AUBURN, Alabama, April 30 -- Auburn University issued the following campus notice: The Auburn Alumni Engineering Council inducted seven new members during its annual spring meeting April 19 in the Brown-Kopel Center. Each council class is active for five years, and those inducted into the Class of 2029 were: * John Floyd, '85 electrical engineering, director of demand-side management at Florida Power & Light * James Goosby, '00 electrical engineering, executive in residence at Auburn Univers  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 29 -- Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete, a law firm, issued the following news release: Constangy partner John MacDonald will present at the 2024 Wealth Management EDGE Conference in Hollywood, Florida. The EDGE Conference, held at the Diplomat Beach Resort from May 13-16, is one of the largest wealth management conferences in the country. Featuring over 150 thought leaders and more than 2,000 attendees from the wealth management industry, this event covers a wide r  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 30 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody today led a coalition challenging the Biden administration's newly announced Title IX rule. Biden's Department of Education recently unveiled new changes to Title IX seeking in part to redefine "sex" to include "gender identity" and "sexual orientation" despite decades of legal precedent stating otherwise. Attorney General Ashley Moody said,  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 30 -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Kathleen Haughney Florida State University has recognized eight outstanding faculty members with the Developing Scholar Award, which recognizes the research and creative contributions of associate professors. The recognition comes with a one-time award of $10,000 to be used to promote the awardee's program of research and creativity during the academic year subsequent to the award's presentation. "We hav  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 30 (TNSres) -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Kendall Cooper Starting this summer, students and faculty in Florida State University's Department of Classics, both at home and abroad, will have access to new research and professional development opportunities, thanks to a generous gift from the family of a former professor emeritus. Charlotte Orth Reckford gifted $1 million to the department in honor of her late husband and Langford Eminent S  more

MIAMI, Florida, April 30 (TNSres) -- The Miami-Dade County government issued the following news release: The Miami-Dade County Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) is slated to launch a Historic Context Study focused on the people and places associated with Migrant Farmworker Communities in Miami-Dade. This project is being funded by an Underrepresented Communities Grant (URC) from the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) administered by the National  more

PALATKA, Florida, April 30 -- St. Johns River State College issued the following news release: After winning the team's first-ever Sun-Lakes Conference and FCSAA/NJCAA Region 8 Championship, softball head coach Joe Pound has been named FCSAA DII Coach of the Year. "It's an honor to receive the award. To me, it's a team award. It means we had a really good team and a great season," said Pound. Setting a new standard for the SJR State Softball program, the Vikings made several team and individu  more

MIAMI, Florida, April 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: Researchers are using metabolomics -- the analysis of molecules that the body produces during its cellular processes -- to develop more effective and personalized interventions to treat and prevent cancer. When two patients with cancer receive the same treatment, it's not always clear why patients respond differently. If one patient goes into remission and another does not, or on  more

MIAMI, Florida, April 30 -- The University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: For pre-med students, securing that long-awaited acceptance into medical school is a crowning achievement. However, some still have a significant choice to make: which institution will best prepare them for their future medical career? To help prospective students make informed decisions, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine admissions and enrollment management team launched   more

CORAL GABLES, Florida, April 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Miami issued the following news: * * * Sophomore Ethan Tieu is involved in two neuroscience labs and was recently named a Goldwater Scholar, one of the most distinguished awards for future researchers in science, math, or engineering. * * * By Janette Neuwahl Tannen When Ethan Tieu was in the seventh grade, his fascination with research began. He had just learned about mitochondria as the body's source of energy when he was assi  more

PENSACOLA, Florida, April 30 -- The University of West Florida, a component of public state university system in Florida, issued the following news release: A University of West Florida Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering student team recently placed second in the Sumo Robot category of the National Robotics Challenge. The competition was held in Marion, Ohio, on April 18-20. Mechanical engineering majors Kobi Menser, Trey Owens, Emmalee McClain, Vero Vargas Salinas, Luke Bryant, Ped  more