SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 1 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2025: * * * Governor Newsom announces appointments Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Kate Ricker, of Bend, Oregon, has been appointed Deputy Director of State Technology Policy and Strategic Management at the California Department of Technology. Ricker has been Chief Executive Officer and Principal Consultant at Ameila Mayme Consulting LLC since 201  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Nov. 1 -- The University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: * * * Cone Health, Gillings School forge partnership to advance public health, value-based care Cone Health and the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health join forces to drive innovation in value-based care, research, education and workforce development. The two organizations will formalize their collaboration with a memorandum of understanding on Tue  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 1 -- Mercer University issued the following news: * * * Faculty and Staff Notables | November 2025 By Jennifer Fairfield-Williams College of Education Dr. Karyn Allee, associate professor of elementary education, and University of Memphis Ph.D. candidate Taylor Mule, had their paper, "Balancing development and rigor: Beliefs about priorities and threats in early childhood education among future professionals," accepted for publication in Early Childhood Education Jour  more