WASHINGTON, May 3 (TNSgov) -- Arnold and Porter, a law firm, issued the following news: On behalf of The Estate of Joe Nathan James, Jr., Arnold & Porter filed suit against the Governor of Alabama and other state officials for their roles in the cruel and unusual punishment of Mr. James, whose execution by lethal injection was the longest in U.S. history. "Regardless of whether you support or oppose the death penalty, we should all be able to agree that the State should not be inflicting cruel  more

AUBURN, Alabama, May 4 (TNSfund) -- Auburn University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Fresh data is vital to operators because it is timely. Important data is vital to operators because it's necessary for quick decision-making. Can machines learn to provide both sets of data simultaneously? Yin Sun, assistant professor and graduate program co-officer in electrical and computer engineering, believes they can - and will prove it through his newest proposal, "Semantic and Goal-  more

AUBURN, Alabama, May 4 (TNSper) -- Auburn University issued the following news: Following a national search, Leigh Ann Ross has been named dean of the Harrison College of Pharmacy, or HCOP, beginning July 1. A renowned pharmacy educator, practitioner, researcher and administrator, Ross comes to Auburn from The University of Mississippi, where she holds multiple leadership roles, including associate dean for clinical affairs, director of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science, or CCT  more

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama, May 4 (TNSper) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: William S. Brewbaker III has been named the next dean of The University of Alabama School of Law and will begin his tenure July 10. Brewbaker currently serves as the William Alfred Rose Professor of Law with the School of Law. "Professor Brewbaker is an exceptional legal scholar who is deeply committed to our state, our law school and our faculty, staff and students," said Dr. Jim Dalton, UA executive   more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, May 4 (TNSres) -- The Mississippi State University issued the following news: A sophomore member of Mississippi State's Reserve Officer Training Corps will spend this summer studying Russian overseas thanks to a prestigious language program. Robert Nicolle, a political science major from Gurley, Alabama, is MSU's latest inductee into Project Global Officer (GO), a nationwide program for ROTC students offering fully funded opportunities in critical language education, o  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 4 -- The Alabama Department of Commerce posted the following news on May 3, 2023: Polaris Inc. today announced a milestone for its Alabama manufacturing facility -- the first fully electric RANGER XP Kinetic off-road vehicles are headed out of the Huntsville factory to dealerships for customer pickup. Production of the electric vehicles began earlier this month at the 900,000-square-foot facility, according to Polaris, the Minneapolis-based producer of off-road vehicle  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, May 4 (TNSpro) -- Samford University issued the following news release: Starting in the fall of 2024, Samford University's Beeson Divinity School will offer its first counseling-focused degree program--the Master of Arts in Christian Counseling. Douglas A. Sweeney, dean of Beeson Divinity School, said he and other Beeson faculty are excited to meet a real need in our region for Christian counselors. "This is one of those fields of ministry in which demand outstrips supply  more

TUSKEGEE, Alabama, May 4 (TNSfund) -- The Tuskegee University issued the following news: A multidisciplinary team from Tuskegee University has received a $100,000 grant from Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, to support the assessment of a research and teaching partnership in engineering between Tuskegee and Columbia University. The grant, "Education Focused Giving - Graduate and Post-Graduate," will provide additional resources to support graduate and post-graduate students pursuing STEM  more