ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 1 -- The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2024: * * * Grants will focus on early intervention to create a strong foundation for long-term well-being * * * Today, the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation announced a slate of grants to advance mental health and well-being for infants and mothers. More than $2 million will be awarded to six national and local nonprofits in Georgia and Montana. These grants aim to strengthen crit  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2024: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today designated Pomona College, the University of Michigan (U-Mich), and the University of Georgia (UGA) as "Institutions of Particular Concern" due to their reported creation of a hostile campus environment for Palestinian, Muslim, Arab, Jewish and other students  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health issued the following news release: Researchers from Emory University recently received two separate grants, totaling $15 million, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to lead a first-of-its-kind, multifaceted study into why specific types of air pollution increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Previous studies have linked Alzheimer's disease and related dementias to air pollu  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 1 -- Emory University's School of Law issued the following news release: William J. "Bill" Carney, a cornerstone of Emory Law for more than three decades, is once again shaping its future with a transformative $6 million gift to create the William and Jane Carney Center for Business and Transactional Law, which will encompass the school's nationally recognized Center for Transactional Law and Practice. Carney taught law at Emory for 34 years before retiring in 2012. He l  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- Georgia State University issued the following news: Two astronomers in Georgia State's Department of Physics & Astronomy have created a roadmap that could help scientists find life on other planets by studying the most common stars in the universe. Called M dwarf stars, these bodies make up roughly three-fourths of the stars in the universe, even though none can be seen with the naked eye. "I think nearly all types of stars could support life," said Wei-Ch  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- Georgia State University issued the following news: Kat M. Albrecht, an assistant professor of criminal justice and criminology, and Adam Pah, the assistant dean for digital innovation in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, are working with a national interdisciplinary team using artificial intelligence (AI) to transform the legal system. After several years spent developing SCALES, the nation's first AI-powered open data network created to provide fr  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- Georgia State University issued the following news: * * * iQuit Mindfully to be linguistically, culturally adapted to serve Hispanic and Latinx communities * * * A mindfulness-based smoking cessation tool developed by Georgia State University researchers will reach a wider, more diverse audience thanks to a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. iQuit Mindfully, which was developed by a team led by Associate Pr  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Jay Mancini, professor emeritus and former head of the Department of Human Development and Family Science at Virginia Tech, passed away on Oct. 10. He was 75 years old. Mancini joined Virginia Tech in 1977 as an assistant professor, and he served as department head from 1989-96. In 2009, after 32 years at Virginia Tech, he moved on to the University of Georgia as department head of Human Development and Family Science a  more

VIENNA, Austria, Nov. 1 -- The International Press Institute issued the following statement on Oct. 31, 2024, with five organizations: * * * IPI and undersigned press freedom and freedom of expression organizations are deeply concerned about incidents of intimidation, threats, and physical and verbal assaults on journalists covering Georgia's parliamentary elections on October 26, 2024. MFRR documented at least 30 election-related media freedom violations involving 34 media workers. Journalis  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- People for the American Way issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2024: In the last days before the November 5 election, People For the American Way Foundation's nonpartisan Defend the Black Vote campaign is making its final push to reach 3.5. million Black men, via direct peer-to-peer text messages, for voter turnout in 21 states -- Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Maryland, Michigan, Illinois, Alabama, Louisiana, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Mis  more

OAKLAND, California, Nov. 1 -- Transgender Law Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit that works to change law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression, issued the following news release: NEW YORK, NY - In partnership, the Transgender Law Center, the National LGBTQ Task Force, and Way to Rise have purchased space in North Carolina and Georgia for a 30-second ad titled "Defiance," in response to  more