CEDARVILLE, Ohio, June 19 -- Cedarville University issued the following news: * * * $1 Million Choose Ohio First Grant Selects Cedarville University By Jordan Foley The $1.05 million Choose Ohio First Grant will further help Cedarville University expand its academic opportunities for students in science, technology, engineering, math and medicine (STEMM). The grant was announced earlier this year, and it will help support students in allied health, biology, chemistry, molecular biology and n more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 19 (TNSjou) -- The American Academy of Neurology issued the following news release on June 18, 2025: * * * What is a brain age gap, and how may it affect thinking and memory skills? MINNEAPOLIS -- The difference between the brain's predicted age and actual chronological age, called a brain age gap, may influence the relationship between cognitive impairment risk factors, like high blood pressure and diabetes, and a person's cognitive performance, also known as thi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence released the following testimony by Oren Segal, senior vice president of counter-extremism and intelligence at Anti-Defamation League, from a June 11, 2025, hearing entitled "The Rise of Anti-Israel Extremist Groups and Their Threat to U.S. National Security": * * * For more than a century, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) has worked to combat antisemitism and hate in all forms. Today, ADL is a more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, June 19 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * Genetic testing for children with autism and intellectual disabilities remains rare in Medicaid, despite national guidelines Fewer than 1 in 5 Medicaid-enrolled children with autism or intellectual disability receives recommended genetic testing * A new national study reveals that most Medicaid-enrolled children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or intellectual disability (ID) are not rec more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, June 19 (TNSjou) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * KU researchers develop, validate tool to identify strengths in students as young as preschool The fields of education, psychology, social welfare and others have increasingly focused on a person's strengths to help them succeed. But the effort has overlooked the youngest students, as the literature on strengths has focused almost exclusively on older students and adults. University of Kansas rese more PR

LOUGHBOROUGH, England, June 18 (TNSjou) -- Loughborough University issued the following news release: * * * LEGO improves maths and spatial ability in the classroom - new findings Incorporating LEGO building blocks into the daily teaching curriculum can improve children's maths and spatial ability, a study has found. Researchers from Loughborough University and the University of Surrey have examined how a six-week, teacher-led LEGO programme affected the spatial reasoning and maths skills of more PR

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Demands Answers from Verizon on Worker Exposure to Toxic Lead * Letter Text (PDF) Washington (June 18, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today wrote to Hans Vestberg, Chairman and CEO of Verizon, following the publication of a health evaluatio more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 19 -- Southern Illinois University's School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * SIU Medicine specialist shapes new sinus surgery standards SIU physician Dana Crosby, MD, MPH, has helped to craft new clinical guidelines for treating patients with chronic rhinosinusitis, a condition affecting an estimated 1 in 10 Americans. Crosby was a contributing author of the guide published in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery by the American Academy of Otolaryngolo more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 18 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Strategic design approach boosts rural innovation, researchers find * Businesses that take a strategic approach to design are up to eight times more likely to develop innovative products than those that don't, according to a study by scientists from Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.  Published today (June 18) in the Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the study foun more PR

LA JOLLA, California, June 19 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * More Smokers Quit After Big Hike in California Tobacco Tax When tobacco taxes go up, more people quit, especially when the increase is big By Miles Martin Researchers from University of California San Diego and UC San Francisco have found that Proposition 56, a major tobacco tax increase that was overwhelmingly approved by California voters in 2016, was associated with a significa more PR

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, June 19 -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following wrapup, Newsworthy From the School of Medicine for Week of June 13-19, 2025: * * * The AMA is not properly representing physicians (https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/13/american-medical-association-lobbying-cpt-billing-codes-cme/) - Dr. Joan Perry (STAT) * * * Hidradenitis Suppurativa Genetics Point Toward the Hair Growth Cycle (https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/hidradenitis-sup more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, June 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * New guidance released to improve support for visually impaired students at university New recommendations for how higher education institutions can better support the socio-emotional needs of students with vision impairment. * New research has made several recommendations on how higher education institutions can better support the socio-emotional needs of students with vision impairment.  more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, June 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * Home accidents as important as road traffic crashes While global health agendas often focus on Road Traffic Collisions (RTCs), non-RTC injuries are nearly three times as common. * Accidents occurring in the home are a substantial cause of non-fatal injuries requiring medical care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) - with women disproportionately affected, a new study reveals. Whi more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, June 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: * * * AI tool creates new framework for sustainable chemistry A team of researchers at the University of Nottingham have developed new AI tools to encourage chemists and chemical engineers to make their processes more sustainable. The team, led by Professor Jonathan Hirst, a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies, has enhanced a well-known AI algorithm in order to imp more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, June 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: * * * Large-scale analysis of attitudes towards drugs reveals growing acceptance of psychedelics A new study has revealed large differences in attitudes towards various types of drugs, with a growing acceptance of psychedelics and strong negative feelings towards more traditional illicit drugs. Psychology experts from the University of Nottingham analysed over 600,000 Reddit posts using G more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, June 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: * * * Mealworms need more than plastic to be a nutritious food source Mealworms need a minimum level of protein to grow and become a sustainable food source, according to a new study that challenges the myth that insects have superpowers of taking plastic waste and converting it to a nutritionally valuable product. Nutritional scientists from the University of Nottingham have tested diets more PR

GREATER MANCHESTER, England, June 18 -- The University of Salford issued the following news: * * * Expert comment: Generative AI and the courts - a wake-up call Authored by Craig Smith, Lecturer in Law, Salford Business School, in response to the High Court's judgment on the 6 June 2025. The judgement addressed two referrals involving the use of generative AI in legal submissions, with the High Court warning lawyers to stop misusing AI and citing fake AI-generated cases. In 2023, I warned  more PR

VILLANOVA, Pennsylvania, June 19 -- Villanova University issued the following news release: * * * Villanova Sends Record 27 Student Researchers to Present at National Conference for Undergraduate Research VILLANOVA, Pa. (June 18, 2025) - A record 27 undergraduate students from Villanova University--including 19 sophomore and junior researchers--attended the National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR) this spring in Pittsburgh, where they presented 21 unique projects in front of thou more PR