WASHINGTON, June 9 (TNSconf) -- The Independent Women's Forum issued the following news release on June 8, 2022: On June 23, female athletes, parents, and advocates will join fourteen organizations from across the political spectrum to rally for "Our Bodies, Our Sports." June 23rd marks the 50th Anniversary of Title IX, the federal civil rights rights law as part of the Education Amendments of 1972 which prohibits sex-based discrimination in education. Since its passing in 1972, Title IX has   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 9 (TNSsro) -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. DE 22-027) involving New Hampshire Transmission LLC: Petition for Authority to Construct, Own, Operate, and Finance Additional Transmission Equipment in Seabrook, New Hampshire COMMENCEMENT OF ADJUDICATIVE PROCEEDING AND NOTICE OF PREHEARING CONFERENCE On April 11, 2022, New Hampshire Transmission, LLC (NHT) filed a petition for authority to construct, own, operate, and fin  more

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, June 9 (TNSres) -- Saint Mary's University issued the following news: * * * Research project examines the genes of endangered North Atlantic right whales to understand low reproductive rates. * * * North Atlantic right whales have been listed as an endangered species in Canada and the United States since 2005. There are an estimated 350 North Atlantic right whales left in the world, and fewer than 100 of those are breeding females. In addition to having a high mortality  more

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, June 9 (TNSper) -- Southeast Missouri State University issued the following news: Southeast Missouri Women's Basketball Head Coach Rekha Patterson announced Tuesday the addition of Renee Bellamy to the Redhawks staff. Bellamy will serve as the team's director of basketball operations. Bellamy heads to Cape Girardeau after most recently serving as the head basketball coach and Parent Engagement Program Coordinator at Evans High School in Orlando, Florida. At Evans Hi  more

ABERDEEN, Scotland, June 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Aberdeen issued the following news: Aberdeen academics were in Portland, Maine, last week to share their thoughts on science diplomacy and the post-carbon future as the 2022 UArctic Assembly got underway. Gisele M Arruda, senior lecturer in the Business School, and David G. Anderson, Chair in Anthropology of the North at the School of Social Science, attended the event which was hosted by a consortium of New England education institution  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 9 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: By Bill Snyder Research that began at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has found evidence that a viral infection followed by a "robust" immune response is the cause of a polio-like paralyzing illness in children called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). Matthew Vogt, MD, PhD, a former research fellow at VUMC who is now on the faculty at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 9 (TNSper) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Vanderbilt University recently honored several faculty members for their years of service and bestowed on them the title of emeritus or emerita faculty. Among them were 15 from the School of Medicine. Joey V. Barnett, PhD, professor of Pharmacology, emeritus. Barnett's research identified specific roles of the transforming growth factor Beta (TGFBeta) receptor (TGFBetaR3) in regulating cell  more