SALISBURY, Maryland, July 23 -- Perdue Farms issued the following news release: The Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation continues to invest in the health and well-being of youth and families in Daviess and Martin counties in Indiana. A grant award of $10,000 was recently presented to Youth First, Inc. in Washington, Indiana to provide mental health support and substance misuse prevention through their school-based student assistance program. The Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundat  more

GERMANTOWN, Maryland, July 23 -- Amentum, a provider of technical and engineering services, issued the following news release: Chantilly, VA, July 22, 2024 -- Amentum, a leading global engineering and technology solutions provider, is pleased to announce that it will host a capital markets day on Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. EDT, at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City. The event will showcase Amentum's solutions and capabilities, including the synergies and benefits expected   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 24 (TNSres) -- DLA Piper, a law firm, issued the following news: DLA Piper has published its 2024 Global M&A Intelligence Report which details the most recent trends observed by its lawyers and from DLA Piper's database of over 5,500 private M&A deals. The report identifies that M&A activity globally continues to face challenges. Deal volume and value both saw significant declines in 2023 and, whilst there are some positive signs in the first half of 2024, there is no  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, July 23 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Abdullahi Jamiu witnessed the devastating impact of the Ebola virus, sparking his passion for research in infectious diseases. This drive led him to Virginia Tech, and recently he was inducted into two prestigious honor societies. Jamiu, a doctoral student and research assistant in the biomedical and veterinary sciences program within the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, has been inducted into Sigma Xi,   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 24 -- The Maryland State Board of Education issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: * * * Dr. Michael will serve his first term as State Board President with Dr. Goldson as Vice President; Clarence Crawford named President Emeritus. * * * Today, the Maryland State Board of Education voted unanimously to elect Dr. Joshua Michael as President and Dr. Monica Goldson as Vice President for the 2024-2025 term. Dr. Michael was appointed to the State Board by G  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 24 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: HANOVER, MD - The No Surprises Act created transparency for patients and protection against unexpected billing, but it also brought new compliance requirements that left many health plans scrambling. By adopting InsightPro from MDI NetworX, Johns Hopkins Health Plans (JHHP) has significantly streamlined operations and ensured member-focused compliance with the No Surprises Act. "We are committed  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 24 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: Today, Governor Roy Cooper and the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources announced a historic $421 million grant award under the Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program to support a broad array of carbon-reducing natural land conservation and restoration projects. With this funding, over 200,000 acres of coast  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 24 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today signed an executive order creating the Maryland Plain Language Initiative. The initiative will establish standards to enhance communication between the State of Maryland and Maryland residents to ensure that all Marylanders have equal opportunities to engage with government-based communications, services, and supports in ways that are clear, understandable, an  more

BOWIE, Maryland, July 24 -- Inovalon, a provider of cloud-based platforms empowering data-driven healthcare, issued the following news: * * * SaaS Analytics Solution Provides Life Sciences Insight Into Brand Performance, Provider Engagement, and Patient Outcomes * * * Inovalon, a leading provider of cloud-based software solutions empowering data-driven healthcare, today launched Provider Market Insights, a SaaS solution leveraging the industry's largest primary source patient dataset to meet  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, July 24 -- Lockheed Martin issued the following news release: Farnborough, July 23, 2024 -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), the global defense technology company, and Lufthansa Technik, a leading international provider of technical services for the aviation industry, have signed a collaboration memorandum of understanding (MoU) at Farnborough International Air Show. Speaking at the signing event, Michael Williamson, president Lockheed Martin International, said: "Today's MoU b  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, July 23 -- Lockheed Martin issued the following news release: MALACKY AIR BASE, Slovakia, July 22, 2024 -- Lockheed Martin and the Slovak Republic today announced the arrival of the first F-16 Block 70s in Slovakia, marking a new era in European air defense. F-16 Block 70 fighter jets will enable the Slovak Republic to ensure the protection of its airspace and strengthen European security cooperation across allies. Lockheed Martin has produced five F-16 Block 70 jets for Sl  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 24 (TNSres) -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources issued the following news: * * * Temperatures and non-native fish species have increased, while acidity has lessened * * * A Maryland Department of Natural Resources report found mixed results for the health of the state's non-tidal streams, with some conditions getting better, others worse, and some remaining the same. For this report on potential changes in stream conditions, the department's Maryland Bi  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 24 -- The Maryland Department of Health issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: The Maryland Department of Health today announced the launch of a new tool for combating the overdose crisis: the Maryland Overdose Data Dashboard (https://health.maryland.gov/dataoffice/Pages/mdh-dashboards.aspx). The dashboard, which replaces the previous one at StopOverdose.maryland.gov, provides a user-friendly and easy-to-understand visualization of overdose trends througho  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 24 -- The Maryland Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The Maryland Department of Agriculture has awarded a $505,744 Animal Waste Technology Grant to South Mountain Creamery in Frederick County. This grant will enhance the farm's manure management system for its 500 dairy cows. The award is part of the state's ongoing commitment to managing animal manure, protecting natural resources, and pursuing clean, renewable energy sources. "This project  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 24 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: An interdisciplinary Johns Hopkins research team has published new research on a potential alternative and less-invasive approach to evaluate intracranial pressure (ICP) in patients with serious neurological conditions. This research was published July 12 in the journal Computers in Biology and Medicine. ICP is a physiological variable that can increase abnormally if one has severe traumatic bra  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, July 24 -- Lockheed Martin issued the following news release: FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom, July 23, 2024 -- An innovation by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will deliver unprecedented interoperability to F-35 Lightning II and F-16 fighters, ground-based artillery systems such as HIMARS, and the MLRS family of munitions. For NATO partners, the interoperability could extend to other 4th Generation jets as well as new mobile rocket launchers built in Europe. The innovation: Lockhe  more

LANHAM, Maryland, July 24 -- The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development issued the following news release: HYATTSVILLE, MD - Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Jake Day was joined Monday by officials from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Sasha Bruce Youthwork and Prince George's County to announce $2 million in funding to the State of Maryland through HUD's Youth Homelessness Systems Improvement grant. "In the Moore-Miller   more

ADELPHI, Maryland, July 24 -- The University of Maryland Global Campus issued the following news: By Gil Klein Two enlisted servicemembers became the first to receive Associate of Arts degrees under a new collaboration between the United States Naval Community College (USNCC) and University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC). Carsen Paukowits and Marine Ryan Rohr, both members of the U.S. Coast Guard, also earned certificates in computer networking from UMGC. Under the joint arrangement, UMGC p  more