PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 14 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Brown University's 257th Commencement set for Sunday, May 25 PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Brown President Christina H. Paxson will preside over the University's 257th Commencement on Sunday, May 25, on the College Green. The ceremony concludes Brown's three-day Commencement and Reunion Weekend 2025, which will bring more than 10,000 people to College Hill. Brown Commencements have been major even more PR

PARIS, France, May 14 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * China: A coalition of more than 60 NGOs, including RSF, demand the release of ailing journalist Zhang Zhan on 5th anniversary of her arrest A coalition of more than 60 press freedom and human rights NGOs led by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called for the release of Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan on 14 May, the 5th anniversary of her first arrest. Her health has severely deteriorated due to  more PR

LONDON, England, May 14 [Category: Sociological] -- Article 19, an organization that says it propels the freedom of expression movement, posted the following news: * * * China: Release journalist and human rights defender Zhang Zhan We, the undersigned press freedom and human rights organisations, strongly condemn the Chinese government's ongoing arbitrary detention of journalist, human rights defender and former lawyer Zhang Zhan, on the fifth anniversary of her arrest. Zhang is an outspok more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 14 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Croatia: New attack on journalists over environmental reporting, activation of government safety protocols The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) condemned the attack on Nova TV's investigative journalist Danka Derifaj and camera operator Miroslav Bokan while filming a report on the long-term environmental destruction along the Una River in Croatia. We also join our Croatian affiliates more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 14 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * France: We renew calls to end police violence after new attacks on journalists at May Day protest The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins its partners from the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in condemning state security forces' deliberate violence against journalists covering the International Workers' Day protest in Paris on 1 May, including more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security released the following written testimony by Leland Lazarus, associate director of the National Security Program at Florida International University's Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, from a May 6, 2025, hearing entitled "Beijing's Air, Space and Maritime Surveillance From Cuba: A Growing Threat to the Homeland": * * * Chairman Gimenez, Ranking Member McIver, and distinguished membe more PR

LONDON, England, May 14 [Category: BizMedia] -- The National Union of Journalists posted the following news: * * * John McDonnell MP, urges UK government action on the release of journalist Ali al-Samoudi Palestinian journalist Ali al-Samoudi was detained on 29 April by the IDF in a morning raid on his son's home in the West Bank. Both the National Union of Journalists and the International Federation of Journalists have condemned his detention, urging his release. John McDonnell MP, NUJ Pa more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, May 15 -- The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * The LA Phil Announces The Ford 2025 Season Featuring Perfume Genius, Aly & AJ, The Pharcyde, Las Cafeteras, Betty Who with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Bobby Rush, Mariachi Tierra Mia, Pino Palladino & Blake Mills, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Studio Ghibli film screenings, family-friendly daytime programming and more LOS ANGELES (May 13 more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, May 14 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * Medical device manufacturers often delay reporting adverse safety events, study says Medical device manufacturers are required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to report within 30 days any adverse safety events like malfunctions that could injure someone. The agency compiles these events in a centralized database called the Manufacturer and User Facility Device E more PR

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, May 15 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: * * * Majority of consumers perceive seed oils as safe, but health concerns rise WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Most consumers are somewhat familiar with seed oils, but overall, they feel unsure or neutral about common claims regarding the link between the oils and negative health outcomes, according to the April Consumer Food Insights Report (CFI). The survey-based report out of Purdue University's Center for F more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following news: * * * Russia's Misremembered Victory in Berlin It would be tempting (but wrong) to assume the thousands who came to Berlin to celebrate Nazi Germany's World War II defeat were all admirers of the Kremlin. Or haters of NATO and nostalgic for the good old days of Russia's colonial commissars running regimes in the heart of Europe. But they were there for sure. The event underlined that while history may b more PR

PARIS, France, May 14 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Turkiye: RSF welcomes the acquittal of two Cumhuriyet journalists prosecuted for covering political corruption The Istanbul Criminal Court has acquitted Cumhuriyet journalists Baris Pehlivan and Ozan Alper Yurtoglu, charged with insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and former government officials for merely mentioning political corruption in an editorial published in October 2021. Reporte more PR

PARIS, France, May 13 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Zimbabwe: RSF calls on judicial authorities to acquit journalist Blessed Mhlanga The trial of Blessed Mhlanga, a leading figure in Zimbabwean journalism, opens on May 14, eight days after his release on bail. For two months, the journalist was stuck behind bars, wrongly accused of "transmitting data messages inciting violence" after interviewing a politician critical of the president. Reporte more PR