WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The American Association of Colleges of Nursing issued the following news release: * * * AACN Announces 2025 Election Results for its Board of Directors and Nominating Committee WASHINGTON, D.C., February 6, 2025 - The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is pleased to announce the results of its 2025 election to fill seats on the AACN Board of Directors and Nominating Committee. With votes cast by member deans from the nation's nursing schools with baccala  more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Feb. 7 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: * * * An Arctic meltdown is accelerating global warming. How will we adapt? In 2016, nearly 200 world leaders pledged to do everything possible to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Since then, policymakers across the globe have designed countless laws around the assumption that warming would never cross that threshold. But scientists have some sobering news to share: Earth exceeded 1.5 degrees of  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network posted the following news release: * * * Arizona Cancer Advocates Rally Lawmakers to Support Access to Care, Tobacco Control at 'Cancer Action Day' Volunteer advocates from across Arizona, including cancer survivors, patients and caregivers, rallied at the state Capitol on Thursday for 'Cancer Action Day,' an event hosted annually by the the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). Advo  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Feb. 8 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * Seed fund to help early-Stage university startups enters investment phase A University of Arizona seed fund designed to help launch startups from the innovations of faculty, staff, students and alumni has surpassed its initial goal of $2 million after just a year of fundraising. The Wildcat Philanthropic Seed Fund is ready to begin accepting applications and making its first investments. Tech Launch  more

BOULDER, Colorado, Feb. 7 -- The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association issued the following news: * * * Seven states named to new higher education Basic Needs Academy The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) kicked off a new Basic Needs Academy this week, focused on supporting states in expanding data capacity and developing policy infrastructure for integrating and using basic needs information in state postsecondary data systems. Seven states - Ariz  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Feb. 8 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * U of A to help develop national standards for sustainability in higher ed Thanks to its institutional commitment to sustainability and climate action, the University of Arizona will help the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching develop a new classification to recognize U.S. higher education institutions' sustainability work. The university is one of 21 institutions recently named to   more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Feb. 8 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: * * * Wildland fires are unpredictable. NASA's spaceborne lidar is helping reduce that uncertainty Recent wildfires are larger and more intense than they've ever been in the historical record. If you've been watching the news at any point in the last decade, that's no surprise. The reasons for that are complex, though not surprising--hotter, drier weather; more fuel built up from decades of fire suppression  more