NORMAN, Oklahoma, Aug. 10 -- The Golf Coaches Association of America issued the following news on Aug. 10, 2023: Sacred Heart (NCAA Division I), Florida Southern (NCAA Division II), Kentucky State (HBCU), Carleton (NCAA Division III), South Carolina Beaufort (NAIA), Andrew (NJCAA Division I), and South Mountain (NJCAA Division II) were all named 2022-23 Academic National Champions for finishing with the top GPA in their respective divisions, announced today by the GCAA. 266 schools across six  more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, Aug. 10 -- The Golf Coaches Association of America issued the following news: 2022-23 GCAA All-America Scholars for NCAA Division I have been announced. To be eligible for GCAA All-America Scholar nomination, an individual must be a sophomore, junior or senior both academically and athletically in NCAA Division I, II, III, and NAIA, or receiving their Associate's Degree and in their last year of athletic eligibility in the NJCAA. In addition, they must participate in 50% of   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Aug. 9 -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist has selected Dr. David Zaas as the next president of the health system. He will also hold a faculty appointment as professor of internal medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Zaas succeeds Dr. Kevin High, who is transitioning to a new role as vice chief academic officer, academic learning health system, for Advocate Health, of which Wa  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Aug. 8 -- Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist issued the following news release: * * * Findings indicate need for Medicaid insurance plans to listen to member recommendations to improve awareness, engagement * * * In 2021, 1.6 million Medicaid beneficiaries in North Carolina moved from a fee-for-service Medicaid model to a managed care system known as N.C. Medicaid Managed Care. In this plan, the state pays a set amount per beneficiary each month to the private p  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 8 -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services across multiple industries, issued the following news release: Frost & Sullivan recently researched the Asia-Pacific biotechnology contract research organization industry and, based on its findings, recognizes Avance Clinical with the 2023 Customer Value Leadership Award. The company is a leading CRO with over 20 years of experience and provide  more

OXFORD, Ohio, Aug. 12 -- Miami University issued the following news: Justin Saul, professor of Chemical, Paper and Biomedical Engineering at Miami University, received a $2.5 million multi-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Grant Program (R01) for research on potential treatments for osteoporosis. The long-term goal of the research is to develop a cell-based therapy that can be used in humans to prevent osteoporosis associated with loss of ovarian function in fem  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 12 -- Princeton University issued the following news: By Emily Aronson, Office of Communications Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Jay Dominick has announced plans to retire at the end of this calendar year. Dominick has led the Office of Information Technology (OIT) since 2012, overseeing the University's information technology infrastructure, information security, and administrative and academic computing operations. Dominick  more

HILLSBORO, Missouri, Aug. 12 -- St. Louis University issued the following news: For decades now, there has been debate in academic literature about the ethical principles that govern medical decision-making for children. In response to this, a group of leading scholars in pediatric ethics participated in a June 2022 symposium, "Best Interests and Beyond: Standards of Decision Making in Pediatrics," at Saint Louis University. Over the course of three days, the 17 scholars debated one question -   more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Aug. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: Juan Hincapie-Castillo, PharmD, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, is one of 12 experts in pain science and care recently named as fellows of the Mayday Fund's Mayday Pain & Society Fellowship: Communicating Science & Improving Care. The fellowship provides a three-day communication worksh  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 12 (TNSres) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: By Kevin Myatt Only about 10 percent of patients survive as long as five years after a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. "Pancreatic cancer is very hard to treat," said Irving Coy Allen, professor of inflammatory diseases in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. "It's one of the top five deadliest cancers in the U.S. And it's deadly because b  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Aug. 10 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: * * * Wake Forest program gives high schoolers a LEAP forward * * * When Deloris Baah, a rising junior at North Forsyth High School, began the Wake Forest LEAP program six weeks ago, she had no idea what a fluorescent carbon dot was or what it could do. Now, she knows how to make them in the lab using food waste and understands how using these nanomaterials can help promote sustainability. "I used p  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Aug. 8 (TNSres) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: * * * Wake Forest students co-author study about COVID-19 research * * * As more research becomes available about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people's lives, a new study shows the well-being benefits for older adults who approach challenging experiences positively. The findings are part of a study co-authored by Wake Forest University undergraduate students and psychology professo  more