TAIPEI, Taiwan, Aug. 6 -- The American Institute in Taiwan issued the following news release: The American Institute in Taiwan is excited and honored to announce that two Taiwan performing art ensembles -- Resident Island Dance Theatre from Pingtung County, and Twincussion from Taipei -- will participate in the Center Stage Season 6 U.S. Tour during the 2022-2023 performance season. Congratulations to the two Taiwan groups! This marks the first time Center Stage has included Taiwan for this hi  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (TNSPer) -- The Center for Reproductive Rights issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: The Center for Reproductive Rights today announced the election of five new members and one returning member to the organization's Board of Directors. As the only INGO focused globally on reproductive rights law, the Center is a nonpartisan organization headquartered in New York City with offices in Bogota, Geneva, Nairobi, and Washington, DC. "As we launch a new Strategic Plan wi  more

MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania, Aug. 6 (TNSPer) -- Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg issued the following news: Penn State Harrisburg has announced the appointment of Angappa Gunasekaran as director of the School of Business Administration, effective August 16. "We are pleased to welcome Dr. Gunasekaran to Penn State Harrisburg. His wealth of experience will undoubtedly serve to advance not only the School of Business Administration, but the college as a whole," said Chancellor John M. Mason.  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The White House issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: MR. ZIENTS: Good morning. And thanks for joining us. Dr. Walensky, Dr. Fauci, Dr. Murthy, and I will keep our comments brief this morning, so we can get to your questions. I'll start with an update on the progress we're making in our fight against the pandemic. Driven by the more transmissible Delta variant, cases are continuing to rise. These cases are concentrated in communities with low vaccination rate  more

RIVERSIDE, California, Aug. 6 (TNSRes) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Jennifer Scheper Hughes details the Roman Catholic Church's transformation in the Americas following an unidentified epidemic, and how Indigenous Mexicans rebuilt it in the aftermath * * * During the first century of American colonization, as many as 20 million people in Mexico perished from disease, violence, and exploitation. Jennifer Scheper Hughes, a professor in the D  more