MANHATTAN, Kansas, April 11 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: The National Endowment for the Humanities is supporting Kansas State University's Land Treaties Project to produce educational materials that tell the history of Kansas's land acquisition and the removal of the Kaw Nation. The $150,000 Humanities Initiatives grant will help the Chapman Center for Rural Studies, in K-State's College of Arts and Sciences, and collaborators create oral histories, annotated h  more

SOUTH HADLEY, Massachusetts, April 11 -- Mount Holyoke College issued the following news: Alafair Burke has led a life of crime - mostly fictional, at least. Burke, a native of Wichita, Kansas, is an Edgar Award nominee and a New York Times bestselling novelist of more than 20 crime novels. She is also a professor at Hofstra Law School, where she teaches criminal law and procedure, where her scholarship explores police and prosecutorial discretion. Despite her literary success, her path to th  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, April 11 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: ESPN's storied coverage of the 2023-24 women's college basketball season concluded Sunday, following the championship tilt between top seeds South Carolina and Iowa which capped a campaign for the record books. Sunday's clash scored an impressive 18.9 million viewers, becoming the most-watched women's college basketball game ever. The heavyweight bout was also ESPN platforms' most-viewed college b  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 11 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 13-state coalition in a lawsuit to pull the plug on Biden's electric vehicle handout and defend ethanol. In Biden's most recent attack in the war on gas vehicles, he is creating a rule that overstates the efficiency of electric cars by more than six-times. Biden's illegal boost to electric vehicles hurts car owners, car manufactu  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 11 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: On Friday, Senate Democratic Minority Leader Dinah Sykes made a motion to pull Governor Laura Kelly's bipartisan Medicaid expansion proposal, SB 355, out of committee and onto the Senate floor. When the Kansas Legislature reconvenes on April 26, every senator will have the opportunity to vote on Medicaid expansion. This motion follows hearings held last month in the House Health and Huma  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 11 -- The Maryland Department of Agriculture issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: The Maryland Department of Agriculture today issued an order (https://mda.maryland.gov/Documents/Signed%20Order_Cows_HPAI.pdf) restricting movement of dairy cattle into Maryland from states with confirmed outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in their herds. Last week, USDA announced detections of HPAI in dairy cattle herds in several states including Tex  more

ROLLA, Missouri, April 11 (TNSres) -- Missouri University of Science and Technology issued the following news: By Velvet Hasner Undergraduate students from Missouri University of Science and Technology traveled to Jefferson City, Missouri, on April 4 to participate in the annual Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol. The event, which is designed to inform Missouri's lawmakers about research at Missouri universities, welcomes undergraduate students from all four University of Missouri Syst  more

BLOOMINGTON, Illinois, April 11 -- Illinois Wesleyan University issued the following news release: Sheahon J. Zenger, previously the interim president at the University of New Haven, has been named the 21st president of Illinois Wesleyan University, effective July 1. Zenger was elected by the IWU Board of Trustees after a national search that drew a broad and enthusiastic set of leaders. He was introduced by board chair Timothy J. Szerlong '74 at a campus event on April 10, which can be viewed  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, April 11 -- Sun Chemical, a member of DIC Group, issued the following news release: Sun Chemical will showcase its wide range of SUNFOODS(TM) natural colorants for the food and beverage industry at several upcoming U.S. trade shows, including: * Supply Side East in Secaucus, N.J. (April16-17, 2024) * North California IFT Suppliers Night in Pleasanton, Calif. (April 25, 2024) * Pet Food Forum in Kansas City, Mo. (April 29-May 1, 2024) * Sweets and Snack Expo in Indian  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, April 11 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: A $2.7 million federal grant is helping the Kansas State University College of Education improve rural education in the state, and the college is offering free training and thousands of dollars in resources for teachers to take advantage of the last year of grant funding. The College of Education's Rural Education Center, or REC, is seeking rural teachers and schools to participate in the final year of pr  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 11 (TNSres) -- Trinity University issued the following news: * * * Camille Johnson '21 builds on her research experience from Trinity to share new stories at the National Museum of Toys and Miniatures * * * By Kenneth Caruthers Camille Johnson's 21st birthday did not go exactly as planned. Sitting at her birthday lunch with her family on March 11, 2020, she received an email about Trinity's COVID-19 response and campus shutting down. Johnson '21 had to quickly pac  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 10 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: U-M 2024 debate team. Image courtesy: Aaron Kall After finishing runner-up seven times, the University of Michigan debate team has finally clinched its first national championship. U-M Debate, which began in 1903 as one of the oldest debate programs in the United States, secured the championship trophy at the 2024 National Debate Tournament in Atlanta thanks to debaters Kelly Phil and Bennett Dombcik. They   more