POMONA, California, May 6 -- California State Polytechnic University-Pomona issued the following news: * * * Poli Sci Professor Neil Chaturvedi Selected Editor-in-Chief of Political Research Quarterly Cynthia Peters Neil Chaturvedi, professor of political science, has been named editor-in-chief of Political Research Quarterly, the official journal of the Western Political Science Association. The association announced its new nine-member editorial board in late April. The PRQ is a peer-rev  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on May 5, 2026, by Oleksandr Khara, executive director of the Centre for Defence Strategies in Kyiv, Ukraine: * * * After the Ukraine War: How to Deter the Next One Ukraine has impressed the world with the ingenuity, bravery and longevity of its defense against Russian aggression. Its next task is to build deterrence. * Ukraine's pioneering use of unmanned systems has profoundly changed the characte  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on May 5, 2026, by Stephen Blank, senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute: * * * Sunset for the Russian Language Russian was in retreat even before the full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine four years ago. Its imperial behavior has accelerated the process. * Russian culture and, in particular, Russian language use are in retreat across the entire former Soviet space. This retre  more

DETROIT, Michigan, May 6 -- The Foundation for Economic Education issued the following commentary by Editorial Director Katrina Gulliver: * * * FEE's 2026 Bagwell Center Essay Prize Celebrating our winners. * FEE recently held our second-annual essay competition in cooperation with the Bagwell Center at Kennesaw State University. The contest was open to any student at KSU, and their prompt was related to the work of the Bagwell Center's visiting fellow, Grover Norquist, and the Taxpayer Pro  more

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee, May 5 -- Middle Tennessee State University posted the following news: * * * In the news: MTSU faculty, staff talk censorship, AI, unemployment, Pirates, more * MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -Middle Tennessee State University faculty and staff recently shared their perspectives with media on various issues, including employment rates, artificial intelligence, censorship and finances. * Allie Sultan, media arts professor, talked with Axios Nashville on April 9 about the launch  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on May 5, 2026, by John C.K. Daly, Eurasian foreign affairs and defense policy expert and non-resident fellow at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Iran Conflict Could Help Revive Moribund Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline Executive Summary: * The Iran conflict has made completing the moribund Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline (TCP) increasingly attractive. Central Asia is looking to export  more

CLEMSON, South Carolina, May 5 -- Clemson University posted the following news: * * * Linvill named Andrew Carnegie Fellow * College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences Darren Linvill, professor of communication and co-director of the Media Forensics Hub at Clemson University, has been named an Andrew Carnegie Fellow by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The fellowship provides $200,000 and will support Linvill's work with the Media Forensics Hub to understand online deception a  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Outrageous and Appalling: Censorship of FDA and CDC Vaccine Studies Officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) blocked publication of several studies supporting the safety of widely used vaccines against COVID-19 and shingles. Two COVID-19 studies had already been accepted for publication in medical journals, and abstracts of the shingles studies were to be submitted to a drug safe  more

FLORIDA, May 6 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following remarks on May 5, 2026, by Director of Division of Trading and Markets Jamie Selway at the Options Industry Conference: * * * Fixing Failures to Communicate Good afternoon. Steve [Luparello], thank you for that kind introduction. Given the incredible, persistent growth in the options markets over the past decade, it is only fitting to hold your annual conference in the great state of Florida, an anchor participant i  more