PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 24 -- Tonkon Torp, a law firm, issued the following news: Tonkon Torp litigator Danny Newman is teaching a negotiations class for Lewis & Clark Law School as an adjunct professor for the 2024-2025 school year. The class introduces the theory and practice of negotiation in a workshop setting. Students will examine the basic stages of, and the major tensions at play in, negotiation; distributive bargaining, value-creating, and problem-solving techniques; managing communic  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: The DCCC released its first TV ad in the race for Oregon's 5th Congressional District, "Tim," highlighting Lori Chavez-DeRemer's 26 votes against Social Security and Medicare, and the real impact it's having on everyday workers and families in Clackamas County. Despite her efforts to mislead voters, Lori Chavez-DeRemer and her extremist party bosses have worked to shut o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: * * * Editorial Board: "Voters tired of the culture of chaos under the Republican-led House should help usher in change by electing Democrat Janelle Bynum to bring her fearless advocacy to Washington D.C. on their behalf." * * * Bynum "has developed a reputation as an effective, business-minded legislator" while "[Chavez-DeRemer's] voting record shows a far more partisan profile" This   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 24 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Family welcomes healthy baby boy, shares experience receiving landmark surgery from OHSU's multidisciplinary team * * * By Nicole Rideout It began as a typical day for Vanessa Garcia-Pelayo and her husband, Jonathan Rodriguez-Tapia, who excitedly arrived at their five-month prenatal anatomy scan. But the appointment, a routine prenatal ultrasound that examines a fetus' overall health and dev  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 27 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * The comprehensive filing outlines the systems' shared vision, commitments, plans * * * After months of collaborative work, Oregon Health & Science University has filed a robust, comprehensive Health Care Market Oversight, or HCMO, notice with the Oregon Health Authority that outlines their vision and shows how their plan for an integrated, full-service public university health system will impr  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * ITHS and OHSU's OCTRI, with their affiliated primary care practice-based research networks, WPRN and ORPRN, will make up new northwest Research Hub * * * The National Institutes of Health has announced a significant award to create a primary care research hub for research-to-clinic connectivity in the Pacific Northwest. The vision is to accelerate research advancement for adoption int  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 26 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Chemical biologist is one of only two OHSU scientists ever to earn Avenir Award; project targets cannabinoid receptors for opioid treatment * * * By Erik Robinson A chemical biologist at Oregon Health & Science University has become just the second researcher in the institution's history to receive a prestigious Avenir Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, known as NIDA, of the Nat  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- Oregon State University issued the following news release: NEWPORT, Ore. - Drone footage captured by researchers in Oregon State University's Marine Mammal Institute is offering new insight into the acrobatics undertaken by gray whales foraging in the waters off the coast of Oregon. The whales' movements, including forward and side-swimming, headstands and the use of "bubble blasts" change as the whales grow, said Clara Bird, a researcher in the Marine M  more

ASHLAND, Oregon, Sept. 27 -- Southern Oregon University issued the following news release: The leaders of Southern Oregon University and its Mexican sister institution, the Universidad de Guanajuato, officially renewed the schools' 55-year relationship on Wednesday by pledging in a new memorandum of understanding to "strengthen institutional collaboration in the areas of teaching, research and extension." The new agreement - which builds upon a commitment the two universities made to each othe  more

ASHLAND, Oregon, Sept. 25 -- Southern Oregon University issued the following news release: The solar energy aspirations at Southern Oregon University have received another jolt, with news that the Oregon Department of Energy has approved a third round of state funding for SOU's push to become the nation's first public university to generate all of the daytime electricity that it uses. The latest $1 million grant will be used to install a battery storage bank at SOU's Computer Science Building a  more

WILSONVILLE, Oregon, Sept. 25 -- Teledyne FLIR issued the following news release: * * * Two new contracts make available the company's battle-proven unmanned ground systems to Dept. of Defense and Federal government agencies * * * BILLERICA, Mass., September 24, 2024 - Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), announced that it has received two five-year requirements contracts worth up to $47 million in total to provide and support nearly its entire range   more

WILSONVILLE, Oregon, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- Teledyne FLIR issued the following news release: * * * Data Protection and Privacy Concerns Remain Steady in 2024 for UAS Professionals According to Annual Teledyne FLIR Drone Survey Results * * * Goleta, Calif.  -- Data security, data privacy, and country of origin for uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) remain important issues for public safety and industrial-focused professionals based in the United States. That's according to the 2024 Teledyne FLIR dr  more