IRVING, Texas, Oct. 25 -- The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame issued the following news release: Rocky Seto likes to say he never coached anyone better than he did when he was a graduate assistant. That is because Seto, who finished his USC playing career in 1998 and stayed on as a volunteer coach, worked the Trojan sidelines during Troy Polamalu's four years in Los Angeles. "We worked pretty heavily on him, and he was headed toward probably Oregon State or Colorado," Set  more

RESTON, Virginia, Oct. 23 -- The American Society of Civil Engineers issued the following news: John Gambatese, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, a professor in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University, has been named a Fellow by the ASCE Board of Direction. Gambatese has worked in industry as a structural engineer in San Francisco and as a project engineer for a construction management firm in Seattle. He started his current position at OSU in 2000 following three years   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 23 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network issued the following news release: * * * - U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer to Keynote Luncheon on Friday, October 25 * * * Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death, and this year tobacco use will kill roughly 5,500 Oregonians. Tobacco use causes nearly 30% of all cancer deaths. The financial costs of tobacco to the state is substantial through health care costs and lost economic productivity, and   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Child Care Aware of America issued the following news release: * * * - California, Maine, Massachusetts, Colorado, Oregon, Indiana and Maine top nation's unaffordability list for infants and toddlers * * * Child Care Aware(R) of America (CCAoA) today released its 13th annual The US and The High Price of Child Care: An Examination of a Broken System which found that child care is unaffordable in all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia. For 30 years, CCAoA has been   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 22 -- The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities issued the following news release: The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities has selected twenty students from HACU-member institutions to each receive a Cafe Bustelo(R) El Cafe del Futuro Scholarship of $5,000. The Cafe Bustelo(R) El Cafe Del Futuro Scholarship recipients are from HACU-member institutions in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Tennessee and Texas  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Oct. 24 -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: The imposition of taxes on adult-use retail sales of cannabis products is associated with temporary changes in purchasers' behaviors, according to data published in the journal International Tax and Public Finance. Investigators affiliated with Oregon State University and George Mason University assessed cannabis purchasing trends in Oregon immediately prior to and follow  more

MISSOULA, Montana, Oct. 21 -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news: The Nature Conservancy in Montana is pleased to announce the arrival of Amy Croover as our new state director. Croover brings more than a decade of leadership in policy, government relations, and economic and resource strategy to the position. She is a visionary leader with strong ties to Montana's landscapes and people. Croover joins TNC from her previous position at Business Oregon, the state's economic developme  more

SPRINGFIELD, Oregon, Oct. 21 -- PeaceHealth issued the following news: PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend is proud to be the first hospital in Oregon to use the ExcelsiusGPS robotic navigation system to assist with spinal surgeries. This is the only robotic navigation system of its kind in the state of Oregon, according to the manufacturer Globus Medical Inc., which is based in Audubon, Penn. "This tool enables us to increase the accuracy of spinal surgeries and assists with  more

TULSA, Oklahoma, Oct. 23 -- Petroleum Equipment Institute issued the following news release: Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI) members elected William J. Mascott III president of the organization during its 69th annual convention and trade show in Atlanta. Mascott most recently served as PEI vice president. His one-year term will begin Jan. 1, when he will replace current PEI President Charlie Burns, president of The Oscar W. Larson Co. in Clarkston, Michigan. Mascott is president of Mascot  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 24 -- The Guttmacher Institute issued the following news release: The Guttmacher Institute is pleased to announce Dr. Maria Rodriguez, associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, family planning section, at the Oregon Health & Science University, as the 2019 recipient of the Darroch Award for Excellence in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research. Dr. Rodriguez has dedicated her career to finding and implementing solutions that expand access to sexual and re  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 23 -- The Humane Society of the United States issued the following news release: Last week, the Humane Society of the United States and Predator Defense received the news that the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and Lane County Sheriff's Office needlessly killed a bobcat kitten who was found at Oak Hill School in Eugene, Oregon. Yesterday the groups learned that the kitten was not "humanely euthanized," as ODFW claimed in multiple public statements. Instead,  more

EUGENE, Oregon, Oct. 21 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: Washington state officials have approved an agreement that will prohibit oyster growers from spraying a dangerous neonicotinoid pesticide to kill native burrowing shrimp in Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor. Neonicotinoids are a leading cause of pollinator declines and are also linked to large-scale declines of birds, fish and bats because of their harmful impacts on aquatic invertebrate. The state Po  more