WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The National Association of Black Journalists issued the following news: * * * 2025 NABJ Salute to Excellence Nominees Announced The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has announced its nominees for the 2025 Salute to Excellence Awards. Winners will be announced during the Salute to Excellence Gala at the #NABJ25 Convention & Career Fair on Saturday, August 9 in Cleveland. The full listing of winners will be posted online after the event this summer. Co more PR

NEW YORK, May 9 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * 2025 PEN America Literary Awards Honor 13 Authors and Translators at NYC Ceremony Across Multiple Genres, Honorees Included Dagoberto Gilb, Kali Nicole Gross, Ana Raquel Minian, Jason Roberts, Amy Stuber, Frank X. Walker, and More, as Well as Career Achievement Award Winners Mia Couto, Mona more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 10 (TNSres) -- The Geological Society of America issued the following news release: * * * Call for Abstracts: GSA Connects 2025 Invites Geoscientists to Share Groundbreaking Research Boulder, Colo., USA: The Geological Society of America (GSA) invites scientists, researchers, and professionals from across the globe to submit abstracts for its annual meeting, GSA Connects 2025, taking place 19-22 October 2025 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Held annually, GSA Connect more PR

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The Carnegie Institution for Science issued the following news: * * * The Desert Laboratory: Carnegie Science's Pioneering Role in American Ecology Carnegie Science's Desert Laboratory in Tucson, Arizona served as an intellectual hub where pioneering ecologists helped transform the emerging discipline of ecology from descriptive natural history into a rigorous scientific field. In 1903, Carnegie Science established the Desert Botanical Laboratory in Tucson, Arizona--a bo more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, May 10 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Reimagining Academic Publishing with Game Theory Duke researchers are launching an open-source publishing model where researchers are incentivized to participate in every step of a paper's journey. When Han Zhang published his first research paper as a PhD student at Duke, he couldn't help but think that there must be a better way. After looking into the pitfalls of the current mode more PR

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Reacts to Trump's Firing of Librarian of Congress WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, released the following statement reacting to President Trump firing Dr. Carla Hayden from her position as the Librarian of Congress: "President Trump fired our nation's Librarian, Dr. Carla Hayden, by  more PR

HAMILTON, New York, May 9 -- Colgate University posted the following news: * * * Next Up on 13: An Anthropologist's Field Guide to Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life On the latest episode of 13, the Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, Anthropology, and Native American Studies Anthony Aveni discusses his newest book, Aliens Like Us?: An Anthropologist's Field Guide to Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life. Aveni started teaching at Colgate in 1963 and is wide more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 10 -- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center issued the following news: * * * Skip the Extra Salt: Study Shows Heart Healthy Diet and Sodium Reduction Lower Risk of Heart Disease Reducing Sodium and Following Heart Healthy Diet Lower 10-Year Risk of Heart Disease BOSTON -- Most Americans consume far more sodium than recommended, with the average intake topping 3,400 milligrams (mg) per day--well above the recommended federal guideline of 2,300 mg and the American Hea more PR

HAIFA, Israel, May 9 -- The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Improving the Personalization of Immunotherapy Treatments Researchers from the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine have identified a genetic "fingerprint" that helps predict the effectiveness of these treatments Considered to be one of the greatest revolutions in cancer treatment, immunotherapy enhances the immune system's ability to target and destroy cancer cells efficiently. One more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 9 -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * This just in: Facebook reaps significant economic benefits from content provided by news providers Study: Frontiers: Does Carrying News Increase Engagement with Non-News Content on Social Media Platforms? (DOI: 10.1287/mksc.2024.0993) When it comes to Facebook, news matters--not the fake stuff but the real kind generated by working journalists. That's the takeaway of a University of Michigan study, w more PR

EXETER, England, May 9 -- The University of Exeter issued the following news: * * * Scottish shrimp study illuminates new potential for bait-less fishing Fishing pots fitted with LED lights catch significantly more shrimp and fish, new research shows. In the new study, by the University of Exeter and Fishtek Marine, pots fitted with LEDs caught up to 19 times more northern shrimp than unlit pots. Importantly, illuminated pots also attracted fish - raising hopes for new low-impact fishing.  more PR

MANCHESTER, England, May 10 -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * Scientists take stand against back pain unveiling functional bioprinted spinal discs University of Manchester scientists have successfully pioneered a way to create functioning human spinal discs, aiming to revolutionise our understanding of back pain and disc degeneration in a leap for medical science. The groundbreaking research, led by Dr Matthew J. Kibble, used a state-of-the-art 3D prin more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 10 -- Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on May 8, 2025: * * * NEW: Republican Lawmakers Poised to Gut Most Pro-Kid Budget in State History During 2025 the Year of the Kid Republicans to reject middle-class tax cuts, property tax relief to prevent property tax increases statewide, plans to lower out-of-pocket costs for child care, medication, and household goods, measures to crack down on prescription price gouging and health insurance tran more PR