ALFRED, New York, Oct. 4 -- Alfred University issued the following news release: S.K. Sundaram, Inamori Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, served as program director for the 85th Glass Problems Conference (GPC) and Symposium, 14th Advances in Fusion and Processing of Glass (AFPG). The conference, held in Toledo, OH, Sept. 16-19, was sponsored by the Glass Manufacturing Industry Council (GMIC). It covered various topics of interest to glass industries, such as melting, refractory,   more

ALFRED, New York, Oct. 4 -- Alfred University issued the following news release: Alfred University Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Matias Homar, Division of Performing Arts, School of Art and Design, recently won the MIDI Innovation Award 2024 from the MIDI Association for his GEP Contraption. The instrument is a touchless MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) synthesizer that Homar designed and built. Its purposes are for art performances, education, and physical therapy. A publi  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 -- Barnard College issued the following letter on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * Dear Members of the Barnard Community, I write to acknowledge how challenging the past year has been for our community and to offer ongoing support from the College. Many of our classmates, colleagues, and friends continue to be in pain every day as they mourn those killed and taken hostage during the terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7, 2023. Many of our community members feel daily pain as death and  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 -- Bloomberg Media issued the following news: (Los Angeles) - Bloomberg Media will host the second edition of Bloomberg Screentime on October 9 and 10, 2024 at Nya Studios East in Los Angeles. The event, hosted by Bloomberg's Managing Editor of Media and Entertainment Lucas Shaw, will convene executives, celebrities, and entrepreneurs defining the next phase of pop culture. Screentime will feature exclusive live interviews and panels, live podcast recordings, plus local food   more

BINGHAMTON, New York, Oct. 4 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * At the 2024 competition in May, team members scored 20th place out of 38 teams * * * By Chris Kocher For the past two years, the Binghamton University Rover Team has traveled to the University Rover Challenge, competing against other students from around the world in the alien-like landscape of the Utah desert. Team members want to make the trip west for a third time -- so while most of their classmates   more

BINGHAMTON, New York, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Department of Defense-funded research may lead to breakthroughs for symptom management * * * By Jennifer Micale Parkinson's disease is most known for its movement-related symptoms: tremors and rigidity, slowness and falls, caused by the loss of the brain's dopamine-producing neurons. However, about half of Parkinson's patients also experience neuropsychiatric problems, including cognitive and sl  more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 4 -- Cornell University issued the following news: The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences welcomed 10 new faculty members this fall, advancing the college's commitment to pursuing purpose-driven science and improving the lives of people across New York state and around the world.Confronting complex challenges and pioneering new solutions are key facets of the college's mission. Learn more about all our new faculty members in the full story in the CALS Newsroom. ***  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 4 -- CNN issued the following news on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * New Episode Premieres Saturday, October 5 AT 9PM ET/PT on CNN * * * NEW YORK - (October 3, 2024) - Comedian and actor Andy Richter and political strategist and commentator Ana Navarro will join as guests on this week's episode of CNN's Have I Got News For You, the much-anticipated American version of the long-running BBC comedy series. Produced by Hat Trick Productions for CNN Originals, the ten-episode limited   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Columbia University issued the following news: * * * Mindset and expectations, not just the external environment, shape the "table of contents" into which our brains organize the day. * * * The moment a person steps off the street and into a restaurant--to take just one example--the brain mentally starts a new "chapter" of the day, a change that causes a big shift in brain activity. Shifts like this happen all day long, as people encounter new environments, like   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 -- NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, issued the following news: * * * With the debut of The Commons, One Universal and The Paseo, the Universal Lot is now the premier destination for the entertainment industry. The new campus is designed with the vision and strategic planning to inspire innovation and creativity amongst employees, industry partners, and the community at-large. * * * In 1912, Carl Laemmle founded Universal with the purpose of establishing a film company   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy issued the following news release: A study by doctoral student Adriana Eugene and Distinguished Professor Luisa N. Borrell found that older adults who use electronic cigarettes had greater odds of reporting respiratory illness such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, and COPD. The researchers used data from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health study to quantify the associatio  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 4 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * Funding Available for Local Emergency Food Relief Equipment to Enhance Donation Infrastructure and for Municipalities to Start or Expand Food Scraps Recycling Programs * * * The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced $2.5 million in new grant funding is available to assist not-for-profits that provide emergency  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 -- The Depository Trust and Clearing Corp., a provider of clearing and settlement services to the financial markets, issued the following news release: * * * Significant growth in voluntary clearing is a direct result of FICC's flexible access models and the value of central clearing, including significant balance sheet efficiencies. * * * New York/London/Hong Kong/Singapore/Sydney, October 3, 2024 The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade ma  more

BRONX, New York, Oct. 4 -- Fordham University School of Law issued the following news on Oct. 3, 2024: By Josh Friedland Though Keith Roberts was released from prison in 1994, he has been fighting since then to clear his name for a crime he did not commit. With help from Fordham Law Adjunct Prof. Leonard Noisette and students from the Criminal Defense Clinic, Roberts was exonerated today by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Matthew D'Emic. Though Roberts did not speak publicly about his exonera  more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 4 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Scott Buchheit, M.S. '77, will receive the ILR School's 2025 Groat Award and Linda Gadsby '88 will receive the 2025 Alpern Award on April 24 at The Pierre Hotel in New York City. "Scott Buchheit and Linda Gadsby are both accomplished alumni and stalwart supporters of the ILR School," said Alex Colvin, Ph.D. '99, ILR's Kenneth F. Kahn '69 Dean and Martin F. Scheinman '75, M.S. '76, Professor of Conflict Resolution. "Scot  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Oct. 4 -- The State University of New York Upstate Medical University campus issued the following news: Upstate's Nevena Radonjic, MD, PhD, is battling the mental health care crisis in Central New York and just presented her efforts nationally. Last month, Radonjic and Marcy Guzik, program coordinator, shared the Upstate Mental Health REACH Initiative at the 2024 Association for Academic Psychiatry (AAP) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. that is intended for psychiatrists   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * New York City is First Large-Scale Implementer of Renewable Diesel on East Coast Transition Will Prevent 162 Million Pounds of Carbon Dioxide Emissions Every Year * * * New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) Commissioner Louis A. Molina today announced 100 percent of the city's 12,500 heavy-duty and off-road vehicles have complet  more

REDMOND, Washington, Oct. 4 -- Microsoft issued the following news release: * * * * Rezolve AI's Brain Suite to be distributed via Microsoft Azure Marketplace with extensive go-to-market and co-sell support * Companies collaborate to bring differentiated generative AI solutions to customers * * * REDMOND, Wash., and NEW YORK - Oct. 3, 2024 - Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Rezolve AI (NASDAQ: RZLV), a global leader in AI-powered commerce solutions, on Thursday announced a strategic partn  more

LONDON, England, Oct. 4 -- BloombergNEF, a part of Bloomberg, issued the following news release: * * * The Transition Metals Outlook 2024 finds that the cost of clean energy technologies could rise without an urgent investment in metals supply to address looming deficits. * * * NEW YORK - October 3, 2024 - Despite the growth in metals supply over the last decade, BloombergNEF's (BNEF's) annual Transition Metals Outlook finds that there are still not enough raw materials to meet growing deman  more

LONG ISLAND CITY, New York, Oct. 4 -- The New York State Department of Design and Construction issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * Project will preserve and restore the pre-civil war homes, protecting City's rich African American History * * * The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) and the NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced today the start of a $3.9 million restoration project for the historic Hunterfly Road Houses in the Weeksvill  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 -- NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, issued the following news: * * * New Multi-Year Partnership Includes Continued Carriage of NBCUniversal's Broadcast and Cable Networks and Peacock Premium for Spectrum Video Customers at No Additional Cost * * * NBCUniversal and Charter Communications, Inc. announced a holistic content distribution agreement that further transforms the rapidly shifting video landscape by adding NBCUniversal's Peacock, NBCUniversal's streaming service  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 4 -- The New York State Homes and Community Renewal issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * * All-Electric Development on the Marketplace Mall Campus in Henrietta Includes 45 Apartments With Supportive Services for Older New Yorkers * Marketplace Senior Apartments is the first residential component of the reimagining of Marketplace Mall and surrounding campus, which includes new retail stores and a University of Rochester Orthopedic Center * * * New Y  more

NIAGARA FALLS, New York, Oct. 4 -- Niagara University issued the following news: By Lisa McMahon Niagara University students will have additional places to collaborate and engage with peers and faculty, thanks to a $150,000 grant from the George I. Alden Trust. The funding will support the renovation of several learning spaces in Glynn Hall, one of the four premier buildings in Niagara University's heritage footprint. Four areas in the building will be transformed into comfortable, inviting s  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 4 -- The New York State Office of General Services issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * New State ZEV Fleet Dashboard Posted (https://ogs.ny.gov/data-view-zero-emissions-vehicles-infrastructure) on OGS Website State Agency Clean Fleet Plan Provides Roadmap for ZEV Fleet Transition * * * New York State Office of General Services (OGS) Commissioner Jeanette Moy today announced that the agency is celebrating Drive Electric Week 2024 with the introduct  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- New York University Tandon School of Engineering issued the following news release: * * * Google's Cyber NYC Institutional Research Program allows for Tandon researchers to instill more trust into AI and robotic systems * * * The rise of AI has amplified the need for responsible stewardship of new technologies, ushering in challenges that require engineers' expertise to solve. NYU Tandon School of Engineering researchers are doing just that, with the s  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Rockefeller University issued the following news: Certain infectious diseases, such as COVID or the flu, evolve constantly, shapeshifting just enough to outmaneuver our immune systems and reinfect us repeatedly. But subsequent reinfections often don't lead to the most severe outcomes--for very good reason. Upon first exposure to a pathogen, our immune systems churn out specially trained B cells, which have learned to identify and eliminate the virus. Later, those B   more

AKWESASNE, New York, Oct. 4 -- The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news on Oct. 3, 2024: The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe's annual audit presentation for tribal membership will be held on Tuesday, Kentenha//October 29, 2024 beginning at 4:00 p.m. Provided by the Tribe's auditing firm CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen), the audit presentation will cover the 2023 Fiscal Year and will include a summary of the auditor's results. All tribal members are we  more

STONY BROOK, New York, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook University issued the following news release: Stony Brook University Professor Heather J. Lynch, PhD, a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution in the College of Arts and Sciences, and the first Endowed Chair for Ecology and Evolution at the university's Institute for Advanced Computation Science (IACS) has been awarded the 2024 Golden Goose Award for Unconventional Research that Yielded Unexpe  more

FREDONIA, New York, Oct. 4 -- The State University of New York Fredonia campus issued the following news: President Stephen H. Kolison Jr. and Provost David Starrett recently presented medallions to SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence recipients. Also recognized at the event was Professor Timothy Frerichs of the Department of Visual Arts and New Media, who was appointed a SUNY Distinguished Professor, the highest rank awarded to faculty by the system administration. Rachel Kerr and Dr. Tif  more

FREDONIA, New York, Oct. 4 -- The State University of New York Fredonia campus issued the following news: The 2024 Outstanding Administrative Service Awards were presented to five SUNY Fredonia employees whose collective service spans over 90 years. The recipients represent all major departments within the Finance and Administration division, and the awards highlight exemplary service that employees give to the campus. President Stephen H. Kolison Jr. said, "Congratulations to those who have   more

FREDONIA, New York, Oct. 4 -- The State University of New York Fredonia campus issued the following news: "Unlocking Potential: Keys to the Transfer Journey" is the theme of the expanded National Student Transfer Week at SUNY Fredonia. Celebrating transfer students and the professionals who support them on their journeys is the objective of this observance, now in its fifth year, that Academic Advising and the Transfer Mentoring Program conduct with the Transfer Student Organization and Tau Si  more

STONY BROOK, New York, Oct. 4 -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook University issued the following news release: Ellen K. Pikitch, PhD, a long-time professor in the Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS), was recently awarded the Lowell Thomas Award for her accomplishments in field science and communication. Presented by The Explorers Club and named for broadcast journalist and explorer Lowell Thomas, this annual award is given thematically to a g  more

STONY BROOK, New York, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook University issued the following news release: * * * Collaborative research to test method in opioid use disorder * * * Two Stony Brook University researchers are developing a way to use machine learning models to predict patient outcomes. The collaboration involves Richard N. Rosenthal, MD, a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health in the Renaissance School of Medicine (RSOM), an  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: THE CONFIDANTE, the first Max Original four-part limited series from France starring Laure Calamy, debuts FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 on Max. New episodes will debut weekly. Inspired by true events, this psychological thriller follows Christelle "Chris" Blandin, a rock music-obsessed Parisian, who, after witnessing the harrowing November 13, 2015 terrorist attacks, quickly   more

BUFFALO, New York, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: John Beverley, PhD, assistant professor of philosophy in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences, has received a five-year, $3.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to connect research in two fields of psychology that promises to improve our understanding for how solitude relates to flourishing in older age. Beverley is an ontologist,  more

BUFFALO, New York, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * Oral biology professor documents their methods, hoping to replicate success in U.S. * * * Over the last decade, a number of U.S. clinics have marketed stem cell products directly to consumers as purported treatment for a host of diseases and injuries. The problem is that many of these interventions have scant proof of efficacy or safety, noted Laertis Ikono  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: * * * What you need to know: * Verizon Business released its 2024 Payment Security Report, focusing on measuring and evaluating the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) v4.0 compliance. * The latest version of the PCI DSS introduces new requirements and stricter validation criteria. * The 2024 Payment Security Report prompts fundamental questions to e  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Oct. 4 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorder in children, and the numbers are only expected to rise. The CDC reported that in 2022, over 7 million (11.4%) U.S. children aged 3-17 years were diagnosed with ADHD, an increase of 1 million compared to 2016. The elevated numbers aren't limited to children. According to a 2021 report in the Journal of Managed Care & Speci  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 -- Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute issued the following news on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * In a philanthropy-backed program, a team at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute preps middle school teachers to bring the everyday relevance of neuroethics to their classrooms * * * On a mid-July Thursday at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute, a large meeting room was abuzz with a dozen New York City middle school teachers. They were the students this time. All week they had been immersed in  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute issued the following news: * * * Two-day science festival brings together Zuckerman researchers working in diverse disciplines at the frontiers of neuroscience * * * Curious about how the brain can tell friends from foes? Steve Siegelbaum's lab has research to share. Want to know exactly how the many hundreds of optical elements making up a fly's compound eye form, cell by cell? Andrew Tomlinson's lab has you covered. Mys  more