FARGO, North Dakota, May 8 -- North Dakota State University posted the following news: * * * 93 NDSU students and 22 businesses participate in Professional Preview Days * NDSU's Career and Advising Center partnered with 22 regional businesses and organizations to provide job shadow opportunities to 93 students through Professional Preview Days last month. Students were able to see the organizations and job shadowing opportunities available to them and select which they were most interested  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 8 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Griffin Continues Fight against Shipment of Abortion Pills into Arkansas, Joins Amici Briefs Challenging FDA Rule * Griffin: 'I have fought for the rights of the unborn my entire political career, which is why I was proud to join these amici briefs in support of Louisiana' LITTLE ROCK - Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing he has   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * CBP Announces 37 Additional Partnerships for New and Expanded Services U.S. Customs and Border Protection made tentative selections for new Reimbursable Services Agreements that will promote cross-border trade and essential travel to the United States in late October. "The CBP Reimbursable Services Program is a crucial program that ensures trade and travel cont  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news release on May 8, 2026: * * * Energy Department to Invest $36 Million in Enhanced Oil Recovery Program at the University of North Dakota By leveraging captured carbon dioxide, the project is set to unlock billions of additional barrels of oil from the Bakken shale formation * The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office (HGEO) today announced the selection of a new project with $3  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 [Category: Consumer Services] -- The National Consumers League issued the following news release: * * * Georgia Wins the 2026 Junior Varsity National LifeSmarts Championship * Congratulations, Georgia! The third annual Virtual Junior Varsity National LifeSmarts Championship was held May 6 th and 7 th, with seventeen LifeSmarts State Junior Varsity Champion teams from across the country competing. The LifeSmarts Junior Varsity level involves students who are currently in g  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance released the following testimony by Lisae C. Jordan, executive director and counsel of the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, from an April 29, 2026, hearing entitled "Peace of Mind: Strengthening Victim Protections Under Kayleigh's Law": * * * Mr. Chairman, Ranking Members, and distinguished Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to be here today. My name is Lisae C. Jo  more

MINOT, North Dakota, May 8 -- Minot State University posted the following news release: * * * Minot State earns Gibbens Memorial grant through NDAD Minot State University and the MSU Exercise Science and Rehabilitation program have been selected to receive a grant award of $5,000 to be used toward the University's adaptive and inclusive equipment project. MSU received the North Dakota Association for the Disabled (NDAD) Gibbens Memorial Grant, one of seven recipients of funds in 2025. The gr  more

FARGO, North Dakota, May 8 -- North Dakota State University posted the following news: * * * NDSU Staff Senate leadership elected * NDSU Staff Senate recently conducted elections for the next academic year. Newly elected senators are Jessica Anderson, Vanessa Attaya, Jennifer Connell, Abhijit Das, Tanya Erickson, Brooks Hetle, Ye Wana Hlaing, Janet Koppinger, Rebecca Sandell, Shayla Schumacher, Clare Shields, Hanna Stout, Matthew Warner and Savannah Wateland. Senators who were reelected   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 8 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * On the beam: Meet Paul Noel, Yale's proton wrangler par excellence Paul Noel, Yale's director of instructional labs, showed a group of students around the Van de Graaff Teaching Accelerator. By Jim Shelton In Sloane Physics Laboratory, there's a narrow staircase with an ornate, black-painted hand railing that descends to a dimly lit sub-basement. From there, a hard right turn leads into a warren of interconn  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, May 8 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Sanford Health, North Memorial Health plan to combine SIOUX FALLS, S.D. and ROBBINSDALE, Minn. - Sanford Health, the nation's leading rural nonprofit health system dedicated to transforming the health care experience, and North Memorial Health, a nonprofit health system based in the Twin Cities focused on empowering patients to achieve their best health, have signed a definitive  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news wrap up, This Week in Climate Action - May 8, 2026: * * * Your weekly resource to learn what the environmental movement is saying about the news of the day and the political fight of our generation. This week, we're covering rising energy costs, clean energy wins in our states, and the Trump administration's latest attacks on our climate and public lands. Be sure to follow LCV on Facebook,  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, May 4 -- The University of Mary issued the following news: * * * University of Mary Welcomes New University Chaplain Father Paul Gardner Named University Chaplain at the University of Mary * The University of Mary has named Father Paul Gardner as its new University chaplain and director of the Saint John Paul II Center for University Ministry, bringing back a former student who left campus for the seminary and is now returning as a priest. For Father Gardner, the app  more