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Apply for the 2026 Fauser Carter Research Fellowship

11/28/2025 07:00 AM EST

The Music Division is pleased to announce it is accepting applications for the 2026 Annegret Fauser and Tim Carter Research Fellowship, made possible by a generous donation of Drs. Fauser and Carter in 2022. For decades, Drs. Fauser and Carter have been regular researchers in the Performing Arts Reading Room and good friends to the Music Division. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. ET on February 15, 2026.

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Today in History - November 28

Today in History - November 28

Three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan entered "The Sea of the South"  on November 28, 1520. Continue reading.

At 8:55a.m. on November 28, 1895, six "motocycles" left Chicago's Jackson Park for a 54-mile  race to Evanston, Illinois and back--through the snow. Continue reading.

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Bird-Friendly Laws: Reducing Collisions in Major U.S. Cities

11/28/2025 09:00 AM EST

Digital Resources Division Intern Em Merrick takes us through an overview of collisions - a leading cause of endangerment for birds - and the local and state laws taking effect to protect this species.

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Law Library: News & Events: Join Us on Thursday, December 11 for Human Rights Day 2025

We hope you will join us online on Thursday, December 11, at 3:00 p.m. EST for our annual Human Rights Day event. This event is co-hosted by the Law Library of Congress and the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress. To help celebrate the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, this Human Rights Day event will draw on the Law Library's foreign, comparative, and international law expertise by highlighting the impact the Declaration had, not only domestically, but also in several foreign jurisdictions.

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Germany: Government Seeks to Protect Critical Infrastructure

11/28/2025 11:24 AM EST

On September 10, 2025, the German federal government published a comprehensive proposal to strengthen the physical resilience of the nation’s critical infrastructure. The proposal would transpose Directive (EU) 2022/2557 on the resilience of critical entities into national law. On November 3, 2025, the proposed act was submitted to the German Bundestag (Parliament), which referred it …

 

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