BROOKINGS, South Dakota, April 28 -- South Dakota State University posted the following news: * * * Cole-Dai retires after distinguished career of research, teaching * Jihong Cole-Dai, Distinguished Professor in South Dakota State University's College of Natural Sciences, is set to retire after more than two decades of service. After two decades of teaching and pioneering research into the chemical makeup of the atmosphere, South Dakota State University Distinguished Professor Jihong Cole-Dai will retire at the end of the spring semester. more PR

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following remarks on April 28, 2026, at the markup of the fiscal 2027 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs bill: * * * Thank you Chairman Cole, Chairman Diaz-Balart, and Ranking Member Frankel for their good work and for their friendship. I also want to thank the subcommittee staff, Erin Kolodjeski, Ed Etzkorn, and Laurie Mignone on the minority, and their counterparts on the majority, Susan Adams, Craig Higgin more PR

ITHACA, New York, April 28 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * The West is worth saving, Boris Johnson tells Cornell students * From the Strait of Hormuz to university campuses, Americans and Europeans must stand together against autocratic regimes seeking to suppress freedom and prosperity, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a Cornell audience on April 27. "Things are bumpier and more difficult when we are divided and when we squabble, as we have done so often in the past - often far more acrimoniously th more PR