UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Alumni Association to host wrestling 'Roar Tour' in Philadelphia on March 22 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- With the Penn State wrestling team vying for another national championship in March, the Penn State Alumni Association will host a special Penn State wrestling "Roar Tour" event in conjunction with the Philadelphia Chapter. The event will take place from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, March 22, a more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by James LaCoursiere Jr., national commander of the American Legion, from a Feb. 26, 2025, joint hearing with the Senate Veterans' Committee on veteran service organizations legislative presentation: * * * Chairmen Bost and Moran, Ranking Members Takano and Blumenthal, and members of the joint committee, thank you for inviting The American Legion (TAL) to testify before you today and share our priori more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 10 [Category: Education] -- The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities posted the following news release: * * * Call for Presentations deadline extended for HACU's 39th Annual Conference in Aurora, Colorado January 10, 2025 Updated March 10, 2025 # The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities has extended the deadline of the Call for Presentations for its 39th Annual Conference, Nov. 1-3, 2025, at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Cen more PR

LAWTON, Oklahoma, March 11 -- Cameron University issued the following news release: * * * Regents select Hunt to lead Cameron Dr. Shane Hunt will be the next president of Cameron University. The Board of Regents for the University of Oklahoma, Cameron University and Rogers State University announced Hunt's selection today during its regular meeting in Norman. Hunt - who will be Cameron's 18th president since its founding in 1908 - will begin his duties July 1. "The board was exceptionally i more PR

LONDON, England, March 11 -- Charity Times, a business and management magazine for the United Kingdom non-profit professionals, issued the following news: * * * Car firm recruits charity chief to lead its newly created Foundation By Joe Lepper Jaguar Land Rover has recruited the chief executive of a charity focused on improving education in Africa to lead its newly set up Foundation. PEAS chief executive Laura Brown is to take up the role of director of the car firm's JLR Foundation from ne more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, March 11 -- Cedars-Sinai, a nonprofit academic healthcare organization, issued the following news on March 10, 2025: * * * Cedars-Sinai Expands Use of New Robot-Assisted Microsurgery Innovative Robot-Assisted Lymphovenous Bypass Surgery Gives Surgeons Greater Precision and Control Last October, the night before Deven Phillips was to undergo her second lymphatic surgery, she received an unexpected call from her surgeon. "He casually asked me, 'Deven, what do you thin more PR

HANOVER, New Hampshire, March 11 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * Adam Grant Says It's Good to Rethink About Things The organizational psychologist encourages people to reexamine assumptions. As a renowned organizational psychologist and best-selling author, Adam Grant has made a career out of reexamining political, economic, and cultural assumptions about how things should work and people should think. Most humans suffer from flaws in their logic and reasoning, or wha more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, March 10 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * David Tegarden honored with emeritus status David Tegarden has been conferred the title of associate professor emeritus of accounting and information systems in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech by the Board of Visitors. A member of the Virginia Tech community for more than 30 years, Tegarden is viewed as a dedicated professor and lecturer and was named the Darrell D. and Betty R. Martin Junior F more PR

CHICKASHA, Oklahoma, March 10 -- The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma posted the following news: * * * Droverstock Music Festival Announces 2025 Band Lineup Chickasha's most anticipated night of music returns April 3 for an electrifying evening of live performances, food trucks and more. Droverstock Music Festival is a free family friendly event that invites students and the community to experience some of the best Red Dirt bands in the region. The night starts at 4 p.m. and goes  more PR

ALBANY, New York, March 10 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * During Maple Month, Governor Hochul Highlights New York's Thriving Maple Industry Governor Kathy Hochul today encouraged New Yorkers to support their local maple producers during Maple Month. The Governor highlighted New York's upcoming Maple Weekends events and activities, which will take place March 22-23 and March 29-30, along with other special events and promotions throughout the month.  more PR

HERSHEY, Pennsylvania, March 11 -- Penn State Health issued the following news: * * * Early-life responsive parenting intervention yields lasting but diminishing benefits on child weight Early life-responsive parenting can lead to healthier weight outcomes for children in their earliest years, with effects lasting but diminishing into middle childhood, according to a new study. Conducted by the Penn State College of Medicine and the Center for Childhood Obesity Research at Penn State Universi more PR

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, March 11 -- The University of Tennessee Chattanooga Campus issued the following news: * * * Fighting fires: UTC alum becomes educator and children's book author Peyton Schultz The "about" section of Allen Green's LinkedIn makes his life's mission clear. "I am dedicated to making sure the once hopeless will no longer be captivated by hurt and pain or failure, but will raise above their circumstances," it reads. "Pain and suffering will be the driving force for hope. more PR

MALVERN, Pennsylvania, March 11 -- Frontline Education, a provider of administration software purpose-built for educators in K-12, issued the following news: * * * Frontline Education Appoints Melissa McCabe as Chief Revenue Officer [Wayne, PA] (March 10, 2025) - Frontline Education, a leading provider of administration software purpose-built for educators in K-12, today announced the appointment of Melissa McCabe as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). In this role, Melissa will lead the company's r more PR

ITHACA, New York, March 11 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Historic $100 million investment to expand Engineering's Duffield Hall A $100 million philanthropic commitment, the largest in Cornell Engineering's history, from David A. Duffield '62, MBA '64, will significantly expand the college's existing Duffield Hall, creating a new state-of-the-art home for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and critical new lab space for strategic research priorities. A  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Senator Coons discusses how faith impacts his work on Fox News' 'Livin' the Bream' Podcast WASHINGTON - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) joined Fox News Sunday's Shannon Bream's Livin' The Bream Podcast yesterday to speak about how his Christian faith has shaped his career in public service and Democratic values, and why he believes the Democratic Party should be more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Jainendra Jain named 2025 Wolf Prize laureate in physics UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Jainendra K. Jain, Evan Pugh University Professor and Erwin W. Muller Professor of Physics and holder of the Eberly Family Chair in the Penn State Eberly College of Science, has been awarded, along with two others, the 2025 Wolf Prize in Physics for "groundbreaking contributions to quantum matter and its topo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * James Gentile: Shaping the Artemis Generation, One Simulation at a Time James Gentile always wanted to fly. As he prepared for an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy to become a pilot, life threw him an unexpected curve: a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes. His appointment was rescinded. With his dream grounded, Gentile had two choices--give up or chart a new course. He chose the latter, pivoting to aerospace engineering more PR

SANTA ROSA, California, March 11 -- Keysight Technologies, a global electronic measurement technology and market solutions provider, issued the following news release: * * * Keysight Introduces Isolated Probing Technology for Fast-Switching Power Device Testing * Enables accurate and safe measurement of floating circuits in high-voltage, noisy environments * Provides superior rejection of high common-mode voltages and accompanying noise to isolate small, fast-switching signals Keysight Tech more PR

MELBOURNE, Australia, March 11 -- La Trobe University issued the following news release: * * * La Trobe takes action on nation's numeracy crisis A new initiative by La Trobe University aims to tackle Australia's mathematics crisis, training teachers how to break down concepts into clear, logical steps to replace the commonly used methods that have left many students struggling with basic numeracy. The Science of Mathematics Education (SOME) Lab is the University's latest step in evidence-bas more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 10 -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * Lacking a playbook for dealing with economic decline, leaders of smaller cities opt for pragmatism, flexibility FACULTY Q&A Study: Responding to decline: The perspective of city managers in shrinking cities in the United States (DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2025.2461519) The challenges facing big cities such as Detroit and Cleveland have been widely examined by experts over the decades, as each has dealt more PR

SAN DIEGO, California, March 11 -- San Diego State University issued the following news: * * * Leading scholars share theories on what it means to be human in the age of AI N. Katherine Hayles and Rita Raley bring their research on AI, science, culture and technology to SDSU By Leslie L.J. Reilly In 1999, the year that saw the debut of the wildly popular sci-fi dystopia "The Matrix," N. Katherine Hayles published "How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Infor more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 11 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: * * * LSU Celebrates Six Rainmakers BATON ROUGE, La - Six LSU faculty members have been selected as Rainmakers by the LSU Council on Research based on their outstanding scholarship and creative activity within their respective ranks and disciplines. The Rainmaker awards recognize sustained work with high impact, often in alignment with LSU's Scholarship First Agenda to improve lives in Louisiana  more PR

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, March 11 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: * * * Marshall to present Cherokee author Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle as part of Visiting Writers Series Marshall University's A.E. Stringer Visiting Writer Series will present a reading with author Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, in the Drinko Library Atrium, located on the library's third floor. The reading is free and open to the public. Clapsaddle is an enrolled cit more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The Institute for Higher Education Policy issued the following news release: * * * Nearly 90 Higher Ed Organizations and Researchers Urge Congress to Protect Postsecondary Data IHEP led a coalition of 87 organizations and individual researchers in sending a letter to Congress elevating deep concerns regarding recent Institute of Education Sciences (IES) research and data collection cancellations. These and other recent federal actions undermine critical information sys more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * New grant to expand program helping middle schoolers cope with chronic stress UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Middle schoolers from low-income families who learned new ways to cope with stress by participating in the Building a Strong Identity and Coping Skills (BaSICS) program demonstrated significant and lasting reductions in anxiety and depression, according to Penn State Professor of Psycholo more PR

MCLEAN, Virginia, March 11 -- The Center for Excellence in Education issued the following news release: * * * New STEM Lyceums Webinar on Study Skills CEE offers exciting free virtual STEM Lyceums program for high school students. The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) will host "Study Skills for Success," a cost-free Zoom session for high school students on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, from 5:00-6:15 p.m. ET. Learn about effective study strategies and stress management techniques that a more PR

NORMAN, Oklahoma, March 11 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: * * * OU Health Sciences Opens Innovative Lab Space OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. - The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences recently announced the opening of more than 29,100 square feet of new laboratory space at University Research Park in Oklahoma City. The innovative facility represents an $11 million investment in OU's strategic plan to become a top-tier research-driven academic health center. "By stre more PR

OAKLAND, California, March 11 -- Amazon Watch, an organization that says it protects the rainforest and advances the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin, issued the following news release: * * * Religious Investors Win SEC Fight Over Indigenous Rights Resolution at banks The SEC has sided with an order of New Jersey nuns in a dispute with Wall Street bank Citi, which tried to stop shareholders from voting for a fourth year on their resolution on Indigenous rights. The SEC also re more PR

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release: * * * REMINDER: Wisconsin Voters Will Decide Against Trump and MAGA Republicans' Out-of-Touch Agenda In Upcoming Elections In the lead-up to the crucial Wisconsin Supreme Court and Superintendent elections, DNC Deputy Executive Director Libby Schneider released the following statement:  "In three weeks, Wisconsin voters will have the opportunity to stand against Trump and MAGA Republicans' attacks o more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, March 10 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Reuters, NJ Advance Media Win 2025 Toner Prizes for Excellence in Political Reporting Reuters won the 2025 Toner Prize for national political reporting for comprehensive stories published as part of the news organization's "Politics of Menace" special report during the presidential campaign. NJ Advance Media earned the 2025 Toner Prize for local political reporting. The winners of the annualToner Prizes f more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Search underway for next Penn State ICDS director UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State is currently seeking nominations and candidates for the position of director of the Institute for Computational and Data Science (ICDS), housed within the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research. This role leads the institute's vision and strategy, enhances interdisciplinary research collaboratio more PR

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, March 11 -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: * * * Tennessee Tech professor uses AI to help preserve Cherokee language A Tennessee Tech University computer science professor is part of a collaborative effort using artificial intelligence to help preserve the Cherokee language, one of many endangered Indigenous languages in the United States. Jesse Roberts is an expert in natural language processing and computational linguistics, and more PR

OTTAWA, Ontario, March 10 -- Global Affairs Canada, an arm of the Canadian government, posted the following news release: * * * The governments of Canada and the Northwest Territories sign a bilateral agreement on minority-language education and second official-language instruction OTTAWA, March 10, 2025 Our two official languages are at the heart of Canadian identity. They make us unique, unite us and enrich our culture from coast to coast to coast. Promoting and protecting them starts wit more PR

ALBANY, New York, March 11 -- SUNY University at Albany issued the following news: * * * UAlbany Launches $30M Decarbonization Project ALBANY, N.Y. (March 10, 2025) -- A $30 million decarbonization project announced Monday at the University at Albany will enable the campus to shut down its gas-fired boilers during the summer months and significantly reduce its fossil fuel consumption. The project will replace two gas-fired absorption chillers in the University's 1960s-era central Power Plant more PR

SANTA CRUZ, California, March 11 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Biologist Erika Zavaleta receives Science Division's Outstanding Faculty Award By Mark DeGraff The Science Division has announced that Erika Zavaleta, a professor in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, has won its 2023-24 Outstanding Faculty Award. The annual prize is the division's highest honor for faculty achievement, recognizing combined excellence in research, more PR

FLINT, Michigan, March 11 -- The University of Michigan-Flint issued the following news: * * * UM-Flint expands Standardized Patient Program with help from family duo By Austin LaFave At the University of Michigan-Flint's School of Nursing, standardized patients are key to developing future nurses' communication skills. Through realistic health care simulations, these actors help students hone their abilities in patient interviews, physical exams and interpersonal interactions. In 2016, the more PR

ARLINGTON, Texas, March 11 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * Biochemist's impact on science and students honored UTA's Kayunta Johnson-Winters named American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology fellow Kayunta Johnson-Winters, an associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at The University of Texas at Arlington, has been named a 2025 fellow of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. The honor recognitio more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 11 -- The University System of Georgia issued the following news release on March 10, 2025: * * * Dr. Robert Scott Named President of Albany State University The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (USG) today named Dr. Robert Scott president of Albany State University (ASU), effective May 1, 2025. Dr. Scott, who holds a Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology, will return to higher education after almost two decades working in the private sect more PR

ARLINGTON, Texas, March 11 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: * * * UTA team wins prize for vital U.S. magnet technology Physics professor J. Ping Liu helps boost nation's energy security and advance toward a world-class magnet research hub University of Texas at Arlington physics Professor J. Ping Liu has won the 2025 Hill Prize in Physical Sciences for pioneering new ways to design magnets that power high-tech devices. Awarded by the Texas Acade more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 11 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news on March 10, 2025: * * * Education researcher Luciana de Oliveira receives national award for contributions to second language scholarship The American Educational Research Association is honoring her focus on how English is taught to speakers of other languages. By Sian Wilkerson Luciana de Oliveira, Ph.D., associate dean for academic affairs and graduate studies in Virginia Commonwealth University's more PR

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by William Hubbard, vice president for veterans and military policy at Veterans Education Success, from a Feb. 25, 2025, joint hearing with the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on veteran service organizations legislative presentation: * * * Chairmen Moran and Bost, Ranking Members Blumenthal and Takano, and Members of the Committees on Veterans' Affairs: We thank you for the opportunity to share our more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 10 -- The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression posted the following news release: * * * VICTORY! 9th Circuit rules in favor of professor punished for criticizing college for lowering academic standards SAN FRANCISCO, March 10, 2025 -- Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of Lars Jensen, a math professor unconstitutionally punished for criticizing what he believed was his college's decision to water down its math sta more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The White House issued the following news on March 10, 2025: * * * 50 Wins in 50 Days: President Trump Delivers for Americans Today, President Donald J. Trump marks 50 days in office and he has already established himself as the most consequential President of our time. The winning never stops -- and President Trump is just getting started. Here are 50 wins for the American people in President Trump's first 50 days: 1. President Trump secured the border in unpreceden more PR

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, March 11 -- William and Mary issued the following news: * * * Virtual Reality Lab takes students beyond the classroom With grant funding, William & Mary is expanding its focus on virtual reality across disciplines to bring once distant realities right into the classroom. By William Oster Traversing the Parthenon, Saint Petersburg and Badami, India, all in less than a day is an impossible task - but with the Virtual Reality Lab at William & Mary, students could make t more PR