WILLIAMSBURG, Kentucky, May 23 -- The University of the Cumberlands issued the following news: University of the Cumberlands' executive PhD in business (finance specialty) was recently ranked No. 1 in the nation by Forbes Advisor. The university's online PhD in business (strategic focus in management) made a similar list by Forbes, ranking No. 1 in the state, fourth in the nation. Forbes Advisor noted that these degree programs are among the most advanced anyone can receive in the field and th  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 23 (TNSres) -- Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health issued the following news release: Emory University School of Medicine and Rollins School of Public Health researchers, in partnership with the University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC), have been awarded a five-year, $6 million award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to conduct a study aimed at improving health outcomes for pregnant Black women. The study will assess post-traumat  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, May 22 -- First National Bank of Omaha issued the following news: FNBO (First National Bank of Omaha) and its employees have contributed $75,000 from its Employee Impact Fund to the American Red Cross of Nebraska and Southwest Iowa and Salvation Army Omaha. Each organization will receive $37,500 to assist in providing financial assistance and services to those impacted by the severe storms and tornadoes that brought devastation to homes, neighborhoods and businesses. "Communit  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 23 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: National law firm Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that MaryBeth Heydt has been recognized as NAIOP SoCal's 2024 Commercial Real Estate Woman of the Year. Since 1999, Heydt has focused her real estate practice on transactions and currently devotes a significant portion of her time to representing banks in commercial real estate finance and workout transactions. She has deep and broad experie  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 23 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today took action to stop vaccine mandates and protect religious freedoms. New York has eliminated religious exemptions for school vaccination requirements and has imposed massive penalties on religious schools that refuse the vaccine. Vaccine mandates infringe upon parents' First Amendment right to raise their kids according to their faith. Nea  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 22 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on May 21, 2024: * * * 24-TRAM-5082-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 05/21/2024 * * * 24-CONS-3360-CPEN Docket Type: CPEN - Penalty Docket Description: Penalty Order - Merica Oil Operating Company, LLC Date Filed: 05/21/2024 * * * 24-KAWP-752-TAR Docket Type: TAR - Tariff Docket Description: Kaw Pipe Line Company Application D  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Seemingly everyone has a personal brand these days, especially elite athletes. The ways athletes build and manage their brands online both in ways they can control and ways they cannot -- like how people comment on Patrick Mahomes' personal life -- are at the center of research from the University of Kansas. Nataliya Bredikhina, assistant professor of sport management in KU's School of Education & Human Sc  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 23 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: Attorney General Hilgers joined a 20-state lawsuit today challenging a new Biden mandate that creates roadblocks for infrastructure projects by forcing social, environmental, and race-based regulations on developers. The mandate eliminates President Trump's common-sense reforms that streamlined development, to instead force Biden's radical green agenda. With the mandate in ef  more

GOSHEN, Indiana, May 22 -- Goshen College issued the following news: written by Jolene VonGunten for Mennonite Education Agency ELKHART, Ind. - Mennonite Education Agency (MEA) has announced the recipients of the 2024-25 MEA Scholarship for BIPOC Students. Thirteen students were awarded scholarships from five partner schools. The 2024-25 MEA Scholarship recipients are: MEA created the scholarship for students who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color, who are members or active pa  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Beginning in late May and continuing for much of June, residents of northwest Kansas may see a low-flying helicopter towing a large hexagonal frame. This unusual arrangement is part of a project to map groundwater conditions in the Ogallala aquifer in Northwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 4. Thanks to funding from the Governor's Office and the Kansas Water Office, GMD4 and the Kansas Geologi  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 23 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a challenge to the State of California's Advanced Clean Fleets regulation in Nebraska v Cliff, which was filed in the U.S. District Court Eastern District of California. The complaint requests the Court to "declare that Advanced Clean Fleets is preempted by federal statutes, otherwise violates the U.S. Constitution, and is unenforceable." Advanced Clean Fleets or  more