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Released: 20-Jun-2018 8:05 AM EDT
First Amendment Watch Hosts Online Roundtable: “Can Free Speech Be Progressive?”
New York University

Today First Amendment Watch will begin posting an online roundtable discussion of a provocative new essay “Can Free Speech Be Progressive?” by Professor Louis Michael Seidman of Georgetown University Law Center.

Released: 19-Jun-2018 6:05 AM EDT
Study: Tax Havens and Limited Regulation Increase Risk for Shareholders
North Carolina State University

Some large, publicly held companies are incorporated in tax haven countries, ostensibly to increase value for shareholders. But new research finds that many such companies are more likely to engage in practices that benefit executives at the cost of their shareholders.

Released: 18-Jun-2018 4:05 PM EDT
Bail Reform Essential for Those Charged with Misdemeanors, New Research From University of Utah Law Professor Shows
University of Utah

Research by Shima Baughman, a professor at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, provides a historical analysis of use of bail in misdemeanor cases as the nation continues to grapple with how to address overcrowded jails.

Released: 18-Jun-2018 1:05 PM EDT
UGA School of Law opens Veterans Legal Clinic
University of Georgia

Beginning this month, veterans living in Georgia can receive legal assistance they may not otherwise have access to or be able to afford through the University of Georgia School of Law’s new Veterans Legal Clinic.

   
Released: 18-Jun-2018 8:55 AM EDT
IMSA Fund for Advancement of Education Launches New Pitch Contest for Innovations Addressing United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA)

Competition for faculty, staff, students and alumni to support entrepreneurship and innovation to advance IMSA’s mission to address one or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

   
Released: 15-Jun-2018 4:05 PM EDT
The American Society of Nephrology Issues the Following Statement in Response to the NIH Funding Increase in the Draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Spending Bill
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) greatly appreciates the subcommittee’s continued support of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a key national priority with an increase of $1.2 billion, or 3.2%, in the FY 2019 Labor-HHS spending bill. ASN is also grateful for the proposed 1.2% increase for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), for a total allocation of $1.9 billion.

   
Released: 15-Jun-2018 3:05 PM EDT
AANA to VHA: Now is the Time to Grant CRNAs Full-Practice Authority
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) is urging the VA to reopen its final rule to grant Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) the authority to practice to the full scope of their education, training, certification and licensure.

Released: 15-Jun-2018 1:05 PM EDT
WashU Expert: SCOTUS strikes down clothing ban over ‘imprecise’ wording
Washington University in St. Louis

The U.S. Supreme Court  struck down a ban on clothing with political messages being worn inside polling places. Greg Magarian, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis and an expert on free speech and the law of politics, said the court’s June 14 decision in the case was very narrow.“The court affirms that states may ban electoral advocacy inside polling places, because polling places serve a specific purpose — enabling voting — that some kinds of electoral advocacy can interfere with,” Magarian said.

14-Jun-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Brexit Already Impacting Communities on Either Side of Irish Border According to Queen’s University Research
Queen's University Belfast

A major new research report published today (Friday, 15 June) by researchers from Queen’s University Belfast, presents findings from a large scale study of views on Brexit from local communities in the Central Border Region of Ireland/Northern Ireland.

8-Jun-2018 1:05 PM EDT
More Harm Than Good: Assessing the Nuclear Arsenal Tipping Point
Michigan Technological University

First study of its kind shows how detrimental nuclear attack would be for the aggressor nation.

   
Released: 12-Jun-2018 2:05 PM EDT
WCS Applauds House Appropriations Committee Support for Key Interior Conservation Programs
Wildlife Conservation Society

This week, the House Appropriations Committee marked up and passed the Fiscal Year 2019 Interior Appropriations bill, which controls U.S. government investment in supporting international conservation and stopping wildlife crime.

Released: 12-Jun-2018 10:05 AM EDT
WashU Expert: SCOTUS decision strikes another blow against democracy, voting rights
Washington University in St. Louis

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 11 upheld Ohio’s efforts to purge its voter rolls — a  move that spreads voting discrimination across America, argued a constitutional law expert at Washington University in St. Louis.“The most disturbing, destructive trend in contemporary American politics has been conservatives’ multi-pronged effort to disenfranchise voters they don’t like.

Released: 12-Jun-2018 8:05 AM EDT
American College of Rheumatology Urges HHS to Adopt Drug Policy Principles that Protect Health Care Access for Chronically Ill Americans
American College of Rheumatology (ACR)

In response to the Trump Administration’s American Patients First drug pricing blueprint, the American College of Rheumatology – which represents more than 7,700 rheumatologists and rheumatology health professionals in the U.S. – today issued a set of policy principles that rheumatology leaders urge federal officials to adopt as they consider drug policy changes affecting the health care of chronically ill Americans.

4-Jun-2018 8:00 AM EDT
Tracing the Impacts of Food and Nutrition Policies
American Society for Nutrition (ASN)

Many policies are being implemented or considered to try to steer people toward healthier food choices. The Nutrition 2018 meeting will feature studies that evaluate the impacts of existing policies and seek to inform the design of future ones.

Released: 8-Jun-2018 9:00 AM EDT
Law and society rely upon a ‘Republic of Belief’
Cornell University

Kaushik Basu, one of the world’s leading economists, offers a new methodology for doing law and economics, rooted in game theory, that provides a deeper understanding of why the law works and how to craft more effective laws for a fairer society in his latest book, "The Republic of Belief."

Released: 5-Jun-2018 4:45 PM EDT
'North Korea Has Come Out of Its Shell': Creighton Professor Optimistic on Diplomatic Possibilities
Creighton University

Whatever shenanigans have transpired in the ongoing saga to foster a summit between North Korea and the United States, Creighton University political science professor Maorong Jiang, PhD, is certain what’s happened lately has been for the best.

Released: 5-Jun-2018 4:05 PM EDT
Surprising Recovery of Red Spruce Shows Value of Clean Air Act
University of Vermont

Surprising new research shows that red spruce are making a comeback—and that a combination of reduced pollution mandated by the 1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act and changing climate are behind the resurgence.

Released: 5-Jun-2018 2:05 PM EDT
WashU Expert: More at stake than cake in SCOTUS decision
Washington University in St. Louis

While this week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision siding  7-2 with bakery owner Jack Phillips in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission was “far from explosive,” it still sends important signals on how such cases will be handled in the future, said a legal scholar at Washington University in St.

Released: 4-Jun-2018 4:00 PM EDT
WashU Expert: Clear Principles Needed for Meaningful Digital Free Expression
Washington University in St. Louis

Our daily lives revolve around the internet, whether it’s personal contact, news or the sharing of political views. As such, there remains significant work to do so the internet can deal with the real challenges it faces, rather than ones it fails to consider, an internet privacy expert at Washington University in St. Louis argues in a new paper.

Released: 4-Jun-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Improved Access to Alternative Care Is Best Option to Curb Opioid Misuse
American Pain Society

As Congress evaluates dozens of bills designed to control misuse of opioid analgesics, the American Pain Society (APS) said today that various proposals and actions to limit opioid prescribing and supply will have the opposite impact – many legitimate pain patients cut off from their medications and desperate for relief may turn to illicit drugs, often with tragic results.

Released: 1-Jun-2018 11:05 AM EDT
American U. Experts Comment: Will June Primaries Be Surprisingly Unsurprising?
American University

American University experts are available for comments on June primaries.



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