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State Tipoffs Involving Arizona Newsletter for Wednesday August 21, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Adobe Firefly Helps Bring Cronkite Students' Marketing Campaigns to Life
PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 21 -- Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication issued the following news: Cronkite School instructor Crystal Alvarez is using AI technology to teach core digital marketing concepts. In a recent interview with ASU Enterprise Technology, Alvarez described how she harnesses Adobe Firefly in her class to demonstrate the importance of understanding audience characteristics to create stronger marketing campaigns. Students use Fire  more

Animals With Higher Body Temperatures are More Likely to Evolve Into Herbivores
TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2024: A University of Arizona study has uncovered a surprising relationship between an animal's body temperature and its likelihood of evolving into an herbivore. The study, published Monday in the journal Global Ecology and Biogeography, offers fresh insights into the evolution of plant-based diets across tetrapods, which include the land vertebrates - amphibians, birds, reptiles and ma  more

Kirkland Advises Wilton Re on Reinsurance of $11B Guaranteed Universal Life Insurance Block From Prudential Financial
CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 21 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised Wilton Re on an agreement with Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) whereby Prudential will reinsure a portion of its guaranteed universal life block to Wilton Re, resulting in approximately $350 million of expected proceeds, post-closing. Under the terms of the agreement, Wilton Re will reinsure approximately $11 billion of reserves backing Prudential's guaranteed univer  more

Northern Arizona University: Welcoming an Era of Innovation
FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Aug. 21 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: At NAU's third annual Convocation, President Jose Luis Cruz Rivera highlighted a few of the university's 125 years of accomplishments--including a mule-napping in the 1930s--and looked ahead to the year that will be and how NAU will meet the challenges and opportunities of the moment. "Whether it's guiding a cow down the stairs of Old Main in the early 1900s or grappling with the ethical and practical implica  more