University News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on May 20, 2025.
MIL-OSI USA: Kennedy, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announce National Center of Excellence for LNG Safety in Lake Charles
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator John Kennedy (Louisiana) WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy today announced that McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La. was selected as the site of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) National Center of Excellence […]
MIL-OSI USA: Katherine Reilly Named SEC Acting Inspector General
Source: Securities and Exchange Commission The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the appointment of Katherine Reilly as the agency’s Acting Inspector General. Ms. Reilly is currently serving as a Deputy Inspector General at the SEC. She replaces Deborah Jeffrey, who has served as the SEC’s Inspector General since 2023 and is retiring. “Our Inspector General’s […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Yuri Trutnev fulfilled the dream of nine-year-old Nikita Vakhnov to experience the role of a soldier with the help of the Voin center
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: Government of the Russian Federation – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article. Yuri Trutnev fulfilled the dream of nine-year-old Nikita Vakhnov to experience the role of a soldier with the help of the VOIN Center May 19, 2025 Yuri Trutnev fulfilled the dream of nine-year-old Nikita […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Mikhail Mishustin visited the Lomonosov cluster of the Innovative Scientific and Technological Center of Moscow State University “Vorobyovy Gory”
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: Government of the Russian Federation – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article. Mikhail Mishustin visited the Lomonosov cluster of the Moscow State University Vorobyovy Gory Innovation Science and Technology Center. With Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, Head of the Moscow Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development Kristina […]
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: UK and Ukraine hail scientists’ role in the fight for freedom
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments Press release UK and Ukraine hail scientists’ role in the fight for freedom From healthcare to energy, collaboration with UK researchers is supporting Ukraine’s defence and reconstruction, and the UK’s Plan for Change. From healthcare to energy, collaboration with UK researchers is supporting Ukraine’s defence and reconstruction, […]
MIL-OSI USA: Mfume, Van Hollen, Members of Maryland Congressional Delegation Introduce Bill to Award Henrietta Lacks the Congressional Gold Medal
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) are introducing the Henrietta Lacks Congressional Gold Medal Act, in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. This legislation would posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Henrietta Lacks in […]
MIL-Evening Report: The federal government wants to boost productivity. Science can help
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanna D’Alessandro, Professor & Director, Net Zero Institute, University of Sydney Daniel Sone/National Cancer Institute In the wake of Labor’s resounding victory in Australia’s federal election earlier this month, there has been much talk about flailing productivity in Australia. In fact, last week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese […]
MIL-Evening Report: Fish driving cars and chimps doing maths: what teaching animals ‘irrelevant’ skills reveals about our own minds
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scarlett Howard, Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University VixtorPhoto / Shutterstock Did you know goldfish can learn to drive cars? Have you heard bumblebees can learn to pull on a string? Would you believe some primates can perform calculations with Arabic numerals? These tasks seem […]
MIL-Evening Report: Surviving swamps on South Australia’s parched Fleurieu Peninsula are a lifeline to wildlife – and farmers
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Auricht, Visiting Research Fellow in Natural Resources Management, University of Adelaide Yundi Nature Conservancy, CC BY-NC-ND South Australia is famously the driest state on the driest inhabited continent. But even for South Australia, the current drought is extreme. Rainfall has been the lowest on record across […]
MIL-Evening Report: NZ Budget 2025: anything less than a 5% increase in health funding amounts to merely standing still
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Tenbensel, Professor of Health Policy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Health Minister Simeon Brown. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images Minister of Health Simeon Brown claimed earlier this year that health funding in New Zealand has never been higher and that suggestions of underfunding are “fake news”. On […]
MIL-Evening Report: ‘No pain, no gain’: why some primary students are following intense study routines
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Ho, Associate professor in Social and Political Sciences, University of Technology Sydney MNStudio/ Shutterstock Every year, thousands of New South Wales students sit a test to determine places for highly sought-after selective high schools. These are academically selective public schools often associated with high Year 12 […]
MIL-Evening Report: From the Liver King to ultramarathons, fitness influencers are glorifying extreme masculinity where ‘pain is the point’
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Netflix/Untold: The Liver King A new Netflix documentary about a shirtless supplement salesman who claimed to be “natural” and was exposed as a fraud might seem like a punchline. But Untold: […]
MIL-OSI NGOs: India: Authorities should immediately terminate ‘unwarranted’ investigation and release Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad
Source: Amnesty International – Responding to the arrest of Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad in Delhi, India, for ‘sedition’ following his social media post, Aakar Patel, chair of board at Amnesty International India, said: “The Haryana police must stop treating Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad like a criminal simply for expressing an opinion. The shameful arrest of […]
MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Funding university projects on Islam, Sharia and Islamophobia – P-001946/2025
Source: European Parliament Priority question for written answer P-001946/2025to the CommissionRule 144Silvia Sardone (PfE) As many newspapers[1][2] have pointed out, the European Research Council has allocated around EUR 17 million to projects relating to Islam, the Qur’an, Sharia and Islamophobia. Among the various studies on Islamophobia, I would mention ‘Nativism, Islamophobia and Islamism in the […]
MIL-OSI Russia: The 3rd All-Russian round of the competition of final qualifying works “Motorways. Transport infrastructure facilities” has started at SPbGASU
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering – Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering – Andrey Zazykin opens the competition The 3rd All-Russian round of the competition of final qualifying works “Motorways. Transport infrastructure facilities” has started at the Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture […]
MIL-OSI Global: The rise of psychedelic capitalism: Work harder and be happy about it?
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Kevin Walby, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Winnipeg Once stigmatized and outlawed, psychedelics are moving from the counterculture to the mainstream. From Prince Harry’s use of psilocybin to National Football League quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ adventures with ayahuasca, our media is awash with accounts of their professed […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Meeting after 45 years: 1980 graduates gathered for a gala evening at the State University of Management
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: State University of Management – Official website of the State – On May 16, a meeting of 1980 graduates was held at the State University of Management, organized by a graduate of the State University of Management, Senator of the Russian Federation Vasily Golubev. The vice-rector of the State University […]
MIL-OSI Global: Seven countries in Latin America where human rights are taking the biggest hit
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Nicolas Forsans, Professor of Management and Co-director of the Centre for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, University of Essex Latin America is undergoing one of its most profound human rights crises in decades. The region’s civic space is shrinking rapidly, from mass surveillance and arbitrary arrests to political […]
MIL-OSI Russia: We are expecting a hot semi-final of the KVN League of the State University of Management
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: State University of Management – Official website of the State – On May 23, 2025, the semi-final of the GUU KVN League will be held in the Assembly Hall of the State University of Management. Attention! Enough sadness and worries! The KVN GUU League cancels fatigue and extends the May […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Polytechnic University is first in the category “Materials Science: Metallurgy” in the rating of the “Expert” center
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – The results of the rating of scientific productivity of Russian universities by the analytical center “Expert” have been announced. In the category “Materials Science: Metallurgy” (Metals and Alloys), SPbPU soared to first place (plus […]