OLYMPIA, Washington, March 20 -- American Atheists issued the following news: American Atheists, on behalf of its nearly 1,500 constituents in Washington, wrote in opposition to SB 5166. This bill would require college and university instructors to accommodate students' requests for special treatment concerning exams or course requirements, so long as they are framed in terms of religion. Although we believe this legislation to be well-intentioned, SB 5166 would create religious exemptions tha more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, March 18 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: The Equal Justice Initiative and its founder Bryan Stevenson, which has worked to end mass incarceration and challenged racial and economic injustice for 30 years, will be awarded the Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights at the University of Connecticut's Thomas J. Dodd Research Center on November 6. Headquartered in Montgomery, Ala., Equal Justice Initiative is a private, nonpro more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Gallup, a research-based, global performance-management consulting company, issued the following news: By Megan Brenan Seventeen months after the #Metoo movement exploded, U.S. men are less convinced than they were at the start of the movement that sexual harassment in the workplace is a major problem. They are also more likely to believe that people in the workplace are too sensitive to the problem of sexual harassment. Still, on both measures, men show more concern fo more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, March 22 -- The University of Virginia School of Law issued the following news: * * * - Annual Stone Distinguished Lecture Sponsored by UVA Schools of Architecture and Law * * * U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse '82 of Rhode Island will address climate change politics in a speech April 5 at the University of Virginia School of Law. He will deliver this year's annual Lillian K. Stone Distinguished Lecture in Environmental Policy, titled "How We Win: The Path Forward in  more PR