WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairmen Guthrie and Joyce Announce Oversight and Investigations Hearing on the Safety of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chatbots Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Congressman John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, announced a hearing t  more

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, Nov. 10 -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news: * * * Jesse Thomas: Learning to See Science in Practice * Jesse Thomas (WKU '26) is from Gallatin, TN with a double major in biology and chemistry, a minor in biophysics, and a pre-Optometry concentration. "The longer that I worked in that field, the more interesting it became to me, the more I got to see people's lives changed by the restoration of sight, or the improvement of sight at least. And that  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * McConnell Hemp Provision Targets Intoxicating THC Products; Protects Industrial Hemp and CBD * U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) secured language in the FY 2026 Senate Agriculture Appropriations bill to close a loophole that has allowed the sale of unregulated intoxicating THC products to be manufactured and sold nationwide, while preserving non-intoxicating CBD and in  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Nov. 11 -- Oklahoma State University posted the following news: * * * OSU Army ROTC earns top 15 national ranking * Oklahoma State University's Army ROTC program has been recognized among the best in the nation, ranking No. 13 out of 294 programs evaluated by the U.S. Army Cadet Command. The distinction reflects the outstanding performance of OSU cadets at Advanced Camp, a rigorous 35-day training and evaluation exercise held each summer at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The na  more

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, Nov. 11 -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news: * * * Ray Mendoza forges a new career path while serving as a resource for others * For Ray V. Mendoza Jr., every step of his Hilltopper journey is guided by a desire to encourage and support others. "Part of it is the military - you don't work alone, you work as a team - and part of it is my own upbringing as an older sibling taking care of my brothers and my mom." As a non-traditional and first-g  more

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, Nov. 12 -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news: * * * Dr. Er receives RIDG Grant from NASA * Dr. Ali Er, Associate Professor of Physics, has been awarded a Research Infrastructure Development Grant in the amount of $35,000. The grant comes from the Kentucky Space Grant Consortium and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, both funded by NASA and administered through the University of Kentucky. The purpose is to support research c  more