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10 May 2021 The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) recently released its latest recruitment advertisement featuring a young minority woman talking about being one of a handful of women in her position and struggling with work-life balance as a working mother. In the ad, released Friday, the woman says: I’m now part of the Director’s Protective Staff, which provides armed security to principals under both CIA and the office of the Director of National Intelligence. We’ve had several principals that were women, some of whom have asked why there aren’t any more women on the director’s p...

4 May 2021 Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo joined the chorus of prominent conservative voices slamming the Central Intelligence Agency’s new series of recruitment advertisements highlighting the racial and gender identity of its workforce. The ads, which were launched in the last several months under the Biden administration, feature agents talking about their personal backgrounds and struggles. The ads feature a young black woman, a disabled white woman, a gay white man, and a Latina immigrant mother. “I am a woman of color, I am a mom, I am a cisgender millennial who’s been diagnose...

April 29, 2021 Nominations are being sought from within the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences for an interim leader following the announcement today that Dean André-Denis Wright has accepted a new position in Oklahoma. Wright, who took the helm at CAHNRS in June 2018, will serve as senior vice president and provost at the Norman campus for the University of Oklahoma. His last day at WSU will be June 30. “Dean Wright has been a strong leader and advocate for CAHNRS and Extension during the challenging past three years of WSU fiscal recovery and COVID response,�...

© press Kevin McCarthy has vowed to 'take action' against Maxine Waters for 'inciting violence' House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has responded to the outrage triggered by Rep. Maxine Waters' (D-CA) calls for Black Lives Matter protesters to turn violent over the weekend. On Sunday night, Rep. McCarthy (R-CA) pressed Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to take action against Waters for "inciting violence." During remarks in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on Saturday night, Waters was filmed urging protesters to ignore curfew and  "get more confrontational" Waters appeared to be encour...

Students work with Robot in engineering lab. Photo credit: Steer KINGSTON, R.I. — April 6, 2021 — The University of Rhode Island announced the establishment of the Raymond M. Wright Fast Track Master’s Engineering Endowment. The $2.5 million gift comes from anonymous donors to honor College of Engineering Dean Raymond M. Wright, who plans to retire at the end of the academic year. The new endowed fund provides one year of full tuition and fees for students enrolled in the final year of the fast-track degree program, which offers an accelerated timeline to complete a bachelor’s and mas...