OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Speakers, scientific workshops, speed networking, a student poster showcase and more energized the Annual User Meeting of the Department of Energy's Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, or CNMS, Aug. 7-10, near Market Square in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee. Organized by the CNMS User Executive Committee, or UEC, and the CNMS User Program Office, the meeting bri  more

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, Sept. 9 -- Augustana College issued the following news on Sept. 8, 2023: Augustana College will host Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Dr. Corey D.B. Walker on Monday, Oct. 2. His presentation will begin at 7 p.m. in Wallenberg Hall, located inside Denkmann Memorial Building, 3520 7th Ave., Rock Island. The lecture is free and open to the public. Dr. Walker is the Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities. He is affiliated with the Department of English and the Interdiscipl  more

ELON, North Carolina, Sept. 6 -- Elon University issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2023: Six attorneys representing a range of practice areas are the newest additions to an advisory board that has helped shape Elon University School of Law's strategic vision and growth in national stature. All six additions are Elon University graduates: two earned their undergraduate degrees prior to the School of Law's establishment, three earned their law degrees in more recent years, and one is  more

LEXINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 9 -- Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, issued the following news: The Board of Trustees of the Omicron Delta Kappa Society and Education Foundation, Inc. recently announced the election of four new individuals to the board. The board is the policy-making body of OdeltaK and has authority for the governance of the Society. The new trustees began their terms on July 1, 2023. The recently elected trustees include: Rebekah Lassiter, a senior at   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Sept. 8 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: Distinguished scholar of religion Corey D. B. Walker has been named Dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity. Walker, who is Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, has served as interim dean for the school since January. "Corey Walker is a remarkable leader whose impressive record of scholarship and administrative leadership inform his compelling vision for graduate theological education  more

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Sept. 7 -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news on Sept. 6, 2023: Wesleyan welcomes 56 new faculty members for the 2023-24 academic year. The group contains 19 new visiting faculty members, 16 assistant professors, three Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral fellows, three associate professors of the practice, three postdoctoral fellows, two university professors, two Distinguished Writers in Residence, two coaches and adjunct professors, one assistant prof  more