ALFRED, New York, Aug. 25 -- Alfred University issued the following news release: The School of Art & Design + Performing Art Division are pleased to welcome new faculty and staff to campus this semester. The Division of Ceramic Art welcomes * Paul Briggs, Assistant Professor of Ceramics Paul Briggs completed his PhD at the Pennsylvania State University, his MFA at the Massachusetts College of Art, and his MA at Alfred University. He researches artmaking as mindful practice, visual culture a  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) highlighted the economic impact resulting from the redesignation of the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. Specifically, the U.S. National Park Service's (NPS) 2022 National Park Visitor Spending Effects report found that over the past year, the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve generated $96.1   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 23 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced funding from the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA), as well as the National Science Foundation (NSF), to support a program to help curb maternal mortality victims and help fund a variety of research programs at Wes  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 22 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: The Southern Environmental Law Center and Appalachian Mountain Advocates, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, are asking a federal court of appeals to review a state-issued permit for the proposed Cumberland Pipeline. The sole purpose of the proposed 32-mile pipeline, which would cut through communities in Dickson, Houston and Stewart Counties, would be to supply methane gas   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 21 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: Today on behalf of the Association of Energy Conservation Professionals, Virginia Interfaith Power and Light, Appalachian Voices, and Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a petition in Fairfax Circuit Court challenging the Youngkin administration's effort to withdraw Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, better known as RGGI. In the   more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Aug. 22 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: Today on behalf of the Association of Energy Conservation Professionals, Virginia Interfaith Power and Light, Appalachian Voices, and Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a petition in Fairfax Circuit Court challenging the Youngkin administration's effort to withdraw Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, bett  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Geophysical Union that says it publishes research papers on Earth and planetary processes with a focus on understanding the Earth as a system, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2023 edition (Vol. 24, Issue 8): Research Article: * Unmixing of Magnetic Hysteresis Loops Through a Modified Gamma-Cauchy Exponential Model * Late Cretaceous-Recent Tectonostratigraphi  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Aug. 24 (TNSres) -- George Mason University issued the following research news: By Shayla Brown The Green Tunnel podcast, hosted by George Mason University professor Mills Kelly, has recently reached 100,000 downloads, a milestone that puts the show in the top 3% of podcasts nationwide. "We've achieved a lot, and we're so proud of it. We have some really devoted listeners; if we drop any new content, a thousand people download almost immediately," said Kelly. The podcast   more

POCATELLO, Idaho, Aug. 25 -- Idaho State University issued the following news: The Idaho State University Theatre and Dance Department has received a grant to bring in guest artist, Octavia Biggs, to create the Stage Direction for the main stage production of Roald Dahl's "The Twits," and to teach workshops at elementary schools to promote theatre in the classroom. The $10,000 grant was awarded by the F.M., Anne G., and Beverly B. Bistline Foundation in the Idaho Community Foundation. "Ms. B  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Aug. 24 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following joint statement on Aug. 23, 2023: * * * Bargaining teams for Appalachian Voices' management and the Appalachian Voices Workers Union, a unit of the Progressive Workers Union, have been making good progress in the development of the first Collective Bargaining Agreement for the organization. Appalachian Voices employees voted in June 2021 to unionize, with management voluntarily recognizing the union shortly thereafter.   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 22 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $1,386,682 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for four West Virginia research initiatives. The funding will support critical research into radio interference, the reuse of lithium-ion batteries and global sea level rise, as well as design a curriculum to expand ac  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2023: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced the Connecticut River Watershed Partnership Act (CRWPA), which would formalize a partnership between federal, state, local and private entities to promote conservation, restoration, education, and recreation efforts in the Watershed and establish a voluntary grant program to facilitate these activities  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 22,507,067 visitors to national parks in Virginia spent $1,246,900,000 in the state in 2022. That spending resulted in 17,662 jobs and had a cumulative benefit to the state economy of $1,880,500,000. "Since 1916, the National Park Service has been entrusted with the care of our national parks. With the help of volunteers  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 24 -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news release: * * * The Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service establish a long-awaited wildlife refuge in Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau. * * * For decades a variety of private conservation organizations, local citizens, and state and federal agencies have dreamed of establishing a public wildlife refuge within the southern Cumberland Plateau region along the Tennessee/Alabama border, and now that i  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Habitat Conservation issued the following news: * * * NOAA and its partners aim to connect Atlantic salmon to cold water spawning grounds and revive the once-vital human connections to the river. * * * For the last 20 years, NOAA Fisheries and its partners have strived to restore endangered Atlantic salmon to Maine's Penobscot River, a NOAA Habitat Focus Area. The Penobscot River watershed, and se  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 26 -- The Open Space Institute issued the following news: After decades of determination and anticipation, a National Wildlife Refuge along the border of Tennessee and Alabama will finally become a reality thanks to integral support from the Open Space Institute's Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund. This summer, The Nature Conservancy in Tennessee (TNC) acquired 87 acres of land adjoining the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency's Bear Hollow Mountain Wildlife Management Area  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: Senator JD Vance (R-OH) sent a letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Randy Moore, Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, opposing the proposed renaming of Wayne National Forest. "This federal effort," wrote Senator Vance, "denigrates Ohio history and represents a lack of fidelity to our nation's founding generation." Senator Vance's letter reads, in part: "Wayne  more

HENDERSON, Tennessee, Aug. 23 -- Freed-Hardeman University issued the following news: Six new teachers will join the Freed-Hardeman University faculty this fall, according to Dr. C.J. Vires, vice president for academics and provost at FHU. They, along with returning faculty, will convene Aug. 22 for the fall faculty convocation. New members of the faculty are Kathryn Deck, instructor in graphic design; Dr. Leah Gray, assistant professor of management; Susan Lankford, instructor of communicatio  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (TNSres) -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: The Smithsonian has awarded fellowships to 17 accomplished visual artists from an international pool of candidates as part of the 2023 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship Program. Over the course of a one- to two-month residency, each fellow will conduct research at Smithsonian museums and research centers to inform the development of innovative, cross-disciplinary work. Artists are nominated by a  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 22 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: The Southern Environmental Law Center and Appalachian Mountain Advocates, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, are asking a federal court of appeals to review a state-issued permit for the proposed Cumberland Pipeline. The sole purpose of the proposed 32-mile pipeline, which would cut through communities in Dickson, Houston, and Stewart Counties, would be to supply methane g  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 26 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: Carol Ziegler, MSN'06, DNP'12, professor of nursing and co-founder of the Climate, Health and Energy Equity Lab, was appointed to the Metro Nashville Board of Health on Aug. 15. At Vanderbilt, Ziegler develops trans-institutional strategies to improve health outcomes in underserved communities through culturally appropriate, community-based health initiatives. She is also developing academic programming to educat  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 21 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2023: Gov. Jim Justice joined West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture, and History (WVDACH) Curator Randall Reid-Smith in presenting 21 grants to arts organizations from the surrounding area at the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in Lewisburg today. The awarded grants include: Arts Partners - The Arts Partners grant program provides operating support for staffing and programming   more