NEW YORK, Feb. 17 (TNSPer) -- ABC News President Kim Godwin issued the following statement: * * * ABC News president Kim Godwin sent the following note to the news division announcing that Quiana Burns is officially the executive producer of the "Tamron Hall" show after serving as interim executive producer since October: I am pleased to announce that Quiana Burns is officially the executive producer of the "Tamron Hall" show. Quiana joined the syndicated daytime talk show in October as inter more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 16 (TNSPer) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news on Feb. 15, 2022: David Axelrod, who has served as director of the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics since its founding, intends to step down from his role in January 2023 to become a senior fellow at the Institute and chair of its advisory board. A highly respected political strategist and former senior advisor to President Barack Obama, Axelrod, AB'76, led the effort to establish the Instit more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, Feb. 16 (TNSPer) -- Duke Health issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2022: Robert M. Califf, M.D. Duke University adjunct professor of medicine (cardiology) and former director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), has been confirmed as commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration following a vote by the Senate today. Califf's appointment to the position will mark his second time heading the agency, which he also led during the final year of more PR

CANBERRA, Australia, Feb. 19 (TNSRes) -- The Australian National University issued the following news release: * * * ANU experts have offered a minefield of scenarios as the Russian president plays mind games over a potential war with Ukraine. * * * Russian president Vladimir Putin is playing mind games with the rest of the world over a potential war with Ukraine, a leading expert from The Australian National University (ANU) says. But, it's just one of a number of factors in a minefield of more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 19 (TNSOps) -- ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) issued the following news release: ACTFL is pleased to announce renowned chef and humanitarian Jose Andres as its Opening General Session Keynote Speaker for the ACTFL Annual Convention and World Languages Expo in Boston, MA, on November 18, 2022. Twice named one of Time's "100 Most Influential People" and recipient of the 2015 National Humanities Medal, Jose Andres is an internationally-rec more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Cynthia Axne, D-Iowa, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2022: This week, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) joined members of the New Democrat Coalition (NDC) to launch a new Inflation Working Group to help advance policy solutions that will lower costs for American families, free up supply chains, and fight short- and long-term inflationary pressures. The Inflation Working Group will focus on building on the economic recovery already underway, thanks in part to em more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 19 (TNSOps) -- Research!America issued the following news release: Walter Isaacson, author, professor, executive, and television host (among other roles) will receive Research!America's Isadore Rosenfeld Award for Impact on Public Opinion for his commitment to bringing public attention to revolutionary figures in science and technology. This award is presented annually to individuals who work to effectively deliver medical or other health-related research advocacy mess more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 16 -- CNN issued the following news: ROADRUNNER: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, about the life of the cultural explorer, writer, and chef Anthony Bourdain, will have its broadcast premiere Sunday, March 6 at 9:00pm and 11:30pm Eastern, with limited commercial interruption. The film is directed by Academy Award-winner Morgan Neville, produced by Neville's Tremolo Productions, and commissioned by CNN Films and HBO Max. Bourdain launched onto the cultural scene with his wil more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following commentary to the Washington Examiner on Feb. 15, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. penned an op-ed for the Washington Examiner about the nearly ten billion dollars in funding controlled by Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Francis Collins and how those dollars appear to have influenced scientists worldwide on their opinion of COVID origins. In the op-ed Senator Marshall said in part, "failing to carry the water of more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Feb. 18 (TNSOps) -- The University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management issued the following news: The COVID-19 pandemic exposed long-standing structural issues in the U.S. health system. The new Business Advancement Center for Health (BACH) aims to develop inclusive, sustainable solutions to solve these challenges. Recently launched at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management, BACH is a hub where faculty members, students, industry leaders, and c more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 14 (TNSOps) -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news on Feb. 12, 2022: Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed's 2021 book "On Juneteenth" weaves together American history, family chronicle and memoir to tell the story of Juneteenth, which celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S., and specifically the day slavery ended in Texas - June 19, 1865. Throughout the book, she said, is the message that the U.S. is on a journey to live up to it more PR