more than a decade of commitment to the sector, Reed Smith is at the forefront of providing legal advice and guidance on drones, eVTOLs and other unm  more

MANHATTAN, New York, April 25 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Today, April 24, 2024, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) visited the MTA headquarters after the agency failed to comply with an official Freedom of Information Law or FOIL request more than 60 business days ago and ignored more than 30 messages from Congressman Gottheimer's office, requesting a meeting with MTA CEO Janno Lieber. Following today's announcement at the MT  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 24 -- Rice University issued the following news release: A team of Rice University students has developed a cold spray metal 3D printing device that relies on pressure and velocity rather than temperature to create a metal part. Their work could help expand the repertoire of metal additive manufacturing techniques, bringing down cost and enhancing the quality of making or repairing one-off complex metal parts. Julianna Dickman (from left), Galio Guo, Davis Thames, Douglas  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, April 24 -- The National Thoroughbred Racing Association issued the following news: Week 13 of the 2024 NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll and the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through April 21. Voting is conducted by national media. The Three-Year-Old poll represents horses competing up and through the Triple Crown. The Top Thoroughbred poll represents horses competing for   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Building on the Biden-Harris Administration's historic record of expanding consumer protections and standing up for airline passengers, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced today two final rules that will deliver automatic cash refunds when owed to airline passengers and protect consumers from surprise airline junk fees. The rules are part of the Biden-Harris Administration's wor  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statements in support of legislation passed out of committee today: End Iranian Terrorism (End IT) Act and Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum (SHIP) Act "The Middle East is in an unprecedented period of turmoil. Last  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 24 -- COMCAST INTERACTIVE MEDIA, LLC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has been assigned a patent (No. US 11966383 B2, initially filed Oct. 3, 2022) developed by nine inventors Peter Lester, Oakland, California; Justin Miller, Los Gatos, California; Hendrick Lee, Sunnyvale, California; Aseem Sharma, Fremont, California; Galen Trevor Gattis, Sunnyvale, California; Amber Dixon, Santa Clara, California; Huy Tuan Nguyen, San Jose, California; Derek McGowan, Santa Clara, Califor  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 25 -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: By Reyes Ramirez Shakespeare is ubiquitous in the Western world, whether it be through reading his plays in nearly every level in schools to watching the latest screen adaptation. What many may not know is what it takes to maintain the texts, edits and extensive conversations regarding Shakespeare's oeuvre that informs scholars, creatives and fans. One effort is the New Variorum Shakespeare (NVS) at Texas A&M   more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 25 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Two Texas A&M University faculty members have published a book on the science and technology of atomized metal powders for additive manufacturing. * * * By Grace Dalton Dr. Enrique J. Lavernia, M. Katherine Banks Chair and Dr. Julie M. Schoenung, Wofford Cain Chair III, both of whom are professors in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, and in the J. Mike  more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 24 -- Brooklyn Museum issued the following news release: Reinforcing its dedication to the highest standards of excellence in collections and exhibitions, the Brooklyn Museum is pleased to announce two new curatorial appointments. Pauline Vermare has been appointed Phillip and Edith Leonian Curator of Photography, and Annissa Malvoisin has been appointed Associate Curator for Arts of Africa. "We are delighted to welcome Pauline and Annissa to our esteemed curatorial t  more

PALATKA, Florida, April 25 -- St. Johns River State College issued the following news release: Fulfilling its mission to serve the community, the Rotary Club of Orange Park presented a check to St. Johns River State College Foundation and President Joe Pickens to support college students in need through the Foundation's Random Acts of Kindness and emergency stipends programs. Each year Orange Park Rotary raises funds to aid community organizations. The SJR State Foundation was one of this year  more

MOUNT OLIVE, North Carolina, April 25 -- The University of Mount Olive issued the following news: The University of Mount Olive recently held a dessert reception for two employees with a combined employment history of 91 years at the University. Director of Library Services Ms. Pam Wood will retire on June 30, ending her 55-year career at UMO. Dr. K. David Hines, Christian Studies Department Chair, will retire on May 15 after 36 years of service in a variety of roles. In recognition of the man  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 25 -- The University of California's Los Angeles School of Law issued the following news: People from across the UCLA School of Law community gathered on April 14 to celebrate Distinguished Professor Russell Korobkin, as he received the law school's highest honor for classroom excellence, the Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching. Marked by laughter and fond reflections, the event included a lecture by Korobkin, who is the Richard C. Maxwell Distinguished Profe  more

BIRMINGHAM, England, April 25 -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: Two internationally acclaimed authors, Tahmima Anam and Chris McCormick, will each deliver a free public lecture next month as part of the City of Literature lectures. The annual Nottingham City of Literature lectures, delivered in partnership with the University of Nottingham, aim to attract world-leading authors to the city. The event provides a platform for leading writers and thinkers to share   more

LEXINGTON, Virginia, April 25 -- The Virginia National Guard issued the following news: By Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs Maj. Gen. Lapthe Flora celebrated more than 36 years of military service with family, friends and fellow service members at a retirement ceremony April 12, 2024, at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. Maj. Gen. James W. Ring, the Adjutant General of Virginia, presided over the ceremony. "What a privilege and pleasure it is for al  more

NORWALK, Connecticut, April 24 -- Xerox issued the following agency statement on April 23, 2024: * * * Building upon our Reinvention, Xerox continues to simplify our offerings to ensure we have the right mix of products and software that align with the evolving needs of our clients. Xerox is putting a greater focus on our innovative technology in workflow automation, intelligent assistant services, and personalization including our suite of Xerox(R) FreeFlow(R) Workflow Software, Predictive A  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 25 -- Yale Law School issued the following news: Ananya Agustin Malhotra, the daughter of immigrants who came to the United States from India and the Philippines, has been named a 2024 recipient of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. Malhotra plans to join the Yale Law School class of 2027 in the fall. Malhotra is among 30 recipients selected from a pool of more than 2,300 applicants for the fellowship, which is a merit-based graduate program for   more