ITHACA, New York, Nov. 26 -- Cornell University issued the following news: During Donald Trump's first term as president, the U.S. Supreme Court often pushed back on his agenda, according to Washington Post correspondent Ann Marimow '97, who has reported on the federal courts for more than a decade. "But this is a different court, and this is a different moment," Marimow said while moderating "A Polarized Supreme Court: What it Means for Democracy," a panel discussion held Nov. 20. "The court'  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Nov. 26 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: As the popular adage goes, "Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn." An essential step in preparing students to tackle today's pressing challenges, like climate change and social and economic inequity, is immersing them in projects that go beyond the classroom and into communities. A study by the American Association of Colleges and Universities notes that students who participate in  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 [Category: Religion] -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following news release: Since the Hamas terror attack on October 7, 2023 the deadliest day for the Jewish community since the Holocaust American Jewish Committee (AJC) has mobilized its global architecture, including 25 offices across the United States and 15 international postings, to support Israel in its hour of need. This week, AJC CEO Ted Deutch, Belfer Institute for Latino and Latin American Affairs (BILLA)  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 [Category: Religion] -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following news release: American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, welcomes today's announcement of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah, and hopes its enforcement can lead to enduring security for both the Israeli and Lebanese people. As Israel has done time and time again, it has chosen to agree to a ceasefire at the risk of huge potential costs. To   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release: (ATLANTA) Amazon drivers at the company's DGT8 facility in Atlanta have formed a union with the Teamsters and demanded union recognition with a "March on the Boss" held early this morning. The Atlanta drivers are building on what is a massive organizing wave within Amazon, joining hundreds of drivers from Illinois, New York, and California in forming a union with the Teamsters   more

BINGHAMTON, New York, Nov. 27 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: Binghamton University is a key partner in a new federally funded institute focused on the use of digital twins to improve domestic semiconductor design and manufacturing. The U.S. Department of Commerce and the Semiconductor Research Corporation Manufacturing Consortium Corp. (SRC) announced last week that they are negotiating for the department to provide SRC $285 million to establish and operate a Manufacturing  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, Nov. 27 (TNSres) -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * New study co-authored by Binghamton University School of Management's Flora Sun explores impact of common media companies publishing similar business content in different news outlets * * * By Anthony Borrelli Have you ever noticed a swath of similar business news stories about a particular topic during a Google search, all of them appearing to be reported by different news outlets? Why might a  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 26 -- Cornell University issued the following news: When a person needs to fix an appliance or a car, they might dig out the manual, watch a few videos online and make a plan before diving in. What if a robot could do the same thing? "That's essentially the aspirational goal," said Sanjiban Choudhury, assistant professor of computer science in the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, who leads the People and Robot Teaching and Learning (PoR  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 27 -- Columbia University's Columbia Journalism School issued the following news: * * * Analyzing press narratives: evaluating coverage before, during and after the 2024 U.S. Presidential election. * * * One week after the 2024 U.S. Presidential election, the Columbia community gathered at Low Library for a discussion on the intersection of politics, media and statistics. Co-sponsored by Columbia Journalism School (CJS) and the School of International and Public Affairs (SIP  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Nov. 26 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Syracuse University Libraries is offering an end of semester opportunity for students to reduce their library fines while doing good for others. "Food for Fines" will run from Dec. 6 through Dec. 17. All Libraries patrons with overdue circulation fines can reduce their fines by donating healthy, nonperishable food and hygiene items. Donations will be accepted at the circulation desks of Bird, Carnegie, Law, Martin Lut  more

ALBANY, New York, Nov. 27 (TNSres) -- Empire Center, a non-profit think tank, issued the following news release on Nov. 26, 2024: A new analysis of New York's Medicaid program reveals a ballooning disparity between its rising enrollment and the state's declining poverty rates. As many as 3 million New Yorkers appear to be receiving state-sponsored health coverage from Medicaid or the Essential Plan despite having incomes above the eligibility limits, according to the just-published report from  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- George Washington University issued the following news: President-elect Donald Trump announced he plans to impose a 25% tariff on Mexican and Canadian goods and 10 percent on Chinese merchandise as one of his first acts on Inauguration Day. In the wake of the news, The New York Times reports global stocks are falling and the dollar is climbing. Faculty experts at the George Washington University are available to offer insight, commentary and analysis. To speak with an ex  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 (TNSfact) -- Human Rights Watch issued the following fact sheet: * * * Q&A on the Establishment of an Independent International Accountability Mechanism for Afghanistan Introduction Since taking power in August 2021, the Taliban have imposed ever-more extreme restrictions on human rights. The rights of women and girls have been especially affected: they have been barred from education beyond sixth grade and many forms of employment, and banned from singing, reading aloud,   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary: * * * Use Existing Policies to Ensure Effective Strategies for Executing Arrests * * * By Alice Autin, Officer, Communications and International Justice Program After the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants against Israeli leaders and a Hamas official on November 21, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell immediately made clear that ICC "decisions are binding on all States party to the   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on Nov. 25, 2024: * * * Governments Should Deliver Ambitious Climate Action Plans, Ensure Fossil Fuel Phaseout * * * Lack of Progress at COP29 Puts Rights at Risk By Myrto Tilianaki, Senior Advocate, Environment and Human Rights The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), which wrapped up last weekend, failed to make sufficient progress to maintain global temperatures at 1.5 degrees Celsius and avoid the wors  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on Nov. 25, 2024: * * * Concerted Council Action on Civilian Protection Key * * * Russia Vetoes Sudan Resolution Despite Global Support By Laetitia Bader, Director, Horn of Africa Tomorrow Russia is scheduled to go before the United Nations General Assembly to explain why it vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Sudan last week, at a time when civilians are facing an onslaught of unlawful attacks and a man-made fa  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on Nov. 25, 2024: * * * Enduring Taliban Abuses, Forgotten Globally, But Still Resisting * * * This #16Days, Remember Afghan Women and Girls By Sahar Fetrat, Researcher, Women's Rights Division The plight of Afghan women and girls under Taliban rule continues to demand the world's attention. The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, observed from November 25 to December 10 and using the hashtag #16Days, is  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary: * * * Taliban Threaten, Detain and Abuse Journalists, Media Workers * * * U.N. Report Portrays Afghanistan's Destroyed Media By Fereshta Abbasi, Researcher, Asia Division Today's United Nations report (https://unama.unmissions.org/un-urges-afghanistan%E2%80%99s-de-facto-authorities-protect-media-freedom) on the state of Afghanistan's media is devastating. Since the Taliban took power in August 2021, they have largel  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following letter on Nov. 19, 2024: * * * To: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka, Galle Face, Colombo 00100, Sri Lanka Re: Human Rights Recommendations for the new Sri Lankan Government Dear President Dissanayake, Congratulations on your election to the presidency of Sri Lanka, and your party's recent success in the parliamentary elections. We recognize that you have assumed office at a time of great ch  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following report on Nov. 25, 2024, entitled "Unchecked Injustice - Kenya's Suppression of the 2023 Anti-Government Protests". * * * Here is a summary: On March 30, 2023, Joyce Kemunto, a 39-year-old resident of Kibera in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, was at home with her children, including her 4-month-old baby, when police chased protesters in her neighborhood as authorities clamped down on anti-government protests across the country. Little did  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following statement: * * * The document makes six recommendations to the EU and its member states to advance arrest strategies for outstanding ICC arrest warrants. These arrest strategies include complying with the clear legal obligation of EU member states to arrest individuals sought by the ICC if they are on their territory. But they also include using diplomatic, political and economic clout--in other words, political will--to bring about   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: * * * * Criminal groups in Haiti are subjecting girls and women to horrific sexual abuse, and survivors have little access to protection and care services because of insufficient resources and difficulties reaching those that exist. * Criminal groups have often used sexual violence to instill fear in rival territories. As fighting between criminal groups has decreased, they have expanded the use of sexual violence, which is no  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: * * * * Kenyan authorities have failed to ensure justice for the killing of at least 31 people and other abuses by the police during protests throughout the country from March to July 2023. * Over a year later, investigations have not been finalized and not a single police officer or government official has been prosecuted for the killings or other serious rights violations. * President Willam Ruto should ensure that the Inde  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: * * * Three Killed, Four Injured in Apparent War Crime * * * (Beirut, November 25, 2024) - An Israeli airstrike in Lebanon on October 25, 2024, that killed three journalists and injured four others was most likely a deliberate attack on civilians and an apparent war crime, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch determined that Israeli forces carried out the attack using an air-dropped bomb equipped with a United S  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: * * * Police Detain Hundreds Without Notifying Their Parents * * * (Johannesburg) - Mozambican security forces deployed to suppress nationwide post-election protests have killed at least 10 children and injured dozens more since October 24, 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. Police have detained hundreds of children, in many cases for days, without notifying their families, in violation of international human rights law. Th  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following transcript of daily brief on Nov. 25, 2024: * * * We've discussed rampant insecurity in Haiti before in the Daily Brief. In this edition, we're going to look at one particularly disturbing aspect of it. The criminal groups that control large parts of Haiti have been intensifying their attacks against the population in recent weeks. This has included subjecting girls and women to horrific sexual abuse. Criminal groups often use sexu  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: * * * Dissanayake Administration Needs to Address Longstanding Abuses, Impunity * * * Sri Lanka's new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, should address the country's many human rights problems by fulfilling and building upon pledges he made in recent election campaigns, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the president on November 18, 2024. Dissanayake was elected president on September 21, and on November 14 his Nationa  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following transcript of daily brief: * * * An Israeli airstrike in Lebanon that killed three journalists and injured four others last month was most likely a deliberate attack on civilians and an apparent war crime. New research reveals US equipment was used in this attack. Let's discuss what this means. For some time, this newsletter has been highlighting the Israeli military's repeated atrocities in Gaza and Lebanon and noting the need for  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 27 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news on Nov. 26, 2024: The Legal Defense Fund today called for the withdrawal of Defense Secretary nominee Peter Hegseth from consideration. LDF President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson issued the following statement: "The Secretary of Defense oversees a Department of Defense that employs over 2.8 million personnel. To successfully lead this agency charged with 'provid[ing] the military forces needed to   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Nov. 27 -- The National Association of Chain Drug Stores issued the following news release: New York State Department of Financial Services adopts new market conduct regulations that will enable the regulatory oversight, transparency and accountability of PBMs operating in the state The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) is hailing New York State for taking action that will help protect New Yorkers' choice of pharmacy and access to the medications right for   more

SYRACUSE, New York, Nov. 26 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: New Research Published in Nature, "Genomics of a sexually selected sperm ornament and female preference in Drosophila," Offer New Clues to the Evolution of Sperm Syracuse University researchers from the Center of Reproductive Evolution published a paper that offers insight into the evolution of giant sperm in male fruit flies and the reproductive tracts of female fruit flies. Long sperm tails have evolved in fruit  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 26 -- Cornell University issued the following news: The Medieval Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences has created two new student awards that honor the legacies of distinguished faculty members: the Carol Kaske Prize and the Tom Hill Graduate Essay Award. The prizes will recognize outstanding undergraduate and graduate student research in Medieval and Renaissance studies, ensuring that the high standards of scholarship and mentorship that both professors   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following news release: A Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) official for the South Texas Region shared on Sunday on his social media platform, a video of an unaccompanied 2-year-old from El Salvador, at the Texas border stating how under Operation Lone Star (OLS), DPS found several children crossing the border. In light of this news, LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following statement that can be attributed to Lourdes M. Rosado, Presi  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 26 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Frost glistened outside as the first of roughly 200 patrons wound through Enfield Food Distribution on a recent Sunday morning, loading shopping carts with fresh produce, canned goods, potatoes and onions, meat, bakery items, bottled water, and for some, a bouquet of flowers. Occupying a 1948 former fire house on Enfield Main Road, eight miles west of Ithaca, the pantry served as many clients in an entire week just a fe  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Nov. 26 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: The Syracuse University contingent at the American College of Sports Medicine annual conference included, from left to right, Andrew Heckel, Assistant Professor Joon Young Kim, Alaina Glasgow, Wonhee Cho and Tara Cuddihee from the Department of Exercise Science. Four students in the Department of Exercise Science in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics were recognized for their exceptional research at the rec  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- The Rockefeller Foundation issued the following news release: The world is doing more than it has to meet a climate crisis that is making life worse for billions of people. On behalf of The Rockefeller Foundation, I commend global leaders for making important progress at the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), but we are still drastically far from what we need. We need every nation, business, philanthropy, and organization to do more to advance the people  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Nov. 26 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America issued the following news release: Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas and Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii Have Highest Number And Percentage of Job Gains, While New York City and Duluth, Minn.-Wis. Experience Worst Job Losses Construction employment rose in 238, or 66 percent, of 358 metro areas between October 2023 and October 2024, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contrac  more

ALBANY, New York, Nov. 27 -- SUNY University at Albany issued the following news: By Margaret Hartley Last week UAlbany took another step toward environmental sustainability and responsibility by signing the National Wildlife Federation's Plastics Reduction Pledge. The pledge, part of the Plastics Reduction Partner program, signals a campus's commitment toward eliminating plastic use by building awareness and supporting behavior change, and by making operational changes in areas such as purch  more

BUFFALO, New York, Nov. 27 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, in partnership with the University at Buffalo School of Nursing, has received a five-year, $2.11 million Institutional Clinical Scientist Awards grant from the National Cancer Institute to establish a training program for nurse-scientists focused around clinical translational research. The Roswell Park/University at Buffalo Oncology  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: Labor market optimism drove up confidence for a second straight month Consumer Confidence Index(r)Present Situation IndexExpectations Index "Consumer confidence continued to improve in November and reached the top of the range that has prevailed over the past two years," said Dana M. Peterson, Chief Economist at The Conference Board. "November's increase was mainly driven by more positive consumer assessments of the  more

BRONX, New York, Nov. 27 -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release: * * * WCS Calls for Decisive Action by the US and Mexico to Protect Livestock, Public Health, and Economies * * * The New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax), eradicated from Central America, Mexico, and the U.S. over 30 years ago at an approximate cost of $800 million, is making a dangerous comeback. Illegal cattle trafficking has fueled the parasite's rapid resurgence across Central Ameri  more

BRONX, New York, Nov. 27 -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release: * * * New Protected Area Also Helps World Meet Vital Global Conservation Goals "This achievement shows how collaborative efforts between governments, civil society, and local communities can turn ambitious conservation visions into reality. This park now stands as a public treasure for the people of Entre Rios, Argentina, and the world." Mariano Gonzalez Roglich, Director of WCS Argentina * * *   more