SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, Aug. 14 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following statement by Senior Counsel Gregory S. Baylor regarding the Labor Department's notice of proposed rulemaking that would clarify the freedoms and protections afforded to religion-exercising organizations and individuals when they enter into a contract with the federal government: "All Americans have the freedom to operate according to their religious beliefs, and those freedoms don't disappear when a university,   more

BELLINGHAM, Washington, Aug. 15 -- The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers issued the following news release: BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA and CARDIFF, UK - Yesterday evening, at the Awards Banquet at SPIE Optics + Photonics in San Diego, SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, honored Hubert Martin with the 2019 A.E. Conrady Award in Optical Engineering. The award recognizes Martin's exceptional contributions in the design, construction, and testing of optical s  more

BELLINGHAM, Washington, Aug. 15 -- The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers issued the following news release: BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA and CARDIFF, UK - Yesterday evening, at the Awards Banquet at SPIE Optics + Photonics in San Diego, SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, honored James C. Wyant with its 2019 Visionary Award. SPIE recognized Wyant for his role as the founding dean of the College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona; for pioneerin  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 15 -- The Association for Computing Machinery issued the following news release: ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, announced today that Milinda Shayamal Fernando of the University of Utah and Staci A. Smith of the University of Arizona are the recipients of the 2019 ACM-IEEE CS George Michael Memorial HPC Fellowships. Fernando is recognized for his work on high performance algorithms for applications in relativity, geosciences and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). S  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The Ecological Society of America issued the following news release: Osvaldo Sala, a Regents and Foundation Professor at Arizona State University and the Julie A. Wrigley Chair in Life Sciences and Sustainability, became President of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) August 16 during the Society's annual meeting in Louisville, KY. Sala is the first Hispanic person to serve in this role in the organization's over-100-year history. Elected by the members of ESA for a  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 14 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * - Demonstration Follows PETA Expose Revealing Filth, Suffering, and Death at Petco Stores Across the Country * * * PETA supporters wearing betta fish costumes will descend on a Petco store and "drop dead" on Thursday to mark #DontBuyBettaFish Day--a day of action for fish who are sold as "starter pets" to shoppers who aren't prepared to meet their unique needs. The protest follow  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- U.S. Term Limits issued the following news release: U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, is gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation. Its mission is to get 34 states to apply for an amendment proposal convention specific to term limits on Congress. Arizona house candidate, Randy Miller (district 21) has committed support for term limits on Congress by signing the Term Limits Conven  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- U.S. Term Limits issued the following news release: U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, is gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation. Its mission is to get 34 states to apply for an amendment proposal convention specific to term limits on Congress. Arizona state Representative Alma Hernandez (district 03) has committed support for term limits on Congress by signing the Term Limits   more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 13 -- The Society of Professional Journalists issued the following news: Tim Steller, metro columnist for the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, Arizona, has been chosen for the 2019 Eugene C. Pulliam Fellowship for Editorial Writing. Steller plans to spend the next year studying ways in which public opinion regarding the border and immigration policy are manipulated - by politicians and governments on both sides of the border, and by interest groups and advocates. "It's  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Aug. 14 -- Women Leaders in College Sports (formerly the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators) issued the following news release: Women Leaders in College Sports, the nation's premier leadership association that develops, connects, and advances women working in intercollegiate athletics, announced today 30 scholarship winners for the 2019 Women Leaders National Convention, which will be held in Phoenix, Arizona, October 13-15, 2019. The schol  more