KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 24 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * 2025 NAIA Men's Volleyball Championship Preview KANSAS CITY, Mo. - ( Pool Play Schedule | Bracket ) The 2025 NAIA Men's Volleyball Championship will open play with pool play matches on Tuesday, April 29 in the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The tournament's first three days, from April 29 to May 1, will consist of pool play ma  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 24 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * Cebe Schneider Named NAIA Competitive Cheer Coach of the Year After Dickinson State's Best Finish in Program History at 2025 Championship KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Cebe Schneider, head cheer coach at Dickinson State (N.D.) is the 2025 Nfinity NAIA Competitive Cheer Coach of the Year after a third-place finish at this year's Competitive Cheer National Ch  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 [Category: Political] -- Democracy Forward, an organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release: * * * Communities and AFSCME Sue to Save Efforts to Stop Trump Cuts, RFK Jr. Anti-Science Meddling Municipalities in Texas, Tennessee, Ohio, and Missouri Unite to Prevent Pandemic-Prevention Programs Washington, D.C. - A coalition of major municipaliti  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, April 24 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: * * * Rooted in communities: Kansas Forest Service cultivates canopies of a precious state resource The independent agency, housed at K-State, promotes tree conservation, management and planning around the state. You may not think about it often, but you have a favorite tree, Matthew Norville bets. Maybe it's a droopy weeping willow that you wove through as a kid in your grandma's backyard. Or a toweri  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 24 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * KU economist Donna Ginther named member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences A University of Kansas economist is among nearly 250 new members named to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences for its Class of 2025. Donna Ginther is the Roy A. Roberts and Regents Distinguished Professor of Economics and directs KU's Institute for Policy & Social Research and KU's Center for Science, Technology & Econo  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 24 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * NAIA Renews Partnership with Ballogy KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has renewed its partnership with Ballogy as the Exclusive Athletic Skills Development and Curriculum App of the NAIA. Ballogy's AI-powered app allows coaches to deliver structured training programs to their players, all from the   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 24 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * Sibbald Named 2025 Nfinity NAIA Competitive Dance Coach of the Year, Marking Back-to-Back COY Awards for Midland (Neb.) Head Coach KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Erin Sibbald, head coach of 2025 NAIA Competitive Dance National Champion Midland (Neb.), is the 2025 Nfinity NAIA Competitive Dance Coach of the Year, earning the award in back-to-back seasons afte  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 24 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * Three KU students named to prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program LAWRENCE -- Three University of Kansas students were recently named to the highly competitive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The KU awardees: * Joseph Hand, physics & astronomy * Cecilia Paranjothi, chemistry * Jasmine Perea, environmental & water resources science The distinction provide  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 24 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * Study of 'spatial synchrony' using long-term data exposes ecological trends and could boost conservation, farming Populations of animals and plants separated by even thousands of miles can rise and fall together driven by ecological factors, a phenomenon scientists call "spatial synchrony." A new study from the University of Kansas in Ecology Letters reveals the study of spatial synchrony over a long enou  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 25 -- The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., a veterans service organization, issued the following news release: * * * VFW Named as a Beneficiary of Harley-Davidson's 2025 Let's Ride Challenge The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is proud to announce it has been named a beneficiary of the 2025 Harley-Davidson's Let's Ride Challenge(TM) Ride for Heroes, an initiative that aims to celebrate those who serve our country and marks the largest ride challenge in H-D's h  more