KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 24 -- The University of Tennessee issued the following news: The campus celebrated the late Ken and Blaire Mossman on Friday with the official opening of the Ken and Blaire Mossman Building and the fourth annual Mossman Distinguished Lecture, featuring Adam Savage of MythBusters fame. "The Mossmans are like fairy godparents to this place," UT System President Joe DiPietro said during the building's ribbon-cutting ceremony. Interim Chancellor Wayne T. Davis also spok  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The House Education and the Workforce Committee issued the following testimony by Joseph Cohn, legislative and policy director at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, at a hearing entitled "Examining First Amendment Rights on Campus": "Dear Chairwoman Foxx, Ranking Member Scott, and honorable members of the Committee: "The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE; thefire.org) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to defending stude  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The office of Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: In an effort to cut spending and stop gimmickry in the federal budget process, a group of Senate Republicans, including Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), introduced legislation last spring that would have rescinded unspent money from certain programs and prevented these taxpayer dollars from being shifted to programs they were not authorized for through a subversive budgetary maneuver called a "c  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The Library of Congress issued the following news: Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced that husband-and-wife team Emilio and Gloria Estefan are the next recipients of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The honorees represent two historic firsts for the prize - the first time it has been awarded to a married couple or to musicians-songwriters of Hispanic descent. The Estefans symbolize the rich cultural diversity of the American music  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 25 -- The J. Paul Getty Trust issued the following news release: The J. Paul Getty Trust presented the annual J. Paul Getty Medal to The Studio Museum in Harlem director and chief curator Thelma Golden, philanthropist Agnes Gund and artist Richard Serra at a dinner at the Getty Center on September 24, 2018. The Getty Medal is the Getty's highest honor, given annually to recognize extraordinary achievement in the fields of museology, art historical research, conse  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Sept. 24 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: The jacket New York City firefighter Bill Butler wore on Sept. 11, 2001, never leaves the bridge of the USS New York (LPD 21). Dust from the rubble of the World Trade Center has settled on a patch on the right sleeve, a Chinese dragon wearing a firefighter's hat with the No. 6 -- a logo for FDNY Ladder 6, which serves the city's Chinatown district. Butler never wore the jacket again after that day, and  more

ANNANDALE, Virginia, Sept. 19 -- Northern Virginia Community College issued the following news release: On Wednesday, September 19, the Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) community will celebrate mathematics professor Dr. David Conroy's 50 years of service to the college and his students - past and present. The event and reception will be held on the NOVA Annandale Campus, located at 8333 Little River Turnpike Annandale, VA, in the Godwin Building, on the first floor Provost's conferenc  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) introduced H.R. 6906, legislation which would designate the portion of Interstate Route 57 (I-57) located in Illinois as "Barack Obama Highway." I-57 is an interstate highway in Missouri and Illinois that, at a length of 386 miles, is the second longest two-digit Interstate Highway without an auxiliary route. I-57 remains the only expressway that transits th  more

MANOA, Hawaii, Sept. 26 -- The University of Hawaii's Manoa campus issued the following news release: Richard Parsons, University of Hawaii Distinguished Alumnus and former board chair for Citigroup and Time Warner, has been named CBS Corporation's interim chairman of the board of directors, the company announced on September 25. Parsons, who majored in history at UH Manoa, was honored with a UH Distinguished Alumni Award in 1997 and a UH Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in 2003. "Dick Parson  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 26 -- The Florida Democratic Party issued the following news: "Ron DeSantis and his corporate special interest allies are running an ugly, divisive and dishonest campaign," said FDP spokesperson Kevin Donohoe. "But that shouldn't be surprising given the individuals he surrounds himself with. It is time for DeSantis to finally disavow these people and lay out a plan for Florida instead of peddling hatred." 1 - Lourdes Castillo de La Pena DeSantis's Campaign Coordina  more

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Sept. 27 -- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley issued the following news release: Dr. Karen Lozano, a Julia Beecherl Endowed Professor in mechanical engineering, and director of Nanotechnology Center of Excellence at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, added another accolade to her list of achievements. The Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, native was selected to receive the 2018 "Mexicanos Distinguidos" (Distinguished Mexicans) Award for her impressive achievements in t  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Sept. 26 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news: New Mexico State University's Interdisciplinary Studies Department and Gender Studies Program is cosponsoring a presentation featuring Valerie Jarrett, former senior adviser to President Barack Obama, from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1 at the NMSU College of Health and Social Services Auditorium, Room 101A. Valerie Jarrett served as the senior adviser to Obama and assistant to the president for public engage  more