COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Academy issued the following news: The Air Force Academy, University of Alabama, Clemson University, University of Louisville, Rice University and the University of Utah will share the American Football Coaches Association's 2019 Academic Achievement Award, which is presented by the Touchdown Club of Memphis. All six schools recorded a perfect 1,000 for their single-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) for 2017-18. This is first honor for   more

WACO, Texas, Nov. 14 -- The American Football Coaches Association issued the following news: The Air Force Academy, University of Alabama, Clemson University, University of Louisville, Rice University and the University of Utah will share the American Football Coaches Association's 2019 Academic Achievement Award, which is presented by the Touchdown Club of Memphis. All six schools recorded a perfect 1,000 for their single-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) for 2017-18. This is first honor for   more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Nov. 12 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: ESPN/ABC's Week 12 college football schedule will feature a major College Football Playoff implication game in all four Saturday windows, including both undefeated LSU and Baylor in primetime. The Bears will host the Oklahoma Sooners, another CFP contender, on ABC's Saturday Night Football Presented by Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's, while Alabama, Clemson and Penn State play in the afternoon with Ore  more

OXFORD, Mississippi, Nov. 15 [TNSgrants-NSF] -- The University of Mississippi issued the following news release: * * * - National Science Foundation funds science education development project * * * What started as a dissertation has turned into a $1.37 million grant project funded by the National Science Foundation that may help improve professional development for science educators across the nation. Brooke Whitworth, assistant professor of science education at the University of Mississip  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- The Corporation for National and Community Service issued the following news release: The Corporation for National and Community Service today announced the eight colleges and universities selected for a new AmeriCorps VISTA partnership designed to encourage participation in national service opportunities. The schools selected for this partnership are: the Rochester Institute of Technology, Tufts University, University of Hawaii, University of Montana, University of Roche  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Nov. 12 -- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools issued the following news: The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education appointed Andre F. Mayes general counsel on Nov. 12. Mayes has been deputy general counsel to the Board since 2008 and succeeds current general counsel George E. Battle III, who is leaving CMS to become a vice chancellor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "This one was a no-brainer for the Board," said Mary T. McCray, Board chair. "We made  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Nov. 14 -- The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center issued the following news release: Scientists have reported a new approach to treating lung cancer with inhaled nanoparticles developed at Wake Forest School of Medicine, part of Wake Forest Baptist Health. In this proof of concept study, Dawen Zhao, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical engineering at Wake Forest School of Medicine, used a mouse model to determine if metastatic lung tumors responded to a  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Nov. 12 -- The St. Baldrick's Foundation issued the following news release: The St. Baldrick's Foundation, the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants, has awarded 25 infrastructure grants totaling nearly $1.5 million to institutions across the country. These one-year grants are focused on giving the selected institutions the ability to open, coordinate and treat more children on clinical trials, often their best hope for a cure. Clinical trials offe  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 [TNSresearch-American Journal of Health Behavior] -- The Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health issued the following member research: Dr. Jay Maddock, chief wellness officer at Texas A&M & professor at the Texas A&M University School of Public Health, along with researchers from the University of Hawaii, Wake Forest University and Nanchang University, investigated features and older adult use of public parks. Their study, published in the American Journal of   more