SAN DIEGO, California, March 15 -- San Diego State University issued the following news: The 17th annual San Diego State University Student Symposium (S3), held March 1, was the largest in university history. Over 650 students participated across more than 500 posters, talks, exhibits and performances. Upwards of 450 volunteers from the SDSU and larger San Diego community judged and moderated student presentations. During Friday's sessions, mentors, peers and parents alike encouraged and celeb  more

SANTA CLARA, California, March 15 -- Agilent Technologies, a company that specializes in life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets, issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announced today that Joycelyn Tan, a Ph.D. student at the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science at the University of Cambridge, UK, has been awarded the 2024 Darlene Solomon Award. The award recognizes and supports promising female scientists working in mass  more

CUMBERLAND, Maryland, March 15 -- Allegany College of Maryland issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: Allegany College of Maryland (ACM) proudly announces that three of its employees, Laura Fiscus, Jennifer Light, and Sandra "Sandi" Foreman, were chosen to receive League Excellence Awards from the League for Innovation in the Community College. They were nominated and selected by their peers. The League Excellence Awards recognize those who have demonstrated exceptional dedication  more

IRVINE, California, March 15 -- Allied Universal, a security and facility services company that provides smart technology to deliver solutions to businesses, issued the following news release: In recognition of its best-in-class employee training and development programs, Allied Universal(R) has earned a 2024 Training APEX Award from Training Magazine. The Training APEX Award is the only awards program ranking companies that are unsurpassed in harnessing human capital. The ranking is determine  more

ANAHEIM, California, March 15 -- Western Governors University-Utah issued the following news release: Western Governors University (WGU) is gearing up to honor the accomplishments of 1,700 new graduates during its upcoming commencement ceremony. The ceremony will take place at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, marking the first WGU commencement in California since 2019. The new alums will celebrate their well-earned degrees with more than 11,000 family members and supporters at the Honda  more

SAN JOSE, California, March 15 -- Cisco Systems issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and the Telenor Group today announced a significant expansion of their relationship, marked by the evolution of their Joint Purpose Agreement (JPA) for the sixth consecutive year, to connect the unconnected to the services and opportunities they need. This announcement underscores the success of the longstanding relationship and significantly advances the companies' shared   more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 14 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has awarded $50 million in grants for 15 projects to support a diverse array of habitat restoration projects in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, McCloud River, and wetland and meadow projects statewide. Several projects will directly support Governor Newsom's recently released California's Salmon Strategy for a Hotter, Drier Future, which outli  more

ARCATA, California, March 14 -- The California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt issued the following news: Cal Poly Humboldt student media makers received 21 state awards, along with national recognition, at the Excellence in Student Media Awards reception for the California College Media Association on Saturday, March 9, in La Jolla, California. Humboldt's bilingual newspaper El Lenador won first place honors for Best Newspaper Website and editor Peyton Leone won first place for Best New  more

PALO ALTO, California, March 15 -- Cooley, a law firm, issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: Cooley represented CoolIT Systems - a leader in advanced liquid cooling technology for data centers, servers and desktops - in a successful appeal to protect one of its liquid cooling patents. In a decision issued March 7, 2024, a three-judge panel at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) partial claim construction on the scope of  more

NORTHRIDGE, California, March 14 -- California State University's Northridge Campus issued the following news release: California State University, Northridge has received a $1.25 million federal grant to develop an interdisciplinary program to bridge the divide between those who work with young children with disabilities -- educators, behavior interventionists and speech-language pathologists. The end goal, said psychology professor Debra Berry Malmberg, is to ensure that children, including   more

SANTA CRUZ, California, March 15 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: Many of UC Santa Cruz's core values are embodied in the Global and Community Health Program: a drive for social justice and equity, an interdisciplinary approach, and a focus on one of the biggest challenges we face today - ensuring everyone has access to health care at a time when significant segments of our population avoid providers due to high costs, mistrust, and many other complex  more

COSTA MESA, California, March 15 (TNSres) -- Experian, an information services company, issued the following news release: * * * * Toxic financial expectations amongst young people have led to 1 in 5 singletons lying about their job or salary to impress a date * A third of young people (32%) have experienced relationship issues due to a wage gap * To help young people navigate the pressures of money and relationships, Experian has launched a new podcast, hosted by celebrity dating expert an  more

EL SEGUNDO, California, March 15 -- The Los Angeles Times issued the following news release: The Los Angeles Times and Tourism Australia will host the Great Australian Bite, an exclusive dining event featuring acclaimed culinary talent from Australia and California. Bringing together cultures from across the Pacific, the one-night-only dining experience will include a family-style feast of Australian and Californian produce and world renowned wine selections. The all-inclusive event will take p  more

SAN DIEGO, California, March 15 -- LPL Financial LLC, a company that provides support from independent financial advisors to financial institutions, issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: LPL Financial LLC announced today that seven financial advisors from five firms have joined LPL Financial's broker-dealer, RIA and custodial platforms. They collectively reported serving approximately $700 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets/*, and join LPL from Osaic. Head  more

CARLSBAD, California, March 15 -- Omni Hotels and Resorts issued the following news release: The iconic Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, California's preeminent spa resort and destination, will soon unveil sweeping renovations designed to encapsulate the heart of the La Costa Lifestyle. Inspired by classic Spanish-style architecture, this highly anticipated redesign will transform the resort's 400 unspoiled acres into a pinnacle of luxury and fresh, quiet elegance. "For decades, Omni La Costa has b  more

NEWPORT, Oregon, March 15 (TNSres) -- Oregon State University issued the following news: Marine heat waves in the northeast Pacific Ocean create ongoing and complex disruptions of the ocean food web that may benefit some species but threaten the future of many others, a new study has shown. The study, just published in the journal Nature Communications, is the first of its kind to examine the impacts of marine heat waves on the entire ocean ecosystem in the northern California Current, the spa  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 15 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news on March 14, 2024: Paul Hastings LLP advised Amaala Company in connection with the company's negotiation of hotel and residential agreements with world renowned spa-clinic leader Clinique La Prairie to develop an ultra-luxury longevity and wellness health resort at AMAALA on the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. The 36,115 square-meter Clinique La Prairie Health Resort will feature 66 ultra-luxury suites as well as  more

THOUSAND OAKS, California, March 15 (TNSres) -- SAGE Publishing issued the following news release: Sage and the Joint Council of Librarians of Color (JCLC) have extended a partnership to provide scholarships to Library Information Science students from the National Associations of Librarians of Color (NALCo). The program provides a $2,000 award to library students from each of the five NALCo member organizations: * American Indian Library Association (AILA) * Asian/Pacific American Librarian  more

SANTA CLARA, California, March 15 -- Santa Clara University issued the following news release: Santa Clara University Library will host "The Bias Inside Us" from March 23 to April 21, 2024. The community engagement project from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) raises awareness about the social science and psychology of implicit bias, its impact, and what people can do about it. Featuring compelling images, hands-on interactives, and powerful testimonials and vi  more

BURBANK, California, March 15 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release: "The Bachelor" (7.70 million Total Viewers and 2.82 rating in AD18-49 in MP+35): After 35 days of viewing on ABC, Hulu and digital platforms, the January season premiere of "The Bachelor" delivered the series' strongest multiplatform telecast in nearly 3 years in both Total Viewers (7.70 million) and Adults 18-49 (2.82 rating) - since its March 2021 season finale (3/15/21). The season premiere   more

ST. BONAVENTURE, New York, March 15 (TNSres) -- St. Bonaventure University issued the following news release: A research team from St. Bonaventure University presented their findings at the 26th annual meeting of the Translational Cancer Centers Consortium (TRCCC) in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 22-23. Tharini Nagarkar, a senior majoring in health and society, and Madelyn Dziezgowski, a senior biochemistry major, gave both poster and oral presentations on their research on acute myeloi  more

RIVERSIDE, California, March 15 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news on March 14, 2024: * * * Experts warn dog owners about Colorado River swimming * * * UC Riverside scientists confirm, for the first time, that a potentially fatal dog parasite is present in a portion of the Colorado River that runs through California. The parasite, Heterobilharzia americana, is a flatworm commonly referred to as liver fluke. Previously found almost exclusively  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 15 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: By Joseph McClain Humans are born with one heart, and Elie Farah, Ph.D., postdoctoral scholar at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, says that one heart comes with pretty much all the muscle cells it's going to have through an individual's entire life. He added that cardiac muscle cells primarily grow after birth through a process called hypertrophy. "But t  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 15 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Neural networks have been powering breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, including the large language models that are now being used in a wide range of applications, from finance, to human resources to healthcare. But these networks remain a black box whose inner workings engineers and scientists struggle to understand. Now, a team led by data and computer scientists at the Un  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 15 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: By Erika Johnson They were labeled as barbarians, unfit for the history books. To reclaim the lost story of the Chichimeca peoples of northern Mexico, UC San Diego Professor of History Dana Velasco Murillo is scouring primary sources across the globe to find traces of the neglected voices of these nomadic peoples. The six-year research project is nearing completion, thanks to a r  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 15 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: Computers work in digits -- 0s and 1s to be exact. Their calculations are digital; their processes are digital; even their memories are digital. All of which requires extraordinary power resources. As we look to the next evolution of computing and developing neuromorphic or "brain like" computing, those power requirements are unfeasible. To advance neuromorphic computing, some re  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 15 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: For the first time, a team of researchers at Stanford University and UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography has uncovered a direct genetic link between fluorescence and color in sea anemones -- those soft and tentacled tide pool creatures often encountered by beachgoers. In a comprehensive paper, the team illuminates the mysterious role of fluorescent proteins and col  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 15 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * New research shows turbulent flows can be caused by minute triggers * * * We experience turbulence every day: a gust of wind, water gushing down a river or mid-flight bumps on an airplane. Although it may be easy to understand what causes some kinds of turbulence -- a felled tree in a river or a bear splashing around for salmon -- there is now evidence that a very small   more

RIVERSIDE, California, March 15 -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: Eamonn Keogh, a UC Riverside distinguished professor of computer science, has been awarded the prestigious Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) St. Patrick's Day Science Medal. The medal was presented to Keogh Thursday by Leo Varadkar, Ireland's head of state, in honor of his exceptional contribution to research and innovation. The medal is awarded annually to two distinguished U.S.-based sc  more

MERCED, California, March 14 (TNSres) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: University of California researchers from the USDA-funded Secure Water Future project recently found that increases in crop water demand explain half of the cumulative deficits of the agricultural water balance since 1980, exacerbating water reliance on depleting groundwater supplies and fluctuating surface water imports. California's San Joaquin Valley is home to some of the most fertile so  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 15 (TNSres) -- The University of California issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: * * * The adhesive neck patch is the latest advance by UCLA bioengineers in speech technology for people with disabilities Key takeaways * Bioengineers at UCLA have invented a thin, flexible device that adheres to the neck and translates the muscle movements of the larynx into audible speech. * The device is trained through machine learning to recognize which muscl  more

MARINA DEL REY, California, March 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, a component of the Viterbi School of Engineering, issued the following news: * * * USC researchers explore the impact of prompt design on large language model performance. * * * Do you start your ChatGPT prompts with a friendly greeting? Have you asked for the output in a certain format? Should you offer a monetary tip for its service? Researchers interact with large languag  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * USC is tapped to lead the Defense Ready Electronics and Microdevices Superhub of Southern California. * * * A Los Angeles surgeon maneuvers a scalpel ever so carefully, ready to make a vital incision on a patient in desperate need of urgent care -- but the operating table is empty. In fact, these lifesaving measures are taking place halfway acr  more