AMHERST, Massachusetts, Sept. 24 -- Hampshire College issued the following news: Victor Fresco and Scott Gortikov didn't plan to concentrate their Hampshire studies on US foreign policy. Then they took a course with Professor Carollee Bengelsdorf, and they were hooked. A professor of politics who joined the faculty in 1973, three years before Gortikov and Fresco arrived, Bengelsdorf peppered her teaching with stories and anecdotes drawn from her experiences participating in the anti-Vietnam War more PR

BROOKLYN, New York, Sept. 27 -- Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams issued the following news release: Today, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams launched a campaign to rename the Brooklyn Municipal Building, an historic edifice in Downtown Brooklyn that houses a number of City offices, after Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a native of Flatbush and noted civil rights champion who is celebrating her 25th year as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. He activated an online petit more PR

JONESBORO, Arkansas, Sept. 24 -- Arkansas State University issued the following news release: The Arkansas State University community today is remembering the life of Dr. Eugene W. Smith, the eighth president of the institution, who died Sunday following a lengthy illness. He was 88. The Board of Trustees appointed Smith president in February 1984, largely in recognition of his contributions and devotion to the institution's growth and advancement during the first 26 years of his career at the more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Gallup, a research-based, global performance-management consulting company, issued the following news: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's favorability with U.S. adults is unchanged from last November -- remaining at a record low (36percent). These results, from a Sept. 4-12 Gallup poll, confirm that Clinton's image remains in a rut nearly two years after she lost the presidential contest in 2016. Her favorable rating is down seven percentage points from where i more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release: Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, and SAVE, South Florida's foremost advocate for the LGBTQ community, announced their endorsements of Donna Shalala (D) in her bid to represent the people of Florida's 27th Congressional District. Shalala is running to replace outgoing champion of equality Rep. Ileana Ros more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright today penned an op-ed for USA Today calling on President Trump to reverse his decision to cut the number of refugees allowed to the United States for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 to a new low of 30,000. "As a refugee who fled from fascism and communism in Europe and b more PR