LIBERTY CORNER, New Jersey, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Golf Association issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2023: Riding a three-match win streak, the USA Curtis Cup Team has turned its attention to the 2024 Match, today announcing the 12 players who have been invited by the USGA's International Team Selection Working Group to attend a practice session Jan. 19-20 at Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Fla., and Pine Tree Golf Club in Boynton Beach, Fla. The 43rd Curtis Cup Match will be held at   more

KARACHI, Pakistan, Dec. 5 -- Aga Khan University issued the following news release: Distinguished leaders from Asia, Africa, Europe and North America assembled this week at Aga Khan University's (AKU) Stadium Road campus as the University's Board of Trustees met in Karachi for the first time since the start of the pandemic. The presence of Princess Zahra Aga Khan and other globally eminent leaders from academia, health care, finance and law strikes a hopeful note and signals AKU's unshakeable c  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 9 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2023: President Biden and US Department of Transportation officials announced today that North Carolina will receive a $1.09 billion discretionary federal grant to design and build the first segment of the S-Line, a high-performance passenger rail line to better connect North Carolina and Virginia, and rural and urban communities in North Carolina. "This is great news and undersco  more

WACO, Texas, Dec. 8 -- The American Football Coaches Association issued the following news on Dec. 7, 2023: Central Missouri quarterback Zach Zebrowski and Central Washington defensive back Tanner Volk headline the 2023 AFCA Division II Coaches' All-America Teams announced today by the American Football Coaches Association. The AFCA has selected an All-America team since 1945 and currently selects teams in all five of its divisions. What makes these teams so special is that they are the only o  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Dec. 7 -- The Christian Theological Seminary issued the following news on Dec. 6, 2023: Christian Theological Seminary, an ecumenical seminary based in Indianapolis, today announces 229 congregations from across the United States have been selected to receive grants through the Lilly Endowment National Clergy Renewal Program and the Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Program for Indiana Congregations. The grants help congregations honor and support their pastors by enabling t  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Dec. 7 -- The Golf Coaches Association of America issued the following news: Rich Mueller, Head Men's Golf Coach at Columbia and a member of the Metropolitan PGA Section, has been named the 2023 Labron Harris Sr. Award recipient presented by the Golf Coaches Association of America in cooperation with the PGA of America. The Harris Award is presented to the college or high school coach and Class A PGA Professional whose support of the game through teaching, coaching, and invol  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Human Rights First issued the following news: Lucy Ellis, an intern in Human Rights First's communications department in the fall of '23, is a Junior at Wake Forest University, studying Psychology and Bioethics. She is passionate about health equity and access, as well as working to make healthcare an accessible human right. America's healthcare system is neither equitable nor accessible to all. The Institute for Youth In Policy reports that poverty is a major factor dete  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Dec. 3 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: For the second straight season, the Syracuse University football team has qualified for a bowl game, the first time the Orange have secured back-to-back postseason appearances since the 2012 and 2013 seasons. After closing out the regular season with a 35-31 win over Wake Forest on Senior Day inside the JMA Wireless Dome to become Bowl eligible, the Orange found out their postseason fate Sunday afternoon. The Syracus  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 1 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: By Matt Batcheldor Daniel Munoz, MD, MPA, associate professor of Medicine, and Francis Miller, MD, professor of Medicine, have been named interim directors of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Their appointments are effective Dec. 1. Munoz, also the executive director of Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute (VHVI), will be responsible for clinical a  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Dec. 8 (TNSres) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news wrap up entitled "WFU in the News": FEATURED NEWS Former coal towns get money for clean-energy factories (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/climate/clean-energy-funding-coal-communities.html) By Hiroko Tabuchi | The New York Times Less than a quarter of a percent of workers who left a fossil fuel job in West Virginia moved onto a job in renewable energy, said economics professor Mark Curtis. F  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * President Biden Announces Billions to Deliver World-Class High-Speed Rail and Launch New Passenger Rail Corridors Across the Country $8.2 Billion from the President's Investing in America Agenda to Deliver Transformative Passenger Rail in America President Biden's Investing in America Agenda - a key pillar of Bidenomics - is delivering world class-infrastructure across the country, expanding access to econo  more