TUCSON, Arizona, Jan. 5 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: An anonymous donor has made a $1 million gift to the Wildcat Philanthropic Seed Fund - an early-stage fund designed to help fund University of Arizona startups launched to commercialize ideas and innovations stemming from the work of university faculty, staff and students. The Wildcat Philanthropic Seed Fund is designed to establish an evergreen funding source to help young companies get through the "valley  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 3 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Jan. 2, 2024: Today, Governor Katie Hobbs announced her plan to increase accountability and transparency in the ESA voucher program that is projected to cost the state nearly $1 billion in the current fiscal year. The plan, which will be introduced in the upcoming legislative session and executive budget, will increase student safety, promote financial accountability, and hold private schools receiving  more

PHOENIX, Jan. 5 -- The Arizona House Democrats issued the following news release on Jan. 4, 2024: * * * Continue Call for Additional Crisis Management Funding * * * The Lukeville port of entry was reopened this morning, a month after it was shut down because of increased migrant arrivals. While Legislative Democrats who represent border communities celebrate the reopening, they continued their call for the federal government to increase its funding and resources for Arizona border towns. The  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 3 -- Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne issued the following statement on Jan. 2, 2024: State schools chief Tom Horne has issued the following statement in response to Gov. Katie Hobbs' proposal for potential changes to the state's Empowerment Scholarship Account program: "My job is to administer the ESA program in line with state law, and if changes are made the Department of Education will follow them. "However, one proposal stands out because it's  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 4 (TNSres) -- Arizona State Treasurer Kimberly Yee issued the following news release: Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee released her 2023 accomplishments, which include historic records in investment performance, record earnings distributed and assets under management. Total assets under management have more than doubled by 100.6% to over $30.8 billion since Treasurer Yee took office in January 2019. "I'm proud to share that in the first year of my second term as Treasurer,  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 6 -- The Arizona House Republican issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2024: State Representative David Cook co-chaired a hearing on Thursday alongside members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of Reference and the Senate Transportation and Technology Committee of Reference to assess the performance of the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and to determine the agency's future. The joint hearing, conducted as part of the routine su  more

PHOENIX, Jan. 3 -- The Arizona State Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news release: Senator David Farnsworth is proud to announce the Senate Committee on Transportation and Technology has been changed to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Technology and Missing Children. Senator Farnsworth is the chairman of the committee, which will hold 10 hearings throughout the legislative session. These hearings will provide the committee, comprised of Republican and Democrat legislators  more

PHOENIX, Jan. 5 -- The Arizona State Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news release: Senator Justine Wadsack (R-17) and Representative Barbara Parker (R-10) are expressing their disappointment in the outcome of the Sunset Review of the Arizona Department of Child Safety during Wednesday's hearing of the Senate and House Health & Human Services Committees of Reference. The legislature has the obligation to reign in agencies which are found not to be in compliance of state law. The H  more

PHOENIX, Jan. 4 -- The Arizona State Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news release on Jan. 3, 2024: After an unprecedented and economically devastating month-long closure of the Lukeville Port of Entry, Senator T.J. Shope is demanding the Biden Administration never again take such a detrimental action against our citizens and secure our open border that's endangering Arizona communities. "This was an irresponsible and reckless move that should have never happened. Not only did thi  more

TEMPE, Arizona, Dec. 29 -- Arizona State University issued the following news: Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, vice president for cultural affairs at Arizona State University and executive director of ASU Gammage, is one of three recipients of the 2023 Broadway League Leadership Awards. These awards recognize the outstanding efforts of league members from across the board and their commitment to producing and presenting live theater for Broadway and touring Broadway. The awards were presented th  more

TEMPE, Arizona, Jan. 4 -- Arizona State University issued the following news: When the pandemic made learning in person difficult, Arizona State University Assistant Professor Floris Wardenaar embraced the idea of sharing information online. Wardenaar, a sports nutrition expert in the College of Health Solutions, was already teaching a one-credit class about sports nutrition. When the pandemic started, he moved the class online, removed the credit and reached out to sports nutrition experts an  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 5 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on Jan. 4, 2024: Attorney General Kris Mayes announced today that her office had secured a settlement with Cox Communications for more than $13 million, resolving an investigation and lawsuit alleging the telecommunications company failed to adequately disclose additional fees to customers. The settlement includes a $10 million payment to the State and $3,042,494 distributed by Cox to current and  more

RINDGE, New Hampshire, Jan. 3 -- Franklin Pierce University issued the following news on Jan. 2, 2024: Since its founding in 1962 in the bucolic setting of Rindge, Franklin Pierce University has expanded not only within NH, including sites in Manchester and the Upper Valley, but also well outside the state to the West Valley in Phoenix, Arizona. And soon it will expand to the prairie and hill country north of Austin, Texas. It is part of its strategy to grow with a strong focus on its allied he  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 4 -- The Salt River Project, a public power utility and electricity provider, issued the following news release: On Election Day, April 2, 2024, SRP will hold its 2024 elections to fill 22 seats on the board and council of the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (District) and 20 seats on the board and council of the Salt River Valley Water Users' Association (Association). Early voting ballots are now available to qualified voters through Marc  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 5 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP further expanded its Litigation Practice in Arizona with the addition of Louis D. Lopez as a shareholder based in the Phoenix office. Lopez handles complex commercial litigation matters with a focus on taking matters to trial. He represents businesses in both plaintiff and defense disputes, with a stable of clients based in Arizona and California. Lopez's trial p  more

HANOVER, Indiana, Jan. 3 -- Hanover College issued the following news: Dr. Christina V. Tran, DVM, has been selected as founding dean for Hanover College's proposed School of Veterinary Medicine and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program. She currently serves as clinical relations lead veterinarian and associate professor of practice at the University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine. Tran has previously held academic appointments at Purdue University and Portland Community College. Sh  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Jan. 5 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: The Hearing Healthcare Assistance Project, a new partnership among the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing and the three state universities, will provide free hearing health care for eligible people age 21 or older who do not have insurance. Hearing aids can often be prohibitively expensive for people without insurance, sometimes costing as much as $3,000. In response, the University of   more

BURBANK, California, Jan. 5 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on Jan. 3, 2024: The CW Network's broadcast of the 2023 Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl on Saturday, December 30, delivered more than 1.1 million Total Viewers, according to Nielsen. The CW's first college bowl game, which saw the Wyoming Cowboys kick a game-winning field goal as time expired to defeat the Toledo Rockets, ranks among the network's top three telecasts of the pas  more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Jan. 4 (TNSres) -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: To really get into the geosciences, you gotta get your hands in there. That was the hypothesis, more or less, behind a unique science experiment that Abe Springer, a professor of ecohydrogeology in NAU's School of Earth and Sustainability, ran over the course of 2022. This experiment, published in November in Discover Water, looked at a concerning problem: fewer students are majoring in geosciences an  more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Jan. 5 (TNSres) -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: New research from Northern Arizona University has explained coast redwood's remarkable ability to recover from very severe fire, a rare sign of optimism amid a landscape increasingly scarred by severe fires. The study, published in Nature: Plants, examined recovery after the catastrophic CZU Lightning Complex Fire, which began in August 2020 and burned thousands of acres of redwoods in Big Basin State  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 5 -- ON Semiconductor, a semiconductors supplier company, issued the following news release on Jan. 4, 2024: What's New: Today onsemi announced the availability of nine new EliteSiC Power Integrated Modules (PIMs) enabling bidirectional charging capabilities for DC ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) chargers and energy storage systems (ESS). The silicon carbide-based solutions will dramatically improve system cost with higher efficiency and simpler cooling mechanisms that c  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Phoenix issued the following news release: * * * Dr. Jessica Flores and Savita Devine examine existing protections for LGBTQ+ employees in the workplace and the potential of employee resource groups and mentorship to impact engagement * * * University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies has released a new white paper, "LGBTQ+ Employees and the Importance of Advocacy and Mentorship in the Workplace." Authored by Jessica Flores, Ed.D.,   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 6 -- The University of Phoenix issued the following news release: University of Phoenix is proud to announce that Associate Dean for the College of Business & Information Technology (CBIT) at the University of Phoenix, Joseph Aranyosi, has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the Phoenix Chapter of the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA). Aranyosi has taken on the role of Vice President of Technology, bringing his expertise and dedication to advanc  more