WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit issued the following testimony by Paula Hammond, senior vice president and national market leader at the WSP USA, on behalf of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, involving a hearing on March 28, 2023, entitled "Reviewing the Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act": * * * Subcommittee Chairman Crawford, Ranking Member Norton, and members of the sub  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 (TNSrpt) -- Greenpeace issued the following news release: * * * Scientific evidence overwhelmingly points to an urgent need to reduce plastic production and use to meet social justice, health and environmental imperatives * * * A new report from Greenpeace USA provides a catalog of peer-reviewed research and international studies concluding that recycling actually increases the toxicity of plastics. It highlights the threat that recycled plastics pose to the health of cons  more

HILLSBORO, Missouri, May 24 (TNSres) -- St. Louis University issued the following news: A $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will accelerate research on using sustainable metals, specifically iron, to access valuable molecules. The three-year grant, "Iron-Catalyzed Three-Component Coupling Methods via Iron Azametallacyclobutene Complexes," was awarded to Jamie Neely, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry at Saint Louis University. Neely is researching new approaches to prep  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: Visitors to the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will experience the cultural landscape of the Ozarks region of the U.S. with the program "The Ozarks: Faces and Facets of a Region." The festival will be presented from June 29 to July 4 and July 6 to 9. Most activities will take place on the National Mall between 12th and 14th streets. Daytime programs by musicians, dancers, cooks, artisans, storytellers and   more

HILLSBORO, Missouri, May 22 (TNSsel) -- St. Louis University issued the following news on May 20, 2023: * * * Saint Louis University celebrated the Class of 2023 on Saturday morning at the Spring Commencement ceremony. * * * Family members, friends and loved ones filled the seats at Chaifetz Arena to salute and congratulate the newest group of students who can now call themselves alums of Saint Louis University. A total crowd of 4,533 saluted the more than 2,900 students who graduated from S  more

HILLSBORO, Missouri, May 23 -- St. Louis University issued the following news on May 22, 2023: The Taylor Geospatial Institute today announces the inaugural group of TGI fellows. The program enables TGI member institutions to recruit and retain distinguished researchers in geospatial science fields, develop the next generation of scientific leaders and catalyze collaboration to accelerate the St. Louis region's development as a global geospatial center of excellence. The program recognizes ri  more