University News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on April 30, 2025.
MIL-OSI USA: Padilla Joins Sanders and Over 100 Lawmakers in Reintroduction of Medicare for All
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) Padilla Joins Sanders and Over 100 Lawmakers in Reintroduction of Medicare for All WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and over 100 lawmakers in reintroducing the Medicare for All Act, historic legislation that would guarantee health care […]
MIL-OSI USA: Padilla Joins Sanders and Over 100 Lawmakers in Reintroduction of Medicare for All
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) Padilla Joins Sanders and Over 100 Lawmakers in Reintroduction of Medicare for All WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and over 100 lawmakers in reintroducing the Medicare for All Act, historic legislation that would guarantee health care […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: UNECE ModernStats World Workshop 2024
Source: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Abstracts and papers for the different topics of this workshop can be found below. Background: Modern statistical production systems require standardization of the processes, information and architectures that are involved in producing statistics, so that those processes can be automated, and information (including data) can be seamlessly […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: Expert Meeting on Human Resources Management and Training
Source: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Categories24-7, English, MIL OSI, United Nations, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Post navigation Archives Information Notice 1 (concept note) PDF Information Notice 2 (logistical information) UPDATED PDF Timetable PDF Session 1: Training, learning and development Leveraging learning and development to achieve organisational preparedness for mega trends such […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Advocacy – Voting ban “undermines democratic principles” says justice group
Source: People Against Prisons Aotearoa The Government has announced the total disenfranchisement of people incarcerated in New Zealand prisons. This replaces a partial ban, and will see all prisoners prevented from participating in elections. The move violates a 2018 Supreme Court ruling that stripping prisoners of the right to vote violated the Bill of Rights. […]
MIL-OSI USA: Duckworth, Durbin, Colleagues Push Trump Administration to Reconsider Student Visa Revocations
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Illinois Tammy Duckworth April 28, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with 35 Senate Democrats in pressing the Trump Administration to reconsider recent decisions to revoke student visas […]
MIL-Evening Report: Peace in our time? Why NZ should resist Trump’s one-sided plan for Ukraine
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert G. Patman, Professor of International Relations, University of Otago GettyImages Getty Images Is it possible to reconcile increased international support for Ukraine with Donald Trump’s plan to end the war? At their recent meeting in London, Christopher Luxon and his British counterpart Keir Starmer seemed to […]
MIL-OSI Global: Young bats learn to be discriminating when listening for their next meal
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Logan S. James, Research Associate in Animal Behavior, The University of Texas at Austin A frog-eating bat approaches a túngara frog, one of its preferred foods. Grant Maslowski It is late at night, and we are silently watching a bat in a roost through a night-vision camera. From […]
MIL-Evening Report: ‘A living collective’: study shows trees synchronise electrical signals during a solar eclipse
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Monica Gagliano, Research Associate Professor in Evolutionary Biology, Southern Cross University Zenit Arti Audiovisive Earth’s cycles of light and dark profoundly affect billions of organisms. Events such as solar eclipses are known to bring about marked shifts in animals, but do they have the same effect on […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Social workers urged to embed Aboriginal cultural practices in First Nations communities
Source: 30 April 2025 Social workers in First Nations communities need to incorporate Aboriginal ways of knowing, being and doing at the heart of their supervision practices on Country. That’s the recommendation from University of South Australia (UniSA) researchers in a new study published in Australian Social Work. First author Jamie Sorby – a Kamilaroi […]
MIL-OSI USA: Mfume Joins Elfreth, Maryland House Colleagues to Press for Answers on Behalf of International Students Attending Maryland Universities
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03) led a letter with Representatives Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Steny Hoyer (MD-05), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Glenn Ivey (MD-04), April McClain Delaney (MD-06), and Johnny Olszewski (MD-02) to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem […]
MIL-OSI USA: Kamlager-Dove, Adams Convene Roundtable to Address Black Higher Education and Strengthening HBCUs
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager California (37th District) WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, Congressional Black Caucus Whip Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Caucus Chair Alma Adams (NC-12) held a roundtable discussion with Reps. Sewell (AL-07),Hayes (CT-05), Sykes (OH-13), Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), Brown (OH-11), and Figures (AL-02), HBCU leadership, […]
MIL-OSI Global: How the UK’s microchip industry is bouncing back after a quarter of a century
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Peter Gammon, Professor of Power Electronic Devices, School of Engineering, University of Warwick A silicon carbide wafer, from which microchips are manufactured. Peter Gammon Silicon microchips underpin our modern lives. They are at the heart of our smartphones and laptops. They also play critical roles in electric vehicles […]
MIL-OSI USA: Reed & Whitehouse Denounce Trump’s Disjointed International Student Visa Revocations That Drives Away Top Talent
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Rhode Island Jack Reed WASHINGTON, DC – Earlier this month, the Trump Administration abruptly and arbitrarily removed thousands of international students from the Student and Exchange Visitor Information Systems (SEVIS) database, which schools and the federal government use to monitor visa compliance. Students at Brown University and […]
MIL-OSI Security: University of San Diego Women’s Volleyball Team Joins U.S. Attorney’s Office and City Attorney’s Office to Launch Fentanyl Awareness Campaign
Source: Office of United States Attorneys SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Attorney’s Office, San Diego City Attorney’s Office and Olé Foundation for the University of San Diego today launched a social media campaign featuring members of USD’s women’s volleyball team to promote fentanyl awareness and overdose prevention. The campaign coincides with the fourth annual National Fentanyl […]
MIL-OSI Global: Children link accents with intelligence from the age of five, says study
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Ella Jeffries, Lecturer in linguistics, University of Essex Fh Photo/Shutterstock From the moment we are born (and even before that, in utero), we tune into the languages around us. This includes the accents they are spoken in. Studies have found that infants show a preference for a familiar […]
MIL-OSI Europe: Grande Conférence with Nadia Murad, Nobel Peace Prize 2018
Source: Universities – Science Po in English On 25 April 2025, for the last Grande Conférence of this academic year, Sciences Po welcomed the co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize – Nadia Murad. This event was introduced by Luis Vassy, President of Sciences Po, and moderated by Jeremy Perelman, Vice-President for International Affairs at […]
MIL-OSI Russia: The role of family in modern society was discussed at the State University of Management
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: State University of Management – Official website of the State – On April 29, the 2nd International Scientific Conference “Family in Modern Russian Society” was held at the State University of Management, organized by the Research Institute of Public Policy and Management of Industrial Economics of the State University of […]
MIL-OSI USA: Reed Denounces Trump’s Disjointed International Student Visa Revocations That Drives Away Top Talent
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Rhode Island Jack Reed WASHINGTON, DC – Earlier this month, the Trump Administration abruptly and arbitrarily removed thousands of international students from the Student and Exchange Visitor Information Systems (SEVIS) database, which schools and the federal government use to monitor visa compliance. Students at Brown University and […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Students of SPbGASU won the international Olympiad in applied mechanics
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering – Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering – Team of the Faculty of Civil Engineering: Artem Grigoriev, Alexandra Leonova, Anastasia Zimovets, Nadezhda Ostrovskaya and Professor of the Physical-Mechanical Institute of SPbPU Artem Semenov Two teams from SPbGASU took […]