WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law issued the following news release: * * * BRANDEIS CENTER CALLS ON DOJ TO INVESTIGATE GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY FOR VIOLATING FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT OVER SECRET QATAR-LINKED DEAL Letter to Acting Attorney General Blanche Demands FARA Inquiry After Contract Revealed Georgetown Was Required to Consult Qatar Government on Conference Speakers and Themes at Washington, D.C. Events * The Louis D. Brandeis Center for   more

GUILFORD, England, May 7 -- The University of Surrey issued the following news release: * * * Brexit did not just shake Britain - it sent financial shockwaves across Europe * Brexit sent waves of financial volatility through European markets, reshaping how risk travelled between countries and exposing how tightly connected the continent's financial systems had become, according to new research from the University of Surrey. Analysing more than two decades of stock market data across the EU,  more

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 7 -- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives issued the following commentary on May 6, 2026, by senior researcher and political economist Andrew Longhurst: * * * Canada's federal government abandons national pharmacare There will be no new federal funding for pharmacare. Provinces and territories will have to go it alone. * "Our government remains focused on empowering Canadians--by lowering costs, expanding opportunity, and protecting the vital social programs Cana  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on May 6, 2026, by Dessie Zagorcheva, a PhD in Columbia University International Relations: * * * Bulgaria: Hope Despite the Noise Bulgaria has finally elected a strong government. But don't assume its Kremlin-friendly instincts will be the defining feature. * The European Union barely had time to celebrate the ouster of Hungary's Viktor Orban before Bulgaria delivered a political shock of its own.   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on May 6, 2026, by Thomas Godward, founding member of CEPA's Business Leadership Council: * * * How Private Capital Can Accelerate European Rearmament Europe's defense industry supply chains are technology dependent, fragile and lack surge capacity. Private capital can help if legislators act. * The continent has increased its financial commitment to its own security, as it scrambles to compensate f  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following testimony by Paul Runko, senior director of K-12 initiatives at Defending Education, from an April 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Leveling Down: How Equity Policies Undermine Excellence and Harm Students": * * * Chairman Kiley, Ranking Member Bonamici, and distinguished members of the subcommittee: thank you for inviting me. My name is Paul Runko, and   more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, May 7 -- Seton Hall University posted the following news: * * * A Diplomacy Alumna's Lead in Human Rights Advocacy Malaak Jamal '15, is an alumna of the graduate program at the School of Diplomacy and International Relations. Jamal is currently serving at the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) as director of Policy and Research, where she oversees research programs and analyzes political regime developments in countries under authoritarian rule. She works alongside the Ch  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development released the following written testimony by Judson Horras, president and CEO of the North American Interfraternity Conference, from an April 29, 2026, hearing entitled "Speech or Silence? The Future of the First Amendment in Higher Education": * * * I am Jud Horras, President and CEO of the North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC). The NIC is a trade association of 61 natio  more

ROLLA, Missouri, May 7 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology posted the following news: * * * S&T student elected to Rolla City Council * Amelia Markwell, a senior in biological sciences at Missouri S&T, has been elected to the Rolla City Council as a Ward 6 representative. She was sworn in to office on Monday, April 20, and her term will expire in April 2028. Markwell is the first Asian American, the youngest woman and may be the first Missouri S&T undergraduate student to hold  more