MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 24 (TNSper) -- Baker Donelson, a law firm, issued the following news release: Edward "Ed" D. Lanquist Jr. and Scott M. Douglass have joined Baker Donelson's Intellectual Property Group as shareholders in the Nashville and Memphis offices, respectively. "We are extremely happy to welcome Ed and Scott to Baker Donelson," said Adam S. Baldridge, chair of Baker Donelson's Intellectual Property Group. "Ed's stellar reputation and high profile in Nashville and throughout the  more

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, Aug. 26 (TNSper) -- Cape Fear Community College issued the following news: Cape Fear Community College is pleased to announce recent appointments to the Board of Trustees. Mr. Ray Funderburk III and Mr. Lanny Wilson were appointed for four-year terms--Mr. Funderburk by the New Hanover County Board of Education and Mr. Wilson by the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners. Mr. Ray Funderburk III has lived in New Hanover County since 1970 when his father retired fro  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: FHWA Acting Administrator Stephanie Pollack announced that the Biden-Harris Administration has awarded a $6 million grant from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina to construct an approximately 1.2-mile extension of the Long Branch Trail along the North Carolina Department of Transportation rail corridor fro  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following testimony by Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund President Jason C. Johnson involving a hearing on Aug. 3, 2022, entitled "Protecting Our Democracy's Frontline Workers": * * * I serve as president of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund (LELDF). Our organization is a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the law enforcement profession and its officers who devote their lives to serving their fellow citizens while upholding   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 26 (TNSper) -- Trinity College issued the following news: Fourteen tenure-track faculty members began new appointments at Trinity College on July 1, 2022, bringing with them a variety of research interests and expertise. According to Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs Sonia Cardenas, eight of these new faculty members were hired through the college's Special Opportunity Hiring (SOH) initiative, which was launched last year to help increase fa  more

LA JOLLA, California, Aug. 25 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news release: Previous research has shown that low physical activity and greater time spent sitting are associated with a higher risk of death. Does risk change if a person is genetically predisposed to live a long life? That is the question researchers at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at University of California San Diego set out to answer in   more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Ten exceptional undergraduate students from across the country spent the summer at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock investigating Muslim hate crimes and anti-Muslim sentiment in Arkansas. Dr. Tusty ten Bensel, director of the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology, and Dr. Robert Lytle, the graduate coordinator for the school, received a three-year $324,987 National Science Foundation   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (TNSjou) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Research and Development issued the following news: By Mike Richman, Research Communications Posttraumatic headache is arguably one of the most debilitating symptoms of traumatic brain injury, the signature wound of the post-9/11 conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. But there are no confirmed treatments for posttraumatic headaches attributable to a mild traumatic brain injury (mild TBI). Most TBIs are mild in nature.   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Aug. 26 (TNSjou) -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release: Scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have demonstrated that a neurosurgical procedure used to research and measure dopamine and serotonin in the human brain is safe. Their findings are published online in PLOS One, a journal published by the Public Library of Science. "Dopamine and serotonin are neurotransmitters that affect how people think, feel and act  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Aug. 24 -- Wake Forest School of Medicine issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2022: A general surgery resident at Wake Forest University School of Medicine has been selected to study pediatric minimally invasive surgery at IRCAD, a France-based, global research and training institute. Jessica Rauh, M.D., will spend one week in April 2023 at the state-of-the-art center, which teaches all aspects of endoscopic surgery, and is located on the campus of the   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Aug. 27 (TNSpro) -- The Wake Forest University Schools of Business issued the following news release: Until recently, Daniela Fernandez always thought that business careers consisted of people sitting at desks and working long hours. But when she attended WakeABLE, she discovered that careers in business entail so much more. WakeABLE, which stands for Achieving Business Leadership Equity, is a new pre-orientation program hosted by the Wake Forest University Schoo  more