LOS ANGELES, California, April 2 -- CodePink, a grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S.-funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, issued the following statement on April 1, 2024: * * * Fargo-Moorhead CODEPINK is disappointed but not deterred by tonight's ceasefire resolution vote. The city commission's failure to pass the ceasefire resolution is a rejection of what a majority of people in this country want. While we were hopeful that Fargo city com  more

PALO ALTO, California, April 2 -- The Electric Power Research Institute issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: EPRI announced today that Swati Daji has joined the executive leadership team as the new executive vice president, chief financial, risk, and operations officer. Daji will be based in Charlotte, N.C., and report to EPRI President and CEO Arshad Mansoor. For more than 30 years, Daji worked at Duke Energy, most recently as senior vice president of Enterprise Strategy and P  more

LOS ALAMITOS, California, April 2 -- The IEEE Computer Society issued the following news on April 1, 2024: Today, the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE CS) announced the recipients of the 2024 Computer Pioneer Award, which recognizes and honors those whose long-standing efforts have resulted in the advancement and continued vitality of the computer industry. This year, the "IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award in honor of the Women of ENIAC" recognized two individuals: Fei-Fei Li, Sequoia Pro  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The National Space Society issued the following news release: Haot Will Speak About the Opportunities Presented by Artificial Gravity Platforms in Earth Orbit Max Haot, the CEO of Vast Space, will join the roster of preeminent speakers at the National Space Society's 2024 International Space Development Conference(R) (ISDC(R)). Haot founded a company called Launcher in 2017 to develop space tugs and orbital payload platforms, which was acquired by Vast in 2023. Vast Spa  more

NEW YORK, April 2 -- The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center issued the following news release: Physicians and scientists from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) will join oncology experts and members of the global cancer research community to present the latest advances in cancer discovery during the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting on April 5-10 in San Diego, California. MSK experts will present significant research and will be available to comment   more

LAGUNA BEACH, California, April 2 -- My Hero Project issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Eva Haller: A Work in Progress, a feature-length documentary directed by The MY HERO Project co-founder Jeanne Meyers, will screen at the ILLUMINATE Film Festival, in Santa Barbara. The festival takes place April 5th - 7th, with global online screenings from April 8th- 14th. The film chronicles the life of Eva Haller, a 93-year-old Holocaust survivor, who escaped arrest in her native Hungar  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 2 -- The Simon Wiesenthal Center issued the following news: The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) is urging the White House to acknowledge that Qatar's Al Jazeera is not a legitimate news platform, but a source of incitement and demonization. Earlier, Reuters reported that White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Monday if reports are true that Israel is trying to shut down the news network Al Jazeera, it would be "deeply concerning." Israel's Prime Minis  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, April 2 -- The International Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis issued the following news on April 1, 2024: The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) announces today the election of Wolfram Ruf, M.D., as ISTH President for the 2026-2028 term. Ruf is the Scientific Director of the Translational Research Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH) at the Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Center in Mainz, Germany. He also serves as Professor  more