CLEMSON, South Carolina, March 26 -- Clemson University posted the following news: * * * AAAS honors two Clemson University scientists as lifetime Fellows * Two Clemson University College of Science professors have been named 2025 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) -one of the highest honors in the scientific community. Amy Lawton-Rauh, senior associate provost and professor in the Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, and Marco Ajello, a professor more PR

ITHACA, New York, March 26 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Admitted Class of 2030 seeks real-world impact * Part of a military family, Mason Hilburgh has lived everywhere from South Korea to Maryland to Missouri to Rhode Island and now calls Wetumpka, Alabama home. Ryan Hu lives in Berwyn, Pennsylvania now, but he was born in Montreal, grew up in Australia and trained as a figure skater in Novi, Michigan. Faith Baker's journey to Cornell will be shorter, coming fro more PR

TUCSON, Arizona, March 26 -- The University of Arizona posted the following Q&A with psychology professor Matthias Mehl: * * * Are we talking less? A Q&A with psychologist Matthias Mehl * In a society increasingly shaped by self-checkouts, GPS navigation and touchscreen ordering kiosks, new research shows face-to-face conversation may be quietly fading. A new study published in Perspectives on Psychological Science suggests that people are losing 338 spoken words every year and have been for more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 (TNSFR) -- The Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Preparedness Consortium, Summerville, South Carolina, has filed written notifications with the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division to update its membership status. These filings, also submitted to the Federal Trade Commission, were made in accordance with the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, which provides legal protections for joint ventures. This latest update adds a diverse group of domesti more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 (TNSFR) -- Cable Television Laboratories Inc., Louisville, Colorado, filed written notifications to the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division. This filing, submitted simultaneously to the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission, was made pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993. The Act provides legal protections, such as limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages, for joint research and production ventu more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Education, through its Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), has announced a grant opportunity aimed at enhancing the capacity of private nonprofit organizations to support parents and families of individuals with disabilities. The Parent Information and Training Program, identified by Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.235F, has a total estimated funding of $300,000, with a single award ceiling set at $300,000. This comp more ST

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 27 -- Washington University in St. Louis issued the following news: * * * Eleven WashU faculty elected to AAAS Eleven WashU faculty members are among the nearly 500 new fellows selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the most distinct honors in the scientific community. AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals. New fellows will be celebrated at a forum May 29 in more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 25 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following speech on March 24, 2026, by Governor Michael S. Barr at the National Community Investment Conference: * * * Developing Communities through Public-private Partnerships Thank you for inviting me here today. Let me also thank those at all 12 of the Reserve Banks, the Board of Governors, and the staff at FedCommunities for their efforts to bring this year's National Community Investment Conference (NCIC) to life, and a specia more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 27 (TNSrep) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Tenth District Manufacturing Activity Increased Moderately in March The Manufacturing Survey monitors manufacturing plants selected according to geographic distribution, industry mix and size. * The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City released the March Manufacturing Survey (https://www.kansascityfed.org/surveys/manufacturing-survey/tenth-district-ma more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 26 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * First JMC dean candidate to present March 30 * LAWRENCE -With the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications dean presentations slated to begin Monday, Scott Reinardy, the school's current interim dean, will be the first to share his strategies for the school's future. Reinardy, who is also the Malcolm Applegate Professor in News Management and Editing, will give more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 27 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Carr Fights for Farmers at the U.S. Supreme Court Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has filed a brief in opposition to a Massachusetts law that seeks to regulate pork production nationwide. If upheld, this statute will impose costly mandates on out-of-state pig farmers - burdening the interstate pork market and increasing prices for all Americans. Carr and 23 other at more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 26 -- The Washington University School of Medicine posted the following news release: * * * Innovative CAR-T cell therapy receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation * A cell-based immunotherapy designed to treat rare and aggressive types of blood cancer has been granted Breakthrough Therapy designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, this innovative CAR-T cell ther more PR

ROLLA, Missouri, March 26 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology posted the following news: * * * Melanie R. Mormile named AAAS Fellow * Dr. Melanie R. Mormile, professor of biological sciences at Missouri S&T, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society. Mormile was selected by AAAS for her distinguished contributions to the field of environmental microbiology, particularly for enhancin more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * MISSOURI ACA ENROLLMENT DROPS 10% AFTER ANN WAGNER VOTES AGAINST LOWER PREMIUMS * Majority of ACA enrollees report cutting back on food to afford health care Ann Wagner's decision to fund tax cuts for billionaires by gutting Missourians' health care is having real consequences for the people she's supposed to represent, KBIA reports. Roughly 42,000 fewer Missourians signed up more PR

MARYVILLE, Missouri, March 27 -- Northwest Missouri State University issued the following news release: * * * Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District to convene at Northwest The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, is returning to Northwest Missouri State University, where it is scheduled to convene court on Monday, April 6. The session, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. in the J.W. Jones Student Union Ballroom. A three-judge panel, consisting more PR

NORMAN, Oklahoma, March 26 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news: * * * OU Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts Honors Alumni, Arts Leaders * OKLAHOMA CITY - The University of Oklahoma Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts hosted its annual Arts! Arts! Arts! Gala on March 8 at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel, bringing together alumni, supporters and community members for an evening celebrating the arts and recognizing distinguished alumni and partners. The event feature more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Maxine Waters Presses Kansas City Fed for Answers on Decision to Grant Crypto Firm Kraken Access to Federal Reserve Services Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President and CEO Jeff Sch more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Schmitt Chairs Senate Judiciary Hearing Highlighting Painful Consequences of Sanctuary City Policies * Schmitt Exposes Democrats' Refusal to Prioritize American Citizens Over Illegal Aliens WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, held a hearing titled "Protecting American Citizenship II: Federalism, San more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2026: * * * T&I Committee Approves Bipartisan ALERT Act to Provide Comprehensive Safety Response to Tragic DCA Crash The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today unanimously approved its portion of the Airspace Location and Enhanced Risk Transparency (ALERT) Act of 2026 (H.R. 7613), the bipartisan comprehensive legislat more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 26 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Three KU professors in paleontology, medicinal chemistry and microbiology named AAAS fellows * LAWRENCE -Three University of Kansas professors have been elected as 2025 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellows, a distinct honor within the scientific community. This year's fellows: * K. Christopher Beard, senior curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Biodiversity Institute more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 27 -- The University of Missouri Kansas City campus issued the following news: * * * UMKC Giving Day Inspires $1 Million Gift for Theatre Scholarships UMKC School of Law alumnus Mark Edelman will fund 10 annual $10,000 theatre scholarships over the next decade * Mark Edelman's (J.D. '75) strong bond with UMKC is rooted in his family's history at the university. His parents met as UMKC students after his mother fled Nazi Germany. He later followed in their footst more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 27 -- The University of Missouri St. Louis campus issued the following news: * * * Nursing associate professor Umit Tokac uses data to improve public health as a DATA scholar with the National Institutes of Health In this role, Tokac integrates health and environmental data to improve patient and community health. By Heather Riske Umit Tokac will often tell his graduate students to think about his biostatistics and data science courses like a murder mystery. As a more PR

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * What They are Saying: EPA Fortifies Domestic Fuel Supply, Provides Americans with Relief at the Pump by Approving Nationwide E15 and Removing Boutique Fuel Markets for E10 * WASHINGTON - Yesterday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, in consultation with U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and in accordance with the Clean Air Act (CAA), issued a temporary emergenc more PR