MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Oct. 31 -- Alabama Senate Republicans issued the following news release: * * * The Alabama Senate Republican Caucus elected Senator Steve Livingston as the Senate Majority Leader after Senator Clay Scofield announced he would be stepping down. Scofield announced he would vacate his role as Senate Majority Leader. The Republican Caucus convened this afternoon to elect District 8 Senator Livingston (R-Scottsboro) as the new Senate Majority Leader. Senator Livingston has re  more

AUBURN, Alabama, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- Auburn University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Auburn University is one of only 10 institutions earning National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) designations for Cyber Operations (through 2028), Cyber Defense (through 2027) and Cyber Research (through 2024). The NCAE-C, sponsored by the National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland Security, presented a designation letter to Department of Computer   more

BINGHAMTON, New York, Oct. 31 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: A summit held this spring at Binghamton University has led to a groundbreaking partnership with six historically Black colleges and universities. Supported by Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Donald Hall and Thurgood Marshall College Fund founder N. Joyce Payne, the New Educational and Research Alliance (newERA) will foster closer ties with Alabama A&M University, Central State University  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: By Jeff Hansen Retinal degeneration in the disease retinitis pigmentosa is caused by a family of hereditary mutations that slowly lead to blindness over years or decades. A mouse model of one of these forms of retinitis pigmentosa, RP59, exhibits key biochemical and diagnostic features of human RP59, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers report in the journal Cell Death and Disease. "Furthe  more