WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich. (2nd CD), issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Holland, on Monday, Aug. 23 will present Holland Township World War II veteran Ray Barrett with medals related to his service. Barrett graduated from high school at 17 years old, and he was drafted into the military at 18. He was shot during the 1943-1944 Naples-Foggia Campaign in Italy and would spend the next years of his life recuperating in various hospitals, inclu  more

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., Aug. 18 -- Hofstra University issued the following news release: This original exhibition "Acquired Riches: Highlights from the Hofstra University Museum Collection" highlights the artists, genres, and cultures represented in the Hofstra University Museum collection while paying tribute to the significant contribution of the art donors who are composed of alumni, art collectors, artists, faculty, friends, trustees and others. The exhibition is on view from September 1 thro  more

LAFAYETTE, La., Aug. 17 -- The University of Louisiana issued the following news release: As an incoming freshman at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Alice Costa Alegra faced a formidable challenge. The Angola, Africa native did not speak English. She spent her first year at UL Lafayette in the university's Intensive English Program, mastering the language in six, eight-week sessions. This fall, she will begin tackling the petroleum engineering curriculum. Monday evening, Alegr  more

DELAND, Fla., Aug. 18 -- Volusia County issued the following news release: Ken Kilner, a volunteer master gardener with Volusia County, will discuss his mission to west Africa from 11 a.m. - noon Tuesday, Aug. 24, at the Volusia County Agricultural Center, 3100 E. New York Ave., DeLand. The Ormond Beach resident recently spent two weeks in two remote villages in Niger teaching farmers the benefits of mulching, crop rotation and safer pest-management alternatives in farming the Moringa tree  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 17 -- Monash University issued the following news release: Monash University has had significant success in the prestigious Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), improving its standing in the categories of highly cited researchers, articles published, articles cited and per capita performance, moving into the 151-200 band with an estimated rank of 171. Monash University also placed in the top 100 for chemistry - the highest ranking of any Australian univ  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 18 -- The University of Utah Health Science Center issued the following news release: Following up a pioneering 2007 proof-of-concept study, a University of Utah biochemist and colleagues have developed a promising new anti-HIV drug candidate, PIE12-trimer, that prevents HIV from attacking human cells. Michael S. Kay, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry in the U School of Medicine and senior author of the study published Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, online b  more

DOVER, Del., Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Dover Air Force Base issued the following news release: Heroes are those whose actions show through as going above and beyond the call of duty. Heroes don't worry about themselves; they only focus on those they can help. Heroes seek to right whatever wrongs they see. One such hero was Senior Airman Aston Goodman, stationed at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. Airman Goodman deployed with Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team as both a vehicle operator a  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- United Nations issued the following news release: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has today announced the appointment of Zachary Muburi-Muitaof Kenya as the Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union which was established by the General Assembly on 1 July 2010. Mr. Muburi-Muitabrings to this position many years of considerable diplomatic, political, civil-military and management skills and experience from his work with the Kenyan Government, wh  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Aug. 19 -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release: University of Virginia art history professor Matthew Affron will give a Lunchtime Talk on the U.Va. Art Museum's exhibition "Man Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens" on Sept. 14, from noon to 1 p.m. Organized by International Arts and Artists, the exhibit presents photographs of African objects by the American artist Man Ray and his international avant-garde contemporaries in the 1920s and 1  more

STRATFORD, N.J., Aug. 18 -- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey issued the following news release: Dr. Susan Salmond, dean of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-School of Nursing, has announced that Marie Theresa O'Toole, EdD, RN, FAAN, has been named associate dean for the school's Stratford campus. Dr. O'Toole, a resident of Haddon Heights in Camden County, has extensive international experience having worked in and led nursing education programs i  more