WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture issued the following news: * * * ACSA Announces the 2026 Cohort for the Academy for Public Scholarship on the Built Environment: SPATIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH Faculty to expand and disseminate public discourse on Spatial Determinants of Health - The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and the ACSA Research & Scholarship Committee, in partnership with The OpEd Project, are pleased to announce the 2026 Cohort for the Academy for Public Scholars more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 16 (TNSjou) -- The American Academy of Neurology issued the following news release: * * * Among Black people in the U.S., country of birth associated with stroke risk People born in other countries had lower stroke risk - For Black individuals in the United States, being born in another country was associated with a lower risk of stroke, according to a study published July 15, 2026, in Neurology(R), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. "In the United States, people who identify as Black ha more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Association of American Medical Colleges issued the following news release on July 14, 2026: * * * AAMC Announces 2026-27 Board of Directors The AAMC has announced its 2026-27 Board of Directors. The incoming board's term begins Nov. 10, 2026, and will end at the conclusion of Learn Serve Lead: The AAMC Annual Meeting in November 2027. Nita Ahuja, MD, MBA, FACS, dean of the University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health and the vice chancellor for medical affairs at UW-Madison, has been elected  more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 16 -- Common Sense Media issued the following news release on July 15, 2026: * * * Google's AI Search Poses Unacceptable Risk to Kids, Common Sense Media Finds The AI Overview and AI Mode built into Google Search are not safe enough to be kids' default source of answers and, concerningly, the features can't be turned off. - Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute today released a comprehensive risk assessment of the AI features built into Google Search that finds they pose unacceptable risks to childr more PR

SAN RAFAEL, California, July 16 -- In Defense of Animals posted the following news: * * * "Appalling" Sentence for New York Man Who Brutally Kicked Girlfriend's Cat to Death In Defense of Animals is strongly condemning the sentencing of Harold Larson, who was charged with aggravated animal cruelty for fatally kicking his girlfriend's cat. On July 9, he was sentenced by Judge Robert Cook to just one year in jail, ordered to pay a civil judgment of $205, and banned from having an animal companion for only one year. The charges stem from an  more PR

NEW YORK, July 14 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF and LatinoJustice PRLDEF Lead Racial and Environmental Justice Organizations in Condemning a New OMB Rule That Would Give the President's Political Appointees Control Over Federal Grantmaking * On July 13, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and LatinoJustice PRLDEF submitted a comment condemning a proposed rule from the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that would make sweeping changes to how federal dollars are sp more PR

NEW YORK, July 14 [Category: Law/Legal] -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF posted the following news release: * * * LDF and LatinoJustice PRLDEF Lead Racial and Environmental Justice Organizations in Condemning a New OMB Rule That Would Give the President's Political Appointees Control Over Federal Grantmaking * Tuesday, July 14, 2026 Media Contact: media@naacpldf.org media@latinojustice.org On July 13, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and LatinoJustice PRLDEF submitted a comment condemning a proposed rule from the U.S. Office of Management an more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [Category: Medical] -- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists issued the following news release: * * * Leading Women's Health Organizations Launch National Strategy to Close the Women's Health Gap * Washington, D.C. -The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG), the Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR), and the Women First Research Coalition (WFRC) today unveiled the National Strategy to Close the Women's Health Gap, a bold framework calling on Congress to invest $20 billion over 10 more PR

DENVER, Colorado, July 15 [Category: Health Care] -- National Jewish Health, a respiratory hospital, issued the following news release: * * * National Jewish Health Welcomes Vivian Lee, MD, to Gastroenterology Team * DENVER - National Jewish Health is pleased to welcome Vivian Lee, MD, to the Division of Gastroenterology. Dr. Lee joins National Jewish Health after completing her fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of North Carolina Medical Center. She previously served as a hospitalist scholar and completed a T more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 [Category: Education] -- Childhood Education International issued the following news: * * * Play Isn't a Luxury: Reclaiming Joyful Literacy Learning in the 'Science of Reading' Era * As schools increasingly embrace the "science of reading," many educators are asking whether evidence-based reading instruction can coexist with play-based learning. This article argues that the answer is yes-and that it must. While systematic phonics and decoding instruction are essential, reducing literacy to scripted lessons and isolated s more PR