ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 23 [Category: Science] -- The Biophysical Society issued the following news release: * * * A. Joshua Wand to Receive the 2026 Ignacio Tinoco Award * BETHESDA, MD - The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce that A. Joshua Wand, of Texas A&M University, USA, will receive the 2026 Ignacio Tinoco Award. Wand will be honored at the Society's 70th Annual Meeting, being held in San Francisco, California from February 21-25, 2026. Wand is being recognized for pionee  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 23 [Category: Science] -- The Biophysical Society issued the following news release: * * * Ashley R. Carter to Receive 2026 PUI Faculty Award * BETHESDA, MD - The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce that Ashley R. Carter, of Amherst College, USA, has been named the recipient of the 2026 PUI Faculty Award. Carter will be honored at the Society's 70th Annual Meeting, being held in San Francisco, California from February 21-25, 2026. Carter will be recognized  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 23 [Category: Science] -- The Biophysical Society issued the following news release: * * * Biophysical Society Announces 2026 Society Fellows * BETHESDA, MD - The Biophysical Society is proud to announce its 2026 Society Fellows. This award honors the Society's distinguished members who have demonstrated excellence in science and contributed to the expansion of the field of biophysics. The Fellows will be honored at the Biophysical Society's 70th Annual Meeting, be  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 23 [Category: Science] -- The Biophysical Society issued the following news release: * * * Biophysical Society Names 2026 Society Award Recipients * ROCKVILLE, MD - The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2026 Society Awards. These awards are very competitive in nature and are intended to recognize Society members for excellence in biophysics. The winners will be honored at the Society's 70th Annual Meeting, being held in San Francisco,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Action Alert: Call on Maryland's Ethics Committee to Probe Lawmakers' Participation in '50 States One Israel' Propaganda Trip * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for an investigation into possible ethics violations after several Maryland state legislators chose   more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 23 [Category: Science] -- The Biophysical Society issued the following news release: * * * Charles L. Brooks III to Receive 2026 Klaus Schulten and Zaida Luthey-Schulten Computational Biophysics Lecture Award * BETHESDA, MD - The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce that Charles L. Brooks III, of the University of Michigan, USA, has been named the recipient of the 2026 Klaus Schulten and Zaida Luthey-Schulten Computational Biophysics Lecture Award. Brooks wil  more

ADELPHI, Maryland, Sept. 24 -- The University of Maryland Global Campus issued the following news: * * * Collegiate Faculty Introduce UMGC Micro-credential as Pathway to Advance Careers At the Achieving the Dream (ATD) Data & Analytics Summit on Sept. 17, UMGC faculty Reynaldo Garcia and Kathryn Thirolf shared a new opportunity for higher education professionals to advance their careers through the university's Community College Data and Analytics Micro-credential program. Designed to meet th  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 23 [Category: Science] -- The Biophysical Society issued the following news release: * * * Cornelis (Cees) Dekker to Receive the 2026 Kazuhiko Kinosita Award in Single-Molecule Biophysics * BETHESDA, MD - The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce that Cornelis (Cees) Dekker, of Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, will receive the 2026 Kazuhiko Kinosita Award in Single-Molecule Biophysics. Dekker will be honored at the Society's 70th Annual Meeting  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 23 [Category: Science] -- The Biophysical Society issued the following news release: * * * Elizabeth Hinde and Jorge Alegre-Cebollada to Receive 2026 Michael and Kate Barany Award * BETHESDA, MD - The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce Elizabeth Hinde, of the School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Australia and Jorge Alegre-Cebollada, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Spain, have been named recipients of the 2026 Michael and K  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 23 [Category: Science] -- The Biophysical Society issued the following news release: * * * Erdinc Sezgin to Receive 2026 Early Independent Career Award * BETHESDA, MD - The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce that Erdinc Sezgin, of SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, has been named the recipient of the 2026 Early Independent Career Award. Sezgin will be honored at the Society's 70th Annual Meeting, being held in San Francisco, California from February  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 23 [Category: Science] -- The Biophysical Society issued the following news release: * * * Hawa Racine Thiam to Receive the 2026 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award * BETHESDA, MD - The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce that Hawa Racine Thiam, of Stanford University, USA, will receive the 2026 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award. Thiam will be honored at the Society's 70th Annual Meeting, being held in San Francisco, California from February 21-25, 2026. Thiam is be  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer Remarks at Press Availability Following Tour of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center * WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) delivered the following remarks at a press availability with Maryland Delegation members following a tour of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) in Beltsville, Maryland:"Thank you very much, Angela [Alsobrooks] and Senator Van Holl  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 23 [Category: Science] -- The Biophysical Society issued the following news release: * * * Jie Xiao to Receive 2026 Carolyn Cohen Innovation Award * BETHESDA, MD - The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce that Jie Xiao, of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA, will receive the 2026 Carolyn Cohen Innovation Award. Xiao will be honored at the Society's 70th Annual Meeting, being held in San Francisco, California from February 21-25, 2026. Xiao will be re  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 23 [Category: Science] -- The Biophysical Society issued the following news release: * * * Ken A. Dill to Receive Biophysical Society's 2026 Founders Award * BETHESDA, MD - The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce that Ken A. Dill, of Stony Brook University, USA, will receive the Society's 2026 Founders Award. Dill will be honored at the Society's 70th Annual Meeting, being held in San Francisco, California from February 21-25, 2026. Dill is being honored f  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 23 [Category: BizMedia] -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release: * * * Multiple Discovery Education Solutions Win 2025 Tech & Learning Best for Back to School Awards * Charlotte, NC (Tuesday, September 23, 2025) - Multiple solutions by Discovery Education are winners in the 2025 Best for Back to School Awards from Tech & Learning. Discovery Education is the creator of essential PreK-12 learning solutions  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 24 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences issued the following news: * * * Pre-Birth Exposure to Forever Chemicals May Harm the Immune System For some time, scientists have thought that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) -- better known as forever chemicals -- can harm the immune system. Studies have even shown that contact with PFAS can lower a person's r  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 23 [Category: Science] -- The Biophysical Society issued the following news release: * * * Nuria Assa-Munt to Receive 2026 Rosalba Kampman Distinguished Service Award * BETHESDA, MD - The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce that Nuria Assa-Munt, of the Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health ( retired ), USA has been named the recipient of the Society's 2026 Rosalba Kampman Distinguished Service Award. Assa-Munt will be honored at the Soc  more

LAUREL, Maryland, Sept. 24 -- Capitol Technology University issued the following news on Sept. 23, 2025: * * * Opportunities for Capitol Tech Students and SFOTC from the Maryland Space Grant Summer Campus Exchange Program This summer, two outstanding undergraduate students from Capitol Technology University's Astronautical and Space Engineering (ASE) program--Daniel Geer and Philip Alsop--were selected for a prestigious internship through the MD Space Grant Consortium (MDSGC) Summer Exchange   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Alsobrooks Introduces 'Protecting Students with Disabilities Act' to Ensure Special Education Programs at the Department of Education Continue This legislation is a direct result of Senator Alsobrooks' commitment to protecting students with disabilities to ensure safe, equitable learning environments in Maryland and across the country. * Senator Angela Alsobrooks introduced the Prot  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news: * * * Space Force Priorities Acquisition, Partnerships, Guardian Development * Acquisitions and sustainment are not just support functions, they are a warfighting imperative, said Space Force Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations, who provided the keynote address on the state of the Space Force today at the Air, Space Cyber Conference at National Harbor, Maryland. "Developing and delivering space war  more

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Space Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * Space Force Renames 'Front Door' to Reflect Broader Impact on Industry Collaboration Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman announced Space Systems Command's Front Door initiative has been renamed the Space Force Front Door during his keynote address at the Air and Space Forces Association's annual Air, Space, and Cyber Conference Sept. 23. The rebranding underscores the init  more

ADELPHI, Maryland, Sept. 24 -- The University of Maryland Global Campus issued the following news: * * * UMGC and Michigan Community College Association Partner to Expand Access to Affordable Teacher Preparation Pathways University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC), a national leader in workforce-relevant online education, and the Michigan Community College Association (MCCA), representing Michigan's 28 public community colleges and 3 tribal colleges, have announced a new partnership focused o  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * War Department continues nuclear modernization * NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland - In light of the changing global security landscape, the War Department is considering how to approach modern-era deterrence differently, said Air Force Maj. Gen. Brandon D. Parker, director of global operations at U.S. Strategic Command. Parker spoke Sept. 22 about modernizing t  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 23 [Category: Science] -- The Biophysical Society issued the following news release: * * * Wonhwa Cho to Receive Biophysical Society's 2026 Award in the Biophysics of Health and Disease * BETHESDA, MD - The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce that Wonhwa Cho, of the University of Illinois Chicago, USA, has been named the recipient of the 2026 BPS Award in the Biophysics of Health and Disease. Cho will be honored at the Society's 70th Annual Meeting, being he  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 23 [Category: Science] -- The Biophysical Society issued the following news release: * * * Yiechang Lin and Kai Sheng to Receive 2026 Outstanding Doctoral Research in Biophysics Award * BETHESDA, MD - The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce that Yiechang Lin, of Australian National University, Australia and Kai Sheng, of Scripps Research, USA, have been named recipients of the 2026 Outstanding Doctoral Research in Biophysics Award. Lin and Sheng will be hono  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 23 [Category: Science] -- The Biophysical Society issued the following news release: * * * Yifan Cheng to Receive 2026 Anatrace Membrane Protein Award * BETHESDA, MD - The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce that Yifan Cheng, of University of California San Francisco, USA, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA, has been named the recipient of the Society's 2026 Anatrace Membrane Protein Award. Cheng will be honored at the Society's 70th Annual Meeting, be  more