BOWIE, Maryland, March 26 -- Bowie State University issued the following news release: * * * - About 800 BSU Students Set to Receive Their Degrees * * * Award-winning journalist Roland S. Martin will address about 800 Bowie State University graduates and their families at the spring commencement on Friday, May 17, 2019, at 10 a.m. at Bulldog Stadium. View the commencement ceremony live online. Over the course of a journalistic career, Martin has interviewed powerful influencers from multipl  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Raul M. Grijalva, D-Arizona, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: Chair Raul M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said today that yesterday's racist, pro-Trump attacks on the Chickasaw Nation and the Oklahoma Democratic Party headquarters need to result in a substantive policy response and comprehensive pushback from Republican Party leadership. Grijalva thanked Oklahoma Republican Reps. Tom Cole and Markwayne Mullin for their joint  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 26 -- Rice University issued the following news release: As more of the nation's crude oil is transported by rail, federal authorities will face continuing pressure to ensure it's done safely, according to an expert in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. Rachel Meidl, fellow in energy and environment at the Baker Institute, outlined her insights in a new issue brief, "Is There a Correlation between Vapor Pressure and the S  more

ATHENS, West Virginia, March 28 -- Concord University issued the following news release: Former United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will participate in a video conference with a Political Science class at Concord University on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. The hour-long event will begin at 2 p.m. (EDT) in the Pais Fellowship Hall in University Point. He will meet with students in POSC 430, Seminar in American Government: Education Policy and Politics, and will answer questions relate  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Washington, issued the following news release: On Friday, March 29, U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer and local elected officials will host an event commemorating National Vietnam Veterans Day. In 2012, President Barack Obama issued a proclamation to recognize Vietnam Veterans Day as a day for all Americans to commemorate the 50 year anniversary of the Vietnam War. President Donald J. Trump later signed into law the Vietnam War Veterans Recognition A  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 25 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is nominating Bryan Hurlburt of Tolland to serve as commissioner of the Department of Agriculture. Hurlburt is currently executive director of the Connecticut Farm Bureau Association - the state's largest and oldest agricultural organization. In this role, he advocates on behalf of its members to promote policies that enhance the economic viability o  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 26 -- Harvard Law School issued the following news: * * * - New 1L January Experiential Term courses focus on skills-building, collaboration and self-reflection * * * Imagine that you've come to law school knowing that you want to be a great public interest lawyer or an inventive entrepreneur or a savvy trial lawyer. Or you want to focus consciously on what it takes to be an effective public- or private-sector leader. Or perhaps you don't yet know exactly what  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 25 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news release: To better examine firefighters' exposure to carcinogens and its effects, legislation sponsored by Yvonne Lopez, Annette Quijano and John Armato to establish a voluntary firefighter cancer registry received final legislative approval on Monday. "Our brave firefighters take risks everyday while on the job, including exposing themselves to much higher rates of known and suspected carcinogens," sa  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, March 26 -- The Maryland Democratic Party issued the following news: On Tuesday, the Maryland Democratic Party announced the arrival of Arinze Ifekauche as its new Communications Director. Ifekauche was most recently a Principal at Precision Strategies, a D.C. based public relations and public affairs firm run by three senior advisors from President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign team. Prior to his work at Precision, Ifekauche served as the Public Information Officer for Bal  more

PATERSON, New Jersey, March 29 -- The office of Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * - Commemorating 10 years of progress, bright future of Paterson Great Falls National Historic Park * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (N.J.-09), Gov. Phil Murphy, Mayor Andre Sayegh, and other officials celebrated the 10th anniversary of Paterson Great Falls as a National Historic Park. In a ceremony overlooking the gorgeous, natural falls   more

BOZEMAN, Montana, March 25 -- Montana State University issued the following news: Blake Wiedenheft, an associate professor in Montana State University's Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the College of Agriculture and College of Letters and Science, will present "The Art and Ethics of Genome Surgery: A Citizen's Guide to Understanding a Revolutionary New Technology " at the next Cafe Scientifique. The event, which is hosted by MSU's Montana INBRE and COBRE programs, will take place a  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The National Association of Broadcasters issued the following news release: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioners Michael O'Rielly, Brendan Carr and Geoffrey Starks will participate in two separate sessions at NAB Show, held April 6-11 in Las Vegas. Chairman Pai will offer remarks at the NAB: We Are Broadcasters Celebration on Tuesday, April 9 at 3:00 p.m. on the Main Stage. As previously announced, "This Is Us" and "Black Panther"  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- George Washington University issued the following news release: * * * - Businesswoman and philanthropist Cindy McCain, and former NASA engineer Christine Darden will also receive honorary degrees at the May 19 ceremony held on the National Mall * * * Savannah Guthrie, co-anchor of NBC News' TODAY, will deliver the George Washington University Commencement address May 19 on the National Mall. Guthrie has been a leading voice in the media for more than a decade, coveri  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, March 27 -- The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center issued the following news release: One of the world's leading cancer researchers and deputy director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) described Wake Forest Baptist Health's Comprehensive Cancer Center as uniquely positioned to make an impact in cancer care and research. "I would say, it's the right size," said Douglas R. Lowy, MD, whose research helped create a highly effective vaccine against human papillo  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The office of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to offer an amendment to the House-passed resolution on releasing the Mueller Report that demands more information on the origins of the Obama Administration's decisions concerning the investigation of Donald Trump and his campaign, particularly the use of the unverified and patently false Steele dossier. "What we need to disco  more

CLINTON, New York, March 29 -- Hamilton College issued the following news: Jackie Judd, a lifelong journalist who reported for ABC News, NPR, and most recently the PBS NewsHour, will moderate the next installment of Hamilton College's Common Ground series on Thursday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m., in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House. The public event features Jim Messina, deputy chief of staff for former President Barack Obama, and Reince Priebus, former chief of staff for President Donald Trump  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, March 29 -- The University of Alabama Birmingham campus issued the following news: By Yvonne Taunton Programming computers has never been easier. The real challenge is figuring out how to hack the circuits inside your head. The words "brain-machine interface" may sound like science fiction, but they are approaching reality thanks to the BRAIN Initiative from the National Institutes of Health. Launched by President Barack Obama in 2013, this moonshot already has poured $40  more