WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Arizona State University's McCain Institute issued the following news: * * * Amb. Roger D. Carstens Joins McCain Institute as Distinguished Senior Fellow WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 19, 2025) - The McCain Institute at Arizona State University (ASU) today welcomed former Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs (SPEHA) at the U.S. Department of State Amb. Roger Carstens as the inaugural John McCain Freedom for Political Prisoners Initiative (FPPI) distinguished senior fellow. In  more PR

BAKERSFIELD, California, March 20 -- California State University-Bakersfield issued the following news: * * * Kegley Institute of Ethics announces 2025-26 Faculty Fellows Four faculty members receiving support for ethics projects Four California State University, Bakersfield faculty members will have the opportunity to conduct their own ethics projects after being selected for the Kegley Institute of Ethics' Faculty Fellows Program. The institute has announced that its 2025-26 Faculty Fellow more PR

ITHACA, New York, March 19 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Clearest images yet of 380,000-year-old baby universe released New research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration has produced the clearest images yet of the universe's infancy - the earliest cosmic time yet accessible to humans. Measuring light that traveled for more than 13 billion years to reach a telescope high in the Chilean Andes, the new images reveal the universe when it was about 380,00 more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 19 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Clearinghouse expands partnership with the Wounded Warrior Project UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness at Penn State (Clearinghouse), in collaboration with the Survey Research Center (SRC) at Penn State, has announced an expanded partnership with the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP). With $390,000 in support from WWP, the Clearinghouse and SRC will conduct more PR

NEW YORK, March 20 -- Columbia University issued the following news: * * * 'My America' Documents Places Where Lives Were Lost to Lethal Encounters Diana Matar's collection of photos offers a quiet memorial to people killed by police who are often unmemorialized in the U.S. My America by Diana Matar, a distinguished artist in comparative literature at Barnard College, is a quiet, chilling critique of the United States, an archive of, and a memorial to, those who have died in lethal police en more PR

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Corcoran's NEXT Festival Returns Bigger & Bolder with Expansion to Second-Floor Galleries WASHINGTON (March 19, 2025) - The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at the George Washington University is proud to present the NEXT Festival 2025, an annual celebration showcasing the work of our graduating students. The festival, which runs from April 24 to May 16, 2025, will feature exciting expansion into the r more PR

NEW YORK, March 20 -- The City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy issued the following news release: * * * Reproductive health apps must do more to protect user data, researchers say A study by CUNY SPH researchers raises concerns about the privacy and security practices of popular reproductive health apps. The research, conducted by alumna Nina Zadushlivy, Assistant Professor Karmen Williams, and Arizona State University Assistant Professor Rizwana Bi more PR

NEW YORK, March 20 -- The City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy issued the following news release: * * * Study shows significant progress in HIV treatment initiation in Asia-Pacific FIMP trainee Chatkamol (Bua) Pheerapanyawaranun; Dr. Azar Kariminia, Dr. Dhanushi Rupasinghe, and CUNY SPH doctoral candidate Thinh Toan Vu In a study published in AIDS Research and Therapy, PhD candidate Thinh Vu explores the temporal trends in the time from HIV diagnos more PR

HANOVER, New Hampshire, March 20 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * Assessing AI-Driven Approaches to Student Mental Health Experts at Dartmouth forum discuss how artificial intelligence can improve student wellness. Student mental health is one of the most pressing challenges today, on college campuses everywhere. Whether AI-powered technology can be leveraged to fill the gaps in mental health care and help students thrive was the focus of a one-day event sponsored by the more PR

FAIRFAX, Virginia, March 18 -- The George Mason University's College of Health and Human Services issued the following news: * * * Dean Melissa Perry appointed to prestigious National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee Melissa J. Perry, ScD, MHS, dean of George Mason University's College of Public Health, has been appointed to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Committee on Clinical Follow-Up and Care for Those Impacted by the JP-5 Releases more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, March 20 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Using Neural Networks to Precisely Model Social Behavior A new platform uses machine learning to identify and map social interactions, unlocking new ways to study behavioral disorders like autism Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a 3D imaging method to precisely map and categorize the social behavior of animals. By quantitatively measuring the movements, inter more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 20 -- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * Ask an Expert: Drug Pricing in the United States with Courtney Yarbrough The cost of prescription drugs in the United States is high--nearly 2.78 times as high as prices in other countries. And most Americans agree that health care access and affordability is a top priority. Policymakers are currently discussing how to protect consumers from inflated prescription drug costs. more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 20 -- Emory University issued the following news release: * * * Levodopa may improve motivation in depression linked to high inflammation March 19, 2025 A study from Emory University suggests that levodopa, a medication that increases dopamine levels in the brain, may help treat individuals with depression who experience motivational impairments due to high inflammation. Researchers found that a common blood test measuring C-reactive protein (CRP), a blood biomarker o more PR

NORFOLK, Virginia, March 20 -- Old Dominion University issued the following news: * * * Experts Discuss Challenges and Reasons for Optimism in Real Estate Industry at ODU Conference By Joy Vann While the inventory of houses for sale in Hampton Roads is very low -- with nearly 4,000 houses on the market -- there are more than 9,000 real estate agents in the area vying for business. That's according to Van Rose, principal owner of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices RW, Towne Realty, one of the fi more PR

ROANOKE, Virginia, March 20 (TNSres) -- The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Research into alcohol use disorder: Imagining future events changes brain to improve healthy decision-making A new study by Virginia Tech scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC found practicing episodic future thinking both reduced impulsivity and enhanced connectivity in key regions of the brain. By Matt Chittum Learning to think more ab more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, March 20 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * From glacial preservation to local conservation: U of A experts discuss research ahead of World Water Day World Water Day is March 22, but at the University of Arizona, water is at the center of rigorous research year-round. Established in 1993 by the United Nations, World Water Day is a day to "celebrate water and inspire action to tackle the global water crisis" and to focus on the importance of more PR

LA JOLLA, California, March 20 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * General Atomics and UC San Diego Launch Fusion Data Science and Digital Engineering Center This San Diego Collaboration to Strengthen California's Leadership in Fusion Energy Innovation Story by: Daniel Kane - dbkane@ucsd.edu Scientists and engineers at General Atomics (GA) and the University of California San Diego have announced a groundbreaking collaboration to establish a Fus more PR

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, March 20 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: * * * Innovation and Impact: MSU generates $3.9 billion annually for Mississippi's economy STARKVILLE, Miss.--A new study shows Mississippi State continues to generate a high return on investment for stakeholders with an estimated $3.9 billion annual economic impact. University leaders announced the results of the latest economic impact study during a Wednesday [March 19] press conference at MSU. The more PR

ITHACA, New York, March 19 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Kaplan Fellowship recognizes Ahmann's community-engaged work for environmental justice Decades of toxic industrialism have left a deep mark in South Baltimore, making it one of the most polluted zip codes in the nation and affecting generations in the multiracial, working-class community. Chloe Ahmann, assistant professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences, is helping local organizers in their q more PR

ITHACA, New York, March 19 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Klarman Fellow headed to Yaddo residency During a summer 2025 residency at Yaddo, a prestigious retreat for artists in Saratoga Springs, Klarman Fellow Eraldo Souza dos Santos will work on their next book project, "Everything Disappears," which is a family memoir centered on their mother and a meditation on the lived experience of Blackness and enslavement in modern Brazil., Click to open gallery view Eraldo So more PR

LAKE FOREST, Illinois, March 18 -- Lake Forest College issued the following news: * * * Eukaryon to inaugurate 21st issue of award-winning journal The print and web-based student publication Eukaryon, which highlights scholarship in the life sciences, will be inaugurated on March 27 at 4:30 p.m. in the Tarble Room in Brown Hall. Eukaryon is an award-winning undergraduate research journal that publishes the very best of life science scholarship conducted at Lake Forest College within its rese more PR

NEW YORK, March 20 -- The City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy issued the following news release: * * * Long COVID could be costing U.S. $2.0-$6.5 billion annually The cost of an individual long COVID-19 case can range from $5,084 to $11,646 per year New York, NY | March 19, 2025: The current number of long COVID-19 cases may already be costing the U.S. $2.01-6.56 billion dollars per year, according to a study recently published in the Journal of I more PR

PASADENA, California, March 19 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Low-Noise Transducers to Bridge the Gap Between Microwave and Optical Qubits In the effort to build superconducting quantum computers, researchers around the world are working to develop electrical circuits that operate in the microwave domain using individual particles of microwave radiation, or microwave photons, as qubits--the basic building blocks of quantum computing. These microwave more PR

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, March 20 -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release: * * * Mines Doctoral Student Wins First Place for Research Poster on Sustainable Agricultural Bioplastics A South Dakota Mines doctoral student earned first place for his research on a sprayable hybrid biopolymer mulch aimed at promoting sustainable agricultural production. Md Woashib Shikder, from the Mines Karen M. Swindler Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 20 -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Case Study: Bartonella, Babesia, Found in Brain Tissue of Child With Seizures In a new case study, researchers from North Carolina State University found Bartonella henselae, Babesia odocoilei and Babesia divergens-like MO-1 DNA in brain tissue samples from a young child with seizures and suspected Rasmussen's encephalitis. The findings further support the idea that these pathogens ca more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, March 19 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * New carbon-negative material could make concrete and cement more sustainable * Link to: Northwestern Now Story EMBARGOED UNTIL 3 A.M. EDT (U.S.) ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2025 * Researchers injected CO 2 gas into seawater while applying an electrical current * Process transformed dissolved ions, minerals in seawater into clusters of solid particles * The clusters hold over half their wei more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 19 -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * New DESI results strengthen hints that dark energy may evolve The impact of dark energy may be evolving over time, suggesting that the standard model of how the universe works may need an update DESI has made the largest 3D map of our universe to date and uses it to study dark energy. Earth is at the center in this image, and every dot is a galaxy.credit: DESI collaboration and KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AUR more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 20 -- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Predicting the Risk of Developing Cancer from Common Blood Disorder A team of international scientists has developed a method to predict the risk of developing cancer from a blood disorder common in older adults, according to a study published in the journal Blood. Clonal cytopenia of undetermined significance (CCUS) is characterized by mutations in blood cells and a lo more PR

NORFOLK, Virginia, March 20 -- Old Dominion University issued the following news: * * * Educating Future Teachers: DCEPS Offers Support for Students By Kelsey Kendall At Old Dominion University, future educators find hands-on learning opportunities and support through the Darden College of Education & Professional Studies (DCEPS). In Virginia, the teacher shortage has prompted lawmakers in recent years to take steps to address the issue, whether through budgetary action or regulatory change more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, March 20 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * FDA approval of drug for rare genetic disorder gives families hope OHSU's pioneering research, clinical trials led to better testing, approval for CTX disease By Angela Yeager When Susan Stewart's son, Eric, was 2 years old, she noticed his speech wasn't developing like her two older sons. Concerned, she took him to a doctor but was told not to worry. Later, she took him to an audiologist, t more PR

CORVALLIS, Oregon, March 20 -- Oregon State University issued the following news release: * * * Uniquely shaped, fast-heating nanoparticles halt ovarian tumor growth PORTLAND, Ore. - New magnetic nanoparticles in the shape of a cube sandwiched between two pyramids represent a breakthrough for treating ovarian tumors and possibly other types of cancer, according to the Oregon State University researchers who developed them. The scientists say the study underscores the importance of shape in m more PR

FAIRFAX, Virginia, March 20 -- The George Mason University's College of Health and Human Services issued the following news: * * * Osteoporosis cases are rising, but risk differs across demographics By Taylor Thomas While increased average life expectancy is a testament to modern medicine and public health efforts, an aging population comes with an increased presence of chronic diseases such as osteoporosis. Research published in Osteoporosis International by Hong Xue and graduate students C more PR

NORMAN, Oklahoma, March 20 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: * * * OU, Rose State College Partner to Host Education and Career Fair for Veterans and Military Community NORMAN, OKLA. - The University of Oklahoma has announced a partnership with Rose State College to establish the inaugural Veterans Education and Career Fair, an event making education and career resources more easily accessible for members of the military. The fair is set for 9 a.m., Monday, April more PR

CALIFORNIA, Pennsylvania, March 20 -- PennWest issued the following news: * * * Official opening set for Center for AI PennWest University is set to unveil its groundbreaking Center for Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies with an official launch event 2-3 p.m. Thursday, April 17, at the Baron-Forness Library on the Edinboro campus. A panel of experts in the field of artificial intelligence will discuss the impact of AI on education, industry and society: * Dr. Camille Dempsey  more PR

PASADENA, California, March 19 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * PHOENIX Air Monitoring Project in Altadena Rises from the Ashes In the wake of the Eaton fire, Caltech researchers working with community members, business owners, and schools in Altadena and Pasadena have quickly deployed a network of particulate air quality sensors on rooftops in and around the burned areas of Altadena. The network, dubbed PHOENIX (Post-fire airborne Hazard Observation  more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 19 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Q&A: Wading into the shrinking waters of the Colorado River UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Key agreements in the "Law of the River," which encompasses more than 100 years of regulations, laws, court decisions and more focused on managing the Colorado River, are set to expire next year. First established in 1922 as the Colorado River Compact, the guidelines split water management and allocation a more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 19 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Rainfall and drought linked to childhood growth outcomes in Uganda HERSHEY, Pa. -- Rainfall and long-term water availability in a region before a woman becomes pregnant and during pregnancy predicted future growth outcomes of children in Uganda, according to new research led by a team from the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and the Penn State College of Medicine. Women more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, March 19 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * Research into alcohol use disorder: Imagining future events changes brain to improve healthy decision-making Learning to think more about specific events in your future appears to reduce impulsivity, improve decision-making, and shows potential as a therapy for alcohol use disorder, a new Virginia Tech study found. The study, which involved 24 participants whose brains were scanned during both resting-state and more PR

CAMDEN, New Jersey, March 20 -- Rutgers University Camden campus issued the following news: * * * Walter Rand Institute Celebrates 25 Years of Solutions for South Jersey By Eileen Reinhard Creating impact across South Jersey, the Institute's community-facing research strives to improve quality of life for all. The Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs (WRI) at Rutgers University-Camden is a longstanding and trusted regional community partner. The Institute is celebrating 25 years more PR

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Screen Time Spiked During the Pandemic WASHINGTON (March 19. 2025)-- Research shows that teenage screen time spiked during the pandemic; tweens averaged more than five hours a day and teenagers averaged eight. But research also shows that digital media and phones can be used by adults and teens to eat a healthier diet or start a fitness routine or even to quit smoking. Experts at the George Washington Univ more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 20 -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * New imaging reveals the secrets of cellular traffic control Researchers investigate how molecules navigate the nuclear pore complex, offering new insights into cellular function and disease Just as cities must carefully manage the flow of cars in and out of downtown, cells regulate the movement of molecules into and out of the nucleus. This microscopic metropolis relies on an int more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 20 -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: * * * Phenomenal Cosmic Power! Itty-Bitty Living Space Texas A&M researchers are examining ways to improve components for nuclear fusion, a genie in a bottle that may grant humanity's wish for endless energy. By Lesley Henton The world is using more and more power -- the demand for electricity is increasing at about twice the rate of overall energy use. And it's only going to grow as the global population is more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 20 -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: * * * Study Sheds Light On Non-Urgent Visits To Emergency Departments New research reveals gaps between the reasons patients give for their visit, their actual need for care and their final diagnosis. By Ann Kellett Emergency departments in the United States have more than 140 million visits each year -- a rate of four visits for every 10 people -- that cost nearly $80 billion. Each interaction is carefully more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 20 -- Texas A&M University issued the following news: * * * United By Disaster Two researchers connect 12 years after Hurricane Katrina to aid disaster-damaged communities. Abbey Hotard '19, '23 was just a kid when she and 1.2 million other Americans left New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina. Just over an hour northwest of New Orleans, Ashley Ross '03, '10 worked on her political science thesis at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge. Neither were pre more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 19 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Three deans co-host research scholarship and land grant impacts event March 24 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Three Penn State deans are co-hosting an event focusing on role of the University as Pennsylvania's land-grant institution, the similar role of U.S. land-grant universities and the impacts of scholarly research they produce. "Research Scholarship and the Land Grant Mission: Why It Matt more PR

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, March 20 -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: * * * UAH Arora Lecture to feature art historian Dr. Sonal Khullar on art education in modern India Dr. Sonal Khullar will explore the educational legacies of two titans of Indian and world art during the next event in the Dr. Mulk R. Arora Endowed Lecture series at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). "Learning and Unlearning Art in Modern India" will begin at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 27, in the  more PR

ALBANY, New York, March 20 -- SUNY University at Albany issued the following news: * * * UAlbany Study Links Lack of Oral Health Care with Complications During Pregnancy ALBANY, N.Y. (March 20, 2025) -- For pregnant women in the U.S., the use of oral health services during pregnancy remains low, with fewer than 40% seeking preventive oral health care. So reports a new study conducted by the Oral Health Workforce Research Center, part of the Center for Health Workforce Studies the University a more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 20 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: * * * UAMS Receives $2.5 Million for Family Medicine Residency Programs in South Arkansas The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will expand its residency programs in south Arkansas thanks to a $2.5 million grant from the Arkansas State Legislature. The state's PEER Joint Budget Committee recently approved a request for $2,550,225 in funding from the restricte more PR

LA JOLLA, California, March 20 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * Illuminating the Future of Photonics Story by: Phoebe Skok - pskok@ucsd.edu Shaya Fainman, a distinguished professor in the University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and member of the Qualcomm Institute's (QI) Executive Council, has been a driving force in photonics research for over four decades. During hi more PR

SANTA CRUZ, California, March 20 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Long-accepted theory explaining the nature of our universe may need updating, new analysis indicates New results from Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument hint that the influence of mysterious force driving universe's accelerating expansion may change over time By Mike Pena The standard model of how the universe works involves the widely accepted theory that dark energy is a f more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, March 19 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * University Libraries opens branch in Academic Building One On a crisp February morning underneath a massive white tent in the shadow of the newest building in the Alexandria skyline, more than 1,000 Hokies, government officials, faculty, students, and business leaders celebrated a new era in education and research -- the grand opening of Academic Building One. As they walked through the doors of the glass and ste more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, March 20 -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: * * * $1.2M grant will fund study on neighborhood environment's possible role in cancer risk A grant from the American Cancer Society will allow researchers to develop a comprehensive picture of the factors that may contribute to increased cancer risk in some neighborhoods. A University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health researcher has received a $1.2 million gr more PR

MERCED, California, March 20 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * Computer Vision Researcher Honored for Work in AI The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, the premier scientific society dedicated to advancing the understanding of the mechanisms underlying thought and intelligent behavior and their embodiment in machines, has honored a UC Merced professor for his work in AI. Electrical engineering and computer science Professor Ming- more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 20 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * Researchers uncover a surprising new way the immune system 'remembers' UChicago scientists find white blood cells, not just antibodies, play a role in recognizing invaders Antibodies, which recognize viruses and proteins that the body has encountered before, have long gotten most of the credit for giving the human immune system a memory. Now, researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, March 20 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * Scaling agroforestry can support fisheries, local food production, cultural practices Protecting native forests combined with transitioning fallow and unmanaged agricultural lands to Oiwi (Native Hawaiian) and other place-based agroforestry systems has direct benefits for local fisheries, according to a new study in Nature Ocean Sustainability by an interdisciplinary team from the Univers more PR

CORAL GABLES, Florida, March 20 -- The University of Miami issued the following news: * * * Foods to fortify Experts in nutrition science from across the University of Miami offer their thoughts on some of the best foods to help us ward off chronic disease. By Janette Neuwahl Tannen Cancer and heart disease. They are the two leading causes of death in the United States, and most people have family members or friends who have been impacted by one of these illnesses. But experts in nutrition more PR

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, March 20 -- The University of Notre Dame posted the following news: * * * Allison and Thomas Franco make transformative gift for Notre Dame institute advancing research excellence and public engagement in the liberal arts Allison and Thomas Franco of New York City have made a transformative gift to the University of Notre Dame to endow an institute in the College of Arts & Letters that provides unparalleled support for faculty and student research and will significantly e more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 20 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: * * * An antiviral chewing gum to reduce influenza and herpes simplex virus transmission Researchers at Penn Dental Medicine and collaborators have used a clinical-grade antiviral chewing gum to substantially reduce viral loads of two herpes simplex viruses and two influenza A strains in experimental models. In today's interconnected world, infectious diseases pose a more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, March 18 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW School of Energy Resources Adds New Members to Energy Resources Council The University of Wyoming's School of Energy Resources (SER) has added four new members to its Energy Resources Council (ERC). The ERC plays a vital role in advising SER on its research priorities, educational programs and outreach initiatives. The council is composed of leaders from industry, government, academia and the communit more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 20 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Alliance for Genomic Discovery completes 250,000 whole genomes to accelerate drug discovery The milestone creates one of the largest, most comprehensive clinical genomic datasets of its kind; multiomic data to be added in next phase of program Nashville Biosciences LLC (NashBio), a leading clinical and genomic data company and wholly owned subsidiary of Vanderbilt University Medica more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 20 -- The Washington University School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Anti-amyloid drug shows signs of preventing Alzheimer's dementia Clinical trial of people destined to develop early-onset Alzheimer's disease shows eliminating amyloid from brain may prevent symptoms, supports need for confirmatory studies Randall J. Bateman, MD, the Charles F. and Joanne Knight Distinguished Professor of Neurology at WashU Medicine, is the study director of more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, March 18 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Who is persuasive? Study finds the power of ordinary people * Link to: Northwestern Now Story EVANSTON, Ill. --- Trying to persuade people with different political views can be fatiguing and frustrating, but it's not as pointless as we might think. New research shows that even on divisive issues, far more persuasion attempts succeeded than backfired. A novel study led by Northwestern Universi more PR

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, March 20 -- William and Mary issued the following news: * * * Leading conservation scientist to speak at William & Mary's 2025 Commencement Conservation International CEO and host of PBS series 'Changing Planet' to receive an honorary doctorate as W&M celebrates Year of the Environment By Erin Jay One of the world's leading conservation scientists will address graduates at William & Mary's 2025 Commencement ceremony. M. Sanjayan, CEO of Conservation International an more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 20 -- Yale University issued the following news release: * * * McInnis inauguration: A celebration of tradition, community, knowledge -- and the future On April 6, Maurie McInnis will be inaugurated as the 24th president of Yale University. Yale University will inaugurate Maurie McInnis as its 24th president -- a role she officially assumed in July -- with a week of events for the Yale and New Haven communities, culminating in an installation ceremony on April  more PR