WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Aug. 21, 2026, by Maciej Bukowski, head of Energy and Resilience Program at the Casimir Pulaski Foundation: * * * Wind Blows Strong - Amid Political Turbulence Modern windmills generate much-needed electricity. Consistent regulations and subsidies are required to reach their full potential. - It was historic. This summer, a cable beneath the Baltic Sea carried the first ever electric current from an offshore wind farm to the Polish electricity more PR

MCLEAN, Virginia, Aug. 18 -- The Center for Excellence in Education issued the following news release: * * * The Center for Excellence in Education's Research Science Institute at MIT Will Expand to Stanford in 2027 The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) is proud to announce the expansion of its flagship program, the Research Science Institute (RSI), to the campus of Stanford University starting in the summer of 2027. This new initiative will start with 50 of the world's most accomplished high school students participating in a rigorou more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 23 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association issued the following news: * * * NARFE Begins FEDcon26 Training Conference With Events App, Fresh Programming * Indianapolis, IN-The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, or NARFE, will hold FEDcon26, its premier biennial training conference, from August 23-25 at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis. FEDcon26 (with the theme of "Learn. Advocate. Lead.") will bring together hundreds of ret more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 22 -- The National Taxpayers Union issued the following excerpts of a commentary by Alexander Ciccone, policy and government affairs manager, to the Daily Wire: * * * No More Free Rides: Inside The Fight Over Medicaid Work Requirements Last year, congressional Republicans enacted the most significant entitlement reforms in recent memory. These changes are critical since Medicaid's explosive growth in recent years has turned the program into an open-ended, $1 trillion-a-year entitlement. Creating modest work requir more PR

WINTER PARK, Florida, Aug. 19 -- Rollins College issued the following news: * * * The Princeton Review Recognizes Rollins Among Nation's Best Colleges Rollins has been named one of the best colleges in the nation this year in The Princeton Review's annual roundup of the nation's best colleges. Only about 15 percent of America's 2,800 four-year colleges are profiled in the 2027 edition of the college guidebook, which includes detailed profiles of colleges based on data collected by The Princeton Review on an institution's academic offerings  more PR

CORAL GABLES, Florida, Aug. 17 -- The University of Miami issued the following news: * * * Tracking sargassum at sea University of Miami scientists, collaborating with a local aerospace and technology company, have developed and deployed high-tech drifters to predict the seaweed's path to shore. By Robert C. Jones Jr., rcjones@miami.edu They spotted the first mat of sargassum seaweed several miles out in Biscayne Bay. So, the captain of the 37-foot Yellowfin brought the vessel to a full stop, allowing the scientists onboard to get a closer more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Aug. 22 -- The University of Virginia issued the following research Q&A on Aug. 21, 2026, involving Nadia Lunardi, associate professor of anesthesiology: * * * Q&A: Why can surgery take a toll on the aging brain? By Zeina Mohammed, spr2jm@virginia.edu A team of University of Virginia scientists has identified why a common type of delirium that often affects older patients after surgery may lead to dementia, and they've proposed a new treatment. In a new study, Dr. Nadia Lunardi, a UVA associate professor of anes more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 22 -- Virginia Tech issued the following Q&A on Aug. 21, 2026, involving Jenna Zan, Associate Director of the University Writing Program and an instructor: * * * Balancing a love of teaching and writing Faculty spotlight on Jenna Zan By Leslie King Teaching is a siren song. But for Jenna Zan, the enticement did not dash her against the rocks. Instead, her passion and colleagues guided her into a career that took her from Virginia Tech Development, now the Office of Advancement, to the Department of English. Zan more PR