DUBLIN, Ohio, April 13 -- The Ohio State Medical Association issued the following news: This past weekend, OSMA members from across the state gathered together in Columbus for the OSMA Annual Meeting - an opportunity to network, share ideas, and conduct important policy work on behalf of their profession and their patients. This year's Annual Meeting activities kicked off on Friday evening at the Renaissance Hotel Polaris in Westerville. First on the agenda were meetings for the AMA delegation  more

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, April 13 -- The U.S. Army Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command issued the following news: By Alyssa Crockett Two communicators from the Army Materiel Command enterprise are among the recipients of a competition that features hundreds of submissions from across the Army public affairs community. Maj. Gen. John Rafferty, Army chief of public affairs, announced the winners of the Maj. Gen. Keith L. Ware Communications Award Competition that recognizes Sold  more

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, April 13 (TNSres) -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: Arkansas Tech University's Dr. Christine Austin has assisted the Kosovo Accreditation Agency in developing and completing a document designed to aid the Republic of Kosovo in establishing best practices in higher education. The document is entitled "Thematic Analysis of Processes Involved in Accrediting/Reaccrediting Study Programs: A Three-Year Review of Accreditation Processes for a Study Program  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 13 -- Boston University issued the following news on April 12, 2024: By Charles Moore For the fourth time in the award's 44-year history, college hockey's best player is a Boston University Terrier. On Friday Macklin Celebrini (CAS'27) was named the 2024 Hobey Baker Memorial Award recipient--given annually to the country's most outstanding college hockey player, who exhibits "excellence and character on and off the ice, academic achievement, and community service."  more

GREENVILLE, North Carolina, April 13 -- East Carolina University issued the following news release: The East Carolina University Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Dr. Nicole Bromfield as dean of the College of Health and Human Performance and Dr. Debra L. Jackson as dean of the Graduate School during its meeting April 12. Dr. Nicole Bromfield Bromfield has been appointed dean of the ECU College of Health and Human Performance, effective July 1. In addition to extensive internatio  more

FORT COLLINS, Colorado, April 13 -- Colorado State University issued the following news release: In a polarized world, Sen. Michael Bennet and former Sen. Cory Gardner are living proof that people from across the aisle can work together. During an upcoming conversation at Colorado State University, the two will discuss the importance of finding compromise, ways to find common ground and the power - and fragility - of democracy. The free public event -- "Building Bridges: Bipartisan Perspective  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 13 -- Eagle Hill Consulting, a management consulting services provider, issued the following news on April 12, 2024: Eagle Hill Consulting has earned another Top Workplaces USA award from Energage, a recognition based solely on employee feedback. Eagle Hill also has earned multiple best workplace awards from The Washington Post, along with top rankings from Vault and Forbes America's Best Management Consulting Firms 2024. Energage, in partnership with USA TODAY, anno  more

EMORY, Virginia, April 13 -- Emory and Henry College issued the following news: By Billy Chandler A best-selling author who serves as interim president and CEO of Philander Smith University will deliver the annual commencement address May 4 at Emory & Henry College. Dr. Cynthia A. Bond Hopson will be a part of ceremonies that will award degrees to nearly 200 undergraduate students and graduate students. The commencement program will begin at 10 a.m. at Fred Selfe Stadium on the E&H campus.   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 13 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Dr. Bryan Stam and the reappointment of Dr. Denise Burns-LeGros to the Board of Optometry. Dr. Bryan Stam Dr. Stam, of Ponte Vedra Beach, is an Optometrist at Couzens, Stam, and Domingo, P.A. He is the former President of the Florida Optometric Association and was the recipient of the 2023 "Optometrist of the Year" Award  more

MAITLAND, Florida, April 13 (TNSres) -- Funding Florida Legal Aid (formerly the Florida Bar Foundation) issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: The FFLA Board of Directors met in Tampa, Fla., on March 21, 2024, at the Stetson University Tampa Law Center. FFLA is grateful to Stetson University Tampa Law Center for hosting and especially grateful to Judge E.J. Salcines Jr. for facilitating the visit with the law school and sponsoring a private tour of the Tampa Bay History Center and  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) welcomed two federal grants totaling $2,470,000 million for Dona Ana County from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to address our changing climate. DOE awarded $470,000 to the City of Las Cruces for its Plugged in for Good (PIFG) Energy Alliance  more

LONDON, England, April 10 -- The International Bar Association issued the following news release: The International Bar Association (IBA) has won the Women & Diversity in Law Awards' Gender Equality Initiative of the Year Award for its 50:50 by 2030: A longitudinal study into gender disparity in law project (the Project) - an initiative of IBA President Almudena Arpon de Mendivil Aldama. The IBA also won Best Not-for-Profit Organisation of the Year. Sara Carnegie, IBA Legal Projects Director a  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 13 -- The Indiana University McKinney School of Law issued the following news release: IU McKinney alumna Bria Kemp, J.D. '21, was selected as a recipient of the National Bar Association's Top 40 under 40: Nation's Best Advocate Award. Kemp currently serves as a deputy prosecuting attorney at the Marion County Prosecutor's Office and is Vice-Chair on Strategy and Impact for the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council. While at IU McKinney, Kemp was involved with t  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 13 -- The Nieman Foundation issued the following news: Jerry Mitchell, director and co-founder of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting (MCIR), has been selected as the winner of the 2024 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence in recognition of his exemplary body of work and lifelong commitment to investigative journalism. For the past four decades, his hard-hitting stories have exposed injustices, corruption and abuse of power in the Americ  more

HAMILTON, Ontario, April 13 -- McMaster University issued the following Q&A on April 12, 2024, with Jaclyn Desforges, award-winning Hamilton writer and the 2023-2024 Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer in Residence: By Sara Laux Jaclyn Desforges, an award-winning Hamilton writer and the 2023-2024 Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer in Residence, will be wrapping up her residency at the end of April. The Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer in Residence program is an annual partnership between the Faculty of Humanities' depar  more

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Indiana, April 13 -- The U.S. Air Force's 434th Air Refueling Wing issued the following news on April 12, 2024: By Senior Airman Alexis Morris During the February unit training assembly, the Hoosier Wing participated in a number of events and ceremonies. Between a change of command that welcomed Col. Van Thai as the wing commander and a base visit by Fourth Air Force's command team, the Public Affairs team at Grissom wanted to ensure that one celebration that took pla  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, April 13 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: * * * * In 2022, astronomers discovered the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) of all time * Now, astronomers confirm that a 'normal' supernova, the telltale sign of a stellar collapse, accompanied the GRB * The team also looked for signatures of heavy elements like gold and platinum in the supernova * They found no evidence of such elements, deepening the mystery of their origins * * * In Oct  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 13 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Penn State Sustainability has announced the 2024 recipients of its sustainability awards. These accolades, including the John Roe Sustainability Impact Award, the Student Sustainability Advisory Council Tree Award, and the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium (PERC) Campus Sustainability Champion Award, commend the extraordinary contributions of students in spearheading sustainability i  more

AUBURN, Alabama, April 13 -- Auburn University issued the following campus notice: Twenty-two Auburn University faculty and staff were recognized at the 2024 Auburn Author Awards ceremony on April 10 in the Ralph Brown Draughon Library's Caroline Marshall Draughon Auditorium. The Auburn Author Awards program, co-sponsored by Auburn University Libraries and the Graduate School, recognizes faculty and staff who publish a book-length scholarly work during the previous calendar year. This awards  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it will provide a $1.5 million Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) to the California Department of Parks and Recreation to improve aquatic infrastructure on Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay. The grant will support the replacement of the dilapidated Angel Island Ayala Cove Boat Docks at Angel Island State Park, increasing  more

BRISTOL, England, April 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Bristol issued the following news release: * * * Dr Cher Farrugia from Bristol Dental School has been awarded an International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (IADR) STAR Network Academy Fellowship 2024. * * * The fellowship, which is made annually to dental researchers who have made a significant contribution in their field, seeks to bridge the knowledge and gap in clinical and basic science research, academic c  more

REGINA, Saskatchewan, April 13 -- The University of Regina issued the following news release: The University of Regina and Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) recognized the accomplishments of four outstanding Indigenous students at the RBC Neekaneewak Leadership Initiative Awards at a ceremony today at the U of R. The Neekaneewak (which loosely translates from Cree to they are leading) Leadership Initiative is an Elder-based leadership program run by the ta-tawaw Student Centre at the U of R. The init  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 13 -- The Virginia Department of Education issued the following news release: Avanti Kollaram Yamamoto, a mathematics teacher at Hanover County Public Schools' Atlee High School, has been named the 2025 Virginia Regional Teacher of the Year (Region 1) by the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE). Yamamoto has served as a teacher and mentor for more than 10 years, eight of which have been at Atlee High School. "Mrs. Yamamoto challenges every one of her students to no  more