HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Feb. 24 -- Adtran, a provider of networking and communications equipment, issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2024: * * * News summary: * Adtran welcomes final Build America, Buy America ruling and stands prepared to help BEAD recipients close America's digital divide * Capitalizing on its 30-year history of US-based manufacturing, Adtran leads the market with BABA-compliant fiber access solutions * BEAD recipients will benefit from Adtran's comprehensive rang  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Feb. 23 (TNSres) -- Auburn University Montgomery campus issued the following news: Auburn University at Montgomery Associate Professor Gabe Costa is among a team of international researchers seeking to understand the evolution of snakes in hopes of discovering new advancements in medicine, food security, agriculture and snake conservation. "Snakes stand out as an exceptional case of diversification within vertebrates," said Costa, who also serves as program coordinator of   more

CLEMSON, South Carolina, Feb. 24 -- Clemson University issued the following news: After a competitive national search, Karolina Mukhtar, Ph.D., has been appointed chair of the Clemson University Department of Biological Sciences, effective July 1. Mukhtar joins Clemson from the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she is currently a professor and chair of the Department of Biology. * * * "Karolina brings extensive experience and a passion for the modern student-centric public R1 univers  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: A majority of House Republicans, including so-called 'moderates' like Rep. Michelle Steel, are endorsing legislation that advocates for a nationwide abortion ban. The "Life at Conception Act" would also impose similar restrictions on IVF and fertility treatments as the Alabama ruling at the national level. According to a new report from Business Insider, the House version of the "Life at C  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Anti-abortion extremists in the CO-08 GOP primary have stayed silent on the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that has already started causing IVF providers to pause treatments and threatening women's ability to decide how or when to start a family. Scott James, Gabe Evans, Janak Joshi, and Joe Andujo owe voters their stance on the ruling and whether they support restrictions on IVF, but they'v  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: After the recent Alabama Supreme Court decision, which threatens access to IVF for millions of families and is the latest attack on reproductive rights, DGA Chair Minnesota Governor Tim Walz spoke with MinnPost for an interview to slam the decision, discuss his family's personal experience with IVF, and how Democratic governors are protecting reproductive freedom both through signing legislation and appointin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news on Feb. 22, 2024: This morning, DGA Chair and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz joined Morning Joe, where he discussed the DGA's new Power To Appoint Fund, stressing the importance of electing Democratic governors who have the power to appoint judges in light of the Alabama Supreme Court's decision jeopardizing IVF therapy. WATCH: Gov. Walz stated: "This stems from the responsibility of Governors to be able to app  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following statement on Feb. 22, 2024: * * * In response to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling jeopardizing in vitro fertilization and other forms of fertility care by granting legal personhood to frozen embryos, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spokesperson Katarina Flicker issued the following statement: "After the Republican Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade the GOP is continuing to use every tool at the  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- House Majority PAC, an organization that says it focuses on electing Democrats to the House of Representatives, issued the following news release: Republicans continued their attacks on American freedoms this week after an Alabama court declared frozen embryos "children." While some House Republicans may pretend to oppose the ruling, their support tells a drastically different story. The fact is that ANY vulnerable House Republican who cosponsored the Life at Conception   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 24 -- The Nevada Democratic Party issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2024: This week, Alabama's Supreme Court made a radical ruling that threatens to effectively ban infertility care like IVF, stripping reproductive health care rights from thousands of women - and Nevada Republicans are setting the stage to attempt to enact the same draconian policies here at home. Last legislative session, every single GOP legislator voted against enshrining the right to infe  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: MAGA Republicans stooped to new lows this week with their extremism, hypocrisy, chaos, and -- as President Biden would call it -- malarkey. In case you missed it: Donald Trump paved the way for the Alabama Supreme Court to put access to IVF at risk, a new report revealed that Trump's allies want to infuse Christian nationalist policies into a second term, MAGA Republicans are looking to cut Medicaid if T  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 24 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following statement on Feb. 23, 2024: * * * Today, Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa released the following statement on the Alabama Supreme Court ruling restricting access to IVF, a direct result of Trump's MAGA, anti-freedom agenda: "As Texans watch families in Alabama lose access to IVF in horror, we're reminded that there is one person responsible - Donald Trump. Make no mistake: Trump is responsible for all the   more

TUSKEGEE, Alabama, Feb. 24 -- The Tuskegee University issued the following news: Tuskegee University Trustee and alum Erick Harris '09 was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives. He was sworn into office this week by Oklahoma Supreme Court Vice Chief Justice Dustin P. Rowe. Harris won a special general election on February 13 to fill a vacant seat. "It is an honor for me to represent the people of House District 39," Harris said. "I look forward to working with my colleagues to pas  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Feb. 24 -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: By Ann Marie Martin To help the student-athletes at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) perform at their mental, emotional and physical best, the UAH Department of Athletics is launching a nutrition and mental health wellness program. UAH is part of the University of Alabama System. The new effort is a component of UAH's holistic approach for student-athletes, says Dr. Cade Smith, director of athlet  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Feb. 24 -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: By Ann Marie Martin Nursing programs prepare students to enter a profession where a mistake, such as a misunderstood word, could mean life or death. To ensure its students have the literacy, coping and other skills to thrive in this challenging learning environment, the UAH College of Nursing created E2: Engage & Excel. This unique-to-UAH program grew out of the needs of a group of highly motivated students w  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Feb. 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: Dark matter comprises over 80% of all matter in the cosmos but is invisible to conventional observation, because it seemingly does not interact with light or electromagnetic fields. Now Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, the Pei-Ling Chan Endowed Chair in the Col-lege of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), along with lead author Dr. Tom Donlon, a UAH postdoctoral associate, have written a p  more

MOBILE, Alabama, Feb. 24 -- The University of South Alabama issued the following news release: For the first time, the Mobile Fire-Rescue Department has signed an exclusive contract with the University of South Alabama's Emergency Medical Technician program to be the sole training provider for the City of Mobile's fire cadets. South's Department of Emergency Medical Services boasts pass rates on national certification tests above the 90th percentile. "Their first-time pass rate for the certi  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Feb. 24 -- Adtran, a provider of networking and communications equipment, issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2024: * * * News summary: * Leading service provider required ultra-reliable synchronization solution able to provide sustained holdover when GNSS data is unavailable * Adtran's Oscilloquartz ePRTC+(TM) technology brings long-term stability to Vodafone Turkey's nationwide synchronization network * Industry-first solution greatly exceeds international s  more