SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, Dec. 1 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following statement: * * * The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom CEO, President, and General Counsel Kristen Waggoner regarding the passing of retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor: "On behalf of all of us at Alliance Defending Freedom, I wish to extend our condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. As the first woman app  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 1 -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following news release: People are no longer inundated with daily COVID statistics, and after three years, we might hope to be back to normal. In affluent countries, age-standardized mortality had been gradually declining, along a trend shown by the dotted line in the graph (https://twitter.com/goddeketal/status/1729507567452188771). The trend was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but death rates cont  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 1 (TNSres) -- EcoWatch posted the following news: By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes New research has found that California's coastal redwoods have the remarkable capacity to recover from severe wildfires. The study led by researchers from Northern Arizona University (NAU) looked at the ancient trees' recovery from the CZU Lightning Complex Fire, which burned thousands of acres in California's Big Basin State Park in the summer of 2020, a press release from NAU said. Some of th  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 8 [Category: Education] -- The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities issued the following news release: The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities and The United States Tennis Association have announced the recipients of the USTA Future Leaders in Sport Scholarship. Scholarships in the amount of $5,000 were awarded to the following students working toward a degree in sports management and enrolled at a HACU-member institution: Dakota B. - Arizona  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 1 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following statement: * * * The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is saddened by the passing of retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, a trailblazing jurist who became the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court. O'Connor died on December 1, 2023 at her home in Phoenix, Arizona. She was 93 years old. LDF President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson issued the following statement: "We are saddened to lear  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The LGBTQ+ Victory Fund issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2023: Today LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ+ leaders to public office, endorsed nine more out candidates for federal, state and local office around the country. Among the candidates is Evan Low, who is running for Congress in California's 16th District and would be the first out LGBTQ+ person to represent the Bay Area. LGBTQ+ Victory Fund has endorsed 69 can  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 5 -- PEN America issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2023: Although two instructors at the University of Arizona were reinstated after suspension over their remarks about Hamas, PEN America said today it remains concerned that they cannot continue teaching a course, calling it "a fundamental violation of academic freedom." Following sit-ins and campus protests, the university has confirmed that the instructors are no longer on administrative leave but another faculty me  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 7 -- Research Corporation for Science Advancement issued the following news: Research Corporation for Science Advancement and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have made awards to six multidisciplinary teams of early career scientists to launch new research in the detection and mitigation of emerging animal-borne infectious diseases in the final year of the Scialog: Mitigating Zoonotic Threats initiative. The 18 awards of $50,000 in direct costs will go to 17 individual   more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- The Translational Genomics Research Institute issued the following news release: * * * Goal is to learn more about how COVID-19 impacts dogs living and working in diverse settings * * * Scientists at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, recently launched a comprehensive surveillance study aimed at determining potential exposures and risk factors leading to SARS-CoV-2 transmission and infection in dogs that live and  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The Translational Genomics Research Institute issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2023: The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), part of City of Hope, today announced that distinguished professor Daniel D. Von Hoff, M.D., F.A.C.P., has been named to the 2023 Highly Cited Researchers list by Clarivate. The annual list recognizes influential researchers at universities, research institutes and commercial organizations around the world who  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (TNSres) -- UnidosUS issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2023: Last year, UnidosUS, the nation's largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization, and Mi Familia Vota, a national civic engagement organization, announced a multi-year, multi-state partnership connecting electoral programs, policy advocacy, research, and community engagement to lift Latino voices. As a part of this effort, UnidosUS and Mi Familia Vota today released the results of a 2023 Poll of A  more