CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 5 (TNStalk) -- The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education issued the following Q&A on Feb. 3, 2023, with Abhiram Kondajji, general surgeon of Marymount Hospital: * * * This interview is one in a series of interviews with recipients of the 2023 ACGME Awards. The awardees join an outstanding group of previous honorees whose work and contributions to graduate medical education (GME) represent the best in the field. They will be honored at the ACGME Annual Edu  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Feb. 9 (TNSper) -- The Oak Ridge Associated Universities issued the following news release: Olivia Blackmon, Ph.D., has joined ORAU's Research and University Partnerships Office as a senior research advisor. Blackmon boasts an impressive background with more than 20 years of professional experience in partnership and business operations. Before coming to ORAU, she directed a $30 million United States Agency of International Development (USAID) program for DAI, Inc., to en  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 10 (TNSgov) -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release: The Human Rights Campaign condemned the Tennessee Senate for passing Senate Bill 03, an anti-LGBTQ+ bill that would ban many drag performances from taking place on any public property in the state, as well as in any location where people under 18 could be present. This is one of three anti-drag bills currently moving through the Tennessee legislature. House Bill 09 is the companion bill moving  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 9 (TNSper) -- The National Association of State Energy Officials issued the following news: On February 7, 2023, the National Association of State Energy Officials' (NASEO) Board of Directors elected John Williams, Executive Vice President of Policy and Regulatory Affairs at the New York Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) as Chair of the NASEO Board, and Molly Cripps, Director of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Office of Energ  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (TNSawa) -- The National Association of Teachers of Singing issued the following news release: The National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) is pleased to announce Rene Orth has won first prize in the 2023 NATS Art Song Composition Award for her work, "Weave Me a Name." As first prize winner, Orth receives $2,000 and her work will be performed at the 58th NATS National Conference, June 28 - July 2, 2024, in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Cincinnati Song Initiative also w  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Feb. 9 (TNSgov) -- The Oak Ridge Associated Universities issued the following news release: ORAU has been selected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue to provide technical assistance services in support of the Initiative to Support Promising Research (INSPIRE) program. The contract was awarded on the General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule vehicle. Under the 3-year, $15 million contract ORAU will provide technical assistance  more

SOMERVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 7 (TNSgov) -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release and letter on Feb. 6, 2023: * * * Peta Seeks Criminal Charges * * * Following recently obtained U.S. Department of Agriculture reports documenting that at Fayette Packing Company near Eads, a worker kicked a lame, slow-moving pig twice and a cow was ineffectively shot in the head and left to cry out until a second blast ended the animal's suffering, PETA sent a letter today  more

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, Jan. 30 (TNStalk) -- The Presbyterian Church USA issued the following statement by Rev. J. Herbert Nelson II, stated clerk of the general assembly: * * * Tyre Nichols was a father, son, friend and co-worker. But on Jan. 7, he became the face and victim of the latest violent clash with law enforcement. He was 29 years old. The release of body camera and surveillance video last week shows that Nichols was stopped by police near his home in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Feb. 8 (TNSgov) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: On Tuesday, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Memphis Community Against Pollution, sent a letter to the Shelby County Health Officer, urging the official to use his emergency powers to force Sterilization Services of Tennessee to reduce toxic emissions or discontinue operations altogether. Since the 1970s, Sterilization Services of Tennessee has been pumping ethylen  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Feb. 9 (TNSper) -- The Trust for Public Land issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2023: Trust for Public Land (TPL) announced today that J. Franklin Farrow has joined TPL's National Board of Directors. "In Tennessee and across the country, TPL has spent decades working with communities to connect more people in more places to the outdoors. In my own backyard, from the Tennessee Riverwalk that runs through the heart of downtown to the South Chickamauga Creek Gre  more