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Journals Media Newsletter for 2026-08-27 ( 18 items )  
'Exceptional Teaching' (10)
DELAWARE, Ohio, Aug. 26 -- Ohio Wesleyan University issued the following news release: * * * 'Exceptional Teaching' * DELAWARE, Ohio - Ohio Wesleyan University welcomes six tenure-track professors this fall, all committed to helping OWU students earn their bachelor's degrees and achieve their career and life goals. "Ohio Wesleyan is committed to exceptional teaching," said Interim Provost Dale Brugh, Ph.D., "and these talented professors will help us to fulfill this mission. All are highly accomplished in their fields and will provide stud more PR

Americans for Tax Reform: 45 Examples of Good News Arising From Big Beautiful Bill's Full Business Expensing Provisions (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary by John Kartch: * * * 45 Examples of Good News Arising from Big Beautiful Bill's Full Business Expensing Provisions In addition to across-the-board tax cuts for households, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025 provides full business expensing for American businesses. In their own words, U.S. employers describe the benefits of the expensing provisions in the bill: IPS Packaging and Automation (Greenville, South Carolina) -- Ex more PR

Better Markets Analysis: 'Prediction Markets,' Gambling, the CFTC & Regulation - Facts, Fiction & The Law (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (TNSLrpt) -- Better Markets, an organization that says it promotes pro-market, pro-business and pro-growth policies to help build a better financial system, issued the following analysis: * * * "Prediction Markets," Gambling, the CFTC & Regulation: Facts, Fiction & The Law Introduction Since 2022, Better Markets has been deeply engaged in the debates over so-called "prediction markets," first at the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and then in the courts, media, at other agencies, and now virtually everywher more PR

BRANDEIS CENTER CALLS ON DOJ TO INVESTIGATE $737 MILLION IN QATARI FUNDING TO NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law issued the following news release: * * * BRANDEIS CENTER CALLS ON DOJ TO INVESTIGATE $737 MILLION IN QATARI FUNDING TO NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Letter to Attorney General Blanche demands DOJ investigate Northwestern for Violating Foreign Agents Registration Act over Qatar ties - The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law urged Attorney General Todd Blanche and the Department of Justice's Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) Unit to investigate whet more PR

CHD Scientists Call for Retraction of Danish Study Claiming Aluminum in Vaccines Is 'Safe' (10)
FRANKLIN LAKES, New Jersey, Aug. 27 -- Children's Health Defense, an organization that says it restores and protects the health of children by eliminating exposures to environmental toxins, issued the following news: * * * CHD Scientists Call for Retraction of Danish Study Claiming Aluminum in Vaccines Is 'Safe' The controversial 2025 Danish study claimed to find no link between aluminum in childhood vaccines and 50 negative health outcomes, including autism, asthma and autoimmune disorders. However, a new peer-reviewed article by Children's more PR

Consuming my bodyweight in videos (10)
BEDFORD PARK, Australia, Aug. 26 -- Flinders University posted the following news: * * * Consuming my bodyweight in videos * Millions of people watch social media stars consume enormous amounts of food online, but new research suggests these viral eating videos could be contributing to how viewers think about their bodies and their relationship with food. A study of 446 young adults from Australia and China found that people who often watched eating videos are more likely to experience body image concerns, strong food cravings and symptoms more PR

House Judiciary Ranking Member Raskin Slams Jared Kushner's Failure to Respond to Congress and Expands Probe Into Suspicious $120 Million Albanian Land Purchase (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Raskin Slams Jared Kushner's Failure to Respond to Congress and Expands Probe into Suspicious $120 Million Albanian Land Purchase Raskin Targets Kushner's Fraudulent Deal with Suspected Albanian Gangster and Drug Trafficker, Foreign Government Favors, and Potential Anti-Corruption Violations - Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, expanded his investigat more PR

Kansas State University: Gardiner Lecture Presented by Nutrition Researcher Yanni Papanikolaou (10)
MANHATTAN, Kansas, Aug. 27 -- Kansas State University issued the following news: * * * Gardiner Lecture presented by nutrition researcher Yanni Papanikolaou Nutrition researcher will explore what large-scale data can--and cannot--tell us about protein, dietary patterns and long-term health By Kelsey Stremel, College of Agriculture Spend enough time reading nutrition headlines, and nearly every food eventually becomes either a hero or a villain. Eggs are in, then out. Carbohydrates are essential, then suspect. Animal and plant proteins are more PR

Listen: Rodrigo Zamith Co-Authors New Book on Journalism and AI (10)
AMHERST, Massachusetts, Aug. 26 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * Listen: Rodrigo Zamith Co-Authors New Book on Journalism and AI * Rodrigo Zamith, associate professor of journalism, has published a new book exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping journalism. "Journalism in the Age of AI: from Acceleration to Reimagination," (Polity Press, 2026), co-authored by Seth C. Lewis and Tomas Dodds, examines everything from how AI is changing newsrooms to what the technology means for democracy. A digi more PR

New from WSJ Opinion Docs: "The Path to Zero," An Inside Look at the Chaotic Final Days of America's Longest War (10)
NEW YORK, Aug. 26 [Category: BizMedia] -- Dow Jones, a provider of news and business information, posted the following news release: * * * New from WSJ Opinion Docs: "The Path to Zero," An Inside Look at the Chaotic Final Days of America's Longest War * MEDIA ADVISORY NEW YORK, NY [August 26, 2026] - A new documentary, "The Path to Zero," offers an unflinching, inside look at the chaotic final months of America's longest war. On April 14, 2021, President Biden announced a complete drawdown to "zero" troops in Afghanistan, setting off a ra more PR

Next Generation Theranostic Pair Offers New Strategy to Detect and Treat Metastatic Kidney Cancer (10)
RESTON, Virginia, Aug. 26 [Category: Medical] -- The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging issued the following news release: * * * Next Generation Theranostic Pair Offers New Strategy to Detect and Treat Metastatic Kidney Cancer * Media Contact: Rebecca Maxey (703) 652-6772 rmaxey@snmmi.org QUESTION: Can the theranostic pair 68Ga/177Lu-NYM096 offer a new approach to the treatment of metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC)? PERTINENT FINDINGS: The radiotracer 68Ga-NYM096 showed excellent tumor uptake in ccRC more PR

Outside Days 2026 Generates Record-Breaking $42.15 Million Economic Impact for Colorado (10)
DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 25 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Outside Days 2026 Generates Record-Breaking $42.15 Million Economic Impact for Colorado * DENVER - Colorado-based Outside Days, the nation's premier outdoor recreation conference and festival by Outside Interactive Inc., contributed $42.15 million to Colorado's economy in 2026, a 17% increase over 2025 and 163% cumulative growth since the inaugural event in 2024. Over just three years, Outside Days has contributed close to $100 million to Col more PR

Penn State Smeal welcomes 16 new faculty members (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 26 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Penn State Smeal welcomes 16 new faculty members * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -The Penn State Smeal College of Business has welcomed 16 new faculty members for the 2026-27 academic year, bringing with them a wide depth of both academic and executive leadership experience. Sheiva Ansary, Fred Asante, Siddharth Bhambhwani, Brigham Brau, Robin Kramer and Rimmy Tomy have joined the Department of Accounting. Ansary is a Schreyer Honors College g more PR

President Taylor Invites Deeper Commitment to Prayer (10)
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Aug. 25 -- Samford University issued the following news release: * * * President Taylor Invites Deeper Commitment to Prayer * President Beck A. Taylor urged members of the Samford University community to absorb themselves in prayer during joyful moments as well as times when hearts are burdened. Calling for the Samford community to "remain spiritually awake" by engaging in fully attentive prayer, President Beck A. Taylor delivered his convocation address to open the university's 185th academic year. Students, facult more PR

Princeton University Summer Programs Help High School, Community College, Veteran, Transfer and Other Students to Thrive in College and Beyond (10)
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 27 -- Princeton University issued the following news: * * * Princeton summer programs help high school, community college, veteran, transfer and other students to thrive in college and beyond By Emily Aronson, Office of Communications and Rebekah Schroeder, Office of Communications Vincent Zeferino, a first-generation college student from Elizabeth, New Jersey, attended his first college-access summer program on Princeton's campus last year as a community college student. This summer he returned for a second prog more PR

Southern Illinois University Alumni Association to Honor 2026 Distinguished Alumni Sept. 11 (10)
CARBONDALE, Illinois, Aug. 27 -- Southern Illinois University issued the following news release: * * * SIU Alumni Association to honor 2026 distinguished alumni Sept. 11 The SIU Alumni Association will honor six Southern Illinois University Carbondale alumni at ceremonies next month for achievements that advanced scientific research, entrepreneurship, public health, documentary filmmaking and alumni engagement. They will each be honored during the association's 2026 Distinguished Alumni Awards at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, in Morris Librar more PR

The ASAM Weekly for August 25, 2026 (10)
ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Aug. 26 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for August 25, 2026 * ASAM Weekly -August 25 #Healing is an Act of Communion By Jessica Gregg, MD, PhD, FASAM Contributing Editor When my son was very young and crying with a fever or because he was afraid of things that might be hiding in the dark, I'd hold him close and murmur comforting nonsense, things like "Hey, hubba bubba," or "Oh, sweet potato." My son is grown now and no l more PR

Utah ranges may store a billion tons of hidden ice (10)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 26 -- The University of Utah posted the following news release: * * * Utah ranges may store a billion tons of hidden ice * Unlike conventional glaciers, rock glaciers appear as piles of rock that obscure large masses of unaccounted-for ice. Rock glaciers are common in the Wasatch and Uinta ranges, even appearing on the Colorado Plateau in the La Sal Mountains near Moab. Now, University of Utah geologists are bringing one of Utah's largest rock glaciers, located under the towering, iconic summit of Mount Timpanogo more PR