University News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on May 9, 2025.
MIL-OSI USA: Governor Newsom announces appointments 5.8.25
Source: US State of California 2 May 8, 2025 SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Gena Castro Rodriguez, of Daly City, has been appointed to the Board of State and Community Corrections. Castro Rodriguez has been Owner of Castro Rodriguez Consulting since 2025 and an Assistant Professor at the University of San Francisco since […]
MIL-OSI USA: NASA’s Hubble Pinpoints Roaming Massive Black Hole
Source: NASA Like a scene out of a sci-fi movie, astronomers using NASA telescopes have found “Space Jaws.”Lurking 600 million light-years away, within the inky black depths between stars, there is an invisible monster gulping down any wayward star that plummets toward it. The sneaky black hole betrayed its presence in a newly identified tidal […]
MIL-OSI USA: Sols 4532-4533: Polygon Heaven
Source: NASA Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, Planetary Geologist at University of New BrunswickEarth planning date: Monday, May 5, 2025Our 29-meter weekend drive (about 95 feet) was successful, and we are still in the band of polygon-rich bedrock.The origin of these cracks is not clear — could they have formed as desiccation cracks as Mars began […]
MIL-OSI USA: NASA Telescopes Tune Into a Black Hole Prelude, Fugue
Source: NASA NASA released three new pieces of cosmic sound Thursday that are associated with the densest and darkest members of our universe: black holes. These scientific productions are sonifications — or translations into sound — of data collected by NASA telescopes in space including the Chandra X-ray Observatory, James Webb Space Telescope, and Imaging […]
MIL-Evening Report: Experts split on Australia’s Papua New Guinea military recruitment plan
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Australia’s plan to recruit from Papua New Guinea for its Defence Force raises “major ethical concerns”, according to the Australia Defence Association, while another expert thinks it is broadly a good idea. The two nations are set to begin negotiating a new defence treaty that is expected to see […]
MIL-Evening Report: Hidden connections of more than 100 migratory marine species revealed in interactive map
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lily Bentley, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock From the enormous blue whale to the delicate monarch butterfly, animals of all shapes and sizes migrate across the globe. These migrations connect distant habitats, from the tropics to the poles. They […]
MIL-Evening Report: As Filipinos prepare to vote, ex-strongman Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest is dividing families – all the way to the president
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Noel Morada, Visiting Professor, Nelson Mandela Centre, Chulalongkorn University; and Research Fellow, Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, Chulalongkorn University It’s been two months since former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested and handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face potential prosecution […]
MIL-Evening Report: How the word ‘incel’ got away from us
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Farid Zaid, Senior Lecturer, Psychology, Monash University Javier Bermudez Zayas/Shutterstock Imagine a young man whose voice has been worn down by years of feeling invisible. Plain, numb and bitter, the “incel” tries to explain the kind of hopelessness most of us would rather not confront: I believed […]
MIL-Evening Report: Kiwi kids once led the world in reading – this 1950s primary school syllabus still has lessons for today
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ruth Boyask, Director of LitPlus, AUT School of Education, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images There is a well-known whakatauki (Māori proverb) that goes: “Ka mua, ka muri” – “walking backwards into the future”. It applies to many areas of life, but in education the idea of […]
MIL-OSI Europe: Workshops – Consent-based rape legislation in the EU – 19-05-2025 – Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Source: European Parliament On Monday, 19 May 2025, the Policy Department for Citizens, Equality and Culture, at the request of the FEMM Committee, will organise a workshop entitled ‘Consent-based rape legislation in the EU’. The workshop will examine key aspects of consent, the state of play of consent-based rape legislation throughout the EU, as well […]
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: University spinouts to grow industries of the future with new government backing
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments 2 Press release University spinouts to grow industries of the future with new government backing Public sector is being primed to bring innovative ideas out of government labs and onto the market with £30 million backing and new guidance. 4 of the UK’s most exciting regional research […]
MIL-OSI USA: Hoeven: Energy Committee Advances Andrea Travnicek’s Nomination to Full Senate
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for North Dakota John Hoeven 05.08.25 WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee has approved Dr. Andrea Travnicek’s nomination to serve as Assistant Secretary for Water and Science at the U.S. Department of the Interior, sending her nomination to […]
MIL-OSI USA: Hoeven, Shaheen Statement on Introduction of House Companion to Air Traffic Control Workforce Legislation
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for North Dakota John Hoeven 05.08.25 Senators Authored Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Strengthen Enhanced AT-CTI Program, Improve ATC Recruitment, Training & Retention WASHINGTON – Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) issued the following statement after Representatives Nick Begich III (R-AK) and Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) introduced a House companion […]
MIL-OSI USA: NEW SCHUMER ANALYSIS: TRUMP’S BUDGET PROPOSAL IS ALL-OUT ASSAULT ON FEDERAL PROGRAMS UPSTATE NY RELIES ON MOST, RAISING COSTS FOR SENIORS, FAMILIES, & SMALL BUSINESSES AND SLASHING CRITICAL INVESTMENT…
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New York Charles E Schumer Trump Just Released His “Skinny Budget” Blueprint Of Next Year’s Spending – And It Completely Zeroes Out And Slashes Many Of The Programs Most Important To Communities From Albany, To Buffalo, To Watertown, To Westchester Schumer Data Shows Upstate NY Families […]
MIL-OSI USA: Q&A: National Nurses Week
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Iowa Chuck Grassley Q: What is National Nurses Week? A: Efforts to honor and celebrate nurses in the United States first got underway during the Eisenhower administration. In 1974, President Nixon issued a proclamation to honor the expanding role nurses were taking on in the health care […]
MIL-OSI USA: Tuberville Honors Puck Esposito of Auburn as “May Veteran of the Month”
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Tommy Tuberville (Alabama) WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) released a video honoring U.S. Navy Captain Paul “Puck” Esposito as the May “Veteran of the Month.” Excerpts from Sen. Tuberville’s remarks can be found below, and complete remarks can be found here. “In Alabama, we take a lot of pride in honoring […]
Sen. Cruz Introduces Bill Penalizing Universities that Mask Foreign Funding
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Texas Ted Cruz WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced the Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Actto penalize universities that take money from foreign adversaries and do not report foreign funding as required by the Higher Education Act. Sen. Cruz said, “The Chinese Communist Party […]
MIL-OSI Global: How Donald Trump’s assault on universities echoes earlier American conservative ideas
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Michael Williams, Professor of International Politics, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa Fifty years ago, the American philosopher and conservative thinker James Burnham wrote his most infamous book, The Suicide of the West: An Essay on the Meaning and Destiny of Liberalism. Burnham argued that liberalism — which he associated […]
MIL-OSI Global: The attack on public broadcasting is part of a growing threat to press freedom and democracy
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Lorry-Ann Austin, Assistant Professor, Social Work and Human Services, Thompson Rivers University In a disturbing parallel between two countries, President Donald Trump’s recent attack on the two largest public broadcasters in the United States mirrors threats to Canada’s own public broadcaster that were recently dodged by the electoral […]
MIL-OSI USA: Nadler Statement On Columbia University Protests
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (10th District of New York) Nadler Statement On Columbia University Protests Washington, May 8, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) made the following statement in response to the recent protests at Columbia University: “Vandalism is unacceptable. Occupying university buildings is unacceptable. Interfering with […]