ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 17 (TNSreact) -- The Los Alamos Study Group issued the following news release: On June 14, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report (GAO-22-105412) evaluating efforts by Triad National National Security, LLC, the management and operating (M&O) contractor at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), to improve safety and meet other management goals, including expanding and stabilizing LANL's workforce. Triad runs LANL for the National Nuclear Securit  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, June 23 -- The New Mexico Department of Tourism issued the following news release: The New Mexico Tourism Department (NMTD) is awarding nearly $4 million to a record 41 local governments and tourism-related organizations across New Mexico through the department's Cooperative Marketing Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2023. In total, NMTD is awarding $3,866,693 to grant recipients through a 2:1 match. The joint investment in tourism advertising between NMTD and all grant reci  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 22 (TNSper) -- New Mexico State University issued the following news: By Linda Fresques New Mexico State University Chemical and Materials Engineering Professor Jessica Perea Houston was recently voted into the position of president-elect of the International Society for Advancement of Cytometry. Her term will run until 2024 at which time she will serve as president of ISAC for one year, then past-president in 2025. She has served on the executive committee as trea  more

RADFORD, Virginia, June 24 (TNSper) -- Radford University issued the following news release: Following an extensive national search, Radford University has selected Steven Bachrach, Ph.D., for the role of dean of the Artis College of Science and Technology. Bachrach comes to Radford after having served as dean of the School of Science at Monmouth University. He will begin his new role at Radford on Aug. 1, 2022. "I am very excited to join the great community of teacher-scholars and students w  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- The U.S. News and World Report, a digital news and information company, issued the following news release: U.S. News & World Report, in collaboration with CVS Health, today released the fifth annual edition of the Healthiest Communities rankings. Amid the growing threat of climate change, the 2022 edition incorporates new data on environmental health, and is accompanied by an analysis showing which types of natural disasters pose the greatest threats to various racial and  more

MERCED, California, June 24 (TNSawa) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news on June 23, 2022: Jennifer Pett-Ridge, an adjunct professor with the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences and a researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has been honored by the Department of Energy (DOE) for her "pioneering work in quantitative microbial ecology and leadership in developing and applying isotopic tools that help us discover and quantify how changing climate  more