ARCATA, California, July 10 -- The California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt posted the following news: * * * Announcing the 2026 Distinguished Alumni Honorees * The Distinguished Alumni Award is among the University's highest honors, recognizing alumni whose achievements reflect Cal Poly Humboldt's commitment to academic excellence, service, leadership, and hands-on learning. "Our Distinguished Alumni demonstrate the many ways a Cal Poly Humboldt education can shape lives, strengthen communities, and create meaningful change. Whet more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * As California Leads Nation in Scientific Advancements, Schiff, Lofgren, 42 Colleagues Urge OMB to Rescind Politicized Rule on Federal Grants * California lawmakers press the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to fulfill its role of overseeing nonpartisan federal grant process U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.-18), and 42 members of the California congressional delegation are demanding the Office  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Norma J. Torres, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * As California Leads Nation in Scientific Advancements, Torres Joins Schiff, Lofgren, and 41 Colleagues Urging OMB to Rescind Politicized Rule on Federal Grants * California lawmakers press the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to fulfill its role of overseeing nonpartisan federal grant process Washington, D.C. - Representative Norma Torres joined U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.-18), and 41 more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on July 8, 2026, by James Lewis, distinguished fellow at Tech Policy Program: * * * The Myths of Mythos Mythos could lower the cost of cyber-attacks. But it doesn't pose an existential threat. - Governments, financial institutions, companies, and citizens have all raised concerns over the ability of Anthropic's Mythos -- and its younger sibling, Fable-- to identify vulnerabilities, chain them, and write code to exploit them. Some of this is the re more PR

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on July 10, 2026, by non-resident senior fellow Volodymyr Dubovyk: * * * A Burning Russia Warms Ukrainian Hearts It's momentum that gives Ukrainians hope. Every attack on the infrastructure facilitating Russia's war is greeted as a step forward. - For many outside observers, momentum in war is measured by red and blue arrows moving across screens, or towns changing hands, where advances are counted in kilometers. Yet from Ukraine, where front lin more PR

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on July 9, 2026, by journalist and political scientist Barbara von Ow-Freytag: * * * From Theater to Stage: Ukraine Reintegrates its Citizen Soldiers Ukraine is helping veterans build their new lives, including through the dramatic retelling of their stories. - Dmytro Ilin, a jewelry business manager, joined the army immediately after Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. Just months later, he suffered severe head injuries and PTSD in a  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on July 10, 2026, by Maciej Bukowski, fellow with the Tech Policy Program: * * * Poland and Ukraine Enter a Danger Zone The past is very much alive in Eastern and Central Europe. Politicians must take care, or the consequences could be grim. - A truce is nigh. That, in a nutshell, captured the mood behind the pitch of the consultants, financiers, contractors, and political expediters who flocked to Gdansk for the 2026 Ukraine Recovery Conference  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on July 10, 2026, by Communications and Information Systems Director Michael Newton: * * * Russia Must Remain the Pariah of World Sports Russia has proved time and again it doesn't believe in fair play, preferring to cheat at every turn. Vladimir Putin's sportswashing cannot be allowed. - The soccer World Cup is nearing its climax, but the geopolitics of international sports are only just heating up. The executive board of the International Olymp more PR

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following news on July 9, 2026: * * * CRC News: InfluenceWatch citations for June 2026 News journals from The Federalist (on the right) to CounterPunch (on the left) used IW as a source last month. - The Capital Research Center launched InfluenceWatch in 2017 "after identifying a need for more fact-based, accurate descriptions of the various influencers of public policy issues." InfluenceWatch has fulfilled that mission so well that it has become a trusted source for policy make more PR

NEW YORK, July 9 -- The City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy posted the following news release: * * * Dr. Alecia McGregor named Byllye Avery Endowed Professor for Sexual and Reproductive Justice * CUNY SPH is proud to announce that Alecia McGregor, PhD, has been appointed as the inaugural Byllye Avery Endowed Professor for Sexual and Reproductive Justice. Named for Byllye Avery, a pioneer in women's health and foremother of the reproductive justice movement, it is the first endowed faculty role in a more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 10 (TNSjou) -- Free University of Brussels-VUB issued the following news release: * * * The 'safe third country' concept turns out to be an empty shell VUB research shows how human rights are circumvented by shifting responsibility for asylum outside the EU - In her recently completed research, Dr Gaia Romeo exposes the reality behind the EU's 'safe third country' policy. She focuses on the only case in which that policy has already been applied on a large scale: Greece. There, the concept was used to reject asylum  more PR

LANCASTER, England, July 7 (TNSjou) -- Lancaster University issued the following news: * * * AI faces trusted more than faces of real people warn researchers Images of faces created by Artificial Intelligence (AI) are seen as more trustworthy than images of genuine faces say researchers, who warn of the risks of online fraud and other harms. This is the first ever study (https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.26.7.3) to examine the trustworthiness of AI faces created by the latest diffusion technology and was led by Alexis McGuire with Paul Taylor and more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Panetta Joins Sen. Schiff, Rep. Lofgren, California Lawmakers to Urge OMB to Rescind Politicized Rule on Federal Grants * Monterey, CA - United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) joined U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA), U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), and 41 other members of the California Congressional delegation in demanding that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) rescind its proposed regulation for federal finan more PR

GLASGOW, Scotland, July 9 -- The University of Glasgow posted the following news: * * * UofG hosts International Conference on Social Media & Society * Following the UK Government's recent ban on social media for under-16s, an international conference that puts the spotlight on social media and society will take place this month at the University of Glasgow (13-15 July). The International Conference on Social Media & Society is one of the first conferences on social media in the world, with a long-established reputation for shaping the fu more PR

GUILFORD, England, July 9 -- The University of Surrey issued the following news release: * * * Why the EU's war on populism is making things worse, according to new study * Europe's political debate has become trapped in a binary battle between Eurosceptics and pro-EU forces that is crowding out legitimate democratic alternatives, according to new research from the University of Surrey. Credit: GETTY via Mlenny In the study, published in the Journal of Language and Politics, a Surrey researcher examined how mainstream pro-EU politicians more PR