CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Jan. 13 -- The University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: * * * 8 Gillings School faculty honored for excellence in research Eight faculty members from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health have been honored with the third annual Gillings Research Excellence Awards. Awardees receive $500 to support their research, scholarship and professional development. The purpose of the chair-nominated Gillings Re more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 13 -- The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism issued the following news: * * * 23 News Leaders Chosen for AI Journalism Lab: Leaders Cohort The AI Journalism Labs at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, supported by Microsoft, is pleased to introduce the next cohort of the program -- the AI Journalism Lab: Leaders. This group of 23 journalists, strategists, executives and entrepreneurs from around the world will explore what effective l more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- The American College of Cardiology posted the following news release: * * * JACC Issues Inaugural Report on State of U.S. Cardiovascular Health Report highlights trends, disparities and opportunities to improve U.S heart health * Through its commitment to a data-driven approach to improving cardiovascular health, JACC, the flagship journal of the American College of Cardiology, today published the first JACC Cardiovascular Statistics report. This comprehensive analysi more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 13 -- The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs issued the following news: * * * Global Health: Science and Practice Joins Open Journals Collective This month, a new effort to reshape academic publishing officially launches, and CCP is part of the movement. By Stephanie Desmon This month, a new effort to reshape academic publishing officially launches. Called the Open Journals Collective, the initiative brings together nearly 300 scholarly journals comm more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 12 -- Johns Hopkins Medicine posted the following news release: * * * Johns Hopkins Investigators Offer Free Atlas of Immunotherapy Responses in Pancreatic Cancers, Report New Clinical Trial Findings * Oncologists have achieved some immune system responses in patients with pancreatic cancers using various combinations of vaccines and immune checkpoint inhibitor drugs, but it's not always clear which therapy is inducing what type of response. To help drive further st more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 13 -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Police-Related Stress Is Associated With Health Risk for Black Women By Matt Shipman A new study finds that worrying about police brutality and harassment is associated with physical markers of cardiovascular health risk in Black women in the United States. The study found the association was most pronounced for Black women concerned about potential interactions between their children more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 12 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * NYC residents agree: heat pumps improve comfort * Initially, the residents of a five-story New York City apartment building feared the conversion from their oil-based heating system to electric heat pumps would mean less warmth in the winter. But now, the residents report that they prefer the heat pumps in both cold and warm weather, in terms of comfort and the ability to control the climate inside their apart more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Jan. 12 -- Texas A&M University posted the following news: * * * One genetic map could rewrite how we understand mental health * An international team of researchers has shed light on why mental health conditions often occur together. Researchers analyzed data from more than 6 million people to explore the connections among over a dozen psychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, ADHD, PTSD and substance use disorders. Th more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Jan. 13 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Shane Ross honored as fellow of the American Astronautical Society By Jama Green Shane Ross, professor of aerospace and ocean engineering and the Roanoke Electric Steel Chair in Engineering, has been elected a fellow of the American Astronautical Society. Among the 500 fellows selected since the organization's founding in 1954, he is the only current Virginia Tech faculty member to hold the honor. Ross has bee more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 12 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * TV depictions of Hands-Only CPR are often misleading * Research Highlights: * Scripted TV programs in the U.S. often inaccurately portray who is most likely to need CPR and where out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen, according to an analysis of more than 160 TV episodes aired since 2008. * TV programs tend to focus on white people or men receiving CPR, which mirro more PR

TORONTO, Ontario, Jan. 12 -- The University of Toronto posted the following news: * * * U of T atmospheric physicists find error in widely cited Arctic snow cover observations * For decades, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has offered a snapshot of the planet's changing climate - but University of Toronto researchers have found that some of the underlying data underrepresents a key driver of Arctic warming. The IPCC reports rely on a wealth of climate d more PR