WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Jan. 9, 2023: * * * 2023 DGA Chair and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy released the following statement on Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek's inauguration. "Congratulations to Gov. Tina Kotek on her inauguration as governor of Oregon and making history as one of two women serving as the nation's first openly lesbian governors in American history. "Gov. Kotek is ready to tackle the state's biggest problems -- from  more

EUGENE, Oregon, Jan. 11 (TNSper) -- Lane Community College issued the following news release: Lane Community College welcomes Dr. Shelley Tinkham as Vice President of Academic Affairs. Dr. Tinkham brings years of education experience to Lane. Her portfolio includes teaching learners from across the lifespan and executive leadership experience in academic affairs, graduate, continuing, and professional education, online/hybrid education, student affairs and state-level higher educational adminis  more

GOLDEN, Colorado, Jan. 10 (TNSper) -- Colorado School of Mines issued the following news: Colorado School of Mines is pleased to announce that Andrew Lattanner will join the university as Director of Federal Relations. Lattanner has more than a decade of experience working in the U.S. Congress and previously served as director of the Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center (OMIC) Training Center, an innovative, industry-driven workforce training initiative. In this new role, Lattanner will lea  more

ASHLAND, Oregon, Jan. 11 (TNSpar) -- Southern Oregon University issued the following news release: Southern Oregon University has begun winter term with a new partnership to provide real-time, 24-hour-per-day access to professional counselors who can support students through anything from mental health crises to everyday concerns. The university has joined a growing list of educational institutions to work with the human resources firm LifeWorks to offer counseling and other resources through   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 13 (TNSfund) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: A multidisciplinary team led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigator Alexander Bick, MD, PhD, has been awarded a $2 million, four-year grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to study inflammation at the single-cell level in the rare disease RUNX1-FPD. The team includes the RUNX1 Research Program, a nonprofit patient organization, and investigators at St. Jude Children's Res  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Jan. 12 (TNSper) -- Oregon State University issued the following university news: Brian Woods, professor and head of the School of Nuclear Science and Engineering in the Oregon State University College of Engineering, has been appointed by President Joe Biden to the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. The 11-member board is an agency within the executive branch whose purpose is to perform independent technical and scientific peer review of U.S. Department of Energy ac  more