EMORY, Virginia, April 13 -- Emory and Henry College issued the following news: By Billy Chandler A best-selling author who serves as interim president and CEO of Philander Smith University will deliver the annual commencement address May 4 at Emory & Henry College. Dr. Cynthia A. Bond Hopson will be a part of ceremonies that will award degrees to nearly 200 undergraduate students and graduate students. The commencement program will begin at 10 a.m. at Fred Selfe Stadium on the E&H campus.   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 13 -- The Nieman Foundation issued the following news: Jerry Mitchell, director and co-founder of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting (MCIR), has been selected as the winner of the 2024 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence in recognition of his exemplary body of work and lifelong commitment to investigative journalism. For the past four decades, his hard-hitting stories have exposed injustices, corruption and abuse of power in the Americ  more

HAMILTON, Ontario, April 13 -- McMaster University issued the following Q&A on April 12, 2024, with Jaclyn Desforges, award-winning Hamilton writer and the 2023-2024 Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer in Residence: By Sara Laux Jaclyn Desforges, an award-winning Hamilton writer and the 2023-2024 Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer in Residence, will be wrapping up her residency at the end of April. The Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer in Residence program is an annual partnership between the Faculty of Humanities' depar  more