LONDON, England, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- Imperial College-London issued the following news: * * * Summary: Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial. * * * By Hayley Dunning, Samantha Rey and Emily Medcalf From machine learning in hypertension, to recognition for Imperial's university culture, here is some quick-read news from across Imperial. Tracking hypertension Professor Dennis Wang, from Imperial's National Heart and Lung Institute, has been awarded funding fro  more

MONTEREY, California, Sept. 7 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: By Carrie Speranza and Dillon Taylor, Co-Author and CHDS ELP Alum Dillon Taylor For centuries, America prioritized international diplomacy because, as a young nation, our continued existence depended on it. It is time we recognize what has become axiomatic: the evolving nature of domestic crises jeopardizes our national security, global standing, and collective   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R43571) on Sept. 6, 2024, entitled "Federal Student Loan Forgiveness and Loan Repayment Programs:" (Continued from Part 2 of 3) * * * Effects of Loan Forgiveness and Loan Repayment Programs Researchers debate whether providing loan repayment or forgiveness benefits is an effective way to encourage borrowers to enter specific professional or occupational fields, serve in specific geographic are  more

PERTH, Australia, Sept. 7 -- Curtin University issued the following news release: Curtin University is proud to celebrate the successful pilot of the Moombaki Cultural Learnings Project, a unique program aimed at boosting the wellbeing and school attendance of Aboriginal children by connecting them to their identity, culture, country and kin. The Moombaki program, named after the Noongar phrase meaning "where the river meets the sky", was piloted in three public primary schools and combines a   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska On Aug. 26 and 27, White House-appointed Deputy Administrator Dilawar Syed of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) traveled to Alaska to meet with businesses benefitting from the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing In America agenda, including entrepreneurs from underserved communities. Under the Biden-Harris Administration, the United States has experienced a Small Busines  more

KONGENS LYNGBY, Denmark, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The Technical University of Denmark issued the following news: * * * Five researchers from DTU have received the Royal House of Denmark's Order of Dannebrog 2024. Furthermore, President Anders Bjarklev has been appointed Knight of the 1st degree. * * * By Freja E. Klippmann The Royal House of Denmark's Knight's Cross was awarded to the five researchers at DTU's dinner for Professors on 5 September 2024. DTU President Anders Bjarklev received his   more

OLD ELVET, England, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- Durham University issued the following news: * * * Professor Sarah Semple has been awarded the British Academy's 2024 Landscape Archaeology Medal for her pioneering research in the field. * * * Sarah, who works in our Department of Archaeology, is known for her explorations of early medieval interactions with and perceptions of the natural and human altered landscape. She has led on influential projects and publications, connected to early medieval Br  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. The Department of the Air Force awarded a Services Category 1 indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for Enterprise Information Technology as a Service Base Infrastructure Modernization August 19. The U.S. Air Force awarded the BIM IDIQ to 23 companies with a $12.5 billion ceiling, as the result of a competitive acquisition. EITaaS is an A  more

ZURICH, Switzerland, Sept. 7 -- The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) issued the following news: * * * USA beat Morocco 2-0 for their first points as Korea Republic were held by Venezuela, while Germany and Spain powered through to Colombia 2024's knockout phase. * Germany and Spain reached the last 16 with a game to spare * USA got up and running despite Fatima El Jebraoui's heroics * Korea Republic spurned chances galore in a draw with Venezuela * * * Germany and S  more

MESA, Arizona, Sept. 7 -- The Mesa Public Schools issued the following news: Fifty-five schools within Mesa Public Schools have been recognized by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation as part of their 2023-24 list of America's Healthiest Schools. This distinction honors their dedication to promoting health and well-being among students and staff. Across the nation, 879 schools were selected based on strict criteria, emphasizing the importance of nutritious food availability and access to qu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- Georgetown University issued the following news: Georgetown has awarded three associate professors with $100,000 in research funding and leave to advance their scholarship. The Magis Prize, established this year, recognizes scholars in the early stages of their post-tenure career who are making an extraordinary impact in their field. The award invests in their research by providing each scholar with $100,000 as well as two semesters of leave to focus on their s  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 7 -- Ballard Spahr, a law firm, issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2024: Ballard Spahr Special Counsel Edward G. Rendell--former Governor of Pennsylvania and Mayor of Philadelphia--has been named to The Bond Buyer's Hall of Fame Class of 2024. The award honors those who have dedicated their lives to achieving extensive, influential work in municipal finance. Gov. Rendell, a member of Ballard Spahr's Infrastructure practice, was partner at the firm f  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 7 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2024: Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education today announced that 11 charter schools will receive a total of nearly $4 million in grant funding through the Iowa Charter Start-Up and Expansion Grant program. The grants will support new charter schools as they prepare for future operation as well as existing high-performing charter schools to improve or expand their classroom and   more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Sept. 7 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has appointed Manny Barreras as Cabinet Secretary of the Department of Information Technology (DoIT). With over 26 years of professional experience in sales and business development, including 22 years dedicated to technical sales, marketing management, and public relations, Barreras brings a wealth of expertise to the role. "Manny Barreras is an exception  more

LONDON, England, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- Imperial College-London issued the following news: * * * Two Imperial engineers have won major European Research Council (ERC) grants to accelerate research that 'deepens our understanding of the world'. * * * By Caroline Brogan Dr Ayush Bhandari, from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Dr Konstantinos Steiros, from the Department of Aeronautics, won the European grants worth Euros1.5m each to study computer sensing and air turb  more

ROLLA, Missouri, Sept. 7 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology issued the following news: Kathryn Walker, of Olathe, Kansas, managing director of OpenAir Equity Partners, has been named chair of the Kummer Institute Foundation Board of Directors at Missouri S&T. Board members recently elected Walker to succeed Dr. G.P. "Bud" Peterson, who had led the institute for three years. In October 2020, Fred and June Kummer donated $300 million to Missouri S&T to establish the Kummer Institut  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 7 -- La Trobe University issued the following news release: * * * Children in out-of-home care across the Mallee district will receive better health support due to a La Trobe University project aimed at stopping them from falling through the cracks. * * * The Integrated Health Systems for Children in Out-Of-Home Care project this week received the prestigious Robin Clark 'Making a Difference Award' from the Victorian Department of Families, Fairness and Housing.   more

NEW YORK, Sept. 7 -- The Creative Coalition issued the following news release: * * * THE CREATIVE COALITION PRESENTS THE HUMANITARIAN AWARDS HONORING TYLER JAMES WILLIAMS, DULE HILL, WENDELL PIERCE, JEFFREY ROSS and others TBA Variety's Marc Malkin to Host * * * September 5, 2024 (LOS ANGELES, CA) - The Creative Coalition today announced the tenth annual Humanitarian Awards Benefit Luncheon Gala, to be held on Saturday afternoon, September 14, 2024 at Ladyhawk (623 N La Peer Dr) in West Hol  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has selected eight companies for a new award to help acquire Earth observation data and provide related services for the agency. The Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program On-Ramp1 Multiple Award contract is a firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award contract with a maximum value of $476 million, cumulatively amongst all the selected contractors, and a performance period through Nov. 15, 20  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: The Honorable Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy, will deliver the principal address at the commissioning ceremony. Remarks will also be provided by the Honorable Matt Gaetz, U.S. Representative, Florida's 1st District; Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations; General Christopher Mahoney, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; and Ms. Kari Wilkinson, Executive Vice President, HII, and President, Ingalls Sh  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: The Honorable Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy, will deliver the principal address at the commissioning ceremony. Remarks will also be provided by the Honorable Matt Gaetz, U.S. Representative, Florida's 1st District; Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations; General Christopher Mahoney, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps; and Ms. Kari Wilkinson, Executive Vice President, HII, and President, Ingalls Sh  more

LONDON, England, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- Queen Mary University of London issued the following news: * * * The study of chemistry is an inherently hands-on experience. * * * Lab skills are a vital component of any chemistry course, and yet many new students have a real fear of the labs, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds. Fifty per cent of Queen Mary students are the first in their family to go to university. They have very little experience of what it will be like, and this qui  more

BRISBANE, Australia, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The Queensland University of Technology issued the following news: Three QUT Indigenous Australian doctoral graduates have received the prestigious Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award (ODTA). The awards are provided to the top five per cent of HDR doctoral students annually the year after they graduate, with nominations from examiners reviewed by faculty committees and ultimately decided by the Research Degrees Committee. The three Indigenous Australian   more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Tennessee Chattanooga Campus issued the following news: A trio of research proposals led by University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Science (BGE) faculty members has secured over $1.8 million in external grant and contract awards, marking a successful summer for funding. Dr. Francesca Leasi (BGE), in collaboration with Florida International University, received $696,680 from the Nation  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 7 -- The University of Illinois at Chicago's School of Public Health issued the following news: Diane Howard, Ph.D., FACHE has been named the 2024 UIC School of Public Health Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award recipient. Howard is currently a professor and chair in the Department of Health Systems Management (HSM) at RUSH University where she teaches the professionalism and capstone courses. She serves on several committees including HSM career services, chairman's   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following transcript of a video on Sept. 4, 2024, by Chair Gary Gensler: * * * This video can be viewed at the below link.[1] * * * What might a 1957 Tony Award winning musical, The Music Man, have to do with artificial intelligence and the Securities and Exchange Commission? Well, if you guessed it was that the musical came out the same year that I was born, that's not it. It's something else. The Music Man is a stor  more

SWANSEA, Wales, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- Swansea University issued the following news: * * * Virtually all multicellular organisms on Earth live in symbiotic associations with very large and complex microbial communities known as microbiomes. * * * New research has just been published aimed at offering a complete understanding how those relationships form. Computational ecologist Dr Miguel Lurgi explores how associations between complex bacterial communities and multicellular hosts emerge in nat  more

LONDON, England, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- Taylor and Francis Group, a publishing company, issued the following news release: * * * Findings Include a New Pterosaur With a Five-Meter Wingspan, Which is One of the Most Complete Pterosaurs Ever Recovered From Afro-Arabia * * * Some species of pterosaurs flew by flapping their wings while others soared like vultures, demonstrates a new study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. It has long been debated whether the large  more

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Sept. 6 -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release: * * * Editor's note: The following funding announcement was issued by the U.S. Department of Energy. The DOE's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and Brookhaven National Laboratory are partnering to host one of the five awarded projects. The Big Data Science and Applications Summer School at Brookhaven and Jefferson Labs offers students an immersive  more

PETERBOROUGH, Ontario, Sept. 7 -- Trent University issued the following news release: * * * Trent is the 11th building globally to achieve this gold standard certification, showcasing its sustainability commitment * * * Trent University's Forensics Crime Scene Facility has become the first Canadian building - and the 11th worldwide - to receive the prestigious Zero Carbon Certification from the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), a significant milestone in the University's long-sta  more

SWINDON, England, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The UK Research and Innovation posted the following news: Ofgem has approved 12 round two beta projects, awarding pound sterling84 million through the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) delivered in partnership with Innovate UK. Delivery of net zero by 2030 The projects have been awarded beta funding to further develop ideas and innovations in the latest tranche of funding awards from the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) and Innovate UK's SIF.   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * Honor recognizes unique contributions to the field, including Glaze and Nightshade tools * * * TIME magazine announced Sept. 5 that it has named Ben Zhao, the University of Chicago Neubauer Professor of Computer Science, to its TIME100 AI list. The TIME100 AI list celebrates individuals who are shaping the future of AI, a technology that continues to revolutionize industries. As TIME highlights  more

KUOPIO, Finland, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Eastern Finland issued the following news: Andrew Agbaje has been elected Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC). The induction ceremony took place on August 30, 2024, at the 74th European Society of Cardiology congress in London, UK. The prestigious FESC title was awarded to Agbaje for demonstrating the highest professional standard and commitment to reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases. The FESC is a title of hono  more

LONDON, England, Sept. 7 -- The University of Greenwich issued the following news: * * * University of Greenwich has been recognised by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC, part of GCHQ) as an Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Education (ACEs-CSE). * * * University of Greenwich received the silver Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Education (ACE-CSE) award in recognition of its excellence in cyber security education. After a competitive process, the Universi  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 7 -- The University of Houston issued the following news: Michael Cottingham, associate professor at the University of Houston's Department of Health and Human Performance, has been recognized with the prestigious President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition Community Leadership Award. This distinction celebrates Cottingham's impactful contributions to the field of adaptive sports and his dedication to promoting inclusion and accessibility in physical activities for   more

MANCHESTER, England, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: A University of Manchester scientist has been awarded the prestigious Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal and Lecture by the Royal Society for his work documenting the history of biology as both an author and a broadcaster. The medal, given for excellence in a subject relating to the history, philosophy or social function of science, was awarded to Professor Matthew Cobb last week. Professor Cobb  more

HOBART, Australia, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Tasmania issued the following news release: The University of Tasmania's Professor Tim Brodribb will present his groundbreaking research on plant physiology at this year's Science at the Shine Dome, where he will be formally inducted as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. Professor Brodribb's work explores how plants manage water and adapt to environmental changes, helping to drive innovation in plant biology. His pioneering r  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following remarks on Sept. 5, 2024, by Administrator Samantha Power at a swearing-in ceremony for Steve Olive as Mission Director for India: * * * ADMINISTRATOR SAMANTHA POWER: Great. Thank you so much, Anjali [Kaur], for your leadership over these last several years, particularly on all things India. Ambassador [Eric Gracetti], I recommend many kinds of collaborations with Anjali, but not going shopping in India,   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 [Category: Political] -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release: This year's event featured keynote remarks from Minnesota Governor and Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz, who promised that he and Vice President Kamala Harris would fight to pass the Equality Act and enshrine anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ Americans into law. Other special guests included Tony, Grammy and Emmy award winning and Academy Award nominated actor Cynthia Erivo, who   more

NEW YORK, Sept. 7 -- WarnerMedia, a media and entertainment company, issued the following news release: * * * Iconic Studio Partners with the Renowned Film Festival for its 40th Year and with Local Universities on Special Series of Screenings and Talent Q&As for Students Across Boston * * * BURBANK, CA (September 6, 2024) - Warner Bros. Television (WBTV) and the Boston Film Festival will partner for a special WBTV College Day at the 40th annual event on Thursday, September 19, 2024. As part   more

NEW YORK, Sept. 7 -- WarnerMedia, a media and entertainment company, issued the following news release: Donnie Wahlberg is set to return to Investigation Discovery with a brand-new season of the gripping true crime docuseries, VERY SCARY PEOPLE, starting production on eight new episodes this week. Hosted and executive produced by Wahlberg, the series offers an expansive look into society's most evil minds, revealing unprecedented insight into their twisted crimes through rare in-depth interview  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 7 -- The Wildlife Society, an organization that says it inspires, empowers and enables wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation, issued the following news: * * * Biologist and artist Mark McCollough uses art to raises awareness for Maine's threatened and endangered species * * * By Megan Radke Mark McCollough, a longtime biologist and artist, has earned the Jay N. "Ding" Darling Memorial A  more

SANTA BARBARA, California, Sept. 7 -- Yardi, a provider of property management software and investment management solutions for real estate, issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2024: * * * BSP will position Yardi as a key player in clean energy and accelerate the success of Home Energy Rebates and Solar for All Programs * * * Leading property management software company, Yardi(R) is proud to announce its working strategic partnership with Boundary Stone Partners (BSP), a climate-fo  more

YORK, England, Sept. 7 -- York St John University issued the following news: A free Law Clinic to support the local community, a Tourism Strategy for York and a unique hospitality careers programme for young people have earned York St John University a coveted nomination in the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2024. Now into their 20th year, the THE Awards are widely known as the "Oscars of higher education." They recognise excellence across UK and Irish universities and attract hundreds of   more