CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. 27 -- The Western and Southern Financial Group, a life insurance company, issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2023: Afficiency, an insurtech transforming the end-to-end life insurance buying process, and Western & Southern Financial Group, a Fortune 400 financial services firm, today announced a new integration with ConsumerOptix. The collaboration enables ConsumerOptix to embed IncomeSense, an income protection life insurance solution developed by Afficiency an  more

ASHLAND, Ohio, Jan. 27 (TNSper) -- Ashland University issued the following news on Jan. 26, 2023: Without the training provided through Ashland University's MBA program, Jim Nixon said he doesn't think he would have had the skill set to accelerate his career path as quickly as he has. Nixon was recently named Quanex's first vice president of innovation and new markets, following 21 years as the general manager of LMI Custom Mixing, a leader in custom polymer compounding based in Cambridge, Ohi  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. 27 (TNSjou) -- Mount St. Joseph University issued the following news: * * * Several expert MSJ Nursing faculty conducted an experimental study to investigate the effectiveness of simulation teaching in nursing education. * * * Five MSJ faculty were published in the Journal of International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation & Learning (INACSL), including: Kristin Clephane DNP, RN, CPN; Carrie Heheman DNP, RN; Jamie Gardner MSN, M.Ed., RN; Susan MacPherson DNP,  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 27 (TNSjou) -- Ohio State University issued the following news: * * * Study finds learning from errors leads to humility * * * While some leaders may believe they should appear flawless to their teams, a new study finds there are benefits for those who reflect on and learn from their mistakes. In four related studies, researchers found that when leaders took time to reflect on what they learned from their errors, they showed more humility, a quality known to make manage  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 27 -- 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. 26, 2023: OverDrive today announced innovative new features that uniquely benefit librarians, readers and publishers. Deep search and Notify Me tags in the Libby reading app help readers discover titles beyond the library's collection and indicate titles of interest. When a reader searches for a book   more

TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan. 27 -- The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority issued the following news release: The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority provided over $88 million in financing during 2022 to various organizations across the region through its multiple financing programs, resulting in the creation of over 800 new jobs. The Port Authority's Northwest Ohio Bond Fund (NWOBF) saw a record year with the issuance of $38 million across five separate projects. Additionally, eight U.S. Small Business Ad  more