WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The Carnegie Institution for Science issued the following news release: Carnegie trustee emeritus Frank Press, a National Medal of Science laureate and former president of the National Academy of Sciences, died January 29 at his home in Chapel Hill, N.C. He was 95. Press was active on the Carnegie board of trustees for 14 years and was the Cecil and Ida Green Senior Fellow at the institution's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism from 1993 to 1997. A distinguished geophysi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The National Academy of Sciences issued the following news release: National Academy of Sciences President Emeritus Frank Press -- distinguished geophysicist, science adviser to President Jimmy Carter, and National Medal of Science recipient -- died on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was 95. Press served as the 19th president of the National Academy of Sciences from July 1, 1981 to June 30, 1993. As NAS president, Press also led a reor  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Jan. 25 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * - Receives Ernest L. Boyer award at AAC&U Annual Meeting * * * Rutgers University - Newark Chancellor Nancy Cantor was honored with the 10 th Annual Ernest L. Boyer Award in a ceremony at the annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Named for one of the nation's most revered higher education leaders, the award is bestowed by New American Colleges and Universities (NACU) upon ind  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 29 -- The State Bar of Georgia issued the following letter to the editor of Savannah Morning News: To the Editor: The State Bar of Georgia applauds the more than 40 former judicial clerks of the late Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch on their establishment of the Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch Scholarship Fund at the University of Georgia School of Law. This new scholarship is an appropriate tribute to Judge Kravitch, a Savannah native whose career of more than seven decades began i  more