CHICAGO, Illinois, March 18 (TNSPer) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: The University of Chicago's Board of Trustees has elected David M. Rubenstein, JD'73, an international leader in the areas of business, public affairs, and support for higher education and the arts, as its next chair. Rubenstein will begin his three-year term after the board's annual meeting on May 26. Rubenstein succeeds Joseph Neubauer, MBA'65, who has served as board chair since 2015. "As an alumnu more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 (TNSRep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47050) on March 14, 2022, entitled "The Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court". The report was written by by section research manager David Gunter and legislative attorneys Peter G. Berris, Kate R. Bowers, Valerie C. Brannon, Michael A. Foster, Eric N. Holmes, Joanna R. Lampe and Sean M. Stiff: * * * SUMMARY On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his nom more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, March 18 (TNSRes) -- The University of Houston issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: Space exploration, medical research and Tex-Mex cuisine - Houston is known for many contributions to society. But almost four decades ago, the Bayou City left a different, though equally profound, mark on U.S. history. On Nov. 18, 1977, a cloudy-but-pleasant autumn day, thousands of elected delegates and observers convened at the National Women's Conference (NWC). The gathering w more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on March 16, 2022, entitled "Japanese American World War II History Network Act": I rise in support of H.R. 6434, the Japanese American WWII History Network Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish, within the National Park Service, the Japanese American World War II History Network. We must never forget the maltreatment that these Americans  more ST