ANDERSON, South Carolina, April 27 -- Anderson University issued the following news release: * * * History Professor's Book Exploring Civil War Medicine Gaining Attention Since Dr. Lindsay Privette's book The Surgeon's Battle: How Medicine Won the Vicksburg Campaign and Changed the Civil War was released this past September, it has been gaining attention in history circles. New Books Network interviewed Dr. Privette about her book April 4. Dr. Privette is a professor in the Department of Hi  more

LONDON, England, April 27 [Category: Arts/Cultural] -- The Museums Association posted the following news: * * * Brighton & Hove Museums to repatriate 45 artefacts to Botswana * Brighton & Hove Museums has announced that it will this month return 45 cultural artefacts to Botswana following a 2022 repatriation claim by the Khama III Memorial Museum in Serowe. The two museums worked together on the collaborative provenance research project Making African Connections between 2019 and 2021, whi  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, April 25 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary by economist John Phelan: * * * Blue states are bad-policying themselves into electoral oblivion In February, the Tax Foundation's Jared Walczak observed that not long ago, it was still possible to speak of a "typical" state income tax with a top rate of about six percent. "That is no longer the case," h  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 27 -- Washington University in St. Louis posted the following news: * * * Class Acts: Beverly Lobo and Jaden Lanza * WashU Law students Beverly Lobo and Jaden Lanza are conducting a large-scale empirical research project that sits at the intersection of law and data science and could affect imprisonment in America. Their work focuses on certificates of appealability in habeas corpus cases -an often-overlooked but critical step that determines whether a prisoner c  more

BOCA RATON, Florida, April 28 (TNSjou) -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news: * * * FAU Study Uncovers Why Pedestrian Deaths Continue to Rise in the U.S. Study Snapshot: Vision Zero is based on a simple but ambitious goal: no one should be killed or seriously injured in the transportation system. Yet in the United States, progress has stalled, with roughly 40,000 traffic deaths each year since 2000. While overall fatal  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 27 -- The University of Pennsylvania posted the following news: * * * Penn announces nine 2026 Thouron Scholars * Nine University of Pennsylvania affiliates-six fourth-years and three recent graduates-have each received a 2026 Thouron Award to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom. Each Thouron Scholar receives tuition for as long as two years, as well as travel and living stipends. Penn's 2026 Thouron Scholars are Tristen Brisky, Charissa Howard,   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 (TNSjou) -- University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication researchers find that U.S. college students generally oppose punishing objectionable speech unless it is perceived as highly harmful. The research, involving a nationally representative sample of 3,065 students, shows that support for disciplinary action depends heavily on the severity of the statement and the identity of the targeted group. Guy Grossman, professor of political science at the Universi  more