WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Urban Institute issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: The Urban Institute announced today that 26 localities across the United States have joined its Mobility Action Learning Network to receive coaching and tools for community stakeholders to develop and advance policies and programs that increase upward mobility and racial equity. Part of the organization's Upward Mobility Initiative, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Urban Institute ex  more

ADA, Oklahoma, April 4 -- East Central University issued the following news: East Central University alumnus, Duane Murray, is set to be honored at ECU's Evening of Honors and Recognition May 10 at 6 p.m. in the ECU Foundation Hall, located inside the Chickasaw Business & Conference Center. "I am humbled to be included with such an accomplished group of recipients." stated Murray, who is a 1972 graduate from ECU, where he received his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a minor in Computer   more

CONWAY, Arkansas, April 4 -- Hendrix College issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Thirty-five first-year Hendrix College students selected for the Murphy Scholars Program were formally inducted at a ceremony held the evening of March 26, 2024. Murphy Scholars explore literature and language at a more intensive level by participating in designated study, travel, research, and service experiences in literature and language during their sophomore, junior, and senior years at Hendri  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Last night, voters in local Oklahoma elections overwhelmingly rejected State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters' agenda of coddling Neo Nazis and state takeovers of local districts. In a story making national headlines, voters in Enid, Oklahoma, ousted a Neo Nazi, Judd Blevins, from their city council in a recall election last night. One of that former councilman's biggest suppor  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, April 4 (TNSres) -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Oklahoma State University-Tulsa's Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering departments helped showcase the wonders of science, technology, engineering and math for students from grades 4 to 12 recently at the 2024 Tulsa Engineering Challenge. The event, themed "Welcome to the Future - Engineers Are Shaping the Future," is designed to promote Tulsa-area students' inte  more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, April 4 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: The University of Oklahoma has set a record for fundraising in a single day, raising $26,648,681 during Giving Day 2024. OU received nearly 7,100 gifts including support from all 50 states and 16 countries across the globe. OU's annual Giving Day is the university's largest single fundraising event of the year, uniting the entire OU community to support students, departments and programs across all three  more