WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (TNSres) -- The American Educational Research Association issued the following news release: * * * Researchers Warn that Rising Absenteeism Could Worsen Growing Teacher Shortages * * * As student absenteeism reaches record highs in schools across the United States, new research finds that student absences are linked to lower teacher job satisfaction, raising concerns that this may exacerbate growing teacher shortages. The findings were published today in Educational Resea  more

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, Nov. 12 [Category: Materials Management] -- ASTM International, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials, which develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for materials, products, systems and services, issued the following news release: The workshop considers the role of textile standards in the circular economy. ASTM has published a report on a recent workshop, hosted jointly with the National Institute of Standards and Techn  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting issued the following news release: * * * Stations in California, Pennsylvania and Utah Secure Next Generation Warning System Funding * * * Public radio stations KVPR in Fresno, CA; WQLN in Erie, PA; and KRCL in Salt Lake City, UT, will receive a total of up to $587,704 from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to upgrade their equipment to provide enhanced emergency alerting. With these grants, CPB has awarded funding to  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 13 (TNSres) -- Drexel University issued the following news release: The cybersecurity refrain when encountering phishing emails invariably advises: "don't click on that link" and "report that email" -- but new research from Drexel University and Arizona State University has revealed a problematic reality: Most major companies do little to support reporting and few take action to shut down phishing sites disguised as their own after they have been reported. Rece  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 13 -- The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education issued the following news release: * * * Penn GSE, the School District of Philadelphia, Foundations, Inc., and the Consortium for Policy Research in Education are partnering to create an innovative and scalable college and career readiness model for students. * * * The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE) has been awarded $3.5 million, part of a larger $8 million g  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center issued the following news release: Addition of the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab to standard of care for patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma of the limb significantly improved disease-free survival, according to the results of the SU2C-SARC032 clinical trial led by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, UPMC, Duke University and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network.   more

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, Nov. 12 [Category: Materials Management] -- ASTM International, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials, which develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for materials, products, systems and services, issued the following news release: ASTM International's concrete pipe committee (C13) presented its 2024 Award of Merit to Wayne Hodge, senior director of engineering at Rinker Materials. The prestigious award, which includes th  more

NEW WILMINGTON, Pennsylvania, Nov. 13 -- Westminster College issued the following news release: Westminster College School of Communications faculty member Brad Weaver lectured about teaching documentary storytelling at the Broadcast Education Association On-Location Conference at Clark Atlanta (Ga.) University on Oct. 26. Weaver, lecturer of broadcast communications, presented "Practical Approaches to Teaching Documentary Storytelling" and shared the successes and protocols that have been use  more