PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 30 -- Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication issued the following news: It's a journalist's duty to hold the powerful accountable, but watchdogging relies on both public trust and cooperation from public officials. The Cronkite School's Howard Center for Investigative Journalism is harnessing artificial intelligence to strengthen both. As part of the AI Innovation Challenge--a collaboration between ASU and OpenAI, in which   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The League of Women Voters issued the following agency statement on Oct. 28, 2024: * * * This statement has been corrected to reflect that the drop boxes in Oregon and Washington are not USPS drop boxes. "The League of Women Voters of the United States condemns, in the strongest terms, the intentional burning of ballot boxes in Oregon, Washington, and Arizona. This egregious attack on our democratic process undermines voters' ability to cast their ballots safely and sec  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Oct. 30 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: Several New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service Family and Consumer Science agents and specialists were recognized at the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences annual session in Tucson, Arizona, in September. Two NMSU staff members received individual national awards. Karim Martinez, Extension family life and child development specialist, was presented   more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Oct. 30 (TNSres) -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: Have archaeologists already discovered all of the major ancient Maya monuments--or is there still much more to be found? That question has divided experts for some time. But a new study in the journal Antiquity, led by a scholar at Northern Arizona University, may put the debate to rest. Along with colleagues at Tulane University, Mexico's Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia and the Univ  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Oct. 31 -- Research Corporation for Science Advancement issued the following news: Research Corporation for Science Advancement, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and The Kavli Foundation have made awards to six cross-disciplinary teams of early career researchers in the first year of Scialog: Sustainable Minerals, Metals, and Materials, a three-year initiative that aims to spark advances in the mining, design, manufacture, and disposal of materials needed to achieve a more susta  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: A new era of scientific innovation began at the University of Arizona on Oct. 24 when a ribbon was cut in the lobby of the Grand Challenges Research Building. University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella said he expects the facility, also known as the GCRB, to play a pivotal role advancing fields such as optical sciences, health care and space exploration. "This facility was purpose-designed   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Sunrise Movement issued the following news release: In a powerful show of youth mobilization, Sunrise Movement announced this week that it has contacted over 1.9 million young voters across pivotal swing states for the 2024 general election. Throiugh large-scale phone and text banks, as well as digital advertising, Sunrise is driving voter engagement in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, emphasizing the critical role this  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: Construction is underway on the new building that will house the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies, or CAMI, on the Phoenix Bioscience Core in downtown Phoenix. CAMI will anchor an innovation district that aims to establish the Phoenix Bioscience Core as a hub of cell and gene therapy research, startup activity and corporate engagement.  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 [Category: Business] -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued the following news release: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced its endorsement of Candidate Abe Hamadeh to represent Arizona's Eight Congressional District. The U.S. Chamber endorses candidates for federal office who will stand up for free enterprise, including by vigorously advocating for public policy solutions that will spur economic growth, support jobs, and promote businesses of all sizes' ability to contin  more

RIVERSIDE, California, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Social sciences and public policy professors say the 2024 cycle is more difficult to predict * * * Surveyed professors at UC Riverside predict Kamala Harris will prevail in five of seven battleground states, according to a straw poll conducted by UCR's news team beginning October 25. The poll considered the swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Caroli  more