SYRACUSE, New York, June 12 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Members from the YWCA organization pose in front of their van while holding a bin full of 'Cuse Collections donations. The Office of Sustainability Management hosted 'Cuse Collections during the last week of the Spring 2024 semester to provide a convenient location for students to donate unwanted and gently used items before leaving for the summer. The office partnered with local nonprofits and charities to get the d  more

RICHMOND, Kentucky, June 12 -- Eastern Kentucky University issued the following story: Stephen M. R. Covey, a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author and public speaker, took the stage at Eastern Kentucky University's (EKU) Center for the Arts as the keynote speaker for Pedagogicon on May 15. The conference, held in collaboration with the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), focused on student engagement and experiential learning. "EKU and the CPE worked tirele  more

NEW YORK, June 13 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Hollywood Reporter has named global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP Shareholder Mathew S. Rosengart to its 2024 Power Lawyers list. The publication also lists Shareholders Daniel H. Black and Jay L. Cooper as Legal Legends. According to the publication, the list comprises "the dominant names and most brilliant minds in entertainment law." The honorees are selected for their advice, guidance, and deals ne  more

SYRACUSE, New York, June 12 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Reporters you are looking for an expert to discuss the issues facing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, especially recent comments there were captured during a private function, please see comments from Syracuse University Law Professor Keith Bybee, the author of "All Judges are Political, Except When They are Not." "The new recordings of Justice Alito and his wife will not really change the debate over the propriet  more

ITHACA, New York, June 12 -- Cornell University issued the following news: In addition to its human consequences, cocaine trafficking harms the environment and threatens habitats important to dozens of species of migratory birds, according to a new study. Two-thirds of the areas that are most important to forest birds - including 67 species of migratory birds that breed in the U.S. and Canada and overwinter in Central America - are at increased risk from cocaine trafficking activities, accordi  more

NEW YORK, June 13 (TNSres) -- Columbia University issued the following news: * * * Columbia researchers are conducting a major survey to measure urban tick presence and how humans respond to them. * * * By Christopher D. Shea The chances of getting a tick bite in New York City--especially in the densely populated urban core--are relatively low, but can be significant in some urban forests. In the summertime, when city residents scatter to areas where ticks and Lyme disease are prevalent, wh  more

ITHACA, New York, June 12 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Cornell Health earned a perfect score on the Healthcare Equality Index survey to receive "LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader" designation by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nation's largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization. In its 16th edition, the 2024 Healthcare Equality Index is a national benchmarking tool that evaluates healthcare facilities, both inside and outside of higher education, on their LGBTQ+ equi  more

BRONX, New York, June 13 -- Fordham University School of Law issued the following news: The Feerick Center for Social Justice at Fordham Law School has announced that Dean Matthew Diller will be joining the Center as senior counsel, beginning in fall 2025. Diller, who is stepping down as dean of Fordham Law on June 30 after nine years of service, is renowned as one of the nation's leading voices on access to justice issues and a prominent scholar of social welfare law and policy. As senior co  more

NEW YORK, June 13 -- Debevoise and Plimpton, a law firm, issued the following news: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has advised LGT Capital Partners ("LGT") in the final close of Crown Secondaries Special Opportunities III ("CSSO III") at $3 billion, exceeding the original target size of $2.5 billion. CSSO III is LGT's third dedicated direct secondaries fund, providing liquidity solutions for private equity-owned companies. For full details, please see LGT's press release (https://www.lgtcp.com/file  more

NEW YORK, June 13 -- Fox, a media company, issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Fox Corporation (Nasdaq: FOXA, FOX; "FOX" or the "Company") today announced that through its newly expanded partnership with FreeWheel, a global technology platform for the television advertising industry, it will expand its dynamic ad insertion capabilities and rollout new co-developed targeting technology. FreeWheel will also become FOX's primary ad serving partner across the entire One FOX enterpri  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 13 -- Fox Rothschild, a law firm, issued the following news release: In a transaction that joined a woman-led M&A team with a dynamic female founder, Fox Rothschild represented Raleigh, NC-based Sensified, an insight-driven health care communications company, in its acquisition by ClinicalMind (CM). Fox partner Deana A. Labriola led the multidisciplinary deal team on behalf of Sensified, founded by Courtney Kaprelian, in its sale to the New York City-based heal  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- George Washington University issued the following news: The U.S. national cricket team is garnering quite a bit of attention after its stunning upset of the global powerhouse Pakistan in the ICC T20 World Cup, an international cricket tournament. The U.S. play another global giant, India, this morning in New York. Matches are taking place in the West Indies and the United States, which is co-hosting the tournament for the first time. One professor at the George Washingto  more

NEW YORK, June 12 (TNSres) -- JPMorgan Chase and Co. issued the following news release: As previously announced, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) ("JPMorgan Chase" or the "Firm") will host a conference call to review second-quarter 2024 financial results on Friday, July 12, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. (EDT). The results are scheduled to be released at approximately 7:00 a.m. (EDT). The live audio webcast and presentation slides will be available on www.jpmorganchase.com under Investor Relations, Events &  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 13 -- McDermott Will and Emery, a law firm, issued the following news release: International law firm McDermott Will & Emery represented an affiliate of RFR Holding LLC (RFR), a New York-based real estate owner, investor and developer, in the $560 million sale of 980 Madison Avenue in New York, New York, an approximately 134,000 square foot art gallery, office and retail building, to a company affiliated with Michael Bloomberg. The McDermott team was led by Elias Eliopo  more

ALBANY, New York, June 12 -- The New York State Canal Corp. issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: Chair of the Upstate Flood Mitigation Task Force and New York State Canal Corporation Director Brian U. Stratton today announced that several initial projects aimed at mitigating future flood events in the Mohawk and Oswego River Basins are moving forward. The projects were identified and recommended by the Task Force in July 2023 after a one- year investigation into the impacts of fl  more

NEW YORK, June 12 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys general today secured $700 million from Johnson & Johnson (J&J) for deceptively marketing and selling baby powder and body powder products that contained dangerous talcum powder. New York will receive $44 million from the consent judgment with J&J. For years, J&J targeted beauty salons and churches in   more

ALBANY, New York, June 12 (TNSres) -- New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued the following news release: New York State agency overtime costs in 2023 were $1.2 billion, down 11.6% from 2022, marking the first decrease in total overtime earnings since 2016, according to a report by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The decrease was led by declines in overtime hours at three of the five agencies that are historically the largest overtime users. This drop in overtime earnings al  more

ALBANY, New York, June 12 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar today announced new and continued efforts for the 2024 outdoor recreation season to protect public safety and promote sustainable recreation in the Adirondack and Catskill Forest Preserve. DEC's actions are designed specifically to improve Adirondack and Catskill   more

ALBANY, New York, June 12 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following notice seeking comments on joint proposal (Case No. 23-W-0235) on June 11, 2024: * * * Proceeding on Motion of the Commission as to the Rates, Charges, Rules and Regulations of Liberty Utilities (New York Water) Corp. for Water Service. NOTICE SEEKING COMMENTS ON JOINT PROPOSAL AND ANNOUNCING PUBLIC STATEMENT HEARING Comments are sought concerning a Joint Proposal filed in the above-captioned proce  more

ALBANY, New York, June 12 -- The New York State Department of Health issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: The New York State Department of Health (DOH) and the New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) continued a series of statewide meetings on the State's Master Plan for Aging (MPA) with a Town Hall event today in New York City as part of Pride Month celebrations. Today's meeting, hosted by the Stonewall Community Development Corporation at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Tr  more

ALBANY, New York, June 12 -- The New York Department of State issued the following news release on June 11, 2024: The New York Department of State today announced that Canastota Central School District has received $979,379 in state matching funds as a result of taxpayer savings achieved in 2022 through a Madison County-led shared service project. The funding is provided through the County-Wide Shared Services Initiative, which provides a one-time state match of county and local government taxp  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: Mondaire Jones has not been doing well these past few weeks. After trying to perform an election year switcheroo, Jones has lost the plot but not his penchant for extreme progressivism. In case you missed it... Mondaire Jones defends Latimer endorsement, slams critics in interview Times Union Timmy Facciola 06/11/2024 Last week was challenging for Mondaire Jones, who is running to reclaim h  more

NEW YORK, June 12 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on June 11, 2024: New York City Mayor Eric Adams today applauded the passage of several key pieces of legislation that his administration prioritized in the state legislative session, including bills to make the city's streets safer, improve micromobility, protect children from addictive social media feeds, and make it easier to build public infrastructure. These wins build off historic victories achieved through the   more

BROOKLYN, New York, June 13 -- Pratt Institute issued the following news: Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) students were collecting soil samples in different parts of Brooklyn's Gerritsen Beach this past winter when they came across "a large elm tree that didn't exist anywhere else in the entire space," according to Connor Jacobs, MLA '26. It was an unexpected discovery that neatly conveyed how humans alter landscapes in unintended and enduring ways, with the elm likely emerging from a   more

BROOKLYN, New York, June 13 -- Pratt Institute issued the following news: Leo Coleman has been named chair of the Department of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies (SSCS) in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences after a competitive international search. With extensive experience as an educator, scholar, and administrator, Coleman arrives at Pratt Institute from Hunter College, CUNY, where he served as the chair of the Department of Anthropology. "Professor Coleman is an urbanist, a scholar   more

HAMILTON, New York, June 12 -- Colgate University issued the following news: Howard Fineman '70 Legendary newsman Howard Fineman '70 has died at the age of 75 after a two-year battle with cancer. News of Fineman's passing was shared by his wife, Amy Nathan on his X account. A stalwart Colgate supporter, Fineman loved his alma mater. Often, Fineman would provide expert counsel with respect to the University's communications. He pulled no punches and always had the best interest of Colgate at   more

ITHACA, New York, June 12 -- Cornell University issued the following news: By teasing out the biological mechanisms in pregnancy-related mental health disorders, investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine are laying the groundwork for new ways to detect and treat pregnant women and new mothers at risk. Clinicians successfully treat only about 3% of women with postpartum depression. For those who become depressed before giving birth, that number rises to around 5%. "We do a shockingly bad job in  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 13 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: In a Law360 article, health care attorneys analyzed New York State's revised proposed cybersecurity program and incident reporting requirements for hospitals. To comply with the proposed new requirements, hospitals in New York State would need to update their cybersecurity policies and procedures, hire cybersecurity professionals, change their incident response procedures, and revise their planned security  more

ITHACA, New York, June 12 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Jim Mastrianni, EMBA '06, was only 16 when he began working for his father's consulting firm, which assists small municipalities with affordable housing programs. Years later, in 2007, after receiving his degree from the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management Executive MBA program, Mastrianni took over as president of the company, JEM Inc. There he found special meaning in the firm's altruistic vision to em  more

NEW YORK, June 13 -- Scholastic, a children's publishing, education and media company, issued the following news release: To combat learning loss and strengthen early literacy in Tennessee, Governor's Early Literacy Foundation (GELF) celebrates the fifth year of its K-3 Home Library program, serving all rising 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade students enrolled in a public school, as well as librarians and media specialists. In collaboration with Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and  more

NEW YORK, June 12 -- Spectrum Networks, a part of Charter Communications, issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Spectrum News NY1 today announced updates to its anchor lineup, with Shannan Ferry taking over "News All Day," NY1's weekday afternoon newscast airing from 12 - 4 p.m. Ferry previously co-anchored the weekend morning program "Weekends on 1" alongside Rocco Vertuccio, and has filled in behind the anchor desk throughout the daytime, including many appearances on the weekda  more

ITHACA, New York, June 12 -- Cornell University issued the following news: The introduction in 2019 of fractional share trading, from brokerage firms such as Robinhood and Drivewealth, allows investors to purchase as little as $1 worth of high-priced stocks like Berkshire-Hathaway A and Tesla, opening the door to a new type of stock purchasing. This trading innovation has democratized stock ownership, reducing the financial barriers that once confined participation to the privileged few. It ha  more

HAMILTON, New York, June 12 -- Colgate University issued the following news: In your day-to-day life, perhaps you've encountered a Little Free Library: a small, windowed hutch where community members exchange books to enhance access to literature and foster a shared sense of community. Last spring, in Visiting Professor of Native American Studies Tarisa Little's Indigenous Education course, these sites were the focus of a "little activism" project, in which students each donated a book by an I  more

ALBANY, New York, June 12 (TNSres) -- The State University of New York's University at Albany issued the following news: The University at Albany Emeritus Center recently elected Lindsay N. Childs as William L. Reese Fellow for 2024. Named after founding President and benefactor Bill Reese, the program is designed to honor to UAlbany emeriti for sustained, consequential and exemplary post-retirement professionally related contributions and achievements in scholarship and creative productions, t  more

SYRACUSE, New York, June 12 -- The State University of New York Upstate Medical University campus issued the following news: Andrew Craig, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics, behavior analysis studies, and neuroscience and physiology at Upstate Medical University, has been elected president of the American Psychological Association's Division 25 (Behavior Analysis). His four-year term will begin in January 2025 and will include service as president-elect, president and past-president. Crai  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 12 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and 42 other attorneys general reached a $700 million nationwide settlement to resolve allegations related to the marketing of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder and body powder products that contained talc. Texas, Florida, and North Carolina led an executive committee that included Arizona, Illinois, Ohio, Oregon, Maryland, New York, and Washington. The consent judgmen  more

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York, June 12 (TNSres) -- Bard College issued the following news release: The Zora Neale Hurston Writing Fellowship at Bard College, now in its third year, welcomes its cohort of five writers, Kay Bell, Theresa Lin, Vivian Rivas, Gwendolyn Shaw, and Dessie Zagorcheva. The Hurston Fellows are in residence for three weeks from June 2 through June 22. During their residency, fellows are residing on Bard College at Simon's Rock campus with housing and meals provided. Found  more

NEW YORK, June 12 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following transcript of a media availability on June 11, 2024: * * * Deputy Mayor Fabien Levy, Communications: Good morning, everybody. My name is Fabien Levy and I serve as deputy mayor for Communications for the City of New York. Thank you all for joining us today for our weekly in-person media availability. As you've heard the mayor, myself, our commissioners, and countless others say, we're working every day to protect public   more

ALBANY, New York, June 12 -- The State University of New York's University at Albany issued the following news: By Bethany Bump The University at Albany has earned the top ranking from Campus Pride Index, a national assessment tool that assists colleges and universities in creating safer, more inclusive campus communities for LGBTQ+ people. UAlbany earned a score of 5 out of 5 stars on the index, an increase from 3.5 stars in 2015. University officials attribute the increase to the creation o  more

ALBANY, New York, June 12 -- The State University of New York's University at Albany issued the following Q&A on June 11, 2024, with Sarah Domoff assistant professor in the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences: * * * New York State legislators are poised to pass new regulations designed to limit the ways social media companies use algorithms to target content shared with young users. The proposed legislation focuses on features of social media platforms that have proven  more

BUFFALO, New York, June 12 (TNSres) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: Exposure to firearm violence, including vicarious exposure, has a powerful and cumulative effect on the functional health of Black Americans, especially women, according to a recent study co-authored by a University at Buffalo social work researcher. The findings published in the Journal of Urban Health contribute to an expanded understanding of firearm violence as  more

NEW YORK, June 13 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Kempower on transferring its shares from Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland to the Official List of Nasdaq Helsinki. Headquartered in Finland, Kempower is an electric vehicles fast charging manufacturer and solutions provider with operations in Finland, the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK.  more

NEW YORK, June 13 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Nexans on the regulatory filings for its acquisition of La Triveneta Cavi. White & Case partner of counsel Mark Powell, who led the Firm's team, said: "This acquisition aligns with Nexans' strategy to focus on electrification, and provides the company with La Triveneta Cavi's expertise in building wires and fire-retardant systems in the renewable energy sector, which  more

NEW YORK, June 13 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Barclays Bank PLC and J.P. Morgan Securities plc acting as joint sponsors, joint global coordinators, joint bookrunners and underwriters on a fully underwritten pound sterling7 billion rights issue by National Grid plc - the largest rights issue in the UK since 2010. National Grid, a FTSE 100 listed company, owns and operates electricity transmission and distribution  more

NEW YORK, June 13 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised private equity firm Summit Partners and other shareholders, including management, on the sale of CluePoints SA to EQT. Summit Partners, an investor in CluePoints since 2020, and Clinimetrics SA, a co-founder of CluePoints, will retain minority stakes with participation in this funding round. The transaction is expected to close early in the third quarter of 2024. Cl  more

BRONX, New York, June 12 -- Yeshiva University's Albert Einstein College of Medicine issued the following news release: Felise Milan, M.D., a nationally recognized expert in clinical medical education and assessment, has been appointed the inaugural assistant dean for learner assessment and clinical competencies at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Milan, a professor of medicine and an attending physician at Montefiore, has been a leader in clinical education at Einstein for more than tw  more