University of Pittsburgh

• New York, April 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) today announced it is awarding Distinguished Investigator Grants valued at $1 million to 10 senior-level scientists who are conducting innovative projects in neurobiological and behavioral research.
• By funding transformative research focused on new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat psychiatric disorders, our Distinguished Investigator Grants are encouraging established scientists to continue advancing our understanding of mental illness and disorders of brain and behavior,” says Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D., President and CEO of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation.
• The ground-breaking work of the Distinguished Investigator Grant recipients will bring hope and healing to people and families impacted by mental illness.
• We applaud these scientists for their extraordinary dedication, innovation, and leadership.”
  Recipients of the Distinguished Investigator Grants are full professors at research institutions in the United States and abroad.

• BOSTON, March 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TransCode Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNAZ), the RNA oncology company committed to more effectively treating cancer using RNA therapeutics, announced today that Daniel Vlock, M.D., has been appointed as the company’s Chief Medical Officer.
• Dr. Vlock is a medical oncologist with over 25 years of industry experience and 15 years in academia, including renowned institutions Yale University, University of Pittsburgh, and Harvard University.
• While at Pharmacia, Dr. Vlock ran the Celebrex Oncology program involving two pivotal clinical trials and over 3,500 patients.
• Dr. Vlock initially will serve on a part-time basis through TransCode’s arrangement with BioBridges LLC, a life sciences consulting company.

• The Best-in-Track Award for Student Support and Success at OLC Innovate 2023 was awarded to InScribe for their timely session on fostering a sense of belonging for online learners.
• DENVER, March 7, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- InScribe Education is delighted to share our achievement alongside a distinguished guest panel in receiving the Best-in-Track Award for Student Support and Success at the OLC Innovate 2023 conference .
• InScribe warmly congratulates our panelists and appreciates their vital contributions to this session.
• On behalf of the entire panel, InScribe extends our gratitude to the OLC for recognizing our hard work, innovation, and dedication to improving the online learning experience.

• I didn’t get a pass to media day, so I didn’t get a chance to ask Chiefs head coach Andy Reid about how he tends to his mustache.
• But my colleagues and I were able to ask an all-pro lineup of scholars to write about a range of football-related topics, from the partisan food divide to the numbers behind the biggest gambling bonanza in league history.

1. Flag, you’re it

• A year ago, league officials decided to shake up the annual showcase.
• It would no longer be a tackle football game.
• But Woods points to a gender divide and a political divide that could end up clouding the sport’s future.

2. X’s, O’s and Z’s

• In 2011, former NFL cornerback Sam Shields was a rookie playing for a Green Bay Packers team that had made the Super Bowl.
• The night before the big game, he tossed and turned.
• Something tells me I’d be a lot like Shields.

3. Going all in on gambling

• Or maybe you’re betting on Reba McEntire’s national anthem to last longer than 90.5 seconds.
• The country’s gambling mania has been aided, in part, by the Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling that overturned a federal ban on sports betting.
• The NFL has gone all in on its embrace of gambling, forging billion-dollar partnerships with the country’s top sportsbooks.
• Read more:
  The Super Bowl gets the Vegas treatment, with 1 in 4 American adults expected to gamble on the big game

4. At least they aren’t serving donkey meat

• And even the Super Bowl – one of the few communal events left in a polarized, atomized nation – can’t avoid the creep of partisanship.
• Maybe you could just serve salmon – a food that, according to Dyck and Pearson-Merkowitz’s research, is “resistant to partisan cues.” Grim times, indeed.
• Read more:
  Super Bowl party foods can deliver political bite – choose wisely

5. ByeDaddy

• That’s one reason companies are willing to fork over so much cash for a coveted slot – as much as US$7 million for a 30-second spot.
• Ferrell point out, many regulars on the airwaves of the Super Bowl, such as GoDaddy and Ford, are missing from this year’s lineup.
• Read more:
  Super Bowl ads: It's getting harder for commercials to score with consumers

  This story is a roundup of articles from The Conversation’s archives.