TEMPE, Arizona, June 20 (TNSres) -- Arizona State University issued the following news: Beth Huebner, Watts Endowed Professor for Public Safety and director of Arizona State University's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, has been named an American Society of Criminology Fellow. Huebner is the fourth faculty member from the school to receive the distinction. The others are Professor Emeritus Scott Decker (2012), Regents Professor and former School of Criminology and Criminal Justice D  more

LONDON, England, June 22 (TNStalk)(TNScapv) -- Article 19 issued the following statement on June 21, 2023, with 24 organizations: * * * On 20 June 2023, ARTICLE 19, Human Rights Watch, and 22 other human rights and digital rights organisations sent an open letter to the heads of Apple, Google, Meta, Twitter, and Spotify, asking them to file a legal appeal with the High Court of Hong Kong opposing a potential injunction against the broadcasting and distribution of the 2019 protest song 'Glory t  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 (TNSper) -- The American Society of Interior Designers issued the following news release: The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) has appointed its 2024 National Board of Directors: three officers (Chair, Chair-Elect, Past-Chair), seven at-large directors, and an industry partner representative. Beginning their terms on October 1, 2023, the 12 members will amplify the ASID mission and advance the practice's impact. "The ASID Board of Directors plays an integral ro  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 21 (TNSfund) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: The Penn State Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence (CSRAI) awarded more than $212,000 to advance five interdisciplinary research projects as part of its Big Ideas Grant (BIG) program. Awarded projects feature researchers from six departments across four colleges and institutes. The program provides a special off-cycle round of seed funding with funds earmarked for ea  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, June 23 (TNSper) -- The Christian Theological Seminary issued the following news: Rev. Dr. Frank A. Thomas is taking initial steps towards his planned retirement in December 2025. As part of this transition, Dr. Thomas will be passing the baton of leadership for the PhD Program in African American Preaching and Sacred Rhetoric to his chosen successor, Rev. Dr. Courtney Buggs, and will remain involved by advising students, teaching coursework, and providing support to Dr.   more

ITHACA, New York, June 22 (TNSfund) -- Cornell University issued the following news: The Cornell Center for Advanced Computing (CAC) is among five collaborators awarded a $3.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop communications infrastructure to coordinate and connect multi-messenger astrophysics research across the globe. Adam Brazier, a computational scientist with CAC, is co-principal investigator for the project, which is being led by the National Center for Superc  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 21 (TNSper) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Erin Watcher has joined Penn State's Office of Government and Community Relations as the next director of state relations. "We are thrilled to welcome Erin to our team -- she will be an exceptional addition with a wealth of relevant experience and valuable connections in the state Capitol," said Zack Moore, Penn State vice president for Government and Community Relations. "Her dynamic en  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, June 22 (TNSjou) (TNSper) -- Mary Ann Liebert Inc. issued the following news release: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. announces the launch of AI in Precision Oncology, the only academic, bimonthly peer-reviewed research journal dedicated to the advancement of artificial intelligence applications in clinical and precision oncology. The Journal will publish a preview issue in Fall 2023 and its inaugural issue in early 2024. Aiming to support this burgeoning community of innovative  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 23 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans issued the following news release: Seeking to improve the availability of critical care to sexual assault victims, the Pennsylvania Senate unanimously approved Sen. Elder Vogel, Jr.'s (R-47) Senate Bill 414 by a vote of 50-0. This legislation would expand the existing Penn State University SAFE-T Program; allow hospitals to establish individual Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) programs at their facility; and require t  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 22 (TNSres) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Collaboration with Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority could bring tens of millions of dollars in additional investment * * * As the federal government in the coming weeks prepares to announce the allocation of funding to expand broadband internet infrastructure in every state, a service-availability mapping project led by Penn State Extension is likely to play a key rol  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 23 (TNSres) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: * * * Finding makes effort to rescue, replenish river's population more urgent, researchers say * * * In an attempt to rescue a rare darter in the lower Susquehanna River, a Penn State research team, working with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, has determined that the fish is a distinct subspecies found nowhere else. And that makes the effort to restore its population even m  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 21 (TNSfund) -- Penn State's College of Education issued the following news: The Penn State Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence (CSRAI) awarded more than $212,000 to advance five interdisciplinary research projects as part of its Big Ideas Grant (BIG) program. Awarded projects feature researchers from six departments across four colleges and institutes. The program provides a special off-cycle round of seed funding with funds earmarked fo  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 (TNSres) -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: * * * New Smithsonian-Led Study Shows Protecting Marine Life Can Support Multiple U.N. Sustainable Development Goals in Mesoamerican Reef * * * Protecting the ocean and providing livelihoods and food security do not have to be mutually exclusive. A new study, led by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), shows that limiting human activity in parts of the ocean can enhance the health   more

NEW YORK, June 23 (TNSper) -- The American Society of Mechanical Engineers issued the following news release: Thomas Kurfess, Ph.D., P.E., has begun his term as the 142nd president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society announced during its annual meeting June 6. Kurfess is an ASME Fellow and has served as a member of the Board of Governors since 2019. Kurfess is the chief manufacturing officer of the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the executive director of t  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 21 (TNSper) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news on June 20, 2023: Reed Omary, MD, MS, Carol D. and Henry P. Pendergrass Professor and chair of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, is stepping down from his role as the department's leader. Daniel Brown, MD, professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering and Vice Chair of the department, has been chosen to serve as the department's interim chair. Omary, who is   more

TAMPA, Florida, June 19 (TNSper) -- The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards issued the following news: Scott E. Harm, AIA, NCARB, of Puyallup, Washington, was elected as regional director of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) at the organization's 2023 Annual Business Meeting. Harm previously served as the organization's chair of Region 6, which represents 13 licensing boards throughout the Western United States including Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, an  more

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania, June 23 -- Westinghouse Electric issued the following news release: Westinghouse has developed and successfully demonstrated a novel approach to produce Actinium-225 (Ac-225) radioisotopes in commercial nuclear reactors. This breakthrough will enable large-scale production of Ac-225 for the first time globally to use in advanced cancer treatments. Ac-225 cancer drugs are used in critical situations when other treatments prove ineffective. The existing method f  more

SANTA BARBARA, California, June 24 (TNSres) -- Westmont College issued the following news: Westmont biologist Amanda Sparkman '03 and her research collaborators have won a $2 million, four-year grant from the National Science Foundation to continue investigating the evolution of dwarfism in Channel Islands National Park reptiles. The study focuses on five species, including the gopher snake, western yellow-bellied racer, southern alligator lizard, western fence lizard and side-blotched lizard;  more