BARCELONA, Spain, May 26 -- The Autonomous University of Barcelona issued the following news: * * * Barcelona and school gentrification: when urban changes enter the classroom * A new study by researchers from the UAB, the Institut Metropoli and the UB warns that the transformation of neighbourhoods is also redefining schools, and calls for public policies that can connect urban planning to educational equity. The article calls for educational equity to be the guiding principle of urban poli  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on May 27, 2026, by nonresident senior fellow David J. Kostelancik: * * * China and the Hungarian Water Crisis The days when Chinese industry received a free pass from the Budapest government are over. A water shortage has seen to that. - Hungary faces an unprecedented water crisis. There are several causes, among them the years-long campaign by Viktor Orban's government to lure heavily polluting a  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on May 27, 2026, by Justina Budginaite-Froehly, transatlantic security and defense expert and a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's Europe Center and Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security: * * * Turning Baltic Vulnerability Into Strength The Baltic states know how to use a crisis. They have done it before under Russian pressure, and should do it again now with the growing dron  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, May 27 -- Seton Hall University posted the following news: * * * ICR: Spring 2026 Semester of Scholarship * Seton Hall's Institute for Communication and Religion (ICR), within the College of Human Development, Culture, and Media (CHDCM), reports a successful and productive Spring semester. The semester began with ICR Director Jon Radwan, Ph.D., interviewing professor, journalist and author Anthony DePalma about his new book On This Ground: Hardship and Hope at the T  more

NEW YORK, May 28 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on May 26, 2026, by senior fellow Jason L. Riley to the Wall Street Journal: * * * A 'Community Activist' Who Listened to Communities While elitists criticize and theorize about the poor, Robert L. Woodson Sr. looked for successes. - "The victimizer might have knocked you down, but it is the victim that has to get up." That's a quote from Robert L. Woodson Sr., the veteran community activist who died   more

LANSING, Michigan, May 28 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on May 27, 2026: * * * Mike Rogers Called Out For "Double-Dealing and Self-Enrichment," Raising Ethics Concerns A new memo from anti-corruption group End Citizens United raises "ethics concerns" about GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers, accusing him of "engag[ing] in patterns of double-dealing and self-enrichment." The memo outlines Rogers' record of enriching himself by walking through the revolving d  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 28 (TNSjou) -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * The Y chromosome is home to surprising jumping genes The discovery could offer clues for how the Y chromosome defends against decay - The humble Y chromosome may be the smallest chromosome in the mammalian genome (and getting even smaller), but it is mighty: genes on the Y chromosome are critical for fertility in males. In a new stud  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, May 27 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * Montana State study reveals detailed demographic information for world's cities The world's urban population increased by 785 million people between 2000 and 2020, but that tells only part of the story. In a first-of-its-kind study, a team led by geographers at Montana State University examined the demographics of individual cities to obtain insights into their populations that can't be discerned by numbers   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 27 -- The University of Pennsylvania posted the following news: * * * The grass beneath the American dream: Exploring the many facets of lawns * They evoke images of cornhole and cookouts, fertilizer and fences, and hedges and homeowners' associations. They consume an estimated 9 billion gallons of water per day and more than 80 million pounds of pesticides annually. And they raise multidisciplinary questions about biodiversity, soil chemistry, property rights  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 28 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Revealing hidden insights in demographic data An analysis of more than 10,000 cities worldwide reveals facts, figures and trends that governments can use to better to support their populations that would otherwise be obscured in national averages Written By: Diana Setterberg, Montana State University News Service The world's urban population increased by 785 million people between 2000 and 20  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, May 27 -- The University of Notre Dame Keough School of Global Affairs issued the following news release: * * * Global Democracy Conference convenes experts to confront public support for anti-democratic leaders Why do global citizens support autocratic leaders, and what can be done to mobilize support for democracy and its proponents? These questions guided the 250 scholars and practitioners from nearly 40 countries who gathered at the University of Notre Dame for the 20  more