PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 7 (TNSjou) -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: In a warming world, coal can often seem the "bad guy," but coal has uses aside from burning it. A team at Ohio University used the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center's Bridges-2 system to carry out a series of simulations showing how coal might eventually be converted to valuable -- and carbon-neutral -- materials like graphite and carbon nanotubes. A joint initiative between Carnegie Mellon Univer  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: In the states this week, local news highlighted a stark contrast: President Biden and Democrats getting things done for working families, while Republicans are embroiled in a messy intra party feud. President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is making a real impact on communities across the country, from Kentucky to Connecticut: In Kentucky: * Courier Journal: 'We can work together': Biden, McConn  more

OXFORD, Ohio, Jan. 7 (TNSper) -- Miami University issued the following news: Jessica Rivinius has been named Miami University's vice president and chief marketing communications officer. She has served in the position on an interim basis since August when she replaced Jaime Hunt, who took a position as inaugural vice president for university communications and chief marketing officer at Old Dominion University in Virginia. Rivinius joined Miami in January 2021 as senior director of University  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 7 -- Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2023: Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed HB 458, legislation to strengthen Ohio's elections by, among other actions, requiring stricter photo ID for voting. Upon today's bill signing, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose issued the following statement: "Ohioans are clearly supportive of strict photo ID for voting and we have found a common-sense way to make it happen that ensures voters a  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 7 -- OverDrive, a company that says it delivers a digital catalog of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and other content through apps, issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2023: In 2022, digital book lending grew significantly due to innovations that high-performing public libraries, schools and other institutions used to serve their readers. These efforts resulted in record circulation of digital books, with ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and comic books each greatly c  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 7 (TNSper) -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Vice Provost for Libraries and University Librarian Lisa Carter will depart the University of Wisconsin-Madison this spring to become Dean of Libraries and University Librarian at the University of Michigan. An interim will be appointed in the coming weeks and a nationwide search will commence to fill the position. Carter came to UW-Madison in 2018, after serving in leadership roles at   more