CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Aug. 26 (TNSPer) -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2021: Malo A. Hutson joined the University of Virginia's School of Architecture on July 1 as the school's new dean. Hutson is an internationally known expert in urban health, community development and environmental justice. Before arriving at UVA, he was a tenured professor and director of Columbia University's Urban Planning Ph.D. Program in the Graduate School of Architectu more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (TNSPer) -- Georgetown University Law Center issued the following news: Seven scholars joined the Georgetown Law faculty over the summer: five whose work will center around classroom teaching as well as their own research projects, and two who are leading clinics -- including the latest addition to the Law Center's clinical program, the Racial Equity in Education Law and Policy Clinic, which launches in the spring semester. These professors' arrival comes just as Georgetown more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (TNSPol) -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release: As Congress moves to advance President Joe Biden's Build Back Better agenda, Jason Furman, former chair of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, said the measures will help improve economic growth, increase inclusion, and tackle climate change without contributing to higher inflation. Furman made the remarks Monday during an online event hosted by the Center for American Progres more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSOps) -- The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2021: The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (CBCF) announced a partnership with BET to broadcast "Foundation Friday." BET will broadcast two CBCF Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) signature events for the second consecutive year. Viewers can watch a pre-taped airing of the National Town Hall and the Phoenix Awards for CBCF's virtual 50th ALC on Friday, September 17 more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 25 (TNSPol) -- The Illinois Institute of Technology issued the following news release: Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor Emeritus Martin H. Malin has been appointed as chair of the Federal Labor Relations Authority Federal Service Impasses Panel (FSIP) by President Joseph R. Biden. The announcement was made by the White House on Monday. Malin, who recently retired as director of Chicago-Kent's Institute for Law and the Workplace (ILW), was previously appointed to th more PR

BRONX, New York, Aug. 26 (TNSOps) -- Fordham University School of Law issued the following news: Fordham Law School has named Judge Denny Chin '78 of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit the Lawrence W. Pierce '51 Distinguished Jurist in Residence. The role honors Judge Pierce, who served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1971 to 1981, and on the Second Circuit from 1981 to 1995. He was only the third African American to serve on the Second Circu more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The National Partnership for Women and Families has issued a public comment on the Wage and Hour Division proposed rule entitled "Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors". The comment was written and posted on Aug. 26, 2021: * * * Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments on the proposed rulemaking to increase the minimum wage for federal contract workers to $15 per hour in 2022 and index it to inflation. The National Partnership for Women & Families s more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- Kent Bressie and Colleen Sechrest, counsel for the North American Submarine Cable Association, have issued a public comment on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management notice entitled "Atlantic Wind Lease Sale 8 for Commercial Leasing for Wind Power on the Outer Continental Shelf in the New York Bight". The comment was written on Aug. 13, 2021, and posted on Aug. 20, 2021: * * * Due to the presence of substantial submarine cable critical infrastructure in the proposed lease more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The White House issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2021: President Joe Biden announced he has appointed Elizabeth M. Allen to serve as the Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Elizabeth M. Allen, Appointee for Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs, Department of State Liz Allen is a partner at strategic communications and public affairs firm Finsbury Glover Hering (FGH), where she specializes more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Reps. Leger Fernandez and Jay Obernolte (R-CA) introduced the bipartisan Creative Economy Revitalization Act. This legislation will help revamp the creative economy through the creation of a workforce grants program to employ artists and writers to create publicly available art. Due to the pandemic, 63% of creative workers have experienced unemployment and the U.S. has lost an estimated 15.2 bi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Union de Professionals de la Seguridad Privada de Puerto Rico has issued a public comment on the Wage and Hour Division proposed rule entitled "Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors". The comment was written on Aug. 23, 2021, and posted on Aug. 25, 2021: * * * On February 12, 2014, President Obama signed the Executive order 13658, which established a Minimum Wage for Contractors./1 That same year, on June 17, 2014, the Department of Labor published a N more ST