LOWELL, Massachusetts, May 19 -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following news release: * * * UMass Lowell Announces Appointment of Lynne Cossman as Provost Experienced Research University Leader to Oversee Academic and Student Affairs * A medical sociologist and university administrator with a track record of supporting students and faculty at large public research universities has been named the next provost of UMass Lowell. Lynne Cossman, who launched the Colle  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following written testimony by Danielle M. Petrak, curator of the Watts Museum at the West Virginia University Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, from a May 13, 2026, hearing entitled "America 250: Industrialization and the Rise of Small Manufacturers": * * * My name is Danielle Petrak, and I am the curator of the Watts Museum, an industrial history museum in the Statler College of En  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, May 18 -- The West Virginia Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * WVDP Blasts "Pay-to-Play Lunches" as Data Center Lobbyists Wine and Dine Legislators While Communities Lose Their Voice West Virginia Democratic Party Chair Mike Pushkin is calling out the growing influence of data center lobbyists at the State Capitol after a luncheon sponsored by lobbyists promoting massive data center development projects across West Virginia was announced durin  more