CHICAGO, Illinois, June 5 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * Cooke's updated text on information services to diverse populations * CHICAGO -The development of cultural competency skills and social awareness benefits LIS students, their future employers, and the library profession at large-not to mention library customers and society as a whole. Nicole A. Cooke's freshly updated second edition of " Information Services to Diverse  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following news: * * * CRC News: A month in the busy life of InfluenceWatch The Capital Research Center launched InfluenceWatch in 2017 "after identifying a need for more fact-based, accurate descriptions of the various influencers of public policy issues." - A May 29 official committee staff memo written for the members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, cited InfluenceWatch as evidence for its findi  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Freedom House issued the following news release: * * * Freedom House Welcomes New Board Members Margaret Hoover, David Pressman Freedom House is pleased to announce that journalist Margaret Hoover and former US Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman are joining the Freedom House Board. "On behalf of the entire Freedom House Board, I am thrilled to welcome Margaret Hoover and Ambassador David Pressman as our newest board members. They are recognized leaders in their fields  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 6 -- The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council issued the following statement on June 4, 2026, by CEO Kendalle Burlin O'Connell: * * * CEO Innovation Policy Update 06.04.26 A busy week in Washington with real consequences for Massachusetts -from new legislation putting biotech licensing deals under national security review, to a sweeping OMB proposal that would hand political appointees veto power over scientific peer review. Here's what we're tracking, and where   more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, June 5 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: * * * Trustees recognize Chiang, Raman; ratify named chair positions; approve resolutions of appreciation and naming * WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday (June 5) approved resolutions of appreciation for outgoing President Mung Chiang, who will become president of Northwestern University on July 1, and for Arvind Raman, former John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of E  more

DAYTON, Ohio, June 5 -- The University of Dayton posted the following UD in the News wrap up for May 29-June 5, 2026: * * * In an editorial for Inside Higher Ed, UD President Eric F. Spina and Vice President for Mission and Rector Bro. Tim Driscoll, S.M., wrote how Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on artificial intelligence is a direct challenge to higher education. The Pope just challenged higher ed (https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2026/06/02/higher-ed-should-answer-popes-challenge-op  more

MONTREAL, Quebec, June 6 (TNSjou) -- The University of Montreal issued the following news: * * * The path to teen radicalization isn't as straight as people think A study of more than 500 young Montrealers finds that adolescents' attitudes toward political violence are fluid and part of an exploratory phase in their development. By Virginie Soffer Amid growing public concern about the radicalization of young people, there is a widespread misconception that radicalization logically and inev  more