MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Sept. 5 -- Auburn University Montgomery campus issued the following news release: Auburn University at Montgomery will welcome Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning media contributor, veteran political strategist and New York Times bestselling author Donna Brazile as its 2023 Clifford & Virginia Durr Lecturer. Brazile will discuss the process of building unity in an era of polarization, as well as the role of civil liberties and civic virtue in society, on Thursday, Sept. 28, at  more

FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- Christendom College issued the following news on Sept. 5, 2023: Christendom professor Dr. Andrew Whitmore recently joined the Christendom Conversations podcast to speak on St. Thomas Aquinas and virtue. The new episode, which launched today on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more, is the first in a new season of episodes, with Executive Vice President Mark Rohlena and college faculty members discussing insights on the faith and how to live a Catholic life  more

GREENVILLE, North Carolina, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- East Carolina University issued the following news release: An East Carolina University faculty member and student participated in the first-ever Marine Bioinvasions Rapid Assessment Survey (RAS) of mid-Atlantic marinas this June. Dr. April M.H. Blakeslee, associate professor of biology in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, and biology graduate student Carter K. Stancil, spent five days sampling floating docks in 10 busy recreationa  more

HENDERSON, Tennessee, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- Freed-Hardeman University issued the following news: Dennis and Clista Heintzman, of Pennsboro, West Virginia, were so pleased with the science education and research experience their children -- Dr. Bethany Tyler ('15) and Darren Heintzman ('17) -- received at Freed-Hardeman University that they wanted to invest in the program to support future generations. The couple said their children were blessed by the university's biology, chemistry and undergra  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: A federal award will help grow more rural-focused environmental health research and graduate training. The $500,000 institutional research training grant, also known as a T32 grant, from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences will support Virginia Tech's Rural Environmental Health Ph.D. Fellowship Program by providing a two-year assistantship for six graduate stud  more