CROWNPOINT, New Mexico, Aug. 11 -- Navajo Technical University issued the following news: * * * Cultivating the Next Generation of Scientists: From NTU to Harvard Cambridge, MA - On August 4, 2026, seven students from Navajo Technical University (NTU) participated in a 10-week Harvard University Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. The immersive initiative allowed participants to collaborate with mentors, execute rigorous research projects, and explore long-term career opportunities in the sciences. During the Research Expe more PR

AIKEN, South Carolina, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Savannah River Site issued the following news release: * * * Flammable Gas Analysis in TRU Waste Management The Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) Solid Waste and Deactivation Management team recently achieved a significant milestone by completing a campaign of flammable gas analysis on several legacy, high dose rate transuranic (TRU) waste containers. The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) will resume shipping remote-handled transuranic waste more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Leads Whitehouse, Van Hollen, Fetterman, and King in Urging USDA Secretary to Reverse Course on Efforts to Slow-Walk Clean Energy Development * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), John Fetterma more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2026: * * * Heinrich Leads Whitehouse, Van Hollen, Fetterman, and King in Urging USDA Secretary to Reverse Course on Efforts to Slow-Walk Clean Energy Development Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Environme more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Durbin Lead Colleagues in Opposing Trump's Move to Strip Protections From Bears Ears & Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) led 34 Senators in a letter to President Trump expressing strong opposition to his executive order reducing the boundar more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan, Durbin Lead Colleagues in Opposing Trump's Move to Strip Protections From Bears Ears & Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) led 34 Senators in a letter to President Trump expressing strong o more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Voting Against Trump's Personal Attorney to Serve as AG * Blanche Recently Caught on Tape Saying He Will Restrict Reproductive Rights Nationwide Lujan Introduced Epstein Files Transparency Act II and No Trump Immunity Act Ahead of Blanche's Confirmation Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement after voting against Todd Blanche to serve as Attorney General: "The Attorney General' more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Heinrich, Leger Fernandez Introduce Legislation to Protect Chama Watershed from Uranium Mining * Coalition of Local Leaders, Advocates, and Lawmakers Back Lujan Push to Protect the Chama Watershed and Surrounding Communities in Northern New Mexico Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Mem more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Kaine Lead Legislation to Expand Access to Home and Community-Based Care for Older Adults and People with Disabilities * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Access Act, legislation to ensure older adults and people with disabilities have a real choice between receiving long-term care at home or in institutional settings. The legislation woul more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Murray, Advocates Sound the Alarm on Trump's Latest Attack on Head Start, Vow to Save Head Start * Earlier This Week, Lujan Introduced Legislation to Support and Strengthen New Mexico's Early Childhood Education Workforce WATCH PRESS CONFERENCE HERE, DOWNLOAD HERE Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), one of two Head Start graduates to serve in the U.S. Senate, joined U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan: Republican Farm Bill Fails to Meet the Needs of New Mexico Families and Farmers * Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, issued the following statement after voting against advancing the Republican Farm Bill in committee: "The Farm Bill must meet the needs of families and farmers in New Mexico and across America. This Republican bill fails to do so more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Aug. 10 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * Meta grant powers NMSU Global Campus virtual reality training program for K-12 educators * WRITER/SOURCE: Karen Cooper, 575-646-4040, cooperka@nmsu.edu New Mexico State University Global Campus is launching a new series of self-paced Virtual Reality for Educators professional development courses that prepare K-12 teachers to integrate immersive technology into their classrooms confidently. Thanks to a grant from Meta's Los Lunas Data C more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Aug. 10 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU launches President's Mentorship Program to strengthen student success, belonging * Sometimes it just takes one - one roommate, one professor, one course, one connection - to change a student's trajectory. This fall, New Mexico State University will launch a systemwide mentorship program designed to strengthen students' sense of belonging and connect undergraduate students with professors, staff and administrators who can help them  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Vasquez Helps Introduce Bill to Ban Scam Advertisements on Social Media * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) co-sponsored the bipartisan, commonsense SCAM Act, a bill that would require social media companies to take action to prevent fraudulent and deceptive ads on their platforms. The bill would also strengthen accountability for those who perpetrate scams, giving the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state la more PR

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Aug. 10 [Category: Biology] -- The Marine Biological Laboratory, an affiliate of the University of Chicago, posted the following news: * * * Whitman Fellows Find Community & Collaboration at the MBL * Collaboration, cross-training, and connections with colleagues are all key components to scientific discovery and exploration. Whitman Fellow Mubarak Hussain Syed, the "Fly Guy," an associate professor in the Department of Biology at the University of New Mexico, understands this well. Two years ago, Syed participate more PR