COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 16 -- Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose issued the following news release: One week after another successful statewide election, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is taking action to keep Ohio ahead of the curve. Beginning immediately, the Secretary of State's Office will work with Ohio's 88 county boards of elections to conduct an After-Action Review (AAR) of the statewide 2022 General Election. This routine AAR, a discipline LaRose has instituted following each elec  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news release: The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has awarded Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) a $1 million grant to help faculty researchers advance and commercialize their innovations. The new round of funding is the commission's sixth consecutive award to CWRU since 2017, when the State of Ohio transferred administration of its Technology Validation and Start-up Fund (TVSF) to each applying univer  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 16 (TNSfund) -- Cleveland State University issued the following news release: Hongkai Yu, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at Cleveland State University, will lead a new National Science Foundation (NSF) Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant that will support the acquisition and implementation of new computing equipment for a wide range of Smart City research. The $434,431 grant is titled, "Acquisit  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news release: * * * Grant will support examining impact of pain and inflammation on eye's surface and possible link to diseases * * * The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine a five-year, $7.3 million grant to identify new technology, methods and models to study the impact of inflammation and pain on eye health, specifically the surface. "Th  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 16 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: One year after Ohio Democrats helped pass an historic investment in American workers and infrastructure, working families are already seeing results. While Ohio Democrats made the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law possible, Ohio Republicans including Troy Balderson, Mike Carey, Steve Chabot, Warren Davidson, Bob Gibbs, Bill Johnson, Jim Jordan, Dave Joyce, Bob Latta, Mike Turner and Brad Wenstrup voted against the law,  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- Ohio State University issued the following news: * * * Study in old mice shows role of protein reduction * * * Adopting some of the strategies behind successfully treating the childhood disease spinal muscular atrophy may enable development of therapies to curb the muscle decline that accompanies aging, new research suggests. At the heart of both disorders is the survival motor neuron protein, which is present throughout the body, and is important for kee  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- Ohio State University issued the following news: * * * Research in rats hints at increased stress, signaling changes * * * Reproductive health experts consider hormonal contraceptives good choices for adolescents because they're safe and highly effective at preventing pregnancy, but one aspect of their effect on the teenage body remains a mystery - whether and how they modify the developing brain. New research in young rats links the synthetic hormones fo  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- Ohio State University issued the following news on Nov. 14, 2022: * * * Studies in mice suggest circuitry role for missing gene * * * Part of understanding the underlying causes of autism spectrum disorder relies on figuring out which cells' signaling patterns in the brain are disrupted, and when during nervous system development the disruption occurs. New research findings in mouse models of one genetic risk for autism support the idea that loss of a spe  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Nov. 16 (TNSawa) -- Mount St. Joseph University issued the following news: The Ohio Art Education Association recognizes Sylvia Dick, recently retired Co-Director of Art Education at Mount St. Joseph University, as the 2022 recipient of the OAEA Higher Education Division Award. The Ohio Art Education Association (OAEA) is the leading professional membership organization exclusively for visual arts educators in Ohio. Members include elementary, middle, and high school visual a  more