WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Georgetown University Law Center posted the following news: * * * Chief Judge James E. Boasberg Addresses 'The Georgetown Law Journal' Banquet * More than 160 people - current members of The Georgetown Law Journal (GLJ) editorial board, alumni and friends - gathered at St. Francis Hall in northeast Washington, D.C. to hear Boasberg reflect on his career trajectory and the polarized political context he and his colleagues work in today. In conversation with outgoing Editor-in-Chief Amritha K. Ramalingam, F'23, L'26, Bo more PR

CLINTON, Mississippi, Aug. 28 -- Mississippi Christian University posted the following news: * * * Dilmore, Walters join MC history, political science faculty * The Department of History and Political Science at Mississippi Christian University has welcomed two new members to its full-time faculty. Jessica Dilmore, an attorney and MC paralegal studies alumna with nearly a decade of litigation experience, has joined the department as director of pre-law and paralegal studies, while Nick Walters, an MC alum and founder of Stone-Adams Financi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Giving Review, an independent platform featuring analysis of philanthropy and giving, posted the following commentary on Aug. 27, 2026, by co-editor Daniel P. Schmidt: * * * Gordon S. Wood, the work of philanthropy, and what we owe our forebears In the midst of America's 250th, remembering a great historian, recalling the Bradley Commission on History in Schools, and considering grantmakers' role in the conversation between generations. - Last weekend's Freedom 250 Grand Prix, a race through the historic heart of more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 29 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Aug. 27, 2026, by legal policy fellow Tal Fortgang to the Wall Street Journal: * * * Don't Let Terrorists Run Nonprofits A proposed change to the Form 990 would require 501(c)3s to disclose whether their top officials have been convicted of financial or terrorism-related crimes. The U.S. Treasury is mulling dramatic changes to our nonprofit system. It announced in April that it plans to revise the Form 990, which nonprofits file annually with the I more PR

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, Aug. 28 (TNSjou) -- The University of Otago issued the following news release: * * * Survey gives politicians 'public mandate' on cancer action New Zealanders overwhelmingly back evidence-based cancer policies - from prevention and screening to early detection, treatment and care - no matter which party they vote for, a new national survey has found. The survey results from Te Ropu Rangahau o te Kahui Matepukupuku (TRRKM), a collaboration between University of Otago - Otakou Whakaihu Waka cancer researchers and the Can more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * WHAT THEY'RE SAYING: Rising Costs Continue to Put Republicans on Defense Ahead of Midterms Wall Street Journal: "Cost-of-living worries are ... giving Democrats an advantage" Associated Press: "President Donald Trump's trade war with Canada is escalating as the midterm elections approach, threatening Republican efforts to address voters' economic concerns in a year when control of the U.S. Senate hinges on states along the border bet more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 25 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Navin Kartik named Melamed Professor of Economics Navin Kartik, who joined the Yale faculty in 2025, is an eminent microeconomic theorist and a leading scholar of game theory and information economics. - Navin Kartik, a renowned microeconomic theorist and political economist, has been appointed the A. Douglas Melamed Professor of Economics, effective July 1, 2026. Kartik joined Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) in 2025 after spending 17 years at  more PR