BUFFALO, New York, Dec. 7 (TNSPer) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: Elad I. Levy, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Neurosurgery in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo, has been named president-elect of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS). Levy's CNS presidency will commence on Oct. 12, 2022, when he will receive the gavel at the conclusion of the 2022 CNS Annual Meet  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 7 (TNSRes) -- Monash University issued the following news release: An international project led by Monash University has found convicts sent to Australia engaged in collective action for better pay and working conditions as early as the 1820s, demonstrating the origins of unionism and the labour movement go back further than first thought. Conviction Politics, a four-year international collaboration between Australian, British and Irish universities, museums, archive  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (TNSPol) -- The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2021: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), and elected federal officials from New England and New York joined together to announce 39 grants   more

MONTPELIER, Virginia, Dec. 7 (TNSRes) -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2021: A new guide released by The Nature Conservancy and the US Forest Service Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS) describes 10 forest management practices that can increase carbon stocks within 20 years (and usually sooner) in hardwood forests in New England and New York. "Healthy Forests for Our Future: A Management Guide to Increase Carbon Storage in Northeast Forest  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following testimony by Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, involving a Nov. 4, 2021, hearing entitled "Next Steps: The Road Ahead for the COVID-19 Response": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the role of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in the research response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and it  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2021: U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman issued the following statement, lauding the appointment of several key Biden-Harris Administration appointees to the SBA, including leadership for the Office of Native American Affairs and the Office of International Trade. This experienced collection of talented leaders will join previously announced appointee  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 7 (TNSJou) -- Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute issued the following news release: Leading physicians, researchers and students from Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University (Winship) will present their work at the 44th annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium which will take place in San Antonio, Texas on Dec. 7-10. Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS, director of Winship's Glenn Family Breast Center, will provide updated analyses from a study published Dec. 1 in The  more