WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * - Protect VETS Act safeguards military and veteran students' hard-earned GI Bill benefits, holds predatory institutions accountable and saves taxpayer dollars - Bipartisan legislation supported by key veterans and military service organizations * * * On the week of Veterans Day, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), led a group of bipartisan senators - Senators James Lankford (R-Okla.), Bill Cassidy,  more

NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, California, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW) hosted the first NAVAIR-wide VTC November 13 to celebrate National American Indian and Alaskan Native Heritage Month. Keynote speaker Gary Davis, known professionally as "Litefoot," spoke of the importance of cultural preservation, family, education and unity. "Everyone is indigenous to some place. But when you lose the culture,   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The House Science, Space and Technology subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics issued the following testimony by Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, USAF (Ret.), chairman of the NASA International Space Station Advisory Committee, at a hearing entitled, "Developing Capabilities for NASA Space Exploration: Beyond Lunar Orbit": Chairwoman Horn, Ranking Member Babin and Committee Members, thank you for this opportunity to address the current state of NASA Exploration beyond low Eart  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: This week, on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Washington Examiner published Congressman French Hill's (AR-02) op-ed highlighting his experiences in socialist East Germany as an envoy of the Treasury Department. Congressman Hill argues that the sharp divide in economic prosperity and well-being of the citizens of East and West Germany can be primarily attributed to the difference in   more

SEATTLE, Washington, Nov. 12 -- The University of Washington issued the following news release: With a $106 million gift from the Weill Family Foundation, UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco and the University of Washington have launched the Weill Neurohub, an innovative research network that will forge and nurture new collaborations between neuroscientists and researchers working in an array of other disciplines -- including engineering, computer science, physics, chemistry and mathematics -- to spe  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: On the week of Veterans Day, Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Tom Carper (D-DE), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), and Jon Tester (D-MT) introduced the Protect Veterans' Education and Training Spending (Protect VETS) Act of 2019. The Protect VETS Act is the first bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate that would protect military and veteran students by closing the 90/10 loophole and require for-profit schools t  more

BERKELEY, California, Nov. 12 [TNSgrants-foundation] -- The University of California Berkeley campus issued the following news release: With a $106 million gift from the Weill Family Foundation, UC Berkeley (Berkeley), UC San Francisco (UCSF) and the University of Washington (the UW) have launched the Weill Neurohub, an innovative research network that will forge and nurture new collaborations between neuroscientists and researchers working in an array of other disciplines--including engineerin  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 12 [TNSgrants-foundation] -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: * * * - $106 Million Initiative Will Accelerate Neuroscience Research by Embracing Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Data Science, Other 'Nontraditional' Fields * * * With a $106 million gift from the Weill Family Foundation, UC Berkeley (Berkeley), UC San Francisco (UCSF), and the University of Washington (the UW) have launched the Weill Neuro  more