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Campus Happenings (10)
DELAWARE, Ohio, Aug. 18 -- Ohio Wesleyan University issued the following news release:
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Campus Happenings
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DELAWARE, Ohio - Ohio Wesleyan University, including its Richard M. Ross Art Museum and Perkins Observatory, announced its public events for August and September 2026 today. Unless otherwise noted, admission is free.
9 p.m. Aug. 21 and 28 and 8 p.m. Sept. 11, 18, and 25 - Friday night skywatches, at Ohio Wesleyan's Perkins Observatory, 3199 Columbus Pike (U.S. 23), Delaware. Content varies based on weather conditions, but may in more PR
Edo Banach Co-Authors Article on Insurance and End-of-Life Care in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 18 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, posted the following news:
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Edo Banach Co-Authors Article on Insurance and End-of-Life Care in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
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Partner Edo Banach co-authored an article titled "Insurance Type and Quality of End-of-Life Care in Adults <65 Years With Hematologic Malignancies" in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.
The article, a collaboration with researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Merative, analyzed 2,669 adults ages 18 more PR
Florida State University expert explores potential GLP-1 link to binge-eating improvements (10)
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Aug. 18 -- Florida State University issued the following news:
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Florida State University expert explores potential GLP-1 link to binge-eating improvements
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As GLP-1 drugs become increasingly common for weight loss, researchers are beginning to examine what these medications may reveal about eating behavior beyond the scale, including why some people experience persistent urges to binge.
Florida State University's Pamela Keel, the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Psychology, has developed emerging rese more PR
FOX NEWS DIGITAL CONTINUES TO LEAD NEWS BRANDS WITH MULTIPLATFORM VIEWS AND MINUTES WHILE DELIVERING MONTH-OVER-MONTH GROWTH (10)
NEW YORK, Aug. 18 [Category: Media] -- Fox News Media, a business unit of Fox, posted the following news release:
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FOX NEWS DIGITAL CONTINUES TO LEAD NEWS BRANDS WITH MULTIPLATFORM VIEWS AND MINUTES WHILE DELIVERING MONTH-OVER-MONTH GROWTH
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FOX News More Than Doubles Its TikTok Engagement Year-Over-Year
NEW YORK - August 18, 2026 - During the month of July, FOX News Digital led all broadcast networks and news competitors with multiplatform views and minutes, while marking monthly growth across all key performance indicators, accordin more PR
George Mason University Mercatus Center Director Palagashvili Testifies Before Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Subcommittee (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety released the following written testimony by Liya Palagashvili, director of the Labor Policy Project and senior research fellow at the George Mason University Mercatus Center, from a July 29, 2026, hearing entitled "The Impact of AI on the Workforce":
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Good morning, Chairman Banks, Ranking Member Hickenlooper, and members of the Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety. It is an honor to testify before you.
My na more PR
George Washington University Senior Research Fellow Burns Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee (Part 1 of 2) (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action and Federal Rights released the following written testimony by Lara L. Burns, senior research fellow of the Program on Extremism at the George Washington University, from an Aug. 5, 2026, hearing entitled "Hidden in Plain Sight: Confronting the Muslim Brotherhood Network in America":
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Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Whitehouse, esteemed members of the Committee:
Thank you for the opportunity to testify on the topic of confronting the Musli more PR
Journalism Meets the Classroom: Inside the Dow Jones News Foundation and NGPF Partnership (10)
NEW YORK, Aug. 17 [Category: BizMedia] -- Dow Jones, a provider of news and business information, posted the following news release:
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Journalism Meets the Classroom: Inside the Dow Jones News Foundation and NGPF Partnership
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What do you get when trusted financial journalism meets the classroom? A partnership designed to help students make sense of how finance, markets and economics shape our world.
The Dow Jones Foundation recently hit a new milestone in its partnership with Next Gen Personal Finance (NGPF) with the launch of a co-b more PR
National Rural Health Alliance: Only Weeks to Go Until Australia's Biggest Rural Health Event (10)
DEAKIN, Australia, Aug. 18 -- The National Rural Health Alliance issued the following news release:
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Only weeks to go until Australia's biggest rural health event
The countdown is on for the 18th National Rural Health Conference - Australia's biggest event for those passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of rural, regional and remote communities.
About 1,000 delegates from across Australia are expected to arrive at the Adelaide Convention Centre in Adelaide/Tarntanya from 14 - 16 September 2026. These include health profes more PR
New study raises concerns over use of weight-loss drugs in elite sport (10)
LOUGHBOROUGH, England, Aug. 18 -- Loughborough University issued the following news release:
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New study raises concerns over use of weight-loss drugs in elite sport
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Researchers surveyed 114 sports medicine physicians from 38 countries, covering 93 different sports, to explore their views on the use of GLP-1 drugs by athletes. Twelve per cent said they were aware of athletes using the medications despite having no medical need for them.
Physicians most frequently indicated that they believed athletes would consider using GLP-1 drugs more PR
PolyU research team develops trustworthy AI framework TRUECAM to enhance reliability of pathology AI in cancer diagnosis (10)
HONG KONG, Aug. 18 -- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University issued the following news release:
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PolyU research team develops trustworthy AI framework TRUECAM to enhance reliability of pathology AI in cancer diagnosis
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Cancer diagnoses directly affect treatment decisions and prognosis and can even have life-altering consequences. Traditional pathological diagnosis primarily relies on pathologists examining and analysing tissue slides under a microscope and making judgements based on their professional experience. In recent years, the ap more PR
Princeton Review ranks Elon among nation's best in 15 categories, including 'Best Classroom Experience' (10)
ELON, North Carolina, Aug. 18 -- Elon University posted the following news release:
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Princeton Review ranks Elon among nation's best in 15 categories, including 'Best Classroom Experience'
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By University Communications, staff
August 18, 2026
The 2027 edition of "The Best 392 Colleges" ranks Elon University among the nation's best in multiple categories, including #1 Best College Theater and #4 Best Classroom Experience.
The Princeton Review has again featured Elon University in a popular college guide that annually recognizes excel more PR
Q&A: How does public sentiment on the economy affect hedge fund returns? (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 18 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Q&A: How does public sentiment on the economy affect hedge fund returns?
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -Economists have long used measures of public sentiment around the economy to forecast a wide range of key financial outcomes, like consumer spending and gross domestic product growth. Now, researchers at Penn State, Florida International University, University of Cincinnati and California State University, Fresno, have used an artificial inte more PR
Reporter's Privilege & Government Employee Confidential Sources Topic of White Paper From CRS (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11471) by legislative attorney Dorothy C. Kafka:
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The Reporter's Privilege and Government Employee Confidential Sources
In the course of gathering news, journalists frequently rely on confidential sources. Prosecutors or parties in civil litigation may seek to compel reporters to reveal these confidential sources through subpoenas for testimony or documents. Reporters have at times argued that such requests violate more PR
Researchers harness UV-C wavelengths to advance wireless quantum communication (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 [Category: Medical] -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, posted the following news release:
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Researchers harness UV-C wavelengths to advance wireless quantum communication
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New quantum key distribution system could enable secure short-range wireless communications while minimizing interference from sunlight
WASHINGTON -Researchers have demonstrated the first wireless quantum key distribution (QKD) system operating in the ultraviolet-C (UV-C) spectral region. The advance opens a new wavelengt more PR
Rutgers: Students Who View More Social Media Use More Products That Often Harbor Hormone-Disrupting Ingredients (10)
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Aug. 19 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news:
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Students Who View More Social Media Use More Products That Often Harbor Hormone-Disrupting Ingredients
By Andrew Smith
Personal care products are among the largest everyday sources of exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and high schoolers who follow social media influencers or watch beauty tutorials seem to use considerably more of them, according to Rutgers researchers.
In a Rutgers-led study published in the Journal of Exposure Scie more PR
Studies find media literacy, social media use can predict trust in institutions, civic engagement (10)
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Aug. 18 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news:
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Studies find media literacy, social media use can predict trust in institutions, civic engagement
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LAWRENCE -New research from the University of Kansas has found the more media literate people are, the more they trust in institutions like government and nonprofits. Further, their social media habits can predict civic engagement.
Across two studies involving more than 1,300 adults in India, researchers examined internet use, media literacy, online behavi more PR
WTAS: HHS Releases Report Exposing Fraudulent Insurance Coding For Sex-rejecting Procedures On Minors (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release:
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WTAS: HHS Releases Report Exposing Fraudulent Insurance Coding For Sex-rejecting Procedures On Minors
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -August 18, 2026 -The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday released a report Wolves in White Coats: How Doctors and Hospitals Pushed and Profited from the Fraud of "Gender Medicine," a commissioned report examining insurance coding practices, perverse financial incentives, and the prov more PR
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