NEW YORK, April 18 (TNSres) -- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation issued the following news on April 17, 2024: The Mellon Foundation announced today that it has awarded a total of $25 million to five public colleges and universities--California State University, Fresno; City College of New York; Old Dominion University; University of Missouri - Kansas City; and University of North Carolina Greensboro--to establish paid internship programs for humanities majors. The funding is an effort to enhance   more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today announced that its recent petition calling for the University of Southern California (USC) to reinstate Muslim valedictorian Asna Tabassum's valedictorian speech has received more than 38,000 signatures in less than 48 hours. In response to Tabassum receiving a wave of hate online   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 18 -- The California Academy of Sciences issued the following news release: The California Academy of Sciences is thrilled to announce the inaugural cohort of the California Creators for Nature program, launched this year to initiate digital and in-person conversations about nature, climate, environmental justice, and similar topics. Selected from more than 130 candidates, our inaugural California Creators for Nature cohort consists of: * Chloe Stowell Colon,   more

PASADENA, California, April 18 -- CALSTART, an organization that says it works with member companies to build a clean transportation industry, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: CALSTART, a global clean transportation nonprofit, has been selected as one of the 34 grant awardees in the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program released by the U.S. Department of Transportation for its proposal SMART Rider: Advanced Safety Technologies for T  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The National Consumers League issued the following news release: The 30th National LifeSmarts Championship, the youth consumer education program of the National Consumers League, kicks off tomorrow, Thursday, April 18, at Hyatt Mission Bay in sunny San Diego, California. The four-day annual event hosts students from across the United States competing for prizes while showcasing their knowledge of real-life consumer issues that focus on the five content areas: personal fi  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 18 -- The Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, issued the following news release: Claudette McLinn, EdD, Executive Director, Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature, Simi Valley, California, has been elected vice president/president-elect of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). She will begin her term as president-elect in   more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 18 -- Clean Water Action posted the following news release on April 17, 2024: After seven years, the State Water Board (SWB) finally set a needed limit for Hexavalent Chromium (chrome-6) in drinking water. Unfortunately, the set maximum limit of 10 ug/L fails to protect human health, being 500 times the Public Health Goal of 0.02 ug/L. Community partners from the Central Coast and Central Valley previously made comments before the SWB urging them to fulfill their d  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 18 -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release: The Wonderful Company, California-based maker of the popular pomegranate juice POM, is the state's second-largest user of paraquat - a toxic herbicide banned in over 60 countries - a new Environmental Working Group investigation finds. Studies have found a strong connection between paraquat exposure and an elevated risk of Parkinson's disease. The chemical has also been linked with non-Hodgki  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 18 -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release: The Environmental Working Group is proud to announce five recipients of its 2024 Changemakers Award, which recognizes exceptional leaders in California business and politics who have dedicated their careers to protect public health and the environment. The honorees will receive the award during EWG's 15th Annual Earth Day Dinner, on April 18, in San Francisco. The dinner's theme this year   more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 18 -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following statement on April 17, 2024, by senior scientist Tasha Stoiber: * * * Today California's State Water Resources Board voted to finalize a new drinking water limit for hexavalent chromium, the notorious "Erin Brockovich" carcinogen. The water board set a maximum contaminant level, or MCL, of 10 parts per billion, or ppb, for the chemical, a toxic industrial byproduct. It is commonly known as chromium-6. Th  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The Hispanic Access Foundation issued the following statement on April 17, 2024: * * * Today, Senator Alex Padilla announced a bill to designate the Chuckwalla National Monument in California and protect approximately 660,000 acres of public lands. In addition, Senator Padilla and Representative Raul Ruiz, M.D. sent a joint letter to President Biden urging him to use the Antiquities Act to designate the proposed monument. In response, Maite Arce, president and CEO of Hi  more

OAKLAND, California, April 18 -- Muslim Advocates issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: On Tuesday, Muslim Advocates filed a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) on behalf of students of the City University of New York School of Law (CUNY Law). The complaint asserts that throughout this academic year CUNY Law administration has targeted student advocacy for Palestinian freedom and refused to protect students from anti-Pale  more

PASADENA, California, April 18 -- The Planetary Society issued the following statement on April 17, 2024: * * * The Planetary Society, the world's largest independent space advocacy organization, released the following statement in regard to NASA's recent announcement of a new path forward on the Mars Sample Return program: This week, NASA announced it will be soliciting input from the broader commercial and civil space community to reduce the cost, complexity, and risk of the Mars Sample Ret  more

SANTA MONICA, California, April 18 -- The Recording Academy issued the following news release: GRAMMY GO(TM), a new online initiative from the Recording Academy(R), has partnered with Coursera, a leading online learning platform, to offer classes tailored for music creators and industry professionals. Continuing the Academy's ongoing mission to serve all music people, this partnership empowers the next generation of the music community with practical, up-to-the moment digital content that provi  more

LA JOLLA, California, April 18 -- Sanford Burnham Prebys issued the following news release: * * * New Sanford Burnham Prebys scientist listens to the constant communication among these organs to find treatments that benefit all three * * * Debanjan Dhar, Ph.D., was drawn to science from a young age due to an innate curiosity about how things work and how diseases develop. He was determined to apply his interest in research to benefit cancer patients after seeing his family members and their   more

SUNNYVALE, California, April 18 -- The Globalization and Localization Association posted the following news from its affiliate Women in Localization: * * * Women in Localization (W.L.), the leading professional organization for women in the localization industry, is proud to announce the release of the organization's first-ever impact report for 2023. While Women in Localization's impact during the organization's 15-year history is undeniable, the 2023 Impact Report is the first time that dat  more