During the second Faculty Senate this spring, members passed a motion to change the autumn start date to Tuesdays during years in which the first day of Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur conflicts with the traditional Monday start. They also considered how to manage campus protest activities.
Undergraduate senator candidates Ivy Chen '26, Arvind Asokan '27, David Sengthay '26, Gordon Allen '26, Lizbeth Hernandez Rios '25, Mandla Msipa '26, and Ethan Alfonso '27 will meet at the Stanford Daily Building (456 Panama Mall) today to discuss the undergraduate community’s most pressing issues. All Stanford students, staff, and faculty are welcome. Doors open at 7pm.
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott can't evade the issue of abortion access on the
Debates to play a major role in Pennsylvania's 2024 US Senate election
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania wants a series of three debates with his Republican challenger David McCormick ahead of the November election, and McCormick is readily accepting. Casey says in a statement Thursday he intends to participate in debates in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg.
The Senate voted late Friday to reauthorize a key surveillance authority, avoiding a lapse in the controversial program. Lawmakers voted 60-34 to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, after the House passed the measure late last week. The House passed the bill after a new version was put forward for a two-year reauthorization instead of five years, a change that helped appease conservatives who had initially revolted against the legislation. A two-year...
University of Iowa College of Law professor of legal analysis, writing, and research Caroline Sheerin will serve as UI Faculty Senate president for the 2024-25 academic year The Senate appointed the governing body’s officers on Tuesday. Rodica Curtu, UI professor of mathematics, was elected vice president, and Craig Just, associate professor of civil and environmental
Strapped with a bill from his childhood injury, Sen. Chad McMahan's family struggled with the medical debt. He wants to help other Mississippi families avoid such struggles.
Senate Democrats on Wednesday derailed the impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by deeming them unconstitutional.
Senate candidates (from left) Andy Kim, Patricia Campos Media and Larry Hamm "Morning Edition" host Michael Hill will moderate the debate featuring candidates Patricia Campos-Medina, Larry Hamm and Rep. Andy Kim. [ more › ]
The South Carolina Senate approved its budget Wednesday after debating items like requiring school children use the bathrooms of their sex assigned at birth and whether universities can spend state money to move to another athletic conference.
"Brutal" Brittany Sheehan is a Las Vegas based mother, policy advocate and grassroots leader. From her roots in California's medical freedom movement, she worked to defeat vaccine legislation in Nevada. Brittany was strong and early opposition to CA's AB5, co-authoring an Assembly ethics complaint and going on to write an economic bill for independent contractors in Nevada. Brittany organized one of the first pandemic shutdown protests in the nation on Easter Sunday 2020 and was instrumental in...