WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSPer) -- The Atlantic Council issued the following news release: The Atlantic Council announced today that former U.S. National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley has been named the chairman of the Atlantic Council's International Advisory Board (IAB), replacing David McCormick, who stepped down to run for the open U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania. The Atlantic Council's International Advisory Board is comprised of sitting CEOs and chairs of leading global companies and more PR

ALFRED, New York, March 18 (TNSRes) -- Alfred University issued the following news release: A group of researchers including S.K. Sundaram, professor of materials science and engineering at Alfred University, are the recipients of federal grant that will be used to study ways to convert used nuclear fuel into a safely disposable waste form. The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced (https://arpa-e.energy.gov/news-and-media/press-releases/us-department-energy-announces-36-million-reduce- more PR

ELON, North Carolina, March 18 (TNSfund) -- Elon University issued the following news release: Elon Trustee Louis DeJoy and his wife, Dr. Aldona Wos, of Greensboro, North Carolina, have made a second generous endowment gift to assist students with high financial need from Title I schools in Guilford County. Their gift is part of the $250 million Elon LEADS Campaign. The DeJoy-Wos Odyssey Scholars Endowment was established in 2018 following an initial lead gift from DeJoy and Wos. The couple is more PR

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change issued the following written testimony by Elizabeth City Mayor J. Christian Bollwage, on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the National League of Cities, involving a virtual hearing on Feb. 15, 2022, entitled "Back from the Brink: Restoring Brownfield Sites to Economic Engines": * * * INTRODUCTION My name is Chris Bollwage, I am the Mayor of Elizabeth, New Jersey and have served as M more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on March 16, 2022: Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) today honored outgoing University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thomson by entering a statement recognizing his decades of public service into the Congressional Record, the document that reflects the official proceedings of Congress. The entry was presented to President Thompson by a member of Rep. Gallagher's staff during a ceremony held at the Univers more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congresswomen Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and Haley Stevens (MI-11) introduced a resolution recognizing the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on children who have lost caregivers and calling on the Federal Government to identify services and resources that can be used to assist them. It is estimated that over 200,000 children in the United States have lost a primary caregiver to COVID-19. Under  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued the following statement by Kristine Simmons, vice president for government affairs at Partnership for Public Service, involving a hybrid hearing on March 3, 2022, entitled "Examining the Senate Confirmation Process and Federal Vacancies": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the impacts of federal vacancies and the importance of improving the Senate confirmation p more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Anne Joseph O'Connell, law professor at Stanford University, involving a hybrid hearing on March 3, 2022, entitled "Examining the Senate Confirmation Process and Federal Vacancies": * * * I am the Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law at Stanford University, an appointed senior fellow at the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS)--an independent agency dedicated more PR

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 18 -- The Texas A&M University System issued the following news release: Leaders of Texas A&M University System welcomed President George W. Bush Wednesday afternoon to the George H.W. Bush Combat Development Complex (BCDC) on the RELLIS campus.The 43rd president was briefed at the BCDC headquarters, the Research Integration Center (RIC), about the new cutting-edge ecosystem for military technology innovation named in tribute to his late father, the 41st president. more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release on March 15, 2022: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated four individuals and one entity pursuant to the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 (the Russia Magnitsky Act). These Russia Magnitsky Act targets were involved in concealing events surrounding the death of renowned Russian whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky, or were connected to  more PR