BURBANK, California, Feb. 21 [Category: BizArts/Cultural] -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, posted the following news release: * * * American Idol: SEASON PREMIERE 802 (Season Premiere: Auditions) (3/9) SUNDAY, MARCH 9 8:00-10:01 p.m. EST - American Idol: "802 (Season Premiere: Auditions)" (802) (Season Premiere) Logline: Luke, Lionel, Carrie and Ryan head to New York, Los Angeles and Nashville to jump-start auditions, where raw talent and unforgettable performances set the stage for t  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 21 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Issues Joint Statement on Lawsuit to Preserve Funding for Medical and Public Health Research Ahead of Hearing February 21, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general in issuing a joint statement ahead of a court hearing in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. National Institutes of Health. At today's he  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 21 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Stands with Transgender Youth Against Discriminatory Executive Orders February 21, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 17 other attorneys general today took legal action to support transgender youth and their families in their lawsuit against the Trump administration's dangerous new restrictions on gender-affirming medica  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 21 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Stops Elon Musk and DOGE from Accessing Americans' Private Information and Cutting Federal Funds Through the Treasury February 21, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after a federal court granted her motion for a preliminary injunction to stop Elon Musk and employees of his so-called "Department of Go  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 21 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James Takes Action to Keep the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Working February 21, 2025 NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James today co-led a coalition of 23 attorneys general to keep the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) functional by supporting federal employees who were told by the Trump administration and Elon Musk to stop working on   more

NEW YORK, Feb. 21 -- Baruch College issued the following news: * * * Baruch Graduate Students Win Silver in Neuberger Berman Sustainable Investing Challenge A quartet of graduate students from Baruch College's Zicklin School of Business recently achieved notable success earning second place for their exceptional skills and strategies at the 2024 Neuberger Berman Sustainable Investing Challenge. SJ Beaumont, Esq. (MS Finance, '25), Samuel Pereira Bueno (MBA, '26), Pankaj Lamkhade (MS Finance,  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, Feb. 21 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Binghamton University professor receives prestigious Fulbright Award to shape genocide education worldwide Professor to work alongside United Nations experts during six-week residency in Paris By Benazir Paikan, MA '25 Kerry Whigham is preparing for a unique opportunity, one that has the potential to shape how genocide and mass atrocity studies are taught across the world: a six-week residency in Paris a  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Feb. 21 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Blackstone LaunchPad Announces 2025 Afropreneurship Business Competition Winners Syracuse University Libraries' Blackstone LaunchPad awarded prizes to several student teams as part of its fourth annual Afropreneurship Celebration and Business Competition, held in Bird Library on Feb. 7. Among the winning team awards: * $1,500 to Olutosin Alabi G'25 (Martin J. Whitman School of Management), founder of Diab  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 21 [Category: BizMedia] -- NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, posted the following news: * * * Celebrate and Protect 'The Americas' with Resources from NBC and Partners February 21, 2025 This epic 10-part television event narrated by Tom Hanks takes viewers on a breathtaking journey across the supercontinent, full of never-before-seen wonders and awe-inspiring moments experienced alongside the creatures that call it home. Five years in the making and filmed over 180 exped  more

PALO ALTO, California, Feb. 22 -- Cooley, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Cooley Incorporation Documents Now Power Stripe Atlas New York/San Francisco - February 21, 2025 - Cooley and Stripe Atlas have launched a new initiative allowing startups to now use Atlas, an incorporation service offered by Stripe, to form their C corp using forms developed in collaboration with Cooley. These documents were previously only available on Cooley GO, Cooley's award-winning microsite t  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 21 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release: * * * DEC Announces 'State of the Lake Fisheries' Public Meeting with Lake Champlain Management Cooperative The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will join its partners in the Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative, a working group of fisheries professionals from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, and the United States   more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 21 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release: * * * DEC Spring Turkey Season Opens May 1 in Suffolk County The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced that the 2025 spring turkey season in Suffolk County will be held Thursday, May 1, through Saturday, May 31. This season marks the third year DEC is offering the opportunity to go spring turkey hunting on Long Island. Long Islan  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 21 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Hochul Announces State Landmarks to be Illuminated Orange in Honor of Children Killed in Hamas Captivity Governor Kathy Hochul today announced New York State landmarks will be lit orange this evening to honor the memories of Ariel and Kfir Bibas, two young boys who were murdered by Hamas during their captivity in Gaza. "Our hearts are broken as we mourn Ariel and Kfir Bibas, who wer  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 22 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on Febbb. 21, 2025: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ HAILS DECISION STOPPING ELON MUSK AND DOGE FROM ACCESSING AMERICANS' PRIVATE INFORMATION AND CUTTING FEDERAL FUNDS THROUGH THE TREASURY HONOLULU - Attorney General Anne Lopez claimed a major victory for the people of Hawaii today in a lawsuit brought by Attorney General Lopez and a coalition of 19 attorneys general, where Judge Jeannette Vargas   more

ITHACA, New York, Feb. 21 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Islet-transplantation procedure shows promises against T1 diabetes Adding engineered human blood vessel-forming cells to islet transplants boosted the survival of the insulin-producing cells and reversed diabetes in a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The new approach, which requires further development and testing, could someday enable the much wider use of islet transplants to cure   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 22 -- Mayer Brown, a law firm, issued the following news on Feb. 21, 2025: * * * Mayer Brown announces its 2025 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellows and Pathfinders Mayer Brown announced today that three lawyers have been selected to join the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellows and Pathfinders programs for 2025. Elaine Liu, partner in the firm's Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice in Chicago, has been named an LCLD 2025 Fellow. New York a  more

ITHACA, New York, Feb. 21 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * New study advances acoustic monitoring of endangered whale A Cornell-led research team has developed an innovative method to estimate North Atlantic right whale numbers using underwater microphones and machine learning (ML), potentially offering a safer and more cost-effective way to monitor this critically endangered species. The study, published Feb. 20 in Endangered Species Research, demonstrates how microph  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 21 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news: * * * New York City Law Department Announces Lawsuit Against Trump Administration for Unlawful $80 Million "Money-Grab" Involving Migrant Funding February 21, 2025 Suit Outlines How Federal Government Grabbed Back Funding for Migrant Crisis Without Following Agency Procedures and Federal Regulations Lawsuit Would Require Federal Government to Return $80 Million in Migrant Funding and Prevent Them from Cla  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 20 [Category: BizReal Estate] -- Newmark Group posted the following news release: * * * Newmark Expands Private Capital Group within Southwest U.S. Region; Ryan Plummer Rejoins as Executive Managing Director Newmark announces that the firm has hired Ryan Plummer as Executive Managing Director of the company's growing Private Capital Group. Plummer rejoins Newmark to play a key role in advancing the firm's advisory services for private investors in the Southwest, working closely  more

SALEM, Oregon, Feb. 22 -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2025: * * * Attorney General Rayfield Stops Elon Musk and DOGE from Accessing Oregonians' Private Information and Cutting Federal Funds Through the Treasury Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued the following statement today, reacting to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York's decision to issue a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration and DOGE's   more

NEW YORK, Feb. 22 -- Hearst Magazines, a division of Hearst, issued the following news release: * * * Stellene Volandes Takes on Expanded Role as Editorial & Brand Director of ELLE DECOR NEW YORK, February 21, 2025 - Hearst Magazines today announced that Stellene Volandes has expanded her editorial oversight of the U.S. edition of ELLE DECOR to include brand strategy. In her new role as editorial and brand director, she will lead the content and brand strategy across ELLE DECOR's print and di  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 21 -- The City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy issued the following news release: * * * Study reveals link between religion, sociocultural norms, and menstrual stigma A study by PhD student Aisha King and colleagues explores the intricate connections between religion, sociocultural norms, and the stigma surrounding menstruation among adolescent girls in Tanzania. For the study, the researchers undertook two concurrent data collection  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, Feb. 21 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Tracing the past, shaping the future Daniel Royles' new book studies African American history and HIV/AIDS activism through oral history By Ethan Knox '20 To look forward to a better future, one must understand the past. For Dan Royles, that history may be obscured -- but it's not invisible and it can be traced back to human action. "I want to inspire my students to question the everyday things that the  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 22 -- Columbia University's Columbia Journalism School issued the following news: * * * Transforming Coverage: CJS and the Dart Center's 2025 Childhood Forced Migration Journalism Project Meet Columbia Journalism School community members tackling global migration, trauma and human rights. Columbia Journalism School is deeply committed to addressing global challenges through education, research, and partnerships. This year, alumni and current students are actively involved in t  more

STONY BROOK, New York, Feb. 21 -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook University issued the following news release: * * * Whales and Humans Have Developed Similar Linguistic Features as Determined by Stony Brook University Researcher STONY BROOK, NY -- February 20, 2025 -- Do whales "speak" in a similar way that human beings do? Stony Brook University Postdoctoral Fellow Mason Youngblood from the university's Institute for Advanced Computational Science has published a new study in  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 21 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * White & Case advises on five percent share capital sale of Recordati through EUR600 accelerated bookbuild Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Rossini S.a.r.l., controlled by CVC Capital Partners, on the placement of 10,500,000 ordinary shares of Recordati - Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica S.p.A., (Recordati), equal to approximately five percent of the share capital of R  more