WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting issued the following news release: * * * CPB-funded Poynter Institute training to foster innovation across the public media system * * * The first 50 public media stations from across the country have been selected to participate in a second phase of the Digital Transformation Program delivered by the Poynter Institute. The program educates, assists, and coaches public media senior leaders and their staff on the best strategies a  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

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

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 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: On Thursday, Oct. 31, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will travel to Tucson, Arizona where he will visit Roskruge K-8 School to visit a multilingual early childhood classroom. Afterwards, Secretary Cardona will host a conversation with local leaders on the importance of multilingual and multicultural learning in schools. A press gaggle will follow after the event. These events are open to p  more