BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, May 8 -- Samford University issued the following news release: * * * A Calling Beyond the Keys: Cooper leaves Samford a Leader Forged in Community * The band is quiet just moments before the music begins. On stage, keyboardist Briggs Cooper '26 glances around at the musicians he trusts most-friends, collaborators, teammates-and says a few final words before the lights come up. He has 's repeated this ritual countless times during his years at Samford University, and it's more PR

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 9 -- The Alabama Department of Commerce issued the following news: * * * Alabama job recruiters target international investments at SelectUSA Summit The Alabama Department of Commerce broadened this week its mission to showcase the economic opportunities available to foreign businesses in the Yellowhammer State. Commerce and its Made in Alabama brand had its largest presence to date at the annual SelectUSA Investment Summit in National Harbor, Maryland, the highest-p more PR

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 9 -- The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs issued the following news on May 8, 2026: * * * Gov. Ivey announces $1 million grant for addiction recovery, job training in Cullman A non-profit organization that helps people overcome drug and alcohol addiction and lead productive lives plans to build a new facility for its recovery and job training programs with funding from a $1 million grant announced by Gov. Kay Ivey. The funds from the Appalachian R more PR

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, May 8 -- Samford University issued the following news release: * * * Birmingham-Southern Transfers: 'Samford Was There When We Needed It the Most' * Former Birmingham-Southern College students -including some who graduated from Samford this month -returned to their former campus for a bell-ringing ceremony. When financial hardships forced Birmingham-Southern College to close in May 2024, Diego Paz Abate faced going home to Honduras and abandoning two years' worth of pr more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, May 9 -- North Carolina Central University issued the following news: * * * NCCU Class of 2026 Urged to Lead with Purpose and Courage * In her introduction of Rev. Dr. Gwendolyn Boyd, the guest speaker for the graduate and professional ceremony at North Carolina Central University (NCCU), Chancellor Karrie G. Dixon warned, "If you have not heard her speak, hold on to your seats, graduates." Boyd served as the 14th president of Alabama State University, worked in the more PR

WASHINGTON, May 9 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12835) by natural resources policy specialists Laura B. Comay and Anthony R. Marshak. Here are excerpts: * * * The Rice's Whale: Conservation Efforts, Implications for Ocean Sectors and Considerations for Congress The Rice's whale (Balaenoptera ricei; Figure 1) is a recently described species of baleen whale (i.e., whales that contain baleen plates in their mouths for sieving pl more PR