NEW YORK, Dec. 29 -- The American Musicological Society issued the following news: The Humboldt Research Award (Humboldt-Forschungspreis), given by the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung in recognition of outstanding accomplishments in research and teaching, was awarded to Alejandro L. Madrid (Harvard University). This is only the sixth time this award has been given to a musicologist. Previous honorees in the field include Christoph Wolff, Reinhold Brinckmann, James Webster, William Kinderman,   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Dec. 27, 2023: The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today called for hate crime charges for an alleged attack on a Muslim teenager who was reportedly called a terrorist and pepper-sprayed while walking in Brooklyn. A woman allegedly called the 15-year-old girl a terrorist before pepper spraying her in the face, police said. The alleged attacker reportedly  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 30 -- The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following news release: The Center for Constitutional Rights mourns the passing of our beloved former colleague, Alberto "Jefe" White, who passed away on December 27 at the age of 89. Alberto's love and care as our longtime office manager made him the heart and soul of our Center for Constitutional Rights family for decades. He touched everyone's life who came into our office, greeting us with a smile and, often, a nickname, m  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 23 -- The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following news release: Hours after the U.S. abstained on a United Nations Security Council resolution that it had delayed for days seeking to allow humanitarian aid to Gaza, Palestinian organizations and individuals filed a reply last night to the U.S. government's response to their genocide case, Defense for Children International-Palestine v. Biden. The filing supports the Palestinian plaintiffs' request that the court imme  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Dec. 27 -- The Central New York Community Foundation issued the following news release: The Central New York Community Foundation's LeadSafeCNY initiative recently received a $150,000 grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation to put toward the cost of hiring a coordinator for the LeadSafeCNY Coalition. Over the past four years, the Cabrini Foundation has provided a total of $625,000 in support to LeadSafeCNY. The coordinator will work closely with partner organization  more

MOUNDRIDGE, Kansas, Dec. 29 -- The Combat Antisemitism Movement issued the following news: A professional "Super Smash Bros" gamer from New York City is facing a torrent of online harassment and discriminatory competition bans over pro-Israel views he expressed on social media, the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) learned this week. 20-year-old Felix Hasson -- who plays under the handle "T_pot" -- told CAM that he was deregistered without notice last Thursday from the "Luminosity Makes BIG M  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (TNSres) -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release: On December 23rd, Austrian and German authorities arrested several individuals linked to Islamist terrorist cells that had planned to use explosive devices to attack Christmas services in Cologne, Germany, Vienna, Austria, and Madrid, Spain. Following the arrests, security measures have been increased at church services across all three countries. Initial media reports indicate that the arrested cells  more

MANHASSET, New York, Dec. 28 (TNSres) -- Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research issued the following news: * * * This year's advancements will help patients with cancer and paralysis, among other conditions * * * In 2023, researchers at Northwell Health's Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research published more than 3,000 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, pushing the pace of innovation in their respective fields while improving the lives of patients. Each of these advances embod  more

BRONX, New York, Dec. 19 -- The Fordham Political Review issued the following commentary: * * * Finland Closes Borders Amid Refugee Crisis By Kathryn Amend *** Finland is kicking off the month of December by closing its Russian border to all land travelers. As of December 1st, the Nordic nation closed its last border crossing point at Raja-Jooseppi in Lapland. This is one of nine crossing points along the 830-mile border between countries, all of which closed over the course of November in   more

BRONX, New York, Dec. 22 -- The Fordham Political Review issued the following commentary: * * * Who's Afraid of Intersectionality?: A Brief Comparison Between American and French Perspectives on Intersectionality By Capucine Fourleignie Baufume In October 2020, a week after the murder of a history-geography teacher by an Islamist terrorist, Jean-Michel Blanquer, then the French Minister of National Education, called "to fight against an intellectual matrix coming from American universities a  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Dec. 29 -- The Foundation for Economic Education issued the following commentary on Dec. 28, 2023: * * * The Poverty of Slavoj Zizek's Collectivist Vision of Property Rights By Saul Zimet During a recent panel discussion at the Institute of Art and Ideas, the influential Marxist philosopher Slavoj Zizek deployed a common allegation against today's notorious class of wealthy tech entrepreneurs. "I think it is meaningful to say (although the term is maybe too radical-it's n  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 22 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following Q&A with Executive Director Tirana Hassan: * * * Armed conflict dominates the headlines, from the hostilities in Israel and Palestine, to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, to the militaries and militias committing atrocities in Sudan. For nearly four decades, Human Rights Watch (HRW) researchers have investigated international armed conflicts and civil wars, reporting on violations of human rights and the laws of war, and work  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 26 -- The Lawfare Project, an organization that provides legal counsel and services, issued the following statement by founder and Executive Director Brooke Goldstein: * * * "The victory underscores that there will be legal repercussions for those who defame Jewish people, under the guise of 'Palestinian advocacy.' We are proud to have facilitated the legal representation of Shai DeLuca, who bravely stood up against bigotry and hatred, and who won a significant victory in court   more

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to Archives of Sexual Behavior: * * * Revisiting the "Age of Realization and Disclosure of Gender Identity among Transgender Adults" By Leor Sapir, Lisa Littman and Michael Biggs "Rapid-onset gender dysphoria" (ROGD) describes a presentation in a recent cohort of adolescent and young adults who first became gender dysphoric or trans-identified during or after the onset of puberty (Littman, 2018, 2021  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to Education Next: * * * Revising Graduation Requirements Could Improve Academic Rigor in New York By Ray Domanico New York state has a long and proud history of administering rigorous subject-area examinations, allowing its most advanced students to demonstrate mastery of demanding academic content. For the last 20 years, the state has required all students to pass five of these exams--later reduced   more

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to Fox News online: * * * I Used to Work for the New York Times. Former Editor Is Right about Paper Becoming a 'Culture of Intolerance' By Judith Miller Revenge is best served cold, as James Bennet's blistering takedown of our former newspaper, The New York Times, shows in riveting detail. Bennet, the Times' former editorial page editor now at the Economist, waited three years after being forced out o  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the New Criterion: * * * Propaganda & Uglification By Theodore Dalrymple On tattoos & brutalism. Sometimes I think (or is it feel?) that we are living in a propaganda state, not like that of North Korea, of course, in which the source of a univocal doctrine is clear and unmistakable, but one in which we are constantly under bombardment by an opinion-forming class that wants to make us believe, or   more

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to The Hill: * * * The US Is Suffering from Chronic Drug Shortages - Congress Must Act By Randall Lutter Shortages of drugs and biologics in the U.S. have been the subject of multiple congressional hearings recently. Economists teach that shortages are generally self-correcting because excess demand typically drives up prices, boosting incentives to increase production. But the number, persistence and  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to The Lamp: * * * The Never-Ending Trial By Theodore Dalrymple Francois Mauriac, the left-leaning, Nobel Prize-winning, Catholic novelist, said of the trial of Marshal Petain that it would never be over: a sentiment more or less echoed by General de Gaulle. And certainly, the figure of Petain continues to divide opinion in France, at least among those with opinions on such matters. Was he a traitor t  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 19 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the Wall Street Journal: * * * Why Harvard Can't Fire Claudine Gay By Jason L. Riley Why did the University of Pennsylvania hold Liz Magill to a higher standard than Harvard is holding Claudine Gay? Both presidents were guilty of indulging antisemitism on campus, repeatedly equivocating on what should have been a straightforward response to the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks on Israel, and embarrassing   more

NEW YORK, Dec. 19 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the Washington Post: * * * Why Cutting IRS Funding Is Not a Conservative Move By Brian Riedl Last year, President Biden and congressional Democrats enacted $80 billion in new IRS funding for the next decade. During the debt limit debate earlier this year, Republicans successfully negotiated a $20 billion cut in that funding. And now, in the appropriations showdown, they're going after the rest of it  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Dec. 28 -- The National Association of State Energy Officials issued the following news on Dec. 27, 2023: By Catherine Reed On December 7 and 8, 2023, NASEO co-hosted the Northeastern Equity Roundtable in Boston, Massachusetts with the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), the National Governors Association (NGA), and the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA). The event brought together State Energy Offices, Public S  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (TNSres) -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society issued the following news: Information processing speed improved with brain stimulation in a new study funded by the National MS Society. With additional research in the future, these results show promise for a non-drug intervention that may help address cognitive problems in people with MS. Background: MS symptoms may include difficulties with thinking (such as processing information), even early in MS. These problems can h  more

ALBANY, New York, Dec. 27 -- The New York State Bar Association issued the following news release on Dec. 26, 2023: The New York State Bar Association is participating in an innovative effort to match pro bono lawyers with residents of Israeli who need legal assistance as a result of Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel and the subsequent ongoing war. The New York State Bar Association collaborated with the Israel Bar Association, led by Adv. Amit Becher; and Paladin, a legal technology company t  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Dec. 28 -- The News/Media Alliance issued the following news release: The News/Media Alliance applauds The New York Times for filing its lawsuit asserting that Microsoft and OpenAI have violated the law by taking millions of the Times's copyrighted works to use in their products. Alliance President and CEO Danielle Coffey stated, "The New York Times's complaint demonstrates the value of quality journalism to AI developers. These companies repurpose and monetize news conten  more

ALBANY, New York, Dec. 25 -- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine issued the following news release: The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a national nonprofit with more than 17,000 doctor members, applauds New York Governor Kathy Hochul for signing into law a bill that will ensure physicians are kept informed about the latest continuing medical education opportunities in nutrition. The new law will help doctors in the state improve patient health outcomes and reduce racia  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 30 -- The Lawfare Project, an organization that provides legal counsel and services, issued the following news release: The Lawfare Project is proud to announce it has partnered with Diamond & Diamond LLP to protect the legal rights of Canada's Jewish community. We will collaborate on high-impact cases, leverage our networks to mobilize resources, and provide comprehensive legal guidance to ensure that justice is served for the Jewish community in Canada. Systemic Jew-hatred in   more