SPARTANBURG, South Carolina, Sept. 29 -- Wofford College issued the following news: * * * Medal of Honor recipient known as "the real Forrest Gump" to visit Wofford Sammy Davis will give talk as part of Hipp Lecture Series 2026-09-28 Spartanburg, S.C. - Wofford College will host a lecture by Sammy Davis, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient who inspired parts of the 1994 movie "Forrest Gump," on October 19 at 6 p.m. Davis will speak about duty, honor and country. Davis' talk is the latest installment in the Hipp Lecture Series on Int more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 30 -- The University of California posted the following news release: * * * The art of 'genius': UCLA's Rodney McMillian wins a MacArthur Fellowship * More than two decades ago, artist Rodney McMillian spotted a battered armchair by a trash heap, brought it to his art studio and began thinking about what happens when everyday objects are removed from one setting and placed in another. His resulting found-object sculpture, "Chair," was an early example of the type of artistic inquiry that has defined his care more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 30 (TNSrep) -- The University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs issued the following news: * * * New Policy Brief: Previously Introduced Texas Debt Ceiling Legislation Could Significantly Curb Infrastructure Borrowing by Local Governments AUSTIN, Texas (September 29, 2026)-- A new policy brief from the Center on Municipal Capital Markets (CMCM) at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin examines a debt limit Texas lawmakers considered in 2025, which would have capped annual more PR