NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Dec. 5 -- Christopher Newport University issued the following news: * * * Virtual Reality Lab Delivers World to Campus VR headsets become electronic passport for students and faculty By Kelli Caplan, kelli.caplan@cnu.edu Jay Doran may be seated in a McMurran Hall lab, but he's actually exploring the ruins of Pompeii, strolling around and examining the ancient Roman archaeological site. Doran, '26 History, is one of the Captains test driving the new Virtual Reality L more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: * * * DPAA hosts Partnership Symposium to enhance accounting efforts * CRANFIELD, England - The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency hosted its fourth annual Partnership Symposium at Cranfield University from Sept. 24 - 25, 2025. The event advanced international collaboration in the effort to account for U.S. personnel still missing from past conflicts. The symposium more PR

ADA, Oklahoma, Dec. 3 -- The Chickasaw Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news release: * * * Four-legged public service: Meet the Chickasaw Lighthorse K-9 team * Chickasaw oral history and archaeology reveals our ancestors migrated to the historic Chickasaw Homeland centuries ago with protection provided by Ofi' Tohbi' Ishto (Large White Dog). Ofi' Tohbi' ranged far ahead of the traveling procession. He was a faithful guard and scout, always on aler more PR

ALBANY, New York, Dec. 4 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Hochul Announces 19 Nominations for State and National Registers of Historic Place * Governor Kathy Hochul today announced recommendations by the New York State Board for Historic Preservation to add 19 properties and districts to the State and National Registers of Historic Places. The nominations include an office building with a pioneering design in energy efficiency in Buffalo, an more PR

UPPSALA, Sweden, Dec. 4 (TNSjou) -- Uppsala University issued the following news release: * * * Ten-thousand-year-old genomes from southern Africa change picture of human evolution In southern Africa, a group of people lived in partial isolation for hundreds of thousands of years. This is shown in a new study based on analyses of the genomes of 28 people who lived between 10,200 and 150 years ago in southern Africa. The researchers also found genetic adaptations that likely shaped Homo sapien more PR