WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- American University issued the following news: American University President Sylvia M. Burwell announced today the launch of the Sine Institute of Policy and Politics. Capitalizing on AU's distinctive location in the nation's capital, the Institute will bring together experts and top scholars in the field with students in research and scholarship to work on the nation's most pressing challenges in a way that promotes common ground and bipartisan policy solutions. A labor more PR

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Sept. 27 -- Marquette University issued the following news release: Former Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle and veteran journalist and author Peter Annin will be among the featured speakers during a half-day conference, "Evaluating the Great Lakes Compact on Its Tenth Anniversary," presented by the Marquette Law School Water Law and Policy Initiative on Tuesday, Oct. 2, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Lubar Center at Eckstein Hall. On Oct. 3, 2008, President George W. Bush signed t more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The office of Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: In an effort to cut spending and stop gimmickry in the federal budget process, a group of Senate Republicans, including Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), introduced legislation last spring that would have rescinded unspent money from certain programs and prevented these taxpayer dollars from being shifted to programs they were not authorized for through a subversive budgetary maneuver called a "c more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The Library of Congress issued the following news: Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced that husband-and-wife team Emilio and Gloria Estefan are the next recipients of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The honorees represent two historic firsts for the prize - the first time it has been awarded to a married couple or to musicians-songwriters of Hispanic descent. The Estefans symbolize the rich cultural diversity of the American music more PR

TAMPA, Florida, Sept. 26 -- The American Association of Kidney Patients issued the following news release: The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP - www.aakp.org) the nation's oldest and largest, fully independent kidney patient organization, is partnering with the American Society of Nephrology (ASN - www.asn-online.org) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), to recruit patients to test a new nutrition mobile app for veterans and other individuals managing kidney disease.  more PR

WEST POINT, New York, Sept. 25 -- The Military Academy issued the following news release: Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta will receive the prestigious Association of Graduates Thayer Award in a ceremony hosted by the U.S. Military Academy Thursday, October 4. The Corps of Cadets will conduct a parade in his honor at 5 p.m., on the Plain, prior to the award presentation dinner. The parade is open to the public. Panetta, was the 23rd U.S. Secretary of Defense, he also held positions as  more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 26 -- McKesson issued the following news release: McKesson Corporation today announced that Dr. Andrea Barthwell has been appointed board chair and Dr. Karen A. Scott will serve as the president of the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE), effective October 15, 2018. FORE's initial funding priorities will be established and announced by year end. "Dr. Barthwell and Dr. Scott are ideally suited to serve as leaders of and chief ambassadors for the founda more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee issued the following news: ADC is delighted to announce that two-time Academy Award winner Sean Penn will be delivering the Convention Keynote Address at the Saturday Night Gala Dinner at the upcoming Annual National Convention. As a social activist Mr. Penn has dedicated his time, and used his voice, to stand with marginalized and oppressed peoples across the world. The Gala is scheduled for the evening of Saturday Octob 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

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The office of Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley today announced he is filing a lawsuit arguing that the Trump Administration's actions to withhold substantial parts of Judge Brett Kavanaugh's record have violated the constitutional separation of powers and hindered Senators from fulfilling their constitutional duty of advice and consent on the President's nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States. Merkl more PR

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By Dianne Ryder Public Affairs Every year since 1988, when President Ronald Reagan expanded the observance into a monthlong event, Hispanic Heritage Month takes place Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. In a Sept. 26 celebration hosted by the McNamara Headquarters Complex Equal Employment Opportunity offices, Defense Contract Audit Agency Director Anita Bales explained why. "Sept. 15 was more PR

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept. 28 -- The University of the Virgin Islands issued the following news release: The University of the Virgin Islands President David Hall has recently been elected to the Kansas State University Athletics Hall of Fame. Dr. Hall is one of nine distinguished alumni who will be inducted into the schools Athletics Hall of Fame this weekend in Kansas. In addition to his various accomplishments, he was also a standout college basketball player finishing his career more PR