University News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on June 6, 2025.
MIL-Evening Report: E-bikes and e-scooters are popular – but dangerous. A transport expert explains how to make them safer
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Rose, Professor in Transport Engineering, Monash Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University nazar_ab/Getty Last weekend a pedestrian in Perth tragically died after being struck by an e-scooter. This followed the death of another person in Victoria last month who was hit and killed by a modified […]
MIL-Evening Report: ‘There are too many unpleasant things in life without creating more’: why Impressionism is the world’s favourite art movement
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University Installation view of French Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on display from June 6 to October 5, at NGV International, Melbourne. Photo: Sean Fennessy Impressionism is the world’s favourite art movement. Impressionist paintings create […]
MIL-OSI USA: Wyden, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Make Graduate Education More Affordable
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore) June 05, 2025 POST GRAD Act comes as Congressional Republicans push to make higher education more unaffordable through their billionaire-first budget bill Washington D.C.—U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said today he has joined colleagues in introducing legislation that would help students afford advanced education by […]
MIL-OSI: Orrstown Bank Promotes Zachary Khuri to Chief Revenue Officer and Joshua Hocker to Market President for the Central Pennsylvania Region
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) HARRISBURG, Pa., June 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Orrstown Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Orrstown Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: ORRF), is pleased to announce the promotion of Zachary Khuri to Chief Revenue Officer and Joshua Hocker to Market President for the Central Pennsylvania Region, effective immediately. Zachary Khuri, who most recently […]
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VIDEO: Blackburn Confronts Law Professor for Calling Conservative Justices ‘Evil’ and Urges Passage of Protect Our Supreme Court Justices Act
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn) WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) confronted University of Pennsylvania law professor Kate Shaw on referring to conservative United States Supreme Court justices as “evil colleagues” as Supreme Court justices have faced threats of intimidation at their homes by those seeking to influence their decisions. Professor Shaw denied these comments despite being under oath and her comments […]
MIL-OSI Global: Trump’s justifications for the latest travel ban aren’t supported by the data on immigration and terrorism
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Charles Kurzman, Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Taliban fighters guard the former U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 5, 2025. AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi The Trump administration on June 4, 2025, announced travel restrictions targeting 19 countries in Africa and Asia, including many […]
MIL-Evening Report: ‘Deadly’ sports diplomacy: why Australia’s Indigenous people must be a part of our sports strategy
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Murray, Associate Professor, International Relations and Diplomacy, Bond University Sean Garnsworthy/ALLSPORT Since coming to power in 2022, the Albanese government has focused strongly on the Indo-Pacific. The prime minister’s recent trip to Indonesia was the latest high-level bilateral summit as Australia seeks to recalibrate relationships, enhance […]
MIL-Evening Report: Making it easier to build a granny flat makes sense – but it’s no solution to a housing crisis
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau RyanJLane/Getty Images As part of its resource management reforms, the government will soon allow “super-sized granny flats” to be built without consent – potentially adding 13,000 dwellings over the next decade to provide “families […]
MIL-Evening Report: Is black mould really as bad for us as we think? A toxicologist explains
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Musgrave, Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide Peeradontax/Shutterstock Mould in houses is unsightly and may cause unpleasant odours. More important though, mould has been linked to a range of health effects – especially triggering asthma. However, is mould exposure linked to a serious lung disease […]
MIL-Evening Report: We tracked 13,000 giants of the ocean over 30 years, to uncover their hidden highways
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ana M. M. Sequeira, Associate Professor, Research School of Biology, Australian National University Alexandra Vautin, Shutterstock Big animals of the ocean go about their days mostly hidden from view. Scientists know this marine megafauna – such as whales, sharks, seal, turtles and birds – travel vast distances […]
MIL-Evening Report: Resident-to-resident aggression is common in nursing homes. Here’s how we can improve residents’ safety
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Ibrahim, Professor, Aged Care Medical Research Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University Wbmul/Shutterstock The Coroners Court of Victoria is undertaking an inquest into the deaths of eight aged care residents across six facilities, over a nine-month period in 2021. Each death occurred […]
MIL-Evening Report: ‘No one knew what was happening’: new research shows how domestic violence harms young people’s schooling
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Roberts, Professor of Education and Social Justice, Monash University Taiki Ishikawa/ Unsplash, CC BY Every school around Australia is almost certain to have students who are victim-survivors of family and domestic violence. The 2023 Australian Child Maltreatment Study found neglect and physical, sexual and emotional abuse […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Dmitry Chernyshenko: Seven winners of the third wave of selection of research centers in the field of artificial intelligence will receive 4.7 billion rubles
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: Government of the Russian Federation – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article. At the Government Coordination Centre, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko presented the results of the selection of the third wave of research centres in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). The winning universities and […]
MIL-OSI Africa: Ecobank Transnational Incorporated Appoints Group Chief Financial Officer Ayo Adepoju as Group Executive Director
Source: Africa Press Organisation – English (2) – Report: LOMÉ, Togo, June 5, 2025/APO Group/ — The Board of Directors of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) (www.Ecobank.com), the parent company of the Ecobank Group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ayo Adepoju, the current group chief financial officer (CFO), to the Board as Group Executive […]
MIL-OSI Russia: HSE Wins AI Research Center Selection
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: State University Higher School of Economics – State University Higher School of Economics – The Higher School of Economics has become one of the winners of the third wave of research centers in the field of artificial intelligence. The HSE Center for Optimization and Adaptation of Large Fundamental Models (AI […]
MIL-OSI Global: Four myths about ‘low-skilled’ migration busted
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gabriella Alberti, Professor of International Labour Migration, University of Leeds 1000 Words/Shutterstock The UK government has outlined plans to reduce low-skilled migration to the country. A central aspect is linking skills and training to the immigration system. This, so the thinking goes, will mean that no industry is […]
MIL-OSI Russia: KORUS Consulting and SPbPU taught students to create web applications on the new 1C cloud platform
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – The Polytechnic University together with the KORUS Consulting Group of Companies held a course aimed at developing digital competencies in students. It is dedicated to the domestic low-code technology 1C:Enterprise.Element, designed for developing applications, […]
MIL-OSI Global: Harvard battle is Trump’s ‘Mao moment’: lessons from China’s state-sanctioned university crackdown
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Félix Valdivieso, Chairman of IE China Observatory, IE University Students, professors and staff protest against President Trump measures at the University of California, Berkeley. . Phil Pasquini/Shutterstock During the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution, Mao Zedong pushed for the closure of Chinese universities, seeing higher education as little more […]
MIL-OSI: Trade 350 App: This Trade 350 App Establishes New Standard for Retail Traders in 2025—Advanced AI Signals Backed by Military-Grade Security
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) New York City, June 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In an industry crowded with promises and half-measures, Trade 350 App emerges as a true trailblazer. Launched in early 2023 by a team of seasoned quantitative analysts and software engineers, Trade 350 leverages state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and proprietary algorithms to deliver a seamlessly […]
MIL-OSI Global: UK funds controversial climate-cooling research
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Will de Freitas, Environment + Energy Editor, UK edition Clouds over the ocean could be ‘brightened’ to reflect sunlight away from the planet. Kingcraft / shutterstock The UK government’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency – known as Aria – recently announced it is funding 21 research teams to […]