AUGUSTA, Georgia, Sept. 5 -- Augusta University issued the following news release: * * * College of Science and Mathematics professor awarded NSF CAREER Award By Sidhartha Wakade Paul Langridge, PhD, who was recently promoted to associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in Augusta University's College of Science and Mathematics, was awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award. The CAREER Award is the NSF's most prestigious award for early-career faculty who have the more PR

VALDOSTA, Georgia, Sept. 6 -- Valdosta State University issued the following news: * * * Eric Brandt Nielsen Returns to VSU for Special Presentation Sept. 18 Creative expression knows no boundaries or limits, as Eric Brandt Nielsen shares in his memoir "Showboy to Showman: A Lifetime in the Performing Arts." Nielsen, professor emeritus of dance, returns to Valdosta State University for a reading and conversation about his life and book at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, in the Odum Library Audito more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration issued a final rule amending restricted airspace over the U.S. Army Installation Management Command Fort Gordon, Georgia. The action modifies the boundaries of restricted areas R-3004A, R-3004B and R-3004C to encompass more of the training complex. This rule divides the vertical boundaries of the restricted airspace into three separate parts, R-3004A, R-3004B and R-3004C. The change allows the U more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The American Immigration Council issued the following news release: * * * Georgia's Historic Worksite Raid Underscores the Chaos Fueled by Trump's Immigration Agenda * WASHINGTON DC, Sept. 5 -- On September 4, law enforcement agents from several state and federal agencies, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), executed a sweeping immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in southeastern Georgia. The raid report more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE leads multi-agency operation targeting illegal employment and federal crimes in Georgia * SAVANNAH, Ga. -- ICE special agents, in collaboration with federal, state and local law enforcement partners, executed a federal search warrant at a company on Sept. 4 as part of an active, ongoing criminal investigation. This operation specifically focused o more PR

KENNESAW, Georgia, Sept. 6 -- Kennesaw State University issued the following news release: * * * Kennesaw State spreads its innovative CARE student services model With the substantial investment of time and money needed to attend college, many people don't realize some students struggle to have enough to eat, let alone a place to live. Yet, it's a longstanding fact of life on campuses everywhere. For example, one of Kennesaw State University's most successful alumni, renowned Northwestern Un more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 6 -- Mercer University issued the following news: * * * Dr. Rick Weinberg to present 2025 Armour Lecture on marriage and family therapy By Katherine Lybarger Mercer University School of Medicine will host Rick Weinberg, Ph.D., ABPP, as part of the 2025 Armour Lecture Series. Co-hosted with the Georgia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (GAMFT), this annual event highlights current topics in marriage and family therapy and is open to students, faculty, staff a more PR

SAVANNAH, Georgia, Sept. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia posted the following news release on Sept. 5, 2025: * * * OPERATION LOW VOLTAGE- Homeland Security Investigations Executes Federal Search Warrant at the HL-GA Battery Company, LLC, located on the Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant American Campus in Ellabell, Georgia Hundreds of Illegal Workers Found Working at the HL-GA Battery Company * Ellabell, Georgia, Southern District of Georgia: On Septembe more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Rep. Dave Min, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * STATEMENT: Rep. Dave Min Condemns Detainment of Hundreds of South Koreans At Hyundai E.V. Plant * Irvine, CA -- Following news reports (link is external) of a raid conducted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) where nearly 500 workers, mostly South Korean citizens, were detained by ICE, Rep. Dave Min (CA-47) released the following statement: "I'm deeply disturbed to hear reports that hundr more PR

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Sept. 5 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB is Enhancing Connectivity and Safety on US 27/State Route 1 * VHB is helping transform US 27/SR 1 Hamilton Road in LaGrange, Georgia via a widening project that is expanding a two-lane road into a four-lane thoroughfare with a median, enhancing connectivity a more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Warnock Calls on President Trump to Fire Secretary Kennedy Following Turmoil at CDC * In Thursday's Senate Finance Committee hearing, Senator Reverend Warnock grilled Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy on his incompetent leadership overseeing the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Secretary Kennedy's incompetence has impacted chronic disease and cancer  more PR