MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, May 27 -- The West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center issued the following news: * * * $2M in planned gifts to establish scholarships for students in 4 WVU colleges and schools West Virginia University students pursuing degrees in education, engineering, nursing and oral health care will benefit from a generous alumni couple's planned gifts totaling $2 million. Paula and Keith Lilly, of Cookeville, Tennessee, met as undergraduate students at WVU and will  more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 3 -- Conservation International issued the following news release: * * * 'SEACONNECT' Regional Initiative to Boost Marine Protection, Livelihoods, and Regional Collaboration in the Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines launch a joint initiative to protect the Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape and support climate-resilient coastal livelihoods * WASHINGTON (June 2, 2025) - A new regional initiative launched today to safeguard the Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape  more PR

HERNDON, Virginia, June 2 [Category: Transportation] -- The RV Industry Association posted the following news: * * * 2025 Wholesale Shipments Expected to Align with 2024 Levels * The Summer 2025 edition of RV RoadSigns, the quarterly forecast prepared by ITR Economics for the RV Industry Association, projects wholesale RV shipments to slow through the remainder of the year but finish slightly above 2024 shipments. The revised projection is for a range of 320,400 to 353,500 units with a med more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 2 [Category: Education] -- AASA, The School Superintendents Association, posted the following news release: * * * AASA Statement on New Details of Proposed FY26 Budget * The Trump Administration released more information for its Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) proposed budget, including details on the US Education Department (USED). AASA, the nation's leading voice for public school district leaders, is disappointed that the Administration doubled down on its proposal t more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 2 [Category: Aerospace] -- The Aerospace Industries Association posted the following news release: * * * Aerospace Industry Powers U.S. Production Economy with $284 Billion GDP Contribution, Positive Trade Balance * Arlington, VA - A new report commissioned by the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and prepared by PwC reveals the U.S. commercial aerospace industry's substantial impact on the national economy, highlighting its role as a critical engine of innovat more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 2 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP Launches New $4M Ad Buy to Support Trump Tax Cuts in U.S. Senate * WASHINGTON, DC --As first reported by CBS News, today Americans for Prosperity (AFP) announced a new $4M ad buy to bolster support for the passage of Republicans' tax bill in the U.S. Senate. The ads come as opposition groups begin launching efforts to mislead Americans about the contents of the legisl more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 2 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-Illinois Statement on Failed Bill to Criminalize Homeschooling * SPRINGFIELD, IL-- As the 104th General Assembly comes to a close, so does the threat of the Homeschool Act, or House Bill 2827, that would have criminalized homeschooling in Illinois and created harsh penalties for parents, including possible jail time.  The Homeschool Act was a dangerous and oppressiv more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 2 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-Missouri Calls for Tax Reform in Special Legislative Session * # Jun 2, 2025 by AFP JEFFERSON CITY, MO - As the state legislature reconvenes for a special session today, Americans for Prosperity-Missouri (AFP-MO) called on lawmakers to prioritize tax relief for Missouri families and send a tax reform bill to the governor's desk as soon as possible. During the S more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 2 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana Applauds Final Passage of REINS Act, Requiring Agency Transparency for Costly Regulations * # Jun 2, 2025 by AFP Baton Rouge, LA --Today, Americans for Prosperity-Louisiana (AFP-LA) is applauding the House for unanimously passing SB 59, the Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act, requiring legislative approva more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 2 [Category: National Defense] -- The Association of the U.S. Army posted the following news: * * * AUSA Leader Receives Lifetime Achievement Award * Holly Dailey, the Association of the U.S. Army's Family Readiness director, is the 2025 recipient of the Bonnie Amos Impact Award for Lifetime Achievement. Presented by Hiring Our Heroes, an initiative by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to connect service members, military spouses and veterans with American businesses t more PR

HERNDON, Virginia, June 3 [Category: Transportation] -- The RV Industry Association posted the following news: * * * Awards Ceremony Launches RVs Move America Week * RVs Move America Week 2025 hit the ground running with an awards ceremony taking place during the Monday lunch. RV Industry Association President and CEO Craig Kirby opened the program with insights into the state of the RV industry and the Association's ongoing research initiatives. Awards were then presented by Chair of the RV more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The Smithsonian Institution National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute issued the following news release: * * * Black-Footed Ferrets Born at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Carnivore keepers at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia, welcomed a litter of endangered black-footed ferrets last week. Three-year-old female Aristides gave birth to eight kits May 28. Animal care s more PR

NORFOLK, Virginia, June 2 [Category: Animals] -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * Cock-a-doodle-doo! PETA's Giant Naked Men--and a Chicken--Take on Pride * Columbus, Ohio - Just in time for the Stonewall Columbus Pride Festival, which will welcome over 700,000 people on June 13, two giant men and a chicken have been erected in Columbus near several meaty eateries, with a pointed warning that eating meat and dairy clogs diners' arteries and  more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 2 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America posted the following news release: * * * Construction Spending Decreases By 0.4 Percent From March To April And 0.5 Percent Over 12 Months, Marking First Year-over-year Drop Since 2019 * Private Nonresidential Investment and Homebuilding Decline as Uncertainty over Tariffs and Trade Friction Keeps Contractors and Owners Guessing about Costs and Demand for Upcoming Projects  Construction spendi more PR

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, June 3 -- Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle C. Reid issued the following Weekly Reflections on June 2, 2025: * * * It is hard to realize that it is now June. The year has flown by and we are now upon the season of graduation and transition from grade to grade and school to school. These are joyful times and also can be stressful for many. It is important to remind one another that change is in many ways a constant and energizing part of each of our l more PR

FAIRFAX, Virginia, June 3 -- The George Mason University College of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Carolyn Drews-Botsch receives Career Accomplishment Award from Society for Epidemiologic Research By Taylor Thomas Carolyn Drews-Botsch, professor in the Department of Global and Community Health at the College of Public Health at George Mason University, has been honored by the Society for Epidemiologic Research with the Kenneth Rothman Career Accomplishment Award. This award a more PR

FAIRFAX, Virginia, June 3 (TNSjou) -- George Mason University issued the following research news: * * * Mason Korea undergrads publish research in international environmental journal An undergraduate student-led Mason Impact project at Mason Korea results in a co-authored article published in the peer-reviewed international journal Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. "Accessible water quality monitoring through hybrid human-machine colorimetric methods" stems from the Mason Impact projec more PR

MCLEAN, Virginia, June 2 [Category: Business] -- Chamber of Progress, a center-left tech industry policy coalition promoting a progressive future, posted the following news: * * * Germany Targets Amazon... Again * Germany's Federal Cartel Office (FCO) has issued preliminary findings that have again targeted a leading U.S. technology firm. The FCO has been investigating Amazon under Section 19a of its amended competition law, designating Amazon as a firm of "paramount significance" and subjec more PR

MCLEAN, Virginia, June 2 [Category: BizTravel] -- Hilton Worldwide Holdings posted the following news release: * * * Hilton's Luxury and Lifestyle Portfolios Reach 1,000th Hotel Milestone with Nearly 500 More Hotels in the Pipeline * * Company expects to add three new luxury and lifestyle hotels per week in 2025 * Hilton announces signing of NoMad Detroit in partnership with Ford Motor Company, bringing the luxury lifestyle brand to iconic Michigan Central Station MCLEAN, Va. - With re more PR

HARRISONBURG, Virginia, June 3 -- James Madison University issued the following news: * * * JMU education professors awarded for research on AI Amanda Gantt Sawyer and Marcus Wolfe, professors in JMU's College of Education, were recently honored with the 2025 National Technology Leadership Initiative (NTLI) Fellowship, awarded by the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. Their award-winning paper, "Exploring Preservice Teachers' Adaptations of ChatGPT Created Mathematics Curricula: Di more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 3 (TNSjou) -- The American Psychiatric Association issued the following news release on June 2, 2025: * * * June Issues of APA Journals Feature New Research on Treatment for Depression and Psychosis and More Washington, D.C. -- The latest issues of two American Psychiatric Association journals (The American Journal of Psychiatry (https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/toc/ajp/current) and Psychiatric Services (https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/toc/ps/current)) are now availa more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 3 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news on June 2, 2025: * * * Luke Johnson wants to prepare for the worst Johnson, a medical student, co-authors a study examining how to train aspiring anesthesiologists - like him - for the daunting prospect of an operating room blackout. By Grace McOmber, School of Medicine Hope for the best; prepare for the worst. Virginia Commonwealth University medical student Luke Johnson is learning this principle firs more PR

ENCINO, California, June 3 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release: * * * Marcus & Millichap Arranges $4.75M Sale of Industrial Property in Martinsburg, W.Va. MARTINSBURG, W.Va., June 2, 2025 - Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced today the sale of 5158 Williamsport Pike, a 67,200-square-foot industrial property in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The  more PR

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, June 3 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: * * * Marshall strengthens Ireland partnership, engages state delegates in Dublin Representatives from Marshall University, BridgeValley Community and Technical College and Ireland's Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) met last week with members of the West Virginia-Ireland Trade Commission at Leinster House in Dublin to discuss the early success of a new international study abroad program and explo more PR

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, June 3 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: * * * Marshall University School of Pharmacy launches new partnership with Heart of Appalachia Talent Search Program Marshall University School of Pharmacy (MUSOP) and the Heart of Appalachia Talent Search (HATS) Program have created a new partnership that will introduce middle school students to pharmacy as a possible career choice. Together, they will launch a Career Camp from 2 -3 p.m. Thursday, Ju more PR

MCLEAN, Virginia, June 2 [Category: BizTravel] -- Hilton Worldwide Holdings posted the following news release: * * * Michigan Central to Bring New NoMad Hotel to Detroit * Hilton's first luxury lifestyle hotel in the United States, NoMad Detroit is set to open in 2027, part of Ford Motor Company's visionary plan for the former train depot turned tech and culture hub DETROIT - NoMad Hotels has announced its debut in Michigan, following an agreement with Ford Motor Company to open a nearly 1 more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 3 -- NACS, an association for convenience and fuel retailing, issued the following news release on June 2, 2025: * * * NACS Foundation Launches Inaugural "First Responder of the Year" Award Nominations open to honor first responders ahead of annual 24/7 Day celebration. * Following a year marked by historic wildfires, catastrophic flooding and hurricanes, our nation witnessed first-hand the bravery and commitment of the many first responders who run toward danger  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- NASA issued the following news: NASA Langley Uses Height, Gravity to Test Long, Flexible Booms By Joe Atkinson, Public Affairs Officer, NASA Langley Research Center Researchers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, have developed a technique to test long, flexible, composite booms for use in space in such a way that gravity helps, rather than hinders, the process. During a recent test campaign inside a 100-foot tower at a NASA Langley lab, researchers s more PR

MCLEAN, Virginia, June 2 [Category: Business] -- Chamber of Progress, a center-left tech industry policy coalition promoting a progressive future, posted the following news: * * * Polis Blocks AV Trucking Bill, Keeping Road Clear for Innovation * Colorado Governor Jared Polis issued a veto last week on HB 25-1122, which would effectively ban the deployment of autonomous trucks statewide by permanently requiring the presence of a human operator. The proposed ban drew opposition from stakehold more PR

BUCKHANNON, West Virginia, June 2 -- West Virginia Wesleyan College posted the following news: * * * Senior Class Names Terhune as Distinguished Faculty Member of the Year * BUCKHANNON, West Virginia - The West Virginia Wesleyan College Class of 2025 honored a faculty member who teaches some of the most difficult classes while fostering an environment where students can succeed. Dr. Kelly Terhune '03, MBA '05, Director and Assistant Professor for the Thomas Albinson School of Business, rec more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 3 -- The American Psychiatric Association posted the following news release on June 2, 2025: * * * Statement from Leading Physician Groups on Senate Reconciliation Package The statement below is issued by the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American College of Physicians, American Osteopathic Association and American Psychiatric Association. "Our organizations, representi more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 2 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * Stone Bridge High School Awarded ALA's 2025 Jaffarian Award for Historical Artifact Footlocker Program * CHICAGO -- The American Library Association (ALA) has awarded its 2025 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award to Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn, Virginia, for its Historical Artifact Footlocker Program. The $5,000 Jaffarian Award, supported by ALA's Cult more PR

NORFOLK, Virginia, June 2 [Category: Animals] -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * Texas Legislator Joins Effort to Ban NIH Funding of Foreign Animal Experiments * El Paso, Texas - U.S. Representative Veronica Escobar (D-Texas-16) has stepped forward to co-sponsor the bipartisan H.R.1085/S.1802, Cease Animal Research Grants Overseas (CARGO) Act, a bill that seeks to end the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) use of U.S. federal money to f more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 3 -- The University of Richmond issued the following news release: * * * University of Richmond Athletics Announces Launch of Spider Performance Student-Athlete Success Program Focuses on Athletic, Academic, Personal, and Professional Achievement. University of Richmond Athletics has announced the launch of Spider Performance (SP4), a comprehensive program designed to support Spiders in their pursuit of athletic, academic, personal, and professional achievement. SP more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 3 -- The University of Richmond issued the following news release: * * * University of Richmond Graduate Named Marshall-Motley Scholar Student Scholars Scholarship will support 2025 grad Ryan Doherty as he heads to Yale for law school. Ryan Doherty, a 2025 University of Richmond graduate, has been named a Marshall-Motley Scholar. Doherty was selected by the Legal Defense and Educational Fund as part of the fifth and final cohort of this program, named in honor of ci more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 3 (TNSjou) -- The University of Richmond issued the following news release: * * * Virginia Heat Watch Study Reveals Local Hot Spots and Climate Vulnerabilities Across 10 Cities Study's lead author is University of Richmond professor Todd Lookingbill. A new study, recently published in Urban Climate, highlights how extreme heat affects neighborhoods across Virginia, revealing stark disparities in temperature exposure linked to race, income, and tree cover. The Virgin more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, June 3 (TNSjou) -- University of Virginia Health issued the following news release: * * * Immune Discovery Reveals Potential Alzheimer's Solution A new way of thinking about Alzheimer's disease has yielded a discovery that could be the key to stopping the cognitive decline seen in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. School of Medicine scientists have been investigating the possibility that Alzheimer's is caused, at least in part, by the immune system' more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, June 3 -- The University of Virginia issued the following research news: * * * UVA Study: Brain's Defense System May Drive Alzheimer's By Traci Hale A new way of thinking about Alzheimer's disease has led to a discovery with the potential to stop the cognitive decline seen in patients with Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases, according to University of Virginia researchers. The scientists are investigating whether Alzheimer's may result in part from t more PR

ETTRICK, Virginia, June 3 -- Virginia State University issued the following news: * * * Virginia State University Chosen As Only HBCU For 2025 NASA Lunabotics Challenge The VSU Lunabotics team designed, built, and operated a robot capable of performing tasks on the lunar surface. Virginia State University is proud to recognize the Lunabotics Team from the College of Engineering and Technology for being the only Historically Black College or University to compete in the 2025 NASA Lunabotics C more PR

ROANOKE, Virginia, June 3 (TNSjou) -- The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Virginia Tech researchers find promise in a new peptide drug to combat a deadly brain cancer Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists were able to slow glioblastoma progression in lab and animal studies by targeting treatment-resistant cancer cells. By Leigh Anne Kelley A lab-designed molecule developed and extensively studied by scientists with Virginia T more PR

BUCKHANNON, West Virginia, June 2 -- West Virginia Wesleyan College posted the following news: * * * WVWC Music Alumni Loudin and Taylor Return to Lead Band Programs * BUCKHANNON, West Virginia - West Virginia Wesleyan College is welcoming back two accomplished music alumni to lead its marching and jazz programs. Eliza Taylor '19 will be Director of Athletic Bands, and Adam Loudin '07 will be Assistant Professor of Music/Director of Jazz Ensembles. The hires come as the College has continu more PR