WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced today more than $80 million in grant awards to 26 grantees to improve access to postsecondary education for students from low-income backgrounds. The grants are being provided under the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) program, which aims to significantly increase the number of students from lo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Aug. 28, 2024: * * * Funding from Investing in America Agenda Will Improve Energy Efficiency and Support Grants for Fleet Electrification, Solar Installations on Municipal Buildings, and Efficiency Upgrades for Low-Income Communities * * * As part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced its latest round of awards under the Energy Effi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Aug. 23, 2024, entitled "Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS." SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Kansas State University has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated fun  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Aug. 23, 2024, entitled "Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA." SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Mercyhurst University has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Aug. 23, 2024, entitled "Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA." SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Mercyhurst University has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Aug. 23, 2024, entitled "University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN." SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Anthropology (UTK), have completed  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2024: A Missouri man was arrested for an attempted data extortion campaign targeting his former employer, a U.S.-based industrial company with its headquarters located in Somerset County, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Daniel Rhyne, 57, of Kansas City, Missouri, is charged by complaint with one count of extortion in relation  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The National Endowment for the Humanities issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2024: * * * Five institutions receive NEH grants to coordinate research on the societal, ethical, and legal ramifications of AI technology * * * The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced grant awards totaling $2.72 million for five colleges and universities to create new humanities-led research centers that will serve as hubs for interdisciplinary coll  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (TNSres) -- The National Endowment for the Humanities issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2024: * * * Five institutions receive NEH grants to coordinate research on the societal, ethical, and legal ramifications of AI technology * * * The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced grant awards totaling $2.72 million for five colleges and universities to create new humanities-led research centers that will serve as hubs for interdisciplinary coll  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * In June 2024, quits rates (the number of quits during the entire month as a percentage of total employment) were above 3.0 percent in 3 states: Montana (3.2 percent) and South Carolina and Wyoming (3.1 percent each). There were 73,000 quits in South Carolina, 17,000 quits in Montana, and 9,000 quits in Wyoming. Nationally, there were 3,282,000 quit  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (TNSres) -- The Department of Energy's Office of Science Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Fifty-one samples will contribute data to the Molecular Observation Network * * * By Genoa Blankenship The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) recently selected six researchers to participate in fall soil sampling for the Molecular Observation Network (MONet). This fall, the awarded principal investigators and research team  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2024: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has partnered with Kansas to award $5.6 million for 49 projects through the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI) to build resilience across the middle of the supply chain and strengthen local and regional food systems. "Projects funded thr  more