CHICAGO, Illinois, May 9 -- The Loyola University Chicago issued the following news release: At its annual meeting, the Board of Trustees of Loyola University Chicago elected new and returning members and appointed two Life Trustees. Loyola President Mark C. Reed, EdD, extended a welcome to four distinguished leaders in higher education, law, and business who were elected to initial three-year terms: Reverend Michael J. Graham, S.J., Thomas N. Hund (BBA '76), LaKeisha C. Marsh (JD '05), and R  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, May 9 (TNSres) -- Santa Fe Institute issued the following research news brief on May 8, 2024: * * * Will a certain tritium atom decay by a certain time? According to our current science, this question concerning physical phenomena should be answered by sampling from a probability distribution, a process not unlike spinning a roulette wheel or rolling dice. However, a paper in Foundations of Physics suggests that the same could be true of a question concerning mathematical  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by Kate Bowers, a legislative attorney in the American Law Division of the Congressional Research Service, from a hearing dated March 20, 2024, entitled "Examining PFAS as Hazardous Substances." PFAS stands for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. * * * Chairman Carper, Ranking Member Capito, and Members of the Committee: My name is Kate Bowers, and I am a legislative attorney in the Americ  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Gretchen Carlson, a journalist and co-founder of Lift Our Voices, from a hearing dated April 9, 2024, entitled "Small Print, Big Impact: Examining the Effects of Forced Arbitration": * * * Chairman Durbin, Ranking Member Graham, and distinguished members of the committee, thank you so much for the opportunity to appear today to testify about my experience with forced arbitration. In 2016, I sued my boss, f  more