WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release: The Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OH) today welcomed the Cleveland City Council's passage of a resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza following 17 consecutive weeks of advocacy by community activists. Tonight, the Cleveland City Council passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The resolution passed with 16 "yes" votes and one  more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 26 -- The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences issued the following news release: Four INFORMS members have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Antonio Conejo is a professor in integrated systems engineering at The Ohio State University. Martha Grabowski is the McDevitt Distinguished Chair in Information Systems, Information Systems Program Director and professor of information systems in the Madden College of Business a more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 26 -- The MetroHealth System issued the following news release: The MetroHealth System has appointed Marie L. Crandall, MD, MPH, FACS, as its new Chair of the Department of Surgery. Dr. Crandall was also named the Richard B. Fratianne, MD, Professor of Surgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She joined MetroHealth on March 25, 2024. Dr. Crandall comes from the University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville. There, she was Chief of the Di more PR

DUBLIN, Ohio, March 26 -- The Online Computer Library Center issued the following news release: Following a comprehensive governance study, the OCLC Global Council ratified plans to establish a new council structure to clarify its role and increase member engagement. The new OCLC Leaders Council will be phased in over the next year with a clear purpose: to provide library perspectives that inform OCLC's strategic goals and to elect six trustees to the Board of Trustees. "The new Leaders Counci more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced the allocation of $6.3 billion in industrial decarbonization grants funded by the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, a significant step toward transforming heavily-emitting manufacturing sectors including aluminum and steel. Projects supporting retrofits and transformative technologies at aluminum and steel facilities in Ohio, Penns more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 26 -- The Buckeye Institute, an independent research and educational institution that says its mission is to advance free-market public policy, issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: On Monday, The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Antonyuk v. James (previously Christian v. Nigrelli) on behalf of Project 21, a national network of black political, civic, and business leaders. In its brief, The Buckeye Institute calls on the U.S. Supreme Court to hear  more PR