BUCKHANNON, West Virginia, Oct. 30 -- West Virginia Wesleyan College issued the following news: BUCKHANNON, West Virginia When he is not wielding a camera on the sidelines of West Virginia Wesleyan College's athletic contests or crafting an endless stream of press releases, WVWC Sports Information Director Pete Galarneau '98 may just be working on an idea for his next novel. Two new books were published in time for the spooky season: "A Coupla' Cool Cars" and "The Trash Man and The Legend of  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 30 [Category: National Defense] -- The Air and Space Forces Association issued the following news release: Dear AFA Members, I'm honored to now serve as your AFA Vice Chair for Education! I've served on both the Field Council and the Education Council for several years and know the kind of great work being done by both. The aim of the Aerospace Education Council is to provide excellent programs that are executed in the Field, and to promote aerospace and STEM educatio  more

MCLEAN, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- The American Association of Tissue Banks issued the following agency statement on Oct. 28, 2024: AATB has signed a collective statement in support of the organ donation and transplantation community, addressing recent media attention surrounding a Kentucky organ donation case. We join others in urging the public to withhold judgment and avoid drawing conclusions until state and federal investigations are complete. Misinformation from this coverage has caused a conc  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 30 [Category: National Defense] -- The Air and Space Forces Association issued the following news release: AFA's D.W. Steele Sr. Chapter hosted the Virginia Commonwealth Executive Committee for their quarterly meeting in Arlington, Va., on Oct. 5. The event featured a delegate dinner at the Patton Club at Fort Myer, which included an engaging evening for delegates, their spouses, and special guests, including Lt. Gen. David Deptula, USAF (Ret.), Dean of AFA's Mitchell   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 30 [Category: National Defense] -- The Air and Space Forces Association issued the following news release: AFA's United Forces & Families (F2) program has officially launched ENGAGE, a new digital publication series that identifies key readiness opportunities, addresses challenges, and provides resources for military families. The publication, authored by military members and spouses, premiered at AFA's 2024 Air, Space & Cyber Conference. "We are all in this together,  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 30 [Category: National Defense] -- The Air and Space Forces Association issued the following news release: AFA's Mile High Chapter 127 in Colorado partnered with Buckley's Benefiting Families Foundation (BFF) to leverage a grant from AFA's United Forces & Families (F2) program for the 2024 Aerospace Data Facility-Colorado (ADF-C) Family Day, held on Saturday, Sept. 7, at Buckley Space Force Base. The F2 grant, along with a matching contribution from the Mile High Chap  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 30 [Category: National Defense] -- The Air and Space Forces Association issued the following news release: All of AFA's National Teachers of the Year (TOY), past and present, continue to make great strides in STEM education throughout the United States--but some are taking their extraordinary passion for STEM beyond the American border. Ken Robinson, the second-place National Teacher of the Year in 2024, is from Ramstein, Germany. He is a dynamic force in education, a  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 30 [Category: National Defense] -- The Air and Space Forces Association issued the following news release: Civil Air Patrol's national youth aerospace-related STEM education program, Aerospace Connections in Education (ACE), begins each academic year with a national ACE lift-off event hosted by the previous year's national ACE school of the year. This academic year, the host school was Grayhawk Elementary in Scottsdale, Ariz. With over 600 students, staff, community le  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: The visible universe all the potatoes, gas giants, steamy romance novels, black holes, questionable tattoos, and overwritten sentences accounts for only 5 percent of the cosmos. A Virginia Tech-led team is hunting for the rest of it, not with telescopes or particle colliders, but by scrutinizing billion-year-old rocks for traces of dark matter. In leading a transdisciplinary team from multiple universities on this uncon  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 30 [Category: National Defense] -- The Association of the U.S. Army issued the following news: Hundreds of job opportunities will be highlighted at a Total Army Career Fair in Los Angeles that aims to share the "endless possibilities" of uniformed and civilian Army careers. Hosted by Deputy Army Undersecretary Mario Diaz, the career and recruiting fair will take place Nov. 1-2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at SoFi Stadium in the Los Angeles County suburb of Inglewood, accord  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Asian Americans Advancing Justice issued the following news release: * * * We are disappointed in today's decision by the Supreme Court to allow Virginia to proceed with its effort to remove voters from its registration rolls. * * * Today, the Supreme Court allowed Virginia state officials to proceed with removing roughly 1,600 voters from the state's registration lists just days before the presidential election, threatening the registration of eligible voters. How  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- The CFA Institute, an association of investment professionals, issued the following news release: * * * Early Adopter Firms Signal Strong Commitments * * * Singapore, 30 October 2024--CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, and CFA Society Singapore, today launched the voluntary CFA Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Code for the Investment Profession in Singapore ("DEI Code Singapore"). The launch marks the first rele  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: The Division of Information Technology has a new organizational structure designed to increase communication and collaboration across Virginia Tech's IT security and identity management units. Effective on Nov. 1, the Information Technology Security Office and Lab, Secure Identity Services, and the Cyber Range will be grouped under the leadership of David Raymond, who has been appointed associate vice president for secur  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: This election season, there is more at stake than which political party or candidate wins the race it is voters' mental health. During this election season, the stress of handling conversations with family or friends who have different poitical views, or the worry of how a particular issue may be resolved, is enough to create a perfect storm of tension and worry for many people, says a Virginia Tech expert. "These are   more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: The Virginia Tech media relations office has the following experts available for interviews this week surrounding issues in the news. To schedule an interview, please contact mediarelations@vt.edu. Virginia Tech experts available to discuss headlines in the news Election experts available as campaigns make final case With just days to go until Election Day, the races for President, the Senate, and the House of Represen  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news on Oct. 28, 2024: * * * The experienced scholar and practitioner joined VCU in 2021 and has served as interim dean since July 2023. * * * By Mike Porter Gary Cuddeback, Ph.D., has been named dean of Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Social Work, effective today. Cuddeback has served as interim dean since July 2023. Cuddeback was named following a national search. The VCU Board of Visitors w  more

HAMPTON, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- Hampton University issued the following news: * * * J-School, the Honors College students collaborated on digital guide to provide simplified absentee voter information, boosting voter confidence and participation * * * Students at Hampton University's Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications have unveiled a groundbreaking digital Absentee Voting Guide, designed to streamline absentee voting for citizens across all 50 states and the District of Co  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024: The Supreme Court today temporarily stayed the decision of a lower court and ruled that Virginia does not have to restore aliens to its voter rolls, in a rebuke to the Biden administration's efforts to stop Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin from cleaning up voter rolls. Hans von Spakovsky, manager of Heritage's Election Law Reform Initiative, senior legal fellow, and former commissioner on the Federa  more

HERNDON, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- The RV Industry Association issued the following news on Oct. 30, 2024: Today, the International Trade Commission (ITC) issued a rare negative determination in the final phase of the antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigation on imports of aluminum extrusions from China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. As a result of the ITC's determination, the   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following statement on Oct. 30, 2024: * * * Leslie Proll, senior director of the voting rights program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on the Supreme Court's stay of a lower court decision protecting voters in Virginia: "Today's Supreme Court ruling to allow the Commonwealth of Virginia to purge voters in the final week of the election is an attack on   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The League of Women Voters of Virginia issued the following news release: * * * A recording of a press conference on this matter can be found here [View press conference in the link at bottom.]. * * * The Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights (VACIR), the League of Women Voters of Virginia (LWVVA), and African Communities Together (ACT) are disappointed and alarmed the Supreme Court of the United States has allowed Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin to wrongfully remov  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: What: The Virginia Tech Science Festival returns to demonstrate how science and the arts intersect, fascinate, and inspire careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.) Media are invited to explore along with the public 60 interactive exhibits set up in the Moss Arts Center and in Newman Library. The festival features robotics, rockets, DNA molecules made of candy, model volcanoes, wind turbines, in  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Medical school was not always on the radar for Josh Perez, a second-year student at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, but his time as a Peace Corps volunteer solidified one thing he had always known. He had a deep, unwavering love for people and the community around him. Eventually, medical school seemed like the perfect fit. As an earth science major at Dartmouth College, Perez completed a complex senior th  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 [Category: Political] -- The NAACP issued the following news release: October 29, 2024 Yesterday, Virginia state election officials requested the Supreme Court to block a ruling by a federal judge that would bar them from reviving an unlawful voter purge program that would prevent naturalized citizens from voting. The program, which was responsible for purging more than 1,600 registered Virginia voters, was put in place by Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin in August and was  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 30 (TNSres) -- The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association issued the following news: On October 18, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released the 2024 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) results, revealing steady improvements in workforce engagement and satisfaction across federal agencies as the largest worldwide survey of government employees that annually tracks how employees view workforce management, policies, and new initiati  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- The National Defense Industrial Association issued the following agency statement on Oct. 30, 2024, on DOD release of National Defense Industrial Strategy implementation plan: * * * As NDIA highlights in its 2024 Vital Signs Report, the U.S. needs a robust defense industrial base (DIB) to meet our national security challenges in this era of great power competition. The Department of Defense deserves credit for its efforts in releasing the National Defense Indus  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- Negative Population Growth issued the following news release: * * * How Immigration Policies Worsen U.S. Healthcare Infrastructure * * * Negative Population Growth, Inc. has published a new Forum paper written by Nathanial Gronewold. Titled "Too Many People Chasing Too Few Healthcare Providers: How Population Growth Can Make You Sick (https://npg.org/library/forum-series/too-many-people-chasing-too-few-healthcare-providers-fp.html)," the paper highli  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association issued the following news release: * * * Global Phenomenon Led to $1 Billion in ALS Research, Expanded Care Access, and Increased Government Support for ALS Programs * * * In 2014, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge took the world by storm, raising an unprecedented $115 million for ALS research, care, and advocacy. Now, ten years later, a new report from RTI International, commissioned by the ALS Association, re  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- The National Venture Capital Association issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024: WASHINGTON, DC- The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) announced today it has updated five of its model legal documents, which are freely available to venture investors, startups, and other members of the entrepreneurial ecosystem as part of NVCA's commitment to supporting new company formation. The revised model documents have been updated to reflect evolving ma  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- People for the American Way issued the following statement on Oct. 30, 2024: * * * Following today's Supreme Court ruling allowing the Glenn Youngkin administration to go forward with an illegal last-minute purge of Virginia's voter rolls, People For the American Way President Svante Myrick released the following statement: "Shame on Glenn Youngkin, and shame on the Supreme Court for trying to move the goalposts at the last minute in this election. This is exactly th  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Oct. 31 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: Marshall University has announced a gift of $5 million from the Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Charitable Foundation to support the Marshall For All program. The foundation was founded by Sheryl Sandberg, former chief operating officer of Meta and founder of Lean In. "I am profoundly grateful to my friends Sheryl Sandberg and Tom Bernthal for their extraordinary generosity towards the Marshall For All prog  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- The Security Industry Association issued the following news release: * * * Conference-goers will have ample opportunities to explore, network and celebrate industry achievements on the show floor and beyond * * * NORWALK, Conn. - ISC East, with its premier sponsor the Security Industry Association (SIA) and in partnership with the ASIS NYC Chapter, is set to host another year of ISC East Special Events coupled with updated features to The Bridge, the Career Z  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- Conservation International issued the following news release: * * * New Coalition will develop a shared pipeline of potential projects, contribute to the development of first-ever practice standards for sovereign debt conversions for nature and climate, coordinate policy efforts, share best practices * * * CALI, Colombia (Oct. 29, 2024) - Today, at the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, The Pew Char  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Bug got snakebit, right on the muzzle. "He decided that he would play with a danger noodle," said caretaker Tara Pilonero, owner and operator of Stay a While Farm near Hinton, West Virginia. Bug, a 2-year-old miniature donkey who came across what was likely a copperhead, was brought to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine on Virginia Tech's Blacksburg campus. Piloner  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Stand Up America, an organization was born in 2016 as a digital-first grassroots community working to resist what they say is Donald Trump's corruption, racism and his threats to democracy, issued the following news release: Stand Up America Managing Director of Policy and Political Affairs, Brett Edkins, issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's decision to allow Virginia officials to purge over 1,600 registered voters from the rolls just days bef  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 30 [Category: National Defense] -- The Air and Space Forces Association issued the following news release: Bob Hill, Chapter Secretary of AFA's D.W. Steele Sr. Chapter, connected with some 100 Air Force recruiters from the 317th Recruiting Squadron in Williamsburg, Va., on October 23 to update them on one of AFA's newest initiatives: Advocates to Inspire Military Service (AIMS). Hill outlined the rationale behind the partnership between AFA and the Air Force Recruiti  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following news release: Less than a week before Election Day, the Supreme Court today ruled 6-3 to allow the state of Virginia to remove 1,600 people from voter rolls under a claim that they are non-citizens, reversing two lower court rulings that barred the move. In light of this news LatinoJustice PRLDEF released the following statement that can be attributed to Miranda Galindo, Supervising Counsel, LatinoJustice PRLDEF: "The majority o  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Alliance for Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024: This morning the Supreme Court issued an order from its shadow docket allowing the commonwealth of Virginia to proceed with its voter roll purge targeting noncitizens. This is despite the fact that there is evidence that citizens who are qualified to vote have already been caught up in the purge. This is also despite the fact that the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 specifically states:   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 31 -- Take Back The Court Action Fund issued the following statement on Oct. 30, 2024, by President Sarah Lipton-Lubet: * * * NATIONWIDE (October 30, 2024) - Today, the Supreme Court intervened to allow Republicans to purge 1,600 Virginia voters -- including people known to be American citizens -- from the voter rolls. The ruling is in clear opposition to federal law, which bars states from removing voters from the voter rolls less than 90 days before the electi  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 -- Teach For America issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Hazard, KY--Today, Teach For America Appalachia (TFA) was awarded $500,000 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for its new project, Strengthening the Talent Pipeline in Central Appalachia. The funding was made available through ARC's Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE) which drives large-scale economic transformation through multi-state collaboration. Teach For Ameri  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 30 [Category: National Defense] -- The Air and Space Forces Association issued the following news release: Earlier this year, Dana O'Neal, a teacher at Jim Bowie High School in Simms, Texas, used a grant she won from the Air & Space Forces Association to fund her school's first-ever "rocket launch and drone" program. Five months after the groundbreaking project, O'Neal's local AFA Chapter is still supporting her efforts in STEM. AFA's Northeast Texas Chapter 416 coord  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company (Williams) submitted a new application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) yesterday, to approve the largest proposed methane gas expansion project in the South since the controversial Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines. The Southeast Supply Enhancement Project (SSEP) would significantly expand the existing Tr  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Led by professor John Fife and doctoral student Margaret Gatongi, the team developed a proposal focusing on coastal ecosystems and community engagement. * * * By Laura O'Brien The team from Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Education, along with international partners, has been named a finalist in the 2024 Global Sustainability Challenge, a competition designed to inspire and empower   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following Q&A with assistant professor Andy Bristow: * * * 3 questions, 2 minutes, 1 lesson with Andy Bristow, whose course explores a number of intriguing angles - from board games to the ballot box. * * * cRam Session is a VCU News feature that highlights the breadth of offerings in the VCU Bulletin course catalog and the wide-ranging expertise of the instructors. Teaching assistant professor Andy Bristow teaches in  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- African Communities Together, an organization of African immigrants fighting for civil rights, issued the following news release: * * * A recording of a press conference on this matter can be found here (https://drive.google.com/file/d/19AuAAWzSVjGIgur-qbTyutdPk8rDPA4r/view?usp=sharing). * * * Washington, DC--The Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights (VACIR), the League of Women Voters of Virginia (LWVVA), and African Communities Together (ACT) are disappointed and a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release: * * * A recording of a press conference on this matter can be found here (https://drive.google.com/file/d/19AuAAWzSVjGIgur-qbTyutdPk8rDPA4r/view?usp=sharing). * * * Immigrant rights and voting rights organizations are disappointed and alarmed the United States Supreme Court has allowed Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin to wrongfully remove qualified voters from the rolls less than one w  more

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- William and Mary issued the following news: * * * A doctoral candidate's skill, patience and dedication resulted in a groundbreaking spider silk discovery. * * * By Laura Grove How small is "small?" Spider silk nanofibrils are just a few molecular layers thick, equivalent to approximately one ten-thousandth the diameter of a human hair. They're invisible to the naked eye and cannot be seen under an ordinary microscope. Applied science doctoral ca  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- The Wireless Infrastructure Association issued the following statement on Oct. 29, 2024, by Board Member Kelly Lazuka: * * * New York State Wireless Association's The Evolution of the Network Conference Times Center, New York, NY October 29, 2024 Keynote Remarks: Kelly Lazuka, CEO, Fullerton and WIA Board Member * * * Thank you for having me. When I saw that the theme of this event was "The Evolution of the Network" it occurred to me that many of you, if yo  more