CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 10 -- The Illinois Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * $76 Million in Philanthropic Commitments to Advance Illinois Tech's Academic Transformation Illinois Tech has announced $76 million in recent philanthropic commitments to invest in students and advance the university's student-first academic transformation. Led by a landmark $25 million commitment from University Regent Craig Duchossois and his wife, Janet, the collective support from alumni, trustees, foundations, and corporations st more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 10 (TNSjou) -- The American College of Surgeons issued the following news release: * * * Current Blood Pressure Thresholds May Miss Critically Injured Children National study of more than 230,000 injured children finds that signs of dangerous instability may appear earlier than current standards indicate Key Takeaways * Blood pressure thresholds commonly used to identify dangerously unstable vital signs in children may not signal trouble soon enough after a traumatic injury, according to a national study of more th more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2026: * * * Twenty-Five Years After 9/11 -- Lessons from the World Trade Center Health Program Paper examines 9/11-related health outcomes and lessons learned in the quarter century since the disaster. WASHINGTON -- The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) today published "Twenty-Five Years After 9/11 -- Lessons from the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Progr more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary: * * * Dangerous Partners: The Russia-China Military Embrace Russo-Chinese missile and space cooperation is deeply concerning for Western militaries, and may involve secret protocols that we can only guess at. By Maxim Starchak September 10, 2026 Moscow and Beijing have not built a joint military space command, and they do not need one. Selective cooperation in missile warning, navigation, air and missile defense, and potentially counterspace o more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary: * * * U.S. Courts Emerge as Tech's Sheriff European regulators agree with the mega Meta child safety settlement, the crackdown on app stores, and prying open online ad auctions. By William Echikson September 10, 2026 When European officials imposed antitrust fines on Silicon Valley giants, the US trade office criticized them for creating "massive uncertainty" for US exports. The House Judiciary Committee held dedicated hearings on "Anti-Americ more PR

PERTH, Australia, Sept. 10 -- Curtin University issued the following news release: * * * Dementia prevention can't rely on individual choices alone, new study finds * Efforts to prevent dementia may be placing too much responsibility on people's choices while overlooking the wider social and environmental conditions that shape brain health, according to new Curtin University research published in The Lancet Public Health. Researchers mapped 61 potentially modifiable dementia risk and protective factors to assess whether prevention efforts  more PR

MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 10 -- The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University issued the following news release: * * * Expert available to speak on NFL match at the MCG * A sold-out game between NFL's San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams will take place Friday morning at the MCG. An RMIT expert unpacks how the NFL has been successfully marketed in Melbourne and globally. Con Stavros, Professor of Marketing: "The NFL is the gold standard of marketing activation, promotion, design and execution in the world. Local Melbourne more PR

ITHACA, New York, Sept. 10 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Good vibes: Phones promote shared space, not silos, in Arts Quad installation * What's your vibe? Answer that prompt and a design research project installed on the Arts Quad invites visitors into an immersive space that they help design in the moment, blending physical and digital experience. "Vibe Coating," created by College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP) faculty members Suzanne Lettieri, M.Arch. '12, and Michael Jefferson, M.Arch. '12, features r more PR

LONDON, England, Sept. 11 -- GSK (formerly GlaxoSmithKline), a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2026: * * * GSK's Shingrix (Recombinant Zoster Vaccine) prefilled syringe presentation approved in Japan * Over one million people develop shingles in Japan each year/1,2 * New presentation offers convenient administration of GSK's shingles vaccine - GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) today announced Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved a prefilled syringe presentation of Shingrix (GSK more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 10 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * How VCU's pioneering homeland security and emergency preparedness program is evolving with changing times - and new threats More than two decades after its founding, the program that helped define an academic field is reshaping its curriculum around a profession whose boundaries have largely disappeared. By Julia Carey Twenty-five years ago, the Sept. 11 attacks transformed the nation's understanding of security and preparedness. In the years  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education released the following written testimony by Hanna Melnick, director of early learning policy at the Learning Policy Institute, from a Sept. 1, 2026, hearing entitled "Supporting Working Families: State-Led Child Care Solutions": * * * Chair Kiley, Ranking Member Bonamici, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for your invitation to participate in this important hearing. My name is Hanna Melnick, and I am the Dire more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 11 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary: * * * Douglas Murray: Who's Afraid of the 'Far Right'? By Douglas Murray Free Press German leaders enabled the rise of a populist party. Now those leaders cling to power by branding their challengers as extreme. Nothing thrills journalists more than throwing around the term far right. In addition, they relish each chance to describe the far right as being "on the march." That is the gift that headline writers have been granted again this week with more PR

PEPPER PIKE, Ohio, Sept. 10 (TNSjou) -- The Menopause Society, an organization that is dedicated to empowering healthcare professionals and providing them with the tools and resources to improve the health of women during the menopause transition and beyond, issued the following news release: * * * Hormone Therapy Use May Lead to Fewer Mood Disturbances During the Menopause Transition A new study suggests that systemic hormone therapy may help improve a woman's overall mood in midlife, especially in those with elevated baseline severity, ind more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 [Category: Media] -- The National Press Club posted the following news release: * * * Rebecca Ellis of the Los Angeles Times honored with the Institute's Sheehan Award for Investigative Journalism * WASHINGTON, D.C.-Rebecca Ellis, a Los Angeles Times staff writer whose work focuses on government accountability, investigations and legal affairs, will receive the National Press Club Journalism Institute's 2026 Neil and Susan Sheehan Award for Investigative Journalism. Ellis's reporting uncovered evidence that people may  more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Sept. 9 [Category: Media] -- The Society of Professional Journalists posted the following news: * * * SPJ selects six journalists for 2026 Dori Maynard Diversity Leadership Program * The Society of Professional Journalists has selected six journalists as the 2026 fellows for the Dori Maynard Diversity Leadership Program. Jolene Almendarez, Ebony Curry, Idris Mohammed, Damilola Oduolowu, Morgan Shay and Tiffany Tan will participate in the program, which connects journalists from underrepresented backgrounds with indust more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Sept. 11 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: * * * From Class to National Conference: A Maxwell Grad's Research Journey Amelia Rudolph '26 presented undergraduate research at the largest gathering of geographers in North America. Sept. 10, 2026 Amelia Rudolph came to the Maxwell School with questions about how people make decisions and left with research that reached a national audience. When she graduated in May, Rudolph wrapped up a senior year that included a study with faculty on trust in maps. After more PR

LONDON, England, Sept. 10 (TNSjou) -- The University College London posted the following news: * * * Eating disorders more common in teens from low socioeconomic backgrounds Teenagers who come from households with a lower income and lower level of education are more likely to have an eating disorder, finds a new study co-led by UCL researchers. The study, published in International Journal of Eating Disorders and in collaboration with researchers at Copenhagen University Hospital, reviewed data from 51 studies involving 26,174 adolescents f more PR