ROCK HILL, South Carolina, March 16 -- Winthrop University posted the following news: * * * Book by Winthrop History Faculty Member Recognized by S.C. Historical Society * HIGHLIGHTS * At the 171st annual meeting of the S.C. Historical Society on March 12, members presented Professor Jennifer Dixon-McKnight its 2025 George C. Rogers Jr. Book Award. * "We Paved the Way: Black Women and the Charleston Hospital Workers' Campaign" (published by the University Press of Mississippi) uncovere more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on March 16, 2026, by Emily Otto, fellow with the Tech Policy Program and Transatlantic Defense and Security Program: * * * Shamoon Strikes Stryker: Iran Wields Wiper Attacks As war rages in the Middle East, Iranian hackers are stepping up cyber-attacks. * The target was US medical technology company Stryker, which makes surgical and imaging equipment, defibrillators, hospital beds, joint-replac more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on March 16, 2026, by Maciej Filip Bukowski, head of the Energy and Resilience Program at the Casimir Pulaski Foundation in Warsaw, Poland: * * * Mass Evacuations Across Europe? Work Is Underway Northern Europe is preparing for something thought to belong to history: how to evacuate huge numbers of people in wartime. * The map looks familiar: Baltic ports, Nordic railways, highways threading thro more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, March 17 (TNSxrep) -- Rowan University issued the following news: * * * CMSRU launches New Jersey's only PhD in cancer cell biology & genomics Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) has launched the PhD in Cancer Cell Biology & Genomics (CCBG), a new doctoral program designed to train the next generation of cancer researchers and accelerate discovery in one of medicine's most urgent fields. The program -- the only cancer biology PhD program in New Jersey --  more PR

ARGONNE, Illinois, March 17 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Inverse design: A new pathway to custom functional polymers What if you could dream up a new material and let artificial intelligence and robotics do the rest? * Autonomous workflow combines artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics to rapidly create polymers with precise, customizable properties. At a potluck, you ate the best chocolate ch more PR

ARGONNE, Illinois, March 17 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Nanodiamonds and beyond: designing carbon materials with artificial intelligence at exascale Argonne scientists discover how extreme conditions shape carbon into advanced materials for medicine, energy and defense Argonne researchers use supercomputers and artificial intelligence to predict how carbon transforms under extreme heat and pressure, paving the more PR

BOCA RATON, Florida, March 17 (TNSjou) -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news on March 16, 2026: * * * FAU Study Finds Concerning Rise in U.S. Teen Obesity Over a Decade Study Snapshot: 1 in 5 U.S. adolescents - 22.2% of high school students - is now classified as obese, a trend that carries serious physical and mental health risks extending into adulthood. To better understand these patterns, researchers from FAU's Cha more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, March 16 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering posted the following news: * * * For the First Time, Scientists Have Mapped the Genetics of How the Brain Ages, Region by Region * When Nicholas Kim was in eighth grade, his grandfather, the man who had taken him to basketball practice and taught him to tie his shoes, began to change. He developed Alzheimer's disease, and the roles of caregiver and child quietly reversed. Kim, whose paren more PR

LOMA LINDA, California, March 17 (TNSjou) -- Loma Linda University Health issued the following news on March 16, 2026: * * * Myth defanged: baby rattlesnake bites aren't more dangerous than bites from adult rattlesnakes By Ansel Oliver Baby rattlesnake bites are less dangerous than bites from adult rattlesnakes, according to a new study from Loma Linda University that summarizes the origin, transmission, and prevalence of the longstanding myth that baby rattlesnake bites are more dangerous.  more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 16 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * Second World Congress on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities * This hybrid in person and virtual event, which was held in St. Lucia, was hosted by Springer Nature's The Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities and the Connecticut National Medical Association (CTNMA) in conjunction with the National Medical Association (NMA), St. Lucia Medical and Dental Association, W. Montague Cobb /NMA H more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, March 16 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Severe burns present growing threat in overdose epidemic * A new analysis in Oregon reveals a heightened incidence of severe burns requiring hospital-level care as illicit drug use nationwide has shifted from injection to smoking. Researchers analyzed Oregon Medicaid data and found that over half of people treated for burns in hospitals and emergency rooms over nearly a decade also used smok more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 17 (TNSjou) -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: * * * UAMS and Youth Researchers Help Expose Illegal 'Mini-Cup' and Toy-Shaped E-Cigarettes Promoted on Instagram By David Wise FAYETTEVILLE -- A newly published study reveals that illegal e-cigarettes designed to resemble miniature boba tea cups, cola cans, and toy animals are being widely promoted on Instagram, often portraying young people using the products and  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 16 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news: * * * URI professor partners in pharmacy methadone treatment study * KINGSTON, R.I. - March 16, 2026 - University of Rhode Island Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Jeffrey Bratberg partnered with Brandeis University and Boston University researchers in a recent study which found that pharmacy-based methadone dispensing models can operate profitably while widening access-a key step toward reducing overd more PR