ARLINGTON, Virginia, Dec. 3 [Category: National Defense] -- The Air and Space Forces Association issued the following news release: The momentum of the Air & Space Forces Association's partnership with Operation Child Care Project (OCCP) was realized throughout a bustling November weekend in the Florida Emerald Coast, marking only the beginning of a long-term impact many military families will benefit from. AFA's United Forces & Families (F2) Program granted $5,000 in funding support to OCCP'  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The Central Florida Development Council issued the following news: Rawa Adla, a professor at Florida Polytechnic University, is using her interest in traffic safety and her degree in computer engineering to make Interstate 4 safer for everyone. Especially those driving past the college that sits along the Polk County stretch of the 132-mile highway. Adla, Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering, is working with the Florida Department of Transportation on the I-4 Flori  more

MIAMI, Florida, Dec. 3 -- The Florida Charter School Alliance issued the following news release: The 2024 Florida Charter School Conference + School Choice Summit (FCSC+SCS) was a premier gathering of key advocates for educational choice, educators, administrators, governing board members, and other stakeholders. According to the Florida Department of Education, a record-breaking 1,300 attendees and exhibitors attended the conference. The Florida Charter School Alliance (FCSA) once again part  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Pete Reinwald Samantha Paustian-Underdahl, a researcher and organizational expert in the Florida State University College of Business, led a comprehensive study that challenges long-held assumptions about gender and leadership effectiveness. The study, "Gender and Evaluations of Leadership Behaviors: A Meta-Analytic Review of 50 Years of Research," published this fall in Leadership Quarterly, finds  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2024: * * * "The PSC continues to be a rubber-stamp for utilities & big business over struggling communities" * * * Tallahassee, FL -- Today, after more than a year of sustained public opposition in Hillsborough County, the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) voted to deny staff recommendations that would have slashed Tampa Electric Company (TECO)'s rate hike request in half, saving residential cu  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Dec. 4 -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Elliott Finebloom The Learning Systems Institute (LSI) at Florida State University will co-host a global education conference in Morocco next summer. LSI will join the World Bank and the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) to host the "Educators Shaping Futures: A Global Conference on Teacher Preparation and Development" conference on June 23-24 in Rabat, Morocco. The tw  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Alexia Holliday Seven Florida State University students who conducted research at the Cetamura del Chianti archaeological site in Italy presented their findings during the 2024 Cetamura Day Conference in Tallahassee. The conference, held early this fall, spotlighted the first cohort of Reckford Research Fellows, whose work was made possible by a $1 million gift to the Department of Classics by Char  more

MIAMI, Florida, Dec. 3 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * The rare but treatable disease results from excess copper overwhelming the liver, brain and other organs, leading to serious and even fatal complications. * * * By Kimberly Bobson Feldman A team of 11 University of Miami Miller School of Medicine specialists under the co-direction of Jason Margolesky M.D., and Cynthia Levy, M.D., have seen their hard work pay off as the school was r  more

MIAMI, Florida, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Article Summary * Members of the Miller School's John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics presented their research at The American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting. * Dr. Margaret Pericak-Vance received the society's highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award. * Hussman Institute faculty presented on and moderated a featured symposium on the Alzheimer's Diseas  more

PENSACOLA, Florida, Dec. 3 (TNSres) -- The University of West Florida, a component of public state university system in Florida, issued the following news release: Dr. Rodney Guttmann, a biology professor in UWF's Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering, has been awarded his second major National Institute of Health R15 grant, marking a significant milestone in his ongoing research on early detection of Alzheimer's disease. The three-year, $420,000 renewal grant awarded earlier this fall   more