BEREA, Ohio, March 14 -- Baldwin Wallace University issued the following news: Sarah Bowman '07 loves the lake -- all five of the Great Lakes. She is awed by their beauty, size and natural resources. But she also knows their vulnerability, which is why she aims to protect them. Bowman is a senior research scientist for the U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes Oil Spill Center of Expertise (GLCOE) in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The GLCOE is a newly established unit with a congressional mandate to conduct scie more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 14 -- Cuyahoga County issued the following news release: Cuyahoga County is set to receive Congressional funding to strengthen our environmental sustainability and enhance our public safety infrastructure. Congresswoman Shontel M. Brown and Congressman Max Miller recently announced monies specifically for the Cuyahoga Fresh Water Institute and upgrades to the Cuyahoga Emergency Communications 911 System (CECOMS). Congresswoman Shontel M. Brown has allocated over $13 mill more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 14 -- Cuyahoga County issued the following news release: After five years of negotiations, Cuyahoga County and the seven remaining plaintiffs have reached a settlement agreement in the Clay, et al. v. Cuyahoga County, et al. 1:18-cv-2929. Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in late 2018, asserting claims that the conditions existing at that time in the County Jail violated the constitutional rights of those previously detained in the jail. Since the filing of this lawsuit, the more PR

CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 14 -- Dinsmore and Shohl, a law firm, issued the following news release: Less than a year after welcoming a dynamic team of women to Dinsmore & Shohl LLP's Los Angeles office, the Firm's national labor and employment practice has added four more attorneys in California, continuing its expansion of service capabilities on the West Coast. Olivia Perry joins the practice as a partner of counsel, bringing with her nearly two decades of experience counseling higher education more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 14 -- Draper issued the following news: Draper, an engineering innovation company, has been selected by the U.S. Air Force as one of 17 contractors to design, develop, test and deliver anti-tamper systems to protect critical program information and technologies from adversarial tamper efforts. The potential six-year, $499 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract will support the Air Force Life Cycle Management at Wright Patterson Air Force Base  more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 14 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a 19-state coalition in urging the United States Supreme Court to support law enforcement in Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon, Ohio. In 2016, Jascha Chiaverini bought stolen jewelry from a thief to sell in his store. When law enforcement asked him to return the jewelry, Chiaverini refused. The officers executed a search warrant to re more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 14 (TNSres) -- Nationwide Children's Hospital issued the following news release: Gail Besner, MD, chief of Pediatric Surgery and principal investigator in the Center for Perinatal Research in the Abigail Wexner Research Institute (AWRI) at Nationwide Children's Hospital, was named the 2024 Allen Distinguished Scholar in Pediatric Research. The award is given in honor of former Nationwide Children's CEO, Steve Allen, MD, and his role in growing the AWRI into a preeminent re more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 13 -- The Ohio Department of Education issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Stephen D. Dackin, director of the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce; Maj. Gen. (U.S. Army retired) Deborah Ashenhurst, director of the Ohio Department of Veterans Services; and Ohio Second Lady Tina Husted today recognized high school students from throughout Ohio who have committed to service in the U.S. military. High school seniors and juniors who are entering service  more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 14 -- Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Ohio's Primary Election is less than a week away and many voters have already taken advantage of the state's absentee and early voting opportunities to cast their ballots. Today, Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced that 347,489 absentee ballots have been requested and 259,988 votes have already been cast statewide. Learn more about early and absentee voting by visiting Vo more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 14 -- OverDrive, a company that says it delivers a digital catalog of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and other content through apps, issued the following news release: Everyone knows the Oscars and the Emmys, and now there's a new award for books selected by one of the most trusted groups in the book community. The inaugural Libby Book Awards honor public librarians' best books of 2023 in 17 different categories. Nominated by an expert librarian panel and voted on by more  more PR

ALLIANCE, Ohio, March 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Mount Union issued the following news: Dr. Colin Campbell, associate professor of physics, recently co-authored a new academic book entitled "Boolean Networks as Predictive Models of Emergent Biological Behaviors" through Cambridge University Press. "The behavior of the human immune system, the spread of information on social media and the flow of electrical current over the power grid are all examples of complex systems. These systems can more PR

NEW WILMINGTON, Pennsylvania, March 14 -- Westminster College issued the following news: Westminster College's online student newspaper, The Holcad, recently named Gia Francisco editor-in-chief for the 2024-2025 academic year. Francisco, a junior honors student and marketing and sports management double major from Canton, Ohio, begins her new position in the fall of 2024. She has been writing for The Holcad since her freshman year. As editor Francisco will lead weekly meetings, delegate stori more PR

KENT, Ohio, March 14 -- Wright State University issued the following news: By Bob Mihalek Bob Grant, director of athletics at Wright State University, will retire after more than 30 years of dedicated service to Wright State and its Athletic Department, effective March 31. "Bob leaves a legacy marked by extraordinary success and an unwavering commitment to our student-athletes," said Wright State University President Sue Edwards, Ph.D. Joylynn Brown, deputy director of athletics, will serve  more PR