LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 10 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: * * * 'Dracula' Author's Relative to Discuss Links Between Medicine and Literature at UAMS Lecture The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will host a free, public lecture exploring the medical influences behind the gothic novel "Dracula" at 5 p.m. April 17. The lecture will be held on the 12th floor of the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute on more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, April 9 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * 2025-26 Faculty Distinguished Teaching Award Winners Announced * The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) has announced the five recipients of the 2025-26 Faculty Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor presented for more than 60 years to instructors at UMass Amherst who demonstrate exemplary teaching at the highest level. Jenafer Andren-Kazunas Chef-Professor/Senior Lecturer II, Hospit more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on April 9, 2026, by Emil Avdaliani, research fellow at the Turan Research Center and a professor of international relations at the European University in Tbilisi, Georgia: * * * Russia to Armenia: Do as We Say Armenia has few options despite its rapprochement with Azerbaijan and Turkey and ties to the EU. None provides Yerevan with viable security. * When on April 1, Armenia's Prime Minister Nik more PR

NEW YORK, April 10 -- Columbia University Columbia Journalism School issued the following news: * * * Hannah Natanson of The Washington Post to Deliver 2026 Pringle Lecture The lecture is given annually by an outstanding journalist covering politics and Washington whose work and values inspire the next generation of professionals. * Washington Post narrative enterprise reporter Hannah Natanson will deliver the 2026 Pringle Lecture during Journalism Day on May 19, addressing this year's gra more PR

COSTA MESA, California, April 10 -- Experian, an information services company, posted the following news release: * * * Experian(R) Partners with Taylor Rooks to Empower Consumers During Financial Literacy Month The campaign will run throughout April and highlight approachable, real-life conversations about credit and money management * Experian(R) is bringing fresh energy to Financial Literacy Month this April by teaming up with journalist and on-air personality Taylor Rooks for a new camp more PR

LONDON, England, April 10 -- Article 19, an organization that says it propels the freedom of expression movement, posted the following news: * * * Israel: Stop targeting media workers in Lebanon and Palestine ARTICLE 19 condemns the recent targeting of five journalists in Lebanon and one journalist in Gaza, Palestine. We also condemn Israel's persistent pattern of portraying journalists as legitimate targets by labelling them as members of armed groups - both before and after attacks. This ta more PR

NEW YORK, April 10 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Lebanon: Israeli Strikes Kill Hundreds, Damage Vital Bridge * (Beirut) - More than 100 Israeli strikes across Lebanon on April 8, 2026, including in densely populated neighborhoods in Beirut, killed over 300 people and damaged the last main bridge linking southern Lebanon with the rest of the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Israeli strikes making bridge crossings over the Litani River  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Derek Tran, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Representative Tran Demands to Meet with Vietnamese Prisoners of Conscience, Raises Alarm on Human Rights Abuses * Washington, DC - U.S. Representative Derek Tran (CA-45) wrote to To Lam, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, demanding to meet with prisoners of conscience in Vietnam and investigate the conditions under which they are being held. Read the full text of the letter HER more PR

LONDON, England, April 10 -- Article 19, an organization that says it propels the freedom of expression movement, posted the following news: * * * Serbia: Total impunity entrenched 27 years after killing of Slavko Curuvija Twenty-seven years after the assassination of Serbian newspaper publisher and editor Slavko Curuvija in Belgrade, the undersigned media freedom organisations mark the upcoming anniversary of the killing by lamenting the complete impunity for those responsible for one of the more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 [Category: Political] -- Defending Rights and Dissent issued the following news: * * * Source for U.S. Military Expose Indicted under Espionage Act * A woman in North Carolina, Courtney Williams, has been indicted by a grand jury on charges under the Espionage Act for allegedly sharing classified information with investigative journalist Seth Harp for his 2025 book The Fort Bragg Cartel, which exposed widespread abuses at the military base. Defending Rights & Dissent Po more PR

NEW YORK, April 9 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Tajikistan * Introduction 1. This submission highlights Human Rights Watch's key concerns regarding the Tajik government's compliance with its international obligations since its last Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in 2021. Since then, in November 2021 and May 2022 Tajik authorities carried out violent crackdowns on peaceful protests in the Gor more PR