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State Tipoffs Involving Alabama Newsletter for Thursday January 09, 2025 ( 4 items )  

EBSCO Information Services: Submissions Now Open for the 2025 John Cotton Dana Awards
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Jan. 9 -- EBSCO Information Services, a division of EBSCO Industries, issued the following news release: * * * Up to Eight Winners Will Receive $10,000 in Development Awards Funded by the H.W. Wilson Foundation * * * IPSWICH, Mass. -- January 8, 2025 -- The American Library Association (ALA) is now accepting submissions for the 2025 John Cotton Dana Award (JCD). The John Cotton Dana Award is one of the most prestigious awards given to up to eight libraries for outstandin  more

ProTek Fiber Expands Full-Fiber Connectivity in Rural Illinois With Adtran
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Jan. 8 -- Adtran, a provider of networking and communications equipment, issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2025: * * * * Service provider required flexible technology to deliver fast, reliable broadband to 10,000 homes in underserved and unserved areasĀ  * Adtran's disaggregated fiber access platform scales rapidly, enabling ProTek Fiber to bring full-fiber internet to communities in five counties * Deployment includes Adtran's ALM with deep PON assurance for   more

Samford University School of Public Health Introduces New Dietitian Pathway
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Jan. 9 -- Samford University issued the following news release: Starting in fall 2025, Samford University's School of Public Health will launch a new concentration within its Master of Science in Nutrition program for graduate students pursuing a career as a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN). The program is accredited through the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) and aligns with updated requirements from the Commission on Dietetic  more

University of Alabama: Cell-based Therapy Improves Outcomes in a Pig Model of Heart Attacks
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Jan. 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: By Jeff Hansen In a large-animal model study, researchers have found that heart attack recovery is aided by injection of heart muscle cell spheroids derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells, or hiPSCs, that overexpress cyclin D2 and are knocked out for human leukocyte antigen classes I and II. This research, published in the journal Circulation Research, used a pig model of heart attacks. Pig   more