AMES, IOWA (May 2, 2019) — Chase Weida, an Iowa State University Mathematics major from Eldridge, Iowa, was one of 24 students from Iowa State's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences who recently displayed research at the annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research, hosted by Kennesaw State University in Georgia.

WASHINGTON DC (May 2, 2019) — The Chairman wishes to inform Members that the Committee on Finance will meet on Thursday, May 9, 2019, 9:30AM, in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, to consider the following pending nominations.

The following nominees are scheduled to testify:

Mr David Fabian Black, of North Dakota, to be Deputy Commissioner of Social Security for a term expiring January 19, 2025.

Join historian Dr William Roba on Wednesday, May 22, 6:30PM, at Main (321 Main St) as he explores the life of Davenporter Charles A Ficke and his many contributions to the civic and cultural character of the Quad-Cities, including his gift of rare-books and manuscripts to the Davenport Public Library and the founding of the Davenport Municipal Art Gallery (Figge Art Museum).

This event is FREE and open to the public.

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (May 2, 2019) — Jennie White of Moline, Illinois, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most-selective all-discipline collegiate honor-society. White was initiated at Bradley University.