ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 16 -- Acuity Brands, a provider of lighting and building management solutions, issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: * * * Nightingale envisions lighting that enables a more comforting and reassuring patient experience. * * * Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) launched today, Nightingale, a new brand of innovative, patient-centric lighting solutions that focuses on the patient experience while balancing the functional needs of professional caregivers. Drawin  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 16 (TNSres) -- Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete, a law firm, issued the following news release: Constangy Cyber Team vice chair Alyssa Watzman will join a panel on the evolving cyber threat landscape hosted by Zywave on Tuesday, October 22nd at 12:15 p.m. ET. The panel, entitled 'Building Cyber Resiliency Amidst the Ever-Evolving Threat Landscape,' will explore best practices for strengthening corporate resilience against cyberattacks and provide actionable strategie  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Oct. 16 -- Ameriprise Financial, a provider of investment advice, asset management and insurance capabilities, issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: * * * Aid to four nonprofits will help families, individuals and communities in the aftermath of the storms * * * Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP) today announced it has made a $300,000 donation to help those impacted by Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. Following the horrific devastation and flooding a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As Donald Trump brings his anti-choice Project 2025 agenda to Georgia today for his Fox News town hall with Harris Faulkner, DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: "When Donald Trump brags about how he was 'proudly' able to 'kill' Roe v. Wade, he's taking credit for women being denied emergency medical care and dying preventable deaths under the cruel abortion bans that followed.   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 16 (TNSres) -- Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete, a law firm, issued the following news release: Constangy Workplace Investigations practice group co-chairs, Taren Greenidge and Sasha Thaler will present a webinar on the essential steps for conducting investigations that are both legally sound and strategically effective. The webinar will be held Oct. 29 at 10AM PT / 12PM CT / 1PM ET. This first webinar in our three-part series will arm you with the tools and confide  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 16 (TNSres) -- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health issued the following news release: Researchers from Rollins are partnering with the University of Minnesota and Johns Hopkins to lead a new national resource to advance dementia care. The State Alzheimer's Research Support (StARS) Center--funded by a $17 million grant from the National Institute on Aging--will foster research collaboration and create a national data infrastructure to evaluate innovative stat  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 16 -- Eureka, a part of Acuity Brands, issued the following news: * * * Acoustic luminaire now available in 9.5" height for low ceiling applications * * * Montreal, October 15, 2024 - Eureka (www.eurekalighting.com), an established leader in decorative lighting solutions, today announced the addition of a 9.5" slim-profile version of its Mill luminaires. Mill is a range of acoustic luminaires in diverse formats, sizes and mounting options. Its unique aesthetic enables  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Oct. 16 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on Oct. 15, 2024: * * * F1 Sprint Race, Saturday Afternoon's Qualifying Live on ESPN Platforms On-Site Fans Can Watch Live Editions of SportsCenter Originating from Circuit of the Americas Reports from Austin on ABC's Good Morning America; Other ESPN Programs Surround Race Telecast "ESPN Texas Takeover" Connects F1 Race, Georgia-Texas College Football Game in Austin * * * As one of its most c  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 16 -- The Georgia Department of Community Affairs issued the following news on Oct. 15, 2024: The Department of Community Affairs (DCA) and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. Since the program's creation in 1974, Georgia communities have awarded 4,229 CDBG awards, providing more than $1.7 billion. These funds have been used to finance critical and unmet communi  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 15 -- Georgia State University issued the following news on Oct. 14, 2024: Labor and education economist Christopher Walters, an associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley, will speak on "Experimental Approaches to Measuring Labor Market Discrimination" at the 19th annual W.J. Usery Distinguished Lecture Monday, Nov. 4. His presentation will be held at Georgia State University's Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, 55 Park Place NE, Atlanta, on the n  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 15 -- Georgia Institute of Technology issued the following news: Victoria Chang, Georgia Tech's Bourne Chair in Poetry, has been named the winner of the prestigious UK poetry award The Forward Prize for best poetry collection. Chang won for her new volume, With My Back to the World, inspired by the work of artist Agnes Martin. The Forward Foundation, which administers the prize, said the book explores art, depression, and isolation "in ways that open up new modes of exp  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 16 -- Alston and Bird, a law firm, issued the following news release: Alston & Bird's Zack Higbee and Dan O'Connor, partners in the firm's Intellectual Property Group, have been recognized as IP Rising Stars in 2024 by Managing Intellectual Property. It's the fourth straight year they've earned the distinction as top up-and-coming IP lawyers in private practice. The accolades mark the publication's latest award for Alston & Bird's IP team. In June, 16 partners were honor  more