DETROIT, Michigan, Dec. 12 -- The Foundation for Economic Education posted the following news: * * * Bipartisan Bad Economics Hawley and Sanders's credit card caps will hurt the poor. By Daniel J. Mitchell According to a new report from the New York Federal Reserve, Americans have accumulated over one trillion in credit card debt, an all-time high. It's a record that would make financial advisor Dave Ramsey lose the remaining hair on his head, but even worse, the share of balances in serio more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo: A Missed Opportunity for Real Health Care Reform * Washington, D.C. Today, U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) voted to give American families more control over their own health care, while Democrats charted a course that will increase costs for millions of Americans and make no real reforms to a broken health care system. Crapo's legislation, the Health Care Freedom for more PR

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, Dec. 13 (TNSjou) -- Eckerd College issued the following news: * * * Eckerd College marine science professor helps track shifting seaweed that could alter ecosystems in Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea Since the days of Christopher Columbus, the two-million-square-mile Sargasso Sea in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean has been known for large concentrations of giant floating mats of Sargassum seaweed. "There are mentions of it in his ship's logs," says Amy Siuda, Ph.D., more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 12 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Stephen Kates named School of Medicine's interim dean * By VCU News staff Stephen Kates, M.D., a professor for a decade at Virginia Commonwealth University, will serve as the interim dean of the VCU School of Medicine and interim executive vice president of medical affairs for VCU Health System, effective Dec. 24. Kates is professor and chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in the Sc more PR

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Dec. 12 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: * * * Trustees ratify faculty positions, approve resolutions of appreciation and namings * WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday (Dec. 12) ratified faculty appointments and approved resolutions of appreciation and namings. The newly ratified faculty are: * Tamara Moore as the Crowley Family Professor of Engineering Education * Vaneet Aggarwal as the Reilly Profess more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 12 -- The University College London issued the following news: * * * Narrow synthetic phonics is not effective for teaching struggling young readers Synthetic phonics, where children are taught to pronounce sounds in isolation before putting them together to form words, isn't working for many struggling young readers, a study led by UCL has found. In October, the government in England raised the target for the number of pupils in England to reach the expected standard i more PR

CHICHESTER, England, Dec. 12 (TNSjou) -- The University of Chichester issued the following news: * * * Parents describe positive impact of lockdown on two-year-olds Academics at the University of Chichester have revealed that despite the challenges lockdown presented, parents consider it to have had a positive impact on some aspects of development for their two-year-old children, recognising the value of extra time spent together. In a study by education specialists Lianna Wilding, Lorna Ea more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, Dec. 12 -- Wayne State University issued the following news: * * * Wayne State researcher honored by National Academy of Inventors The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has announced the election of 185 exceptional inventors into its 2025 Class of Fellows. The 2025 cohort includes 169 U.S. distinguished academic and institutional inventors and 16 international fellows. Dr. Gregory Auner, Strauss TEAMS Endowed Chair and professor of surgery and biomedical engineering at W more PR