COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 13 -- The Council of Development Finance Agencies issued the following news release dated Nov. 14, 2024: * * * Newest Graduate of the Prestigious Development Finance Certified Professional (DFCP) Program * * * The Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) is pleased to announce Joe Lohman, Director of Finance for Port KC, in Kansas City, MO, as the newest graduate of the prestigious Development Finance Certified Professional (DFCP) program. Mr. Lohman joins the ra  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Nov. 13 -- KU Endowment, the fundraising foundation for the University of Kansas, issued the following news: When University of Kansas School of Law Dean Stephen Mazza was a boy in Huntsville, Alabama, the legacy of his family's giving towered over him. "When my great uncle immigrated from Italy and settled in Alabama he helped build the Catholic church in town with a significant donation," Dean Mazza explains. "Every generation of my family since has made a significant contr  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 12 -- The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., a veterans service organization, issued the following news release: * * * VFW leader stands ready to offer insight to the incoming Trump-Vance administration; calls for Americans to 'show our mettle' * * * "In the 125-year history of the VFW, we have witnessed the transfer of power of the highest office of our nation 21 times. It has not always been easy. But despite wars and rumors of war; assassinations and assassi  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Nov. 13 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: A joint project between University of Kansas and University of Houston supported by $1.8 million from the National Science Foundation's second Future of Semiconductor program (FuSe2) will produce atomically tunable memory resistors, dubbed "memristors," for brain-inspired advanced computing -- while training the workforce for the nation's semiconductor industry. The program was created in 2023 to address fundament  more