WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: * * * Florida Species Upgraded From Threatened Status * * * MIAMI-- The National Marine Fisheries Service issued a final rule today to change the status of the pillar coral, a species found in Florida waters and elsewhere in the Caribbean, from threatened to endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The new endangered status comes because of population declines and susceptibility to a recently e more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The National Consumer Law Center issued the following news release: Consumer Advocates and Mortgage Banking Groups Welcome Long-Awaited Rule to Provide Stability to Property Assessed Clean Energy Loans The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), along with the California Mortgage Bankers Association, Housing Policy Council, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Mortgage Bankers Association of Missouri, Mortgage Bankers Ass more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Pete Reinwald In a groundbreaking new study, a Florida State University marketing researcher and her colleagues revealed a complex moral landscape underlying everyday consumption practices, particularly relating to self-care, just in time for the holiday shopping season. The study, published this fall in the Journal of Consumer Research, shows that consumers navigate moral judgments in seemingly m more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Dec. 18 -- Florida State University issued the following news on Dec. 16, 2024: By Kayla Cardenas Forget chips and candy bars. An old snack vending machine is getting a new life as a traveling art gallery, thanks to creative students at Florida State University and members of the Thomasville Center for the Arts. In this interdisciplinary project, students are merging engineering, computer science, design, art and more to dispense miniature masterpieces instead of M&Ms,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Mortgage Bankers Association issued the following news release: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), along with the California Mortgage Bankers Association, Housing Policy Council, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Mortgage Bankers Association of Missouri, Mortgage Bankers Association of Florida, and Public Counsel of California issued the following joint statement in response to the Consumer Financi more PR

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, Dec. 17 -- Nemours Foundation issued the following news release: WILMINGTON, Del. (Dec. 17, 2024) Nemours Children's Health announced several significant investments today, including plans for a groundbreaking Maternal and Fetal Health Program, expansion of its neonatology, cancer and cardiology programs, and the revitalization of the historic Institute building on the Alfred I. duPont Campus in Wilmington. Investments in these projects will total $130 million in 2025--th more PR

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, Dec. 17 -- Nemours Foundation issued the following news release: ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 17, 2024) As part of its overall commitment to pediatric health, Nemours Children's Health will invest $300 million in Central Florida over the next four years to meet growing needs for highest-quality pediatric care. "This expansion is a critical step in achieving our vision of bringing world-class children's care to Florida. Our journey to become a nationally ranked children's hospital more PR

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, Dec. 17 [Category: Materials Management] -- ASTM International, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials, which develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for materials, products, systems and services, issued the following news release: Registration is open for ASTM International's Workshop on Metal Powder Characterization, to be held Apr. 15, 2025, in Fernandina Beach, Florida. The event is sponsored by ASTM International's me more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Dec. 17 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * M.D./M.P.H. student Cameron Hope Tovin was inspired to pursue medicine by her brother, Zachary, who has high-functioning autism. * * * By Louis Greenstein Cameron Hope Tovin, a first-year M.D./M.P.H. student at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, might not recall the exact moment she decided to become a physician. But she'll never forget where her motivation originate more PR