WORCESTER, Massachusetts, March 31 -- Assumption University issued the following news: * * * Announcing the 2026 Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients Assumption University today announced that scholar Roosevelt Montas and non-profit executive Larry R. Thayer will speak at the Undergraduate and Graduate School Commencement ceremonies in May. Montas, and Micheal J. Kelly, a global business leader, will receive honorary degrees. "We are honored to have these distinguished speak  more

NEW YORK, April 2 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * B.J. Novak to Host PEN America 2026 Literary Gala in New York City * (NEW YORK)-PEN America announced today that award-winning actor, director and bestselling author B.J. Novak will host the organization's annual Literary Gala on May 14 at the American Museum of Natural History in New Yo  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, April 2 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * 'Law and Democracy' Series Welcomes Leading Experts Ezra Klein and Annette Gordon-Reed '81 are among the speakers in spring term. * The Rockefeller Center and Dartmouth Dialogues have added new speakers this spring for the Law and Democracy: The United States at 250 series, including journalist Ezra Klein, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Montgomery Fellow Annette Gordon-Reed '81, and Ford Foundation P  more

HEMPSTEAD, New York, April 1 -- Hofstra University issued the following news: * * * Kalikow School Hosts Bipartisan Discussion on White House Policies and the 2026 Midterm Elections Hofstra University welcomed students, faculty, and community members to a timely discussion examining how current White House policies may inform the 2026 congressional midterm elections, with Kalikow Senior Presidential Fellows Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary under President George W. Bush, and   more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 3 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Study examines diversity of Black perspectives on race relations * A new Rice University study offers one of the first national measures of a viewpoint called "racial realism" and considers how it fits into the broader spectrum of perspectives Black Americans hold about race relations. Brown's work examines a perspective never before explored in large-scale research, drawing on representative survey data fr  more