NEW YORK, Nov. 11 -- Barnard College issued the following news: Brenda Darden Wilkerson is a powerful advocate for providing access and opportunity to underrepresented communities in technology. As president and CEO of AnitaB.org, she leads a global nonprofit organization focused on recruiting, retaining, and advancing women in technology fields. On October 29, Darden Wilkerson joined President Sian Leah Beilock in conversation for an exclusive online event, presented by Beyond Barnard, to dis more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 21 -- Boston University School of Law issued the following news: For more than 10 years, BU Law and School of Public Health Professor Wendy Mariner has taught Health Insurance and the Affordable Care Act, a seminar exploring the role public and private insurers play in US health policy. But, during that time, she's never used the same syllabus twice. No wonder. Since the 2010 passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)--President Barack Obama's s more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 21 -- CNN, a cable owned by CNN Worldwide, a unit of the WarnerMedia News and Sports division of AT&T's WarnerMedia, issued the following announcement on Nov. 20: CNN Films announced today the acquisition of the documentary feature PRESIDENT IN WAITING from director Jeffrey Roth (41, The Wonder of it All). Roth also wrote and produced the film with Paul Basta of Playground Productions. Stephen Beck is executive producer. Now-President-Elect Joe Biden discusses his deliber more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (TNSPer) -- The Credit Union National Association issued the following news release: J. Mark McWatters resigned Friday from his position on the board of the National Credit Union Administration. McWatters has served on the NCUA board since his nomination by then-president Barack Obama in 2014. CUNA President/CEO Jim Nussle issued the following statement thanking McWatters for his service: "As a member of the NCUA Board, J. Mark McWatters has helped credit unions advance t more PR

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 -- The National Basketball Association issued the following news release on Nov. 20: The National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) today announced the formation of the National Basketball Social Justice Coalition, an organization that will lead the NBA family's collective efforts to advance equality and social justice. Through its mission to leverage the game's influence to raise awareness, educate and advocate for meaningful refo more PR

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 -- The National Basketball Players Association issued the following joint news release on Nov. 20: The National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) today announced the formation of the National Basketball Social Justice Coalition, an organization that will lead the NBA family's collective efforts to advance equality and social justice. Through its mission to leverage the game's influence to raise awareness, educate and advocate for m more PR

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Nov. 17 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: L. Arielle Phillips, research assistant professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Notre Dame, has been named a fellow of the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP). She was primarily recognized for her work teaching an algebra-based physics program at Westville Correctional Facility through the Moreau College Initiative Physics Program, where students can obtain a degree from more PR

NEW YORK, Nov. 11 (TNSRes) -- The New York University School of Law issued the following news: On September 21, with the final stretch of the 2020 presidential election in full swing, Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence (on leave) Bob Bauer, former White House counsel to President Barack Obama, and Professor Jack Goldsmith of Harvard Law School engaged in a virtual discussion of their new book, After Trump: Reconstructing the Presidency. Sudler Family Professor of Const more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 19 (TNSPer) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Josh Peterson, MD, MPH, professor of Biomedical Informatics and Medicine, has been named director of the Center for Precision Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, effective since Oct. 1. The center is VUMC's hub for interdisciplinary research in precision medicine. Housed within the Department of Biomedical Informatics, it was founded in 2015 by Joshua Denny, MD, MS, who in Ja more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) was recently named the recipient of the Donna A. James Award for her unparalleled work on behalf of the people, workers, families, and small businesses of Ohio's Third Congressional District. "It is an unbelievable honor to be this year's winner of the Donna A. James Award," Beatty said. "Like the Award's namesake, I have dedicated my life to empowering the next gene more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release on Nov. 20: U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the statement below following today's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) on Fair Access to Banking by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). "There is absolutely no place for discrimination in the financial services industry," Scott said. "As a country, we continue to feel the unjust impacts of redlining and banks that refused to do busine more PR