BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 6 (TNSPer) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on Wednesday announced its 2022 board of directors, effective Jan. 1. Christina Hull Paxson, president of Brown University, and Corey Thomas, chair and chief executive officer of Rapid7, have been reappointed as chair and deputy chair. Additionally, Sushil K. Tuli, chairman and chief executive officer of Leader Bank, has been elected to join the boa more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 7 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2022: Yannis C. Yortsos, dean of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and a pioneer in "changing the conversation about engineering," has won, along with three collaborators, the NAE's prestigious Bernard M. Gordon Prize. Awarded annually by the National Academy of Engineering, the Gordon Prize recognizes academic leaders in engineering more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Jan. 7 (TNSOps) -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: Annette Gordon-Reed, the first African American recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for History and one of the most authoritative voices on race and history in America, will deliver VCU Libraries' 21st annual Black History Month Lecture. Gordon-Reed, a professor of history in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University and the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard Law School, is the more PR

CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 7 (TNSOps) -- The University of Calgary issued the following news release: Author Bernardine Evaristo had just fallen asleep in her London home on the night before New Year's Eve 2019 when her phone began pinging repeatedly. Feeling irritated to have been awoken, she peered into the screen wondering why people were disturbing her at this late hour. The messages she read felt surreal. Former U.S. president Barack Obama had listed her ninth book Girl, Woman, Other on his s more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 -- Richard Morrison, research fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, has issued a public comment on the Employee Benefits Security Administration proposed rule entitled "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights". The comment was written on Dec. 10, 2021, and posted on Dec. 29, 2021: * * * Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Employee Benefits Security Administration's recently proposed rule on the Investment Dut more ST

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R44418) on Jan. 3, 2022, entitled "Birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington: Fact Sheet" by senior knowledge services librarian Laura Deal: * * * Introduction Washington's Birthday, often informally referred to as Presidents' Day, is a federal holiday celebrating the birth of President George Washington on the third Monday in February. In some regions of the United States, the birth of Presiden more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RL33142) on Jan. 3, 2022, entitled "Libya: Transition and U.S. Policy" by Middle Eastern affairs specialist Christopher M. Blanchard: * * * SUMMARY Libya: Transition and U.S. Policy Libyans have experienced division, conflict, and economic hardship in the ten years since the 2011 uprising that ended Muammar al Qadhafi's four decades of authoritarian rule. Across Libya, militias, networks of local leader more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As we officially flipped the calendar page to a new year, President Biden's booming economy is still in full swing. Thanks to the tireless work of President Biden and the administration over the last 11 months, jobless claims plunged to a near 50-year low, the stock market closed out the year with a record setting performance, and the U.S. economy is one of the fastest growing in the world. Americans are more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 7 (TNSOps) -- Lewis and Clark College issued the following news: When Paloma Gonzalez BA '04 embarked on a seven-hour car ride to a remote village in the Brazilian countryside, she wasn't necessarily expecting that a chance meeting with a farmer would wind up affirming her career choice as a U.S. diplomat. Gonzalez was making the trip in her capacity as the political and economic chief for the U.S. Consulate in Recife. She was visiting an agricultural co-op that had ben more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The White House issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2022: President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Alice Hill to serve as the Deputy Administrator for Resilience at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. Alice C. Hill is an expert on building resilience to catastrophic risks. She previously served as Special Assistant to President Barack Obama and Senior Director for Resilience Policy on the National Security Council more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 6 -- Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Jan. 4, 2022: U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) announced that he will not be seeking re-election for a 16th term. Rush will finish out his current term in the U.S. Congress -- where he has served continuously since 1993 -- and continue his lifelong work for justice and equality outside the halls of Congress as a preacher, an activist, and a community organizer. "After nearly three decades i more PR