NEW YORK, Jan. 25 (TNSjou) -- Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news: * * * Human Activity is Driving Rapid Sinking of World's River Deltas New research, published in Nature, documents the rate of elevation loss in the world's deltas, and finds that people are the primary reason for it. The work reveals which human-driven activities are the main drivers * Adapted from a press release produced by the University of California, Irvine. * The sinking is more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Jan. 25 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association issued the following news: * * * NARFE Statement on the Death of Veterans Affairs Employee Alex Pretti * Alexandria, Va. - NARFE National President William Shackelford issued the following statement regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of Alex Pretti and the broader implications for federal employees and constitutional protections: "NARFE  more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Jan. 23 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following statement: * * * Statement from Attorney General Jay Jones on King v. Youngkin District Court Ruling Attorney General Jay Jones today made the following statement on the decision issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in King v. Youngkin, striking down Virginia's felony disenfranchisement law. "The Office of the Attorney General is carefully reviewing the Commonwea more PR

RENO, Nevada, Jan. 25 -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: * * * Scholarship established in memory of Jeanne Zeh Zeh worked at the University for 22 years By Michelle Werdann, '21 "I remember feeling intimidated by Jeanne at first -- not just because of her British accent, which somehow made her seem even more brilliant -- but because she truly was an extraordinarily brilliant professor and scientist. But behind that brilliance and accent was a dry wit and a sense of humo more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Jan. 25 -- The University of Virginia issued the following research news: * * * How to think less - and decide better By Jane Kelly, jak4g@virginia.edu How do you stop overthinking things? "Overthinking is something that many of us struggle with, particularly when we face a difficult choice or a difficult decision that maybe we haven't seen before or (are) really worried about making the wrong choice," said Bidhan "Bobby" Parmar, the University of Virginia's Shan more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Jan. 23 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jones Initiates National Talent Search for Higher Education Counsel AG Jones Delivers on Day One Promise to Take Politics Out of Higher Education, Defend Virginia's Students * Today, Attorney General Jay Jones announced a national talent search to fill vacant university counsel positions at several of the Commonwealth's institutions of higher learning: the University  more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Jan. 23 -- Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Jones Takes Action on Virginia's Participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Attorney General Jay Jones today took legal action to pause an appeal in Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board, et al., v. Association of Energy Conservation Professionals, reopening the door for Virginia to rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). This m more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Jan. 25 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Consortium takes leading role in national whole health movement Since its founding in 2023, the Virginia Tech Whole Health Consortium has advanced research, collaboration, and national whole health policy. By Becca Halm Mengxi Zhang clearly remembers the first meeting of the Whole Health Consortium at Virginia Tech. "We were partnered with health workers, members from the community, and local health care organi more PR