ALBANY, New York, Sept. 12 (TNSawa) -- The city of Albany issued the following news on Sept. 10, 2022: Mayor Sheehan, joined by members of Albany's 369th Veterans Association and others, presented the 6th Annual Henry Johnson Award for Distinguished Community Service to Angelo "Justice" Maddox Jr., an Albany businessman, mentor and author, at a short ceremony at the city's riverfront before Albany's Jazz Festival. Although Angelo was incarcerated as a young man, he turned his life around, gradu  more

TEMPE, Arizona, Sept. 14 (TNSawa) -- Arizona State University issued the following news: Gayle King, the award-winning co-host of "CBS Mornings," has been chosen to receive the 39th Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism from Arizona State University. King, who is also editor-at-large of Oprah Daily and hosts a live, weekly radio show titled "Gayle King in the House" on SiriusXM, will be honored during a ceremony in Phoenix on Feb. 21, 2023, at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown. The C  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNSper) -- The Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration issued the following news release: The Presidents' Alliance is thrilled to announce that Diego Sanchez will be joining the Presidents' Alliance as the new Director of Policy and Strategy, tasked with leading the development and implementation of the legislative and administrative policy agenda related to undocumented students. Given the precarious future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The Thurgood Marshall College Fund issued the following news release: The Thurgood Marshall College Fund announced today that five-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist Yolanda Adams will perform during the organization's 35th Anniversary Awards and Fundraising Gala. The black-tie Awards Gala will take place Saturday, October 1, 2022, at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. "We are delighted that Yolanda Adams will be performing at our Awards and Fundraising gala," TMCF   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration has issued a proposed rule (20 CFR Part 684, 686, 688), published in the Federal Register on Sept. 14, 2022, entitled "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Title I Non-Core Programs Effectiveness in Serving Employers Performance Indicator." The proposed rule was issued by Secretary Martin J. Walsh. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the proposed rule on or before N  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (TNSper) -- The White House issued the following news release: President Biden announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to serve as members of the President's Advisory Committee on the Arts: * Mary R. Boyle * Guy Cecil * Merle C. Chambers * Leslie Jackson Chihuly * Cynthia Friedman * Robin Leeds * Robert A. Mandell * Tom Mims * Cheryl McKibben Najafi * Esther Brollier Oppenheimer * Eric Paquette * Michael Parham * Mark D. Sena * Jessica Slater  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Sept. 13 (TNSconf) -- The Soil Science Society of America issued the following news release: Dr. Jo Handelsman will discuss "Soil Erosion and Public Engagement" as part of the Nyle C. Brady Frontiers of Soil Science Lectureship plenary lecture for the Communication and Public Engagement for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. The meeting is sponsored by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Societ  more