WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The U.S. Department of Interior's National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on June 22, 2022, entitled "National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions". The notice was issued by Sherry A. Frear, chief of the National Register of Historic Places/National Historic Landmarks Program. DATES: Comments should be submitted electronically by July 7, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sherry A.  more

TUCSON, Arizona, June 24 (TNSper) -- The University of Arizona's Health Science issued the following news release: John Elfar, MD, has been named chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson, effective Aug. 15. Dr. Elfar joins the UArizona College of Medicine - Tucson from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, where he is vice chair of the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitat  more

TUCSON, Arizona, June 24 (TNStalk) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: Since the start of 2022, nearly 32,000 wildfires have burned over 3.2 million acres in the United States, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Experts warn that throughout the summer, much of the Western United States will need to brace for a higher-than-average risk of wildfires, although Arizona's risk is expected to fall to about average after June. At least 10 wildfires are bur  more

TUCSON, Arizona, June 24 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * Sophisticated simulations of climate during the onset of the last glacial period - some 100,000 years ago - may help explain why a massive ice sheet formed in Scandinavia despite its comparatively mild climate. * * * A new study led by University of Arizona researchers may have solved two mysteries that have long puzzled paleo-climate experts: Where did the ice sheets that rang in the last ice age   more

TUCSON, Arizona, June 24 (TNStalk) -- The University of Arizona issued the following Q&A with Tammi Walker, associate professor in the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law: * * * Title IX, the landmark legislation designed to eliminate sex discrimination in education, marks its 50th anniversary this year. Since it was signed into law on June 23, 1972, Title IX has been the subject of debate, interpretation and change, but it has also opened the door to more opportunities for wo  more