BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 5 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador on Tuesday joined a brief in a First Amendment case aimed at protecting students' free-speech rights. Twenty-one other state attorneys general joined the brief. The friend-of-the-court brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit involves an Ohio school district that is forcing students to either use preferred pronouns or be punished. "At   more

EMPORIA, Kansas, Sept. 5 -- Emporia State University issued the following news: Emporia State University's baseball field will soon proudly bear the name Turnbull Field in honor of long-time Hornet baseball fan and ESU supporter Mike Turnbull. The name is in recognition of a $650,000 lead gift from the Turnbull Foundation in support of $1.3 million in improvements to the Hornet baseball facility. This project will support renovations for baseball at Emporia State's Trusler Sports Complex, most   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Sept. 5 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly announced today the dates for the second round of local consult meetings to gather input on strategies for implementing the 2022 Kansas Water Plan. The September meetings will build on the first round of local consult and Regional Advisory Committee meetings held earlier this summer. Kansans can RSVP for the second round of meetings here. "Preserving the quality and q  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, Sept. 5 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: The K-State 105 initiative is bringing together several partners -- Kansas State University, The University of Kansas Health System and Phillips County Health Systems -- to support rural health care in Phillips County. As part of this partnership, Phillips County Health Systems is serving as a pilot program for innovative health care solutions. The pilot program involves actively engaging community members  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, Sept. 5 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: A Kansas State University engineer is working to provide robust cybersecurity tools for artificial intelligence applications in bioinformatics through the creation of an automated framework designed to ensure accurate and secure data. Xiaolong Guo, assistant professor in the Mike Wiegers Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received a nearly $560,000 National Science Foundation grant to e  more

SALINA, Kansas, Sept. 5 -- Kansas Wesleyan University issued the following news release: * * * KWU Music Assistant Professor Recognized * * * KWU Music's Daniel Albertson, director of the university's percussion ensemble and assistant professor, received a pair of recognitions recently. In mid-August, Albertson was named one of the NextGen 30 Under 30 in Kansas, a statewide program to recognize the next generation of the state's leaders and achievers. He was one of 11 individuals in higher   more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: KU Libraries are calling for proposals for the 2025/2026 David M. Bergeron and Geraldo Sousa Exhibit Program, which showcases the research of University of Kansas faculty using the extraordinary resources housed within Kenneth Spencer Research Library's collections. KU faculty are invited to submit proposals for their work to be presented as a Spencer Research Library exhibition, curated in collaboration  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 5 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU Professor of Veterinary Medicine Dr. Shafiqul Chowdhury is featured in the Bayh-Dole Coalition's new 2024 "Faces of American Innovation" report for developing a groundbreaking vaccine. The Bayh-Dole Coalition, of which the LSU Office of Innovation & Ecosystem Development is a member, is a diverse group of innovation-oriented organizations and individuals committed to celebrating and protecting   more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: For more than a decade, University of Kansas researchers have shown that giving students, especially those with disabilities, ownership of their education improves their outcomes. The Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities' team recently concluded a project to implement the Self Determined Learning Model of Instruction in 15 schools in Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania. They have publishe  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news on Sept. 4, 2024: A new book of natural history essays co-written by a University of Kansas paleontologist today was published by Columbia University Press. Bruce Lieberman, Dean's Professor of Evolutionary Biology and senior curator of invertebrate paleontology at KU, co-wrote "Macroevolutionaries" with fellow paleontologist Niles Eldredge in the tradition of their late Harvard mentor and famed science po  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: A fascinating new book chronicling transformation on the plains of Kansas and eastern Colorado uses repeat photography -- contemporary re-creations of 1870s photos -- to reveal startling changes to the landscape. Its author isn't just a photographer and veteran of years of "Kansas-ing" -- his term for searching off-the-beaten-path curiosities across the Sunflower State -- but also a University Distinguish  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 5 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 16 attorneys general in an amicus brief at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in World Vision v. McMahon. The brief, which was led by the State of Montana, involves a question of the church autonomy doctrine governing interactions between religious and secular entities. In 2020, McMahon applied for a job at World Vision, a "Christian Minist  more

FULTON, Missouri, Sept. 5 -- William Woods University issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * Appointment of Emily Straw is effectively immediately * * * William Woods University (WWU) today announced the appointment of Emily Straw, a longtime national competitor in the Equestrian industry and investment manager by trade, to the University's Board of Trustees. The appointment of Straw was voted on unanimously by the university's current governing board and is effective imm  more