MANKATO, MINNESOTA (May 12, 2020) — Minnesota State University, Mankato awarded 2,367 degrees to 2,294 students at the end of the spring 2020 semester, with this spring's graduates celebrated through a special website that launched Saturday, May 9, the day on which the University's three traditional graduation ceremonies were scheduled but cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

WASHINGTON DC (May 12, 2020) — During COVID-19, the US Food and Drug Administration will continue to utilize and implement additional alternative inspection-tools and approaches while postponing domestic and foreign routine-surveillance inspections. This will continue as local, national, and international conditions warrant, with the exception of certain mission-critical inspections.

One laudable side effect of the COVID-19 panic is a nationwide effort to promote "vote by mail" as a universal alternative to standing in line at polling places. One reason that effort is laudable is that it would likely decrease vote-fraud. Yes, I said "decrease." And Republicans were saying the same thing until recently.

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA (May 11, 2020) — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln conferred nearly 3,500 degrees during a virtual graduation celebration May 9.

The 3,417 graduates are from 54 countries, 45 states and Puerto Rico, and 250 Nebraska communities.