WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- The American University Investigative Reporting Workshop issued the following news: The upcoming presidential election has many recipients of the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program on edge. The 2012 program implemented by President Barack Obama protects many of the 800,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. DACA only applies to those younger than 16 and has other qualifiers, including whether someone has lived in the United States fo more PR

OMAHA, Nebraska, Nov. 3 -- Creighton University issued the following news release: As the 2020 election draws nearer, voters will receive final reminders from campaigns about how one candidate's policies will help pad retirement accounts while the other candidate's will hinder their performance. Robert Johnson, PhD, CFA, CAIA and professor of finance in the Heider College of Business at Creighton University, advises investors to not let politics influence long-term investment strategies. "Inve more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary by Kyra Jasper, research intern with the Southeast Asia Program: With four days until Myanmar's general elections, many international observers and opposition parties doubt that the polls will be conducted freely and fairly. These concerns echo those raised during the previous elections in 2015 regarding violence in border states and structural inequities that have only intensified. The Unit more PR

NEW YORK, Nov. 6 -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news on Nov. 5: By Marco Tedesco, Research Professor In a world where the effects of climate change pervade every aspect of our society, from the socio-economic to the humanitarian and ethical, the elections for the presidency of the United States have enormous value for the future of our planet. The role of the tenant of the White House is, in fact, increasingly important. The president influences more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Nov. 6 -- The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards issued the following news: Dr. Mary Hatwood Futrell, former NEA President and former dean of the George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development, will receive the National Board's James A. Kelly Award for Advancing Accomplished Teaching on November 6, 2020. The Kelly Award, named after James A. Kelly, Founding President and CEO of the National Board, recognizes and honors indivi more PR

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, issued the following news release on Nov. 3: NYU Langone Health announced today it would name the Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at NYU Grossman School of Medicine in honor of internationally renowned scientist and philanthropist Jan T. Vilcek, MD, PhD, whose transformative influence has led to groundbreaking discoveries and vast improvements in human health. The newly named Vilcek more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania, Nov. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg issued the following news on Nov. 6: Penn State Harrisburg's Chancellor's Leadership Access Student Program (CLASP) will welcome Daymond John, founder and CEO of FUBU and star of ABC's "Shark Tank," as national keynote speaker from 7 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13. The event will be held virtually via YouTube Live. Click here to register. CLASP annually brings a national speaker to address the entire campus and local co more PR

SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts, Nov. 5 -- Tufts University issued the following news release on Nov. 4: Although votes continue to be counted, the youth vote has the potential to shape the outcome of the 2020 election and to decide the presidency of the United States, according to analysis out today from the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), the preeminent, non-partisan research center on youth engagement at Tufts University's Jonathan M. Tisch College of C more PR