COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Nov. 23 -- The American Association of Physics Teachers has announced the following events: * * * 2020 Winter Meeting, January 18-21 (Caribe Royale Hotel, Orlando, Florida) 2020 Summer Meeting, July 18-22 (Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, Grand Rapids, Michigan) 2021 Winter Meeting, January 9-13 (Hilton Portland Downtown, Portland Oregon) 2021 Summer Meeting, July 31-August 4 (Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C.) * * * For more information about these events, click here: https:/  more

EUGENE, Oregon, Nov. 20 -- Cascadia Wildlands issued the following news release: Cascadia Wildlands, Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, Oregon Wild, and Soda Mountain Wilderness Council have filed suit to stop a 9,000-acre timber project in Southern Oregon that will allow logging in threatened spotted owl habitat contrary to federal laws. The project will occur next to the treasured Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, further degrading surrounding forests. The North Landscape project, which wa  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 20 -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release: * * * - Stand Up To Factory Farms Coalition and Supporters Say the New Easterday Farms Dairy Would Repeat the Troubled History of Lost Valley * * * Following a request for a permit by a proposed eastern Oregon factory farm to build another mega-dairy on the site of the disastrous Lost Valley Farm, 21 groups, including members of the Stand Up to Factory Farms Coalition, sent a letter (https://www.foodandw  more

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, Nov. 18 -- RTI International issued the following news: * * * - RTI International, a nonprofit research institute, will provide training and technical assistance with the $1.1 million grant * * * The Office of Victims of Crime (OVC) within the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded RTI International, a nonprofit research institute, a $1.1 million dollar grant to provide training and technical assistance to grantees in nine states working to combat huma  more

NEWARK, Delaware, Nov. 21 -- The International Literacy Association has announced the following event: * * * Literacy Association of Tennessee Conference, 8-10 Dec, 2019, Murfreesboro, TN, Website: https://lat.wildapricot.org Baltic Sea Conference on Literacy, 16-21 Jan, 2020, Tallinn, Estonia, Website: https://www.4bscl2020.ee/ Wisconsin State Reading Association Conference, 6-8 Feb, 2020, Milwaukee, WI, Website: https://www.wsra.org Oregon State Literacy Association Conference, 7-8 Feb, 2  more

BEAVERTON, Oregon, Nov. 19 -- The Journal of Education and Training Studies, a journal that says it features consumer education, pedagogy, curriculum and instruction, educational leadership, philosophy, technology and distance education, published 13 research articles on the following topics in its November 2019 edition: * Analysis on Bullying Behaviors of the Sports Spectator Students of Faculty of Sports Sciences * Effects of Using the Learning Stations Technique to Teach the Electrical Curr  more

BEAVERTON, Oregon, Nov. 12 -- The Journal of Education and Training Studies, a journal that says it features consumer education, pedagogy, curriculum and instruction, educational leadership, philosophy, technology and distance education, published eight research articles on the following topics in its October 2019 edition: * Factors Affecting Social Exclusion, Friendship Quality, Social Competence and Emotion Management Skills and the Effect of Problem Behaviors on Related Characteristics in Ad  more

NEWPORT, Oregon, Nov. 20 -- The Journal of Heredity, a journal that says it features conservation genetics of endangered species, population structure and phylogeography, molecular evolution and speciation, molecular genetics of disease resistance in plants and animals, genetic biodiversity and relevant computer programs from the American Genetic Association, published 11 research articles on the following topics in its September 2019 edition: * Elevated Heterozygosity in Adults Relative to Juv  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release: The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, which works to elect pro-environment candidates, announced today its endorsement of Representative Earl Blumenauer for re-election in Oregon's 3rd district. "Congressman Earl Blumenauer has spent his career working to cut carbon pollution and fight climate change," said LCV Action Fund Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Tiernan Sittenfeld. "H  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture issued the following news release: Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) awarded NASDA Foundation $420,863 in sub-grants to support female specialty crop producers in Oregon and Washington, $174,942 from ODA and $249,921 from WSDA. NASDA Foundation was awarded the sub-grants through the 2019 Specialty Crop Block Grant program administered by the USDA Agricul  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 18 -- The National Psoriasis Foundation issued the following news release: The National Psoriasis Foundation, NPF, has established two new funding opportunities for 2020 focused on advancing research related to prevention and milestones toward a cure for psoriatic disease. Inspired by the National Institute of Health Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP), NPF will invest an estimated $6.5 million over five years to establish the Psoriasis Prevention Initiative (PPI).   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The National Council of State Housing Agencies issued the following news: Oregon Housing and Community Services Executive Director and NCSHA Secretary/Treasurer Margaret Salazar represented the nation's state housing finance agencies (HFAs) today at a hearing before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance focused on the health, safety, and soundness of HUD-assisted rental and public housing. Salazar testified to the effe  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 22 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation issued the following news release: With free legal aid from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorneys, two foodservice workers at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, have successfully appealed to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel in Washington, DC, their case charging Unite Here Local 8 union bosses with illegally failing to inform employees of their rights. The  more

VANCOUVER, Washington, Nov. 22 -- PeaceHealth issued the following news: * * * - The organization is one of only three health systems in the Pacific Northwest to receive the honor * * * PeaceHealth has been recognized for the second year in a row as one of the Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America, an awards program presented by Healthiest Employers(R) and Springbuk. The prestigious national award acknowledges the success of PeaceHealth's employee wellness program spanning all PeaceHealth fac  more

EUGENE, Oregon, Nov. 20 -- PeaceHealth issued the following news: PeaceHealth has selected Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation Services as the program manager of acute rehabilitation services at our 18-bed Oregon Rehabilitation Center at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center, University District in Eugene. The agreement is expected to go into effect on Jan. 20, 2020. The Oregon Rehabilitation Center, which opened at University District in 1976, has a long history of offering exceptional care to   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 21 -- The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability issued the following news release: * * * - Union Gospel Mission Accredited by National Financial Accountability Organization * * * The ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability) announced today the accreditation of Union Gospel Mission of Portland, OR. ECFA accreditation is based on the ECFA Seven Standards of Responsible Stewardship(TM), including financial accountability, transparency, sound boa  more

SALEM, Oregon, Nov. 18 -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release: Scientists from Oregon State University and a youth climate activist called upon state legislators today to take climate action as soon as they return to session in February. Although Oregon has goals to reduce greenhouse gases to 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 and 75 percent by 2050, it is not on track to meet those goals. Emissions in Oregon are rising mostly due to Oregonians driving more. T  more

EUGENE, Oregon, Nov. 18 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: Today a group of concerned Montanans filed a legal challenge to protect the climate and water resources from destructive coal mining practices in eastern Montana. The groups are challenging the federal Office of Surface Mining's (OSM) misguided approval of an enormous expansion of the Rosebud strip mine, which provides coal to the Colstrip power plant. In addition to the National Environmental Pol  more

EUGENE, Oregon, Nov. 21 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: Today Gov. Lujan Grisham's interagency climate change task force issued a strong road map to correct course in New Mexico after eight years of climate denial and fossil fuel servitude by the previous administration. The task force's strategy offers a full-spectrum approach of mitigation measures and a plan to strategically adapt to the effects of climate change with an emphasis on increasing New   more