KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 22 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: National law firm Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that partners Hilary Bricken, Julie Maurer, Nithya Nagarajan, and Michael Raupp will serve on the Cannabis, Transportation, International Trade, and Appellate Editorial Advisory Boards, respectively, in 2024 for Law360. Each editorial board comprises approximately 10 subject-matter experts who provide feedback on Law360's coverage and insig  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 22 -- The Democratic Party of Missouri issued the following news release: Candidate for governor and Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft released his tax "plan," which enlists "some of the well-known conservative economists and low-tax advocates that advised then-Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback on a massive tax cut enacted in that state in 2012," which helped result in "Republicans losing the Kansas governorship in the 2018 election," the Missouri Independent reported. St  more

ROLLA, Missouri, March 22 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology issued the following news: By Greg Edwards Dr. Stephen S. Gao, Curators' Distinguished Teaching Professor of geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering (GGPE) at Missouri S&T, will take the reins as permanent chair of his department on Monday, April 1. Since August 2023, he has served as the interim chair. "I have been privileged to work closely with Dr. Steve Gao for several years, and I am confident he will  more

MARYVILLE, Missouri, March 22 -- Northwest Missouri State University issued the following news release: Energy efficiency is paying off for Northwest Missouri State University. During Thursday's Board of Regents meeting at the University, Evergy, which supplies the Northwest campus with electrical energy, presented the institution with a large check for $409,646 to celebrate its energy-efficient projects during the last five years that have saved the equivalent of a year's worth of energy in 2  more

ROLLA, Missouri, March 22 (TNSres) -- Missouri University of Science and Technology issued the following news: By Greg Edwards When a multi-institution group of researchers led by Dr. William Fahrenholtz says they are researching one of the hottest topics in academia, they mean it literally. The research team was recently announced as winning a U.S. Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) grant to develop new materials that have high strength combined wit  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 22 -- The Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine issued the following news release: With a meandering path and native blooms, Memorial Grove at Tyson invites respite, reflection and remembrance for family and friends whose deceased loved ones decided, while alive, to donate their bodies to advance medical education at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The donors cremated remains are scattered on the leafy grounds of the university's T  more

POINT LOOKOUT, Missouri, March 22 -- College of the Ozarks issued the following news release: School of the Ozarks eighth grader, Ashlynn Saffle, was an overall winner for the state of Missouri in the Daughters of the American Revolution History Essay Contest. At School of the Ozarks, students in seventh and eighth grade participate in this contest yearly. It gives students an opportunity to hone their writing skills and enables them to research a patriotic topic. Students at School of the Oza  more

KIRKSVILLE, Missouri, March 22 -- A.T. Still University issued the following news: At A.T. Still University-School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (ATSU-SOMA), assistant professor Joel Mascaro, DO, believes strongly in the importance of being a mentor. "I owe it to the students to be not only there, but to be receptive, listening and trying to give them guidance," Dr. Mascaro said. "When you have 54 years of experience in the field, that translates into a library." Since 2007, Dr. Mascaro  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 22 (TNSres) -- The Washington University St. Louis' George Warren Brown School issued the following news: Carol Camp Yeakey, the Marshall S. Snow Professor of Arts & Sciences and founding director of Washington University in St. Louis' Center on Urban Research & Public Policy, is leading a two-year national study to examine the surge of corporate investors in the single-family rental (SFR) market and the implications for renters, especially marginalized communities of  more