WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2024: Winnfield, LA -- Today, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Cornell Law School Immigration Law and Advocacy Clinic, and the Southeast Dignity Not Detention Coalition filed a federal complaint on behalf of detained individuals at Winn Correctional Center, a notorious ICE facility in Louisiana. The complaint, which was submitted to the Department of Homeland Security's Civil Rights and Civil   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 14 -- The Association of Independent Information Professionals issued the following news: * * * Emotional intelligence is the single most important influencing variable in personal achievement, career success, leadership, and life satisfaction. - Nelson & Low, 2011; opening slide of June Boyle's AIIP 24 Symposium session, Emotional Intelligence for Info-Entrepreneurs. * * * By Annie McMillion Emotional Intelligence (EI), the ability to recognize and manage one's  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 14 -- The National Science Teaching Association issued the following news release: * * * Conference Sessions to Address Popular Topics Including Student Sensemaking, High Quality Instructional Materials, Classroom Implementation and Real-World Applications of STEM Concepts and Artificial Intelligence * * * MCLEAN, Va.-- August 13, 2024 -- One of the largest gatherings of science educators in the nation will occur in New Orleans from November 6-9 at the National Scie  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 13 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana issued the following news release: Public interest law groups, including The Law Enforcement Action Partnership, Institute for Justice, Orleans Public Defenders, and Public Justice, have filed amicus briefs supporting the petitions for writs of certiorari in Brown v. Pouncy and Monroe v. Conner. The amicus briefs underscore the need for the Supreme Court to safeguard victims' ability to sue government officials f  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Yesterday, Louisiana State Treasurer Dr. John Fleming recommended that Bank of America not be approved as an authorized fiscal agent in the State of Louisiana because he alleged it was "deliberately denying banking services to customers and potential customers (de-banking)" listing fossil fuel producers as an affected party, "based simply on their political perspectives and activities, not because   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 14 -- The Institute of Food Technologists issued the following news release: The Institute of Food Technologists Student Association (IFTSA), a student-governed community of members of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), is pleased to announce that Ivannova Lituma, a PhD student at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, has won the IFTSA Graduate Research Competition for her research on the "Effect of UV-C Light Treatment Against Listeria Monocytogenes on Hydr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The National Association of Higher Education Systems issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: The National Association of Higher Education Systems (NASH) is proud to announce the four public higher education systems receiving awards through its Catalyst Fund focused on system-level course sharing, which involves the collaborative delivery of courses across institutions (i.e., cross-registration). The Louisiana Board of Regents, Pennsylvania's State System of Hi  more