NEW YORK, Nov. 21 -- Access Now, an organization that says it defends and extends the rights of people and communities at risk, issued the following news release: As people in Tanzania head to cast ballots for local elections on November 27, 2024, the #KeepItOn coalition is demanding that the government and all internet service providers (ISPs) in the country ensure unhindered access to the internet and digital platforms before, during, and after the elections. * * * "Access to the internet i  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Nov. 21 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: As the holiday season approaches, there are several ways for members of the Syracuse University community to make the season brighter within the City of Syracuse and greater Central New York communities. Some giving opportunities include: PEACE, Inc. People's Equal Action and Community Effort (PEACE), Inc. is a nonprofit, community-based organization that serves nearly 10,000 clients in Syracuse, Onondaga County and  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: Today the House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 9495, the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, 219-184. This legislation would grant the secretary of the Treasury the unilateral power to investigate and effectiv  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 [Category: Religion] -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following news release: American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, is appalled by the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. This reckless, irresponsible decision is a gross distortion of international law that harms the Court'  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: After decades of growth, craft beer nationwide is in its worst-ever slump, with negative production for the second straight year and more craft brewery closures in 2023 than ever before. But the graph for New York state hasn't wobbled, with 539 craft breweries and counting, ranking it second in the nation. "We are holding steady," said Paul Leone, executive director of the New York State Brewers Association. "It's one o  more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, Nov. 22 (TNSres) -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: More than two million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States in 2024, according to the National Cancer Institute. Range Cancer Therapeutics ETF (Nasdaq: CNCR) is partnering with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) to highlight CSHL's pioneering role in advancing cancer research. Through the partnership, 23% of revenues generated by fees from CNCR will be donated to  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Nov. 21 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Bradford Smith (left) working with Danielle Lanphere (right) during a conversation club meeting at the Gebbie Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic. He and other individuals who use Alternative Augmentative Communication to help express themselves gather weekly to build community and expand their communication abilities. Verbal communication is one of the most common and fundamental forms of interaction for humans. Whe  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- The New York Health and Hospitals issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: * * * Upgrade enhances Queens Hospital's infrastructure and reduces its carbon emissions * * * Today, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) and NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H) announced the completion of a large-scale energy efficiency upgrade at NYC Health + Hospital/Queens. The project marks the latest milestone in both agencies' ongoing efforts to optimize energy use  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- Democrats for Education Reform issued the following statement on Nov. 21, 2024: * * * Today, Democrats for Education Reform's CEO Jorge Elorza released the following statement regarding Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon. "While we know little about Linda McMahon's personal views on education, we are deeply concerned that the Department of Education will be used to deploy Trump's MAGA playbook of focusing on divisive politics and culture war iss  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Nov. 21 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: As an engineer, Kevin Du has always embraced a problem-solving attitude. In his world, if no solution exists for the dilemma he's facing, he will create the solution. Kevin Du It's a mentality that has served Du, an electrical engineering and computer science professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, well as he has carved out a decorated career as a global cybersecurity expert. His labs have been  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Ponsi Trivisvavet MBA '99 knew she had found her true north when the seeds she delivered to an Indonesian farmer helped him to increase his crop yields enough that he was able to buy a cow to provide meat for his family for the first time in his life. "Now this man can send his children to school, his grandchildren to college," she said. "He can think about the future." Trivisvavet, the CEO of Inari, was one of six fea  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release: [Charlottesville, VA] -- In a significant ruling, the Circuit Court of Floyd County ruled that the Youngkin administration acted unlawfully in its decision to withdraw Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Last summer, the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board approved a final regulation which unlawfully ended Virginia's participation in RGGI, a proven and effective program that cuts p  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Nov. 21 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: During the holidays, we come together with family and friends to celebrate. The end of another year is also an opportunity to reflect on the year that has passed and the meaning of the people and events that were part of our lives over the past 12 months. SU News reached out to some of the chaplains at Hendricks Chapel to ask about gratitude--what gratitude means in their faith tradition; why gratitude is important i  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news on Nov. 21, 2024: In response to the International Criminal Court decision to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, and Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri (Mohammed Deif), the following quote can be attributed to Balkees Jarrah, associate international justice director at Human Rights Watch: "The ICC arrest warrants against senior Israeli leaders and a Hamas official break through the perception that certai  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: A Ugandan military court in Kampala has ordered former opposition presidential candidate, Kizza Besigye, and his travel companion, Obeid Lutale, to be held in pretrial detention in a prison, the latest example of Uganda's authorities misusing military courts and military-related charges to clamp down on the opposition. Besigye went missing on November 16 in Kenya's capital Nairobi where he had travelled from Uganda to attend a   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news on Nov. 21, 2024: Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Council review of the Democratic Republic of Congo's human rights record revealed that the government had made little progress addressing the country's widespread rights issues. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a state-to-state rights review held for each country every 41/2 years, showed that rights abuses have persisted, if not worsened, under President Felix Tshi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Managed Funds Association issued the following news release: November 20, 2024, New York & iConnections, the leading financial technology platform connecting asset allocators and investment managers, and MFA, the trade association representing the global alternative asset management industry, today announced an expanded collaboration to bring the world's most comprehensive alternative investment event series to New York and Singapore. F  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 -- Access Now, an organization that says it defends and extends the rights of people and communities at risk, issued the following news release: Today, the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and ex-Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the use of starvation as a method of warfare; and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecutio  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following news release: The Texas General Land Office sent a letter to President-elect, Donald Trump on Tuesday stating its willingness to collaborate with his incoming administration by offering a 1,400-acre ranch along the Rio Grande Valley, near the Texas and Mexico border, for a migrant detention center. Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham mentioned in the letter that they are "fully prepared" to enter an agreement with any federal agenci  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to FoxNews.com on Nov. 21, 2024: * * * Bragg vs. Trump: NYC Is Drowning in Crime. How Does Convicting the Former President Make Us Safe? By Rafael A. Mangual - One wonders how, exactly, convicting a former president of felonies relating to how a financial transaction was documented serves public safety From Chesa Boudin and Larry Krasner to George Gascon and Kim Foxx, proponents of the so-called "prog  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the Free Press on Nov. 20, 2024: * * * The Great American Acid Trip By Charles Fain Lehman RFK Jr. wants to legalize psychedelics. So what's stopping them from getting FDA approval? In 1966, the poet Allen Ginsberg offered a remedy for America's broken soul: If everyone tried LSD, he said, we would discover "some ray of glory or vastness beyond our conditioned social selves, beyond our government,   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to Jewish News Syndicate on Nov. 20, 2024: * * * In the 'Path of Abraham' By Tal Fortgang A book offers proof of the importance of standing firm in support of American principles and allies. Before the first Trump administration upended nearly every piece of common knowledge about the Middle East, figures like former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry set the tone. In its relentless pursuit of a peace  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to Reason on Nov. 21, 2024: * * * Doge Can Succeed by Scaling Back Its Ambitions By Brian Riedl The new advisory group promises bold savings and massive spending cuts, but without any expertise in the federal budget, it's likely to be all bark and no bite. With great fanfare and stratospheric ambitions, President-elect Donald Trump has unveiled his new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Trump  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to UnHerd on Nov. 20, 2024: * * * Linda McMahon Could Shake Up the Education Establishment By Neetu Arnold From fighting DEI to outright abolishing the Department of Education (ED), President-elect Donald Trump has made audacious promises to change education. And with the appointment of former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) executive Linda McMahon as Education Secretary, what can we expect from th  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting four species of giraffes under the Endangered Species Act--the first time these towering African mammals would receive federal safeguards. The proposal, which comes seven years after NRDC and other conservation groups petitioned for this action, would designate the northern giraffe as endangered, two eastern species as threatened, and list t  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following news release on Nov. 20, 2024: FLOYD, VA -- A judge ruled today Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin broke the law when he attempted to withdraw the state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) climate program. As the judge's decision states, "the putative repeal of [RGGI] was beyond the statutory authority of the [Youngkin administration], and therefore unlawful and without effect." Youngkin has spent h  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 20 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: South Bronx, NY Amid polluter pressure to undermine or delay New York's adoption of the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) program, New Yorkers, including elected officials, community leaders, and clean air advocates, rallied in the South Bronx today to urge Governor Hochul to stand up to attacks on clean air policy and follow through on the full implementation of the ACT program beginning in   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news on Nov. 21, 2024: (The Hague) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) judges' decision to issue arrest warrants against senior Israeli leaders and a Hamas official in the face of strong opposition - including from the United States and Israel - deserves international support, Human Rights Watch said today. On November 21, 2024, the ICC issued warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Galla  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Critics of affirmative action in higher education have argued that the policy deprives more qualified students of a spot at a university or college. A new study by Cornell researchers finds that ignoring race leads to an admitted class that is much less diverse, but with similar academic credentials. The Cornell team used data from an unnamed university to simulate the impacts of the 2023 Supreme Court ruling in Student  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- George Washington University issued the following news: The Trump Administration and Republican lawmakers are discussing cuts to Medicaid, the nation's public health insurance program for the low income population and people with disabilities. The changes might reduce funding for the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion or require that Medicaid enrollees work in order to obtain health coverage. Both would mean that many people would lose health coverage, according to   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 -- The Rockefeller Foundation issued the following news release: BAKU l November 21, 2024 As part of "Nature and Biodiversity / Indigenous People / Gender Equality / Oceans and Coastal Zones Day" at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29), The Rockefeller Foundation announced a $500,000 grant to Health In Harmony (HIH). HIH is a global climate nonprofit that collaborates with Indigenous Peoples and local communities to scale investments and imp  more

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, Nov. 22 (TNSres) -- Roger Williams University issued the following news: * * * Through hands-on research opportunities at RWU, senior Joshua Sears contributed to a study on sea robins that has garnered national attention, showcasing the university's commitment to providing students real-world research opportunities. * * * By Jordan J. Phelan As a first-year student at Roger Williams University, Joshua Sears could not have known that his first research experience would  more

ALBANY, New York, Nov. 22 -- Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy issued the following news release: Across New York State, too few children are receiving regular oral healthcare due in part to an oral health workforce shortage. A new law, championed by Schuyler Center and signed this week by Governor Hochul, addresses some of those challenges, making it easier for parents to get access to fluoride varnish for their children. Fluoride varnish is a simple and effective treatment for prevent  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Imagine a coffee mug and a cinnamon donut on the table before you. They appear as completely different objects but to a mathematician, the mug and the donut are topologically equivalent, "homeomorphic," because (at least conceptually) you can bend and mold one shape into the other without cutting, tearing, passing it through itself or glueing. Topologists study geometric objects and how they hold up when deformed by str  more

ALBANY, New York, Nov. 22 -- SUNY University at Albany issued the following news: By Mike Nolan With areas stretching from the Adirondacks to Long Island at high risk of fire danger this month, researchers at the University at Albany have been hard at work to help keep New Yorkers safe. In October, Governor Hochul announced a new weather data tool to inform New Yorkers when there is an increased risk of wildfires. The tool, a partnership between the New York State Mesonet and the state Depart  more

ALBANY, New York, Nov. 22 -- SUNY University at Albany issued the following news: By Michael Parker University at Albany Professor of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Susan Sharfstein is partnering with the startup firm DeepSeq.AI on a new National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to advance AI-driven drug discovery. Funded through an NSF Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant of nearly $275,000, the project will support the development of DeepSeq's proprietary artificial inte  more

ALBANY, New York, Nov. 22 -- SUNY University at Albany issued the following news: The latest developments on University at Albany faculty and staff who are receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention. * Researchers at the New York State Mesonet published a new paper in Geophysical Research Letters that analyzes meteorological observations from the April 2024 total solar eclipse. The Mesonet network had 55 weather stations in the path of totality that were collecting data i  more

ALBANY, New York, Nov. 22 -- SUNY University at Albany issued the following news: By Margaret Hartley Political scientist Bryan Early has been researching strategic trade controls and their role in preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction since his graduate school days. In 2012, as an assistant professor at UAlbany's Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, he founded the Project on International Security, Commerce and Economic Statecraft (PISCES) to focus and continue that   more

STONY BROOK, New York, Nov. 22 (TNSres) -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook University issued the following news release: * * * Published in eLife, the research findings could provide insight to how certain genes change in human neurological diseases * * * New research led by William R. Thomas, PhD, with Professor Liliana M. Davalos, PhD, in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University, shows how the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) changes its brain   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: The Leading Economic Index (LEI) provides an early indication of significant turning points in the business cycle and where the economy is heading in the near term. The Coincident Economic Index (CEI) provides an indication of the current state of the economy. Additional details are below. The Conference Board Leading Economic Index(r) (LEI) for the US declined by 0.4% in October 2024 to 99.5 (2016=100), following a   more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Celebrate the season and give back with an apple bake-off this weekend, and enjoy symphony concerts and learn about New York's Mohawk River through an exhibit at Mann Library. Wind Symphony The Cornell Wind Symphony, led by conductor James Spinazzola, will celebrate the music of Cuba with the Yosvany Terry Quartet and guest composer Shelly Hanson. Friday, Nov. 22, 7:30 p.m., Bailey Hall Apple Bake-Off Taste-test ap  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 [Category: International] -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: 77 families surveyed by the IRC in Lebanon have reported that their children have been separated amidst the conflict and ensuing displacementAccording to the UN, more than 200 children have been killed in Lebanon since Oct 2024 and over 1,000 have become injuredOver 300,000 children have been displaced within Lebanon since October this year Children are bearing the brunt of the   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 22 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * Discussions with UChicago experts to take place in Chicago, New York * * * How will recent events across the world affect the economy in 2025? Renowned scholars from University of Chicago's Booth School of Business will tackle that question during this year's Economic Outlook events in Chicago and New York on Dec. 3-4. This year's events, entitled "Risks and Opportunities: The Impact of Geopolitics and  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Council for International Business issued the following news on Nov. 20, 2024: Last week, Whitney Baird, USCIB President & CEO, and Alice Slayton Clark, USCIB SVP for Trade, Investment, & Digital Policy, were in Lima, Peru to attend the APEC CEO Forum and to join the National Center for APEC (NCAPEC) in leading business meetings with APEC government leaders. The APEC CEO Forum and its accompanying Sustainable Futures Forum featured panels and discussions on enhan  more