University News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on June 25, 2025.
MIL-OSI Submissions: Appointments – EWC Board Selects Celeste Connors as Next East-West Center President
Source: East-West Center Recognized international leader in risk management, international affairs, and development policy will head EWC’s mission starting in July HONOLULU (June 24, 2025) — The East-West Center Board of Governors is pleased to announce the selection of Celeste A. Connors as the institution’s next President, effective July 1. A Hawai‘i-raised leader with over […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Bioplastic breakthrough: sustainable cooling film could slash building energy use amid rising global temperatures
Source: 25 June 2025 An illustration of the bioplastic metafilm developed by UniSA and Zhengzhou University researchers, proposed as a next-generation material for sustainable cooling An international team of scientists has developed a biodegradable material that could slash global energy consumption without using any electricity, according to a new study published today. The bioplastic metafilm […]
MIL-OSI Global: A chance discovery of a 350 million-year-old fossil reveals a new type of ray-finned fish
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Conrad Daniel Mackenzie Wilson, PhD candidate in Earth Sciences, Carleton University An artist’s rendition of the newly discovered fish, _Sphyragnathus tyche_. (C. Wilson), CC BY In 2015, two members of the Blue Beach Fossil Museum in Nova Scotia found a long, curved fossil jaw, bristling with teeth. Sonja […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Aussie uni commencements bounce back big time
Source: Murray Darling Basin Authority After years of decline, the number of Australians getting a crack at university are bouncing back. When you take out the two COVID years, this year looks set to be the biggest year for Australians commencing an undergraduate or postgraduate university degree on record. Preliminary data for 2024 shows around […]
MIL-OSI USA: Transforming Factories into Mixed-Use Housing
Source: US State of New York overnor Kathy Hochul today announced the opening of Wood and Brooks the Lofts in the Town of Tonawanda. The $23 million mixed-use project transformed 98,370 square feet of space inside a former piano key factory into 55 apartments, and a commercial hub anchored by The Plan Room — a […]
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: expert reaction to study looking at global childhood vaccination coverage
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments June 24, 2025 A study published in the Lancet looks at global trends in routine childhood vaccination coverage. Dr Simon Clarke, Associate Professor in Cellular Microbiology, and Head of Division of Biomedical Sciences & Biomedical Engineering, University of Reading, said: “These figures indicate a worrying level of children in […]
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: First new research findings published from Our Future Health data
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments June 24, 2025 The first published research findings from Our Future Health data looks at whether people living with chronic inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis or Crohn’s disease, have a higher risk of mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder. The research, published […]
MIL-OSI Global: Ceasefires like the one between Iran and Israel often fail – but an agreement with specific conditions is more likely to hold
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Donald Heflin, Executive Director of the Edward R. Murrow Center and Senior Fellow of Diplomatic Practice, The Fletcher School, Tufts University President Donald Trump speaks to reporters outside the White House on June 24, 2025, in Washington, less than 12 hours after announcing a ceasefire between Israel and […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Bioplastic breakthrough: sustainable cooling film could slash building energy use by 20%
Source: 25 June 2025 An illustration of the bioplastic metafilm developed by UniSA and Zhengzhou University researchers, proposed as a next-generation material for sustainable cooling An international team of scientists has developed a biodegradable material that could slash global energy consumption without using any electricity, according to a new study published today. The bioplastic metafilm […]
MIL-Evening Report: The ancients also had to deal with a cost-of-living crisis. Here’s how they managed
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia Louis Le Brun, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY Talk to anyone today, and they will probably have something to say about how expensive life has become. While the rate of inflation has […]
MIL-Evening Report: Video games can help trans players feel seen and safe. It all starts with design
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Toups Dugas, Associate Professor of Human-Centred Computing, Monash University Shano Liang There is a comfort in finding and being yourself. Video games offer opportunities for this comfort. They allow people to exist in safe spaces, to develop community, and to explore the self – as well […]
MIL-Evening Report: Global rankings fuel hype, but students have more to consider when choosing a uni
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Message, Professor of Public Humanities and Director of the ANU Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University At this time of year, many year 12 students are seriously turning their minds to the future. Should they go to university next year? If so, which one? June is […]
MIL-OSI Global: How restoring river catchments can minimise drought and flood risks
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Neil Entwistle, Professor of River Science and Climate Resilience, University of Salford Elenitsa/Shutterstock As Britain’s first heatwave of 2025 hits with temperatures climbing above 30°C, Yorkshire has joined the northwest in official drought status. This spring has been the driest in the UK since 1893. May’s rainfall was […]
MIL-OSI USA: Reps. Mann, Schmidt, Sens. Marshall, Moran, Mullin Introduce Landmark Legislation to Reform Haskell University
Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Tracey Mann (Kansas, 1) Legislation would transfer governance from Bureau of Indian Education to Haskell Board of Regents WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann (KS-01) and Derek Schmidt (KS-02), alongside U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) and Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), introduced legislation that […]
MIL-OSI Russia: “It is important to rely on facts, not to contradict yourself, not to be false and to be honest.”
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: State University Higher School of Economics – State University Higher School of Economics – Ksenia Rozhkova works in the labor market, learns foreign languages to better understand the world, and loves going to the theater. In an interview with the Young Scientists of the Higher School of Economics project, she […]
MIL-OSI USA: Office of Sustainability Awards Environmental and Social Sustainability Grants to Student-Led Projects
Source: US State of Connecticut UConn, consistently one of the top ten most sustainable universities in the United States, will be getting even better at upholding sustainable practices with the help of seven student-led projects this year. These innovative projects are funded by the Environmental and Social Sustainability Grants (ESSG) Program through the Office of […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Connection between generations: a memorial exhibition was opened at the State University of Management in honor of the 140th anniversary of the beginning of the educational process
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: State University of Management – Official website of the State – On June 23, the State University of Management held a grand opening of a memorial and historical exhibition dedicated to the 145th anniversary of the founding of the Aleksandrovsky Commercial School and the 140th anniversary of the beginning of […]
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Direct support for Dundee University
Source: Scottish Government Public funding in response to unprecedented situation. Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth has confirmed up to £40 million funding in principle for the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) to support the University of Dundee’s recovery. Funding will be provided to the SFC over two academic years or three financial years. This is in addition […]
MIL-OSI Global: Federal energy office illustrates the perils of fluctuating budgets and priorities
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Christelle Khalaf, Associate Director, Government Finance Research Center, University of Illinois Chicago How much money goes into which pile often changes with the presidency. valiantsin suprunovich/iStock / Getty Images Plus When new presidential administrations enter the White House, federal agencies often find their funding and priorities shifting, sometimes […]
MIL-OSI Global: Charitable giving grew to $593B in 2024, propelled by a strengthening US economy and a booming stock market
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Jon Bergdoll, Associate Director of Data Partnerships at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University Paul Newman, the late actor and philanthropist, co-founded Camp Boggy Creek, which children with serious illnesses and their families attend for free. AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack U.S. charitable giving increased 3.3% to […]