FAIRFAX, Virginia, April 1 (TNSPer) -- The American Industrial Hygiene Association issued the following news release: AIHA has announced the new members of its Board of Directors for the upcoming 2021-2022 term. The new Board members will be inducted at the Association's annual business meeting on Tuesday, June 1. "We welcome our new and returning Board members," said Lawrence D. Sloan, AIHA CEO. "Each one provides a unique background and perspective that will help drive progress toward our st  more

KIRTLAND AFB, New Mexico, April 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center celebrated a major anniversary today, 15 years after its activation. The center stood up officially on March 31, 2006. The Air Force activated the center to consolidate and unify nuclear weapons and their related support systems into a single organization. Today, it is responsible for synchronizing all aspects of nuclear materiel management on behalf of  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 1 (TNSPer) -- The Texas A&M University's Engineering Experiment Station issued the following news: The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents on Wednesday confirmed Dr. M. Katherine Banks as the 26th president of Texas A&M University. Banks, who is currently vice chancellor of engineering and national laboratories and dean of the Texas A&M College of Engineering, assumes her duties June 1. Banks also will carry the title vice chancellor of national laborato  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 1 -- The Texas A&M University System issued the following news release: The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents on Wednesday confirmed M. Katherine Banks as the twenty-sixth President of Texas A&M University. Dr. Banks, currently Vice Chancellor of Engineering and National Laboratories and Dean of the Texas A&M College of Engineering, assumes her duties June 1. President Banks also will carry the title Vice Chancellor of National Laboratories and Nationa  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 1 (TNSPer) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news on March 31, 2021: The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents on Wednesday confirmed Dr. M. Katherine Banks as the 26th president of Texas A&M University. Banks, who is currently vice chancellor of engineering and national laboratories and dean of the Texas A&M College of Engineering, assumes her duties June 1. Banks also will carry the title vice chancellor of national la  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 (TNSPar) -- The Government Accountability Project issued the following news release on April 1, 2021: Government Accountability Project is joined by 264 organizations in a letter to government leaders supporting accountability through strengthened whistleblower protections. The letter reflects broad stakeholder support consistent with last September's Marist poll finding that 86% of likely voters favor stronger legal rights for whistleblowers. As the best sources of inform  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 2 (TNSPer) -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents on Wednesday confirmed M. Katherine Banks as the 26th President of Texas A&M University. Dr. Banks, currently Vice Chancellor of Engineering and National Laboratories and Dean of the Texas A&M College of Engineering, assumes her duties June 1. President Banks also will carry the title Vice Chancellor of National Laboratories and National Security Strateg  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, March 26 (TNSJou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: New research has demonstrated that a magnetic uranium compound can have strong thermoelectric properties, generating four times the transverse voltage from heat than the previous record in a cobalt-manganese-gallium compound. The result unlocks a new potential for the actinide elements at the bottom of the periodic table and point to a fresh direction in  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on March 29, 2021: Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03), a member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, is urging President Biden to invest in communities that have depended on fossil fuel development as the administration develops its Build Back Better infrastructure proposal. She highlights specific ideas to invest in New Mexico communities and to ensure a just transition to a   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, April 1 (TNSOps) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release on March 31, 2021: This giant cloud of knowledge that you have as a scientist, what happens if that just goes away one day?" Lisa Danielson, '98 MS Geoscience, found herself asking that question when she was going through chemotherapy in 2011. Today, Danielson is the director of the Center for Space and Earth Sciences and the NASA program manager for discovery science and new mis  more