ASHLAND, Ohio, June 1 -- Ashland University issued the following news: Mason Posner, Ph.D., the Trustees' Distinguished Professor of Biology at Ashland University, recently secured a $300,000 grant from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health to advance his ongoing research on eye lens development. This latest study will center on cell remodeling, eye lens transparency and cataract prevention. The project will use zebrafish, small tropical fish that build their lens in   more

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, June 1 -- Shawnee State University issued the following news: Shawnee State University's Office of the President has announced Dr. Michael Barnhart will serve as the university's Interim Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences effective May 17. Joining SSU in 2003, Dr. Barnhart most recently served as the Chairperson of the Department of Fine, Digital & Performing Arts. "Dr. Barnhart is deeply committed to the arts and humanities, with an understanding of how valuable critical  more

AKRON, Ohio, June 1 -- FirstEnergy issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: FirstEnergy Corp.'s (NYSE: FE) Ohio electric companies - Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company, and Toledo Edison - today are filing a request with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to review their base electric rates. The rate request includes recovery of investments to strengthen the distribution system, improve the customer experience and establish a new customer assistance program to aid resid  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: One day after a Biden-donor judge found President Trump guilty in a corrupt New York show trial and Sherrod Brown is running scared, refusing to comment yet again when asked about the verdict today. Sherrod Brown-who voted to impeach Trump twice-has been ducking questions about Democrats' corrupt campaign to put Trump in prison for months. Ohio voters deserve to know whether or  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 1 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced a game-changing settlement with the National Collegiate Athletic Association in his lawsuit challenging the NCAA's double transfer rule, which restricts college athletes' ability to compete after transferring to another school. The agreement, which is subject to the approval of U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey, frees college athlete  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 1 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following statement on May 30, 2024: * * * Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following statement regarding the Campaign Finance-Foreign Nationals bill moving through the legislature: It is absolutely indefensible that the Democrats are protecting the flow of foreign money into Ohio's elections. Whether we're talking Chinese money, Russian money or someone else's money, it doesn't belong in Ohio's political system.   more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 1 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost will seek review from the whole U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit after a divided three-member panel of the court ruled that the "Protecting Ohioans' Constitutional Rights" proposed amendment and its summary should be sent to the Ballot Board. The Attorney General's duty is to decide if the summary presented with initiative petitions is "fair and truthful." Gen  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 1 -- Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose issued the following statement on May 31, 2024: * * * Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose issued the following statement today regarding legislative deliberations over a ban on foreign funding of Ohio elections: "I applaud the General Assembly for moving quickly to close this campaign finance loophole. Ohio's Constitution expressly prohibits noncitizens from voting in our elections, and foreign billionaires shouldn't be able to f  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 1 -- Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose issued the following statement on May 31, 2024: * * * Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose issued the following statement today regarding the General Assembly's passage of legislation to ban foreign funding in Ohio elections: "As I've said, Ohioans deserve confidence in the integrity of our elections. Although there's been a concentrated effort to confuse this issue through aggressive soccer-flopping and misinformation, this matte  more

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, June 1 (TNSres) -- Shawnee State University issued the following news: Shawnee State University's Noah Nichols presented his project studying the utilization of virtual laboratories in high school science classrooms during this year's Celebration of Scholarship conference. The Adolescent-to-Young Adult Integrated Science Education major received the Library Research Award for his work, "Science Simulations for Secondary Schools: How Virtual Laboratories Can Affect Classroom En  more

WESTERVILLE, Ohio, June 1 (TNSres) -- Vertiv, a provider of equipment and services for data centers, issued the following news release: Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, today released its 2023 Responsible Business Report (https://www.vertiv.com/en-asia/about/one-vertiv-one-world/), which details progress in focus areas, and introduces the company's "One Vertiv, One World" plan for advancing the principles of environmental steward  more