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State Tipoffs Involving Florida Newsletter for Friday April 11, 2025 ( 6 items )  

ESPN Adds Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning to April 15 Exclusive Game Schedule
BRISTOL, Connecticut, April 10 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ESPN Adds Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning to April 15 Exclusive Game Schedule The National Hockey League and ESPN today announced an update to the 2024-25 NHL regular-season schedule. An Atlantic Division matchup between the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning on April 15 has been added as a national exclusive game on ESPN. This game replaces the previou  more

FSU English Professor Awarded Competitive National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 10 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * FSU English professor awarded competitive National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship By Jack Clifford A Florida State University faculty member has been selected for a prestigious fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in support of her next book project. Associate Professor of English and Honors Teaching Scholar Tarez Samra Graban will use the fellowship to write "Rh  more

Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Announces Final Table for 2025 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
HOLLYWOOD, Florida, April 11 -- Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, issued the following news on April 10, 2025: * * * Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Announces Final Table for 2025 WPT Poker Showdown Championship Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood concluded its 2025 Poker Showdown on Wednesday, April 9 following a successful three-week run. The Poker Showdown kicked off on Wednesday, March 19 and saw 74 trophy events and more than  more

UM Miller School of Medicine: Can Stem Cells Address Behavioral Symptoms in Alzheimer's Patients?
MIAMI, Florida, April 11 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Can Stem Cells Address Behavioral Symptoms in Alzheimer's Patients? By Tara Roberts As Alzheimer's disease progresses, many patients develop severe behavioral problems such as agitation, aggression, abnormal sleep and sexual behaviors, hallucinations and delusions. The symptoms can be overwhelmingly stressful for patients and their caregivers. But the existing options for behaviora  more

UM Miller School of Medicine: Cancer Research in the Wake of a Key FDA Decision on Minimal Residual Disease
MIAMI, Florida, April 11 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Cancer Research in the Wake of a Key FDA Decision on Minimal Residual Disease By Charlotte Schubert It's been almost one year since the speed of multiple myeloma research got a big boost at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Last April, a key agency committee ruled in favor of using a measurement called minimal residual disease (MRD) as an endpoint to support the accelera  more

UM Miller School of Medicine: Figuring Out What Genes Do
MIAMI, Florida, April 11 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Figuring Out What Genes Do By Josh Baxt The reference genome from the Human Genome Project was a stunning achievement, but it left a lot of questions unanswered. While the project revealed how many genes there are (around 22,000), where they live on chromosomes, disease susceptibilities and other important details, it didn't tell us what the genes do. That enormous job is now being   more