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Rural counties continue to rank lowest among counties across the U.S., in terms of health outcomes. A group of national organizations including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National 4-H Council are leading the way to close the rural health gap.

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Released: 7-Nov-2017 2:25 PM EST

Outsourcing Push Is Heart of Nassau County School Bus Battle

Cornell University

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Released: 7-Nov-2017 1:05 PM EST

Andrea Gunn Eaton Appointed UCI Chief Campus Counsel

University of California, Irvine

Andrea Gunn Eaton, a top legal voice for one of the nation’s largest university systems, will join the University of California, Irvine as chief campus counsel.

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Released: 7-Nov-2017 1:05 PM EST

New Study Points to Risks from Mislabeled Unregulated Cannabidiol Products

RTI International

Study findings highlight need for manufacturing and testing standards and federal government oversight.

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Released: 7-Nov-2017 10:05 AM EST

Looking at Global Climate Solutions From Multiple Angles

Northwestern University

Highlighting the need for a collaborative, cross-disciplinary approach to solving climate change, Northwestern University’s second annual Climate Change Symposium brings together academics, non-profit and think tank leaders, policy makers and business executives for two days of thoughtful dialogue on one of the most pressing issues of our time on Nov. 9 and 10.

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Released: 7-Nov-2017 10:05 AM EST

MSU Experts Can Discuss Texas Church Massacre

Michigan State University

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Released: 7-Nov-2017 9:05 AM EST

Arkansas Poll Finds Arkansans Support Some LGBT Civil Rights But Not Others

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

The poll was designed and analyzed by Janine Parry, professor of political science at the U of A. The poll has a track record over its 19-year history of coming within two points of actual election outcomes.

Feature LIFE

Released: 7-Nov-2017 5:00 AM EST

So You Want to Be a Cybersecurity Expert

California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

Information security is a white-hot career. Find out how campuses across the CSU are preparing students to fill these in-demand jobs.

Feature LIFE SCIENCE

Released: 6-Nov-2017 5:05 PM EST

Center on Wrongful Convictions Client Kerry Masterson Acquitted of 2009 Murder

Northwestern University

After spending more than eight years in prison, Kerry Masterson, a joint client of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Center on Wrongful Convictions and Neal Gerber Eisenberg, is free following a jury’s not-guilty verdict in the Circuit Court of Cook County on Nov. 2, 2017.In 2011, Masterson was convicted of the 2009 murder of Michael Norton, the owner of a convenience store located at the corner of North and Cicero Avenues in Chicago.

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Released: 6-Nov-2017 4:30 PM EST

#ParadisePapers: U-M Experts Can Discuss Leaks as Trump Administration Prepares for Tax Reform

University of Michigan

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Released: 6-Nov-2017 4:05 PM EST

Northwestern Law Trial Teams Win Labor Law Competition

Northwestern University

From left: Lane Lansdown, JD ’18, Hannah Freiman JD ’18, Coach Mark Duric, Coach Kendrick Washington, Amanda Tzivas JD ’19 and Joey Becker JD ’18. Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer, who presided over the final round, is in the background. The team will compete in January at the national labor law championship. CHICAGO - Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Bartlit Center trial teams captured the top two spots in the American Bar Association’s Midwest Regional Labor Law Competition for the second year in a row.