Executive Director of Museums Scott Harris has been appointed one of six new accreditation commissioners by the American Alliance of Museums. Read more. Harris also recently published a piece titled “President William Howard Taft’s Wild Ride from Washington, D.C., to the Manassas Peace Jubilee” in White House History Quarterly. The article retraces Taft’s harrowing adventure from […]
Reference and Humanities Librarian Emeritus Jack Bales will present a virtual talk about baseball history and true crime on Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 6 p.m. central, at the LaSalle Public Library in Illinois. The presentation is titled “No Shrinking Violet: Violet Popovich and the Chicago Cub Shot for Love.” Bales’ lengthy career in librarianship included […]
Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs Elizabeth Freund Larus, an adjunct fellow at Pacific Forum, commented to WION News that the expansion of the BRICS club of emerging economies benefits China. Most of the new members are participants of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, who are likely to support China in any initiatives […]
Professor Emerita of Political Science and International Affairs Elizabeth Freund Larus, who also is an adjunct fellow at Pacific Forum, an expert on China issues at the Pacific Forum, an American diplomatic think tank, told BBC Chinese that although the plan to use the PDA military transfer to Taiwan is in line with the US One China Policy, it shows that The U.S. seeks a peaceful resolution […]
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of Political Science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, commented on divided government in an off-off year in The Connection Newspapers, and looked at how a long-standing labor law in Virginia could impact elections this year. He also talked about how other states are having an impact […]
