NEW YORK, March 11 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * "Chemical Recycling" of Plastics Is Really a Toxic Trap WASHINGTON D.C. - In a new report, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) exposes the truth behind the plastics industry charade that "chemical recycling" facilities can solve the massive pollution problem created by plastic waste. In More Recycling Lies, NRDC demonstrates that "chemical recycling," including inc  more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 11 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * 2025 Syracuse NIL Summit: Building Brand-Athlete Partnerships At the 2025 Syracuse Name,and Likeness (NIL) Summit, GEN Agency and GEN NIL founder and CEO Rachel Maeng Brown will meet with Syracuse University student-athletes to present brand deal case studies and lead a content creation workshop with products from W by Jake Paul. The 2025 Syracuse Name,and Likeness Summit is a first-of-its-kind event organi  more

NEW YORK, March 11 [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., posted the following news release: * * * ACLU Joins Appeal of Incarcerated Woman Shackled During Childbirth and Deprived of Medication RICHMOND, Va. -- On Friday, February 28th, the ACLU of North Carolina joined the ACLU Disability Rights Program, Rights Behind Bars, Tycko & Za  more

ITHACA, New York, March 11 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Acoustic monitoring network for birds enhances forest management A new study using the largest network of microphones to track birds in the United States is providing crucial insights for managing and restoring fire-prone forests across California's Sierra Nevada region. The research, published March 11 in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, demonstrates how emerging bioacoustics technology can enhance w  more

NEW YORK, March 11 [Category: Religion] -- The American Jewish Committee posted the following news release: * * * AJC letter to the Federal Task Force on Antisemitism To the Members of the Joint Federal Task Force on Antisemitism: American Jewish Committee (AJC) writes to express appreciation for the Task Force's efforts to hold Columbia to account for its egregious record of antisemitism. As the December 2024 House Report on antisemitism makes abundantly clear, Columbia has a years-long hi  more

NEW YORK, March 11 [Category: Religion] -- The American Jewish Committee posted the following news release: * * * AJC Statement on ICE Proceeding Against Mahmoud Khalil American Jewish Committee (AJC) is appalled by the views and actions of Mahmoud Khalil. Universities have an obligation to ensure that antisemitic behavior such as his does not lead to intimidation and harassment of Jewish students. U.S. law is clear regarding the necessary predicate that justifies deportation. Under that la  more

NEW YORK, March 11 [Category: Religion] -- The American Jewish Committee posted the following news release: * * * AJC Supports Action on Antisemitism, Warns Against Overly Broad Funding Cuts American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, today wrote to the Joint Federal Task Force on Antisemitism expressing appreciation for holding Columbia University accountable "for its egregious record of antisemitism" while also voicing concerns that "life-saving   more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, March 11 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * Are states prepared for older, lower-income populations? A recent report from the Center for an Urban Future is a reality check on a looming crisis for many states: providing adequate services and support for older adults. The report found that the proportion of older people living in poverty in New York State increased by 50% over the past decade. Just as concerning  more

NEW YORK, March 11 -- The AFL-CIO International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees issued the following joint statement on March 10, 2025, with Atlantic Theater Company: * * * Atlantic Theater Company and IATSE Reach Tentative Agreement Covering Production Workforce Atlantic Theater Company and The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) are pleased to announce a tentative agreement covering nearly one-hundred production workers employed by the company. This tentative  more

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York, March 12 -- Bard College issued the following news release: * * * Pocketbook Issues Such as Raising Minimum Wages, Paid Leave, and Protecting Public Education Could Sway the American Electorate, New Levy Economics Institute Report Says Long-Term Voting Trends Show Democrats Losing Working Class Support Due to Absence of Clear Vision for Popular Progressive Economic Policies ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.--The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College has published a   more

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York, March 12 -- Bard College issued the following news release: * * * Bard Student Grace Miller-Trabold '26 Awarded Davis Projects for Peace Grant ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.--Grace Miller-Trabold '26, a junior art history and visual culture and human rights major at Bard College with a concentration in Latin American and Iberian Studies, has been awarded a Projects for Peace Grant for $10,000 by the Davis Foundation. Miller-Trabold's project, "Connecting Threads: Rec  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 [Category: Financial Services] -- America's Credit Unions posted the following news: * * * Bessent does not support consolidating federal financial regulators Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he did not support consolidation of federal financial regulators in recent remarks. "We need our financial regulators singing in unison from the same song sheet. To be clear, this does not mean consolidation of agencies, but coordination via Treasury, such that our regulators   more

ITHACA, New York, March 11 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * CALS alumnus's gift supports Plant Science Building renovation William Boyle '55, MBA '56, has given a significant gift to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) to support renovations to the Plant Science Building - the largest gift so far to the current college campaign. "Cornell has been a keystone in whatever success I've enjoyed in life," Boyle said. "At this point in time, with global warming  more

ST. BONAVENTURE, New York, March 12 -- St. Bonaventure University issued the following news release: * * * Carney, Waterman to be honored at SBU's 165th Commencement Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F., the 20th president of St. Bonaventure, and Seneca artist Carson Waterman will receive honorary doctorates at the university's 165th Commencement Exercises May 18 in Reilly Center Arena. Carney, who was named president emeritus upon her retirement in 2016, will also deliver the keynote address to the  more

ITHACA, New York, March 11 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * CCE brings healthy foods, and how to cook them, to Buffalo Public Schools Faduma Ibrahim and her daughters, Amira, age 2 1/2, and Aziza, 5, stood in the hubbub of Buffalo's PS 094 West Hertel Academy cafeteria as Grace Anstett preheated her electric frying pan and loaded it with potatoes and green beans. The Ibrahim family wasn't there specifically to learn to cook. In fact, Aziza was more charmed by a display   more

NEW YORK, March 12 -- Columbia University issued the following news: * * * When the City is Both a Living Lab and a Case Study GSAPP student Anika Tsapatsaris has spent eight years at Columbia, relishing every moment. Anika Tsapatsaris was very proud of herself the first time she gave tourists directions in the subway: She knew then that she had become a true New Yorker. The city represents so much for her personally and professionally. New York has been her home for the last eight years as   more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 11 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Community Bank Donates $10,000 to WISE Women's Business Center in Celebration of International Women's Day From left are Rina Corigliano-Hart, director of client engagement and outreach, OneGroup; Lindsay Weichert, regional president, Central New York, Community Bank; Meghan Florkowski, director, WISE Women's Business Center; and Alex McKelvie, dean, Martin J. Whitman School of Management. In honor of Inter  more

NEW YORK, March 11 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: * * * The Conference Board Employment Trends Index(tm) (ETI) Declined in February February ETI Declines Amid Uncertainty Access Current & Historical Data The Conference Board Employment Trends Index(tm) (ETI) declined in February to 108.56, from an upwardly revised 109.45 in January. The Employment Trends Index is a leading composite index for payroll employment. When the Index increases, employment is likely to g  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, March 12 -- Creighton University issued the following news: * * * Creighton student-scholars bring research to BIG EAST academic symposium March is heating up in the BIG EAST. As the men's basketball team heads to New York City from March 12-15 to take on the conference's best athletes at Madison Square Garden, scholars from BIG EAST schools will also convene in the storied arena the morning of March 15 for the BIG EAST Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium. All 11 BIG EAS  more

ITHACA, New York, March 10 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * DGA's first game jam gives game developers a chance to level up The Development in Games Association (DGA) at Cornell hosted its first in-person game jam on March 1 and 2 in Gates Hall. Twelve teams tackled the challenge to create a video game in just two days with the theme, Third Time's the Charm. "I hope this event kindles some people's passion for game design," said Jacob Seto '26, DGA president. "No mat  more

ITHACA, New York, March 11 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Dynamic acoustics of hand clapping, elucidated In a scene toward the end of the 2006 film, "X-Men: The Last Stand," a character claps and sends a shock wave that knocks out an opposing army. Sunny Jung, professor of biological and environmental engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, was intrigued. "It made me curious about how the wave propagates when we clap our hands," Jung said. Ju  more

ALBANY, New York, March 12 -- Environmental Advocates of New York issued the following news release: * * * Environmental Advocates NY quotes in reaction to NYS Senate and Assembly Budgets A Strong Environmental Budget Makes New York Safer Quotes in reaction to today's release of the NYS Senate and Assembly Budgets "A budget is a statement of values, and this year, it is clear that protecting our environment means protecting New Yorkers. At a time when federal funding for environmental prote  more

ALFRED, New York, March 12 -- Alfred University issued the following news release: * * * Former director of Athens, Greece research institute to present 2025 Scholes Lecture at Alfred University Efstratios I. Kamitsos, researcher and former director of the Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute (TPCI), National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece, will deliver the annual Scholes Lecture at Alfred University, on Thursday, April 3, at 11:20 a.m. in Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall.  more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 11 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * In the Return Phase of Life: Giving Back to the University That Launched His Career John Chawner '84 holds a disk of aluminum that was part of a testing device for supersonic airflow he created during his time at the University. Chawner recently provided a gift to establish a new endowed professorship. In his home office, John Chawner '84 proudly displays a disk of aluminum dated "4-8-84." It is a treasured  more

NEW YORK, March 11 [Category: Health Care] -- The New York Health and Hospitals posted the following news release: * * * Large-Scale Abstract Expressionist Painting Installed at NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Ilya Bolotowsky's 6-foot-by-21-foot painting Untitled (1973) will return to view after years in storage thanks to a donation by Bloomberg Philanthropies Bolotowsky was an early practitioner of integrating the arts into healthcare settings Mar 11, 2025 Andrew Bolotowsky, the artist'  more

NEW YORK, March 11 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: * * * LEI for Japan fell in January Using the Composite Indexes: 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 Ja  more

NEW YORK, March 11 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: * * * LEI for the UK Fell in January Using the Composite Indexes: 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  more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 11 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Maxwell X Lab Study Reveals New Data on Email Recruitment Findings by the Maxwell X Lab may help employers, nonprofit organizations and other entities better connect with underserved communities. Their research, recently published in the Journal of Behavioral Public Administration, is the result of a collaboration between the Maxwell School and the School of Education to address teaching disparities in K-12  more

NEW YORK, March 12 -- The Center for Reproductive Rights issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Montana Court Strikes Down Restrictions on Abortion Care for Medicaid Patients Today's ruling permanently blocks several laws restricting Medicaid patients' access to abortion care, a win for Montanans Today, a Montana district court permanently blocked several restrictions that would have effectively eliminated abortion access for most Medicaid patients, especially those who   more

ITHACA, New York, March 11 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * More diverse investigators could help diversify clinical trials Black Americans are more willing to participate in medical studies led by Black doctors and researchers, perceiving them as more trustworthy, finds a new study co-authored by a Cornell economist. The findings suggest diversifying the leadership of clinical trials could improve enrollment by underrepresented groups including Black Americans, who com  more

NEW YORK, March 11 [Category: Law/Legal] -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following news release: * * * New Bill Would Rein in NYPD Strategic Response Group Abuse NEW YORK CITY - Today, New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) and New York City Councilmember Chi Osse rallied with advocates and protestors to launch the Communities United to Reject Brutality (CURB) Act, new legislation which would stop the New York City Police Department from deploying its militarized unit, the Strate  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 12 -- The National Association of State Energy Officials issued the following news: * * * New York Awards Funding to Four Clean Hydrogen Research and Development Projects By Kelsey Jones, NASEO On January 23, 2025, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that more than $1.2 million has been awarded to four innovative clean hydrogen research and development (R&D) projects through the Advanced Fuels and Thermal Energy Research  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 12 -- The National Association of State Energy Officials posted the following news: * * * New York Releases Blueprint for Considerations of Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies By Kelsey Jones, NASEO In January 2025, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) released a Blueprint for Considerations of Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies. The objective of the Blueprint is to outline the scope of the most important opportunities, issues,   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The National Governors Association issued the following news release: * * * Governors Polis and Hochul Spotlight Education Innovation in New York City Governors, Education Leaders Participate in National Governors Association Initiative New York City - Governor Kathy Hochul welcomed National Governors Association (NGA) Chair Colorado Governor Jared Polis for the latest in a series of bipartisan events in support of his NGA Chair's Initiative, Let's Get Ready: Educatin  more

NIAGARA FALLS, New York, March 12 -- Niagara University issued the following news: * * * Niagara University Education Professors Publish in Excelsior, the Journal of the New York Association of Colleges for Teacher Education By Lisa McMahon Dr. Karen Poland, assistant professor in Niagara University's College of Education, and her colleagues, Dr. Paul Vermette and Dr. MaryEllen Bardsley, recently published an article in Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning, the journal of the New   more

NEW YORK, March 11 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * NRDC Scorecard Highlights Winning State Transportation Policies WASHINGTON, D.C. - A new scorecard ranking state transportation policies highlights the ways they can drive progress by building a system that provides convenient, affordable and clean travel options for all. "States have always led on transportation policy, but their role is more important now with the T  more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, March 11 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release: * * * NY Starbucks Baristas File Amicus Brief Opposing Reinstatement of Biden-Appointed NLRB Member Removed by President Trump Starbucks employees have pending federal lawsuit challenging NLRB structure as unconstitutional, argue they could be harmed if member's removal is blocked Washington, DC (March 11, 2025) - The National Right to Work Foundation has just filed an   more

NEW YORK, March 11 [Category: Health Care] -- The New York Health and Hospitals posted the following news release: * * * NYC Health + Hospitals Launches New Season of The Remedy, a Podcast from the Largest Safety Net Health Care System in the United States Season 2 Episode 1: Community Health Workers covers these workers' vital role in bridging the gap between medical care and social needs like housing, food, and transportation The health care system's role as a public hospital system and a  more

NEW YORK, March 10 [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., posted the following news release: * * * Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks Superintendent Ryan Walters' attempts to purchase Bibles and Bible-infused instructional materials Oklahoma City - In a victory for religious freedom, public education and church-state separation, the Oklaho  more

ITHACA, New York, March 11 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Panel conversation explores pathways to peace for Israel, Palestine Nine hours. That's all the time it takes to travel from Beirut to Gaza, with stops for lunch in Damascus, Syria, afternoon tea in Amman, Jordan, and dinner in Jerusalem. It's important, particularly for Americans, to understand this geography, in which "the proximity of populations, of states and of conflict is in everyone's backyard," accordin  more

NEW YORK, March 11 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * President Trump's Comment that Tesla Protest May be Labelled "Domestic Terrorism" is the Next Step to Quash Dissent, Says PEN America (WASHINGTON)-- PEN America condemned President Trump's comment that he may label protests at Tesla dealerships and showrooms and other American companies   more

ITHACA, New York, March 11 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Renegotiated trade deal benefits US dairy producers The United States and Canada have been fighting about milk for years, but new Cornell research suggests recent Canadian trade concessions removed some barriers to U.S. dairy exports. Using monthly trade data, Christopher Wolf, the E. V. Baker Professor of Agricultural Economics in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, in the SC Johnson College  more

NEW YORK, March 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * Report: California has immediate and long-term solutions to bring down electricity rates SACRAMENTO -- A new analysis from NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) examines Pacific Gas & Electric's (PG&E) electricity rates and identifies reforms that could benefit customers of all of California's investor-owned utilities and encourage them to invest in clean electric po  more

NEW YORK, March 11 -- The Rockefeller Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Rockefeller Foundation and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Expand Access to Healthy Foods for America's Veterans "Both during and after my decades in the U.S. Navy, I saw firsthand the impacts of food insecurity and diet-related illness on America's Veterans," said James Stavridis, retired four-star U.S. Navy Admiral and Chair of The Rockefeller Foundation Board of Trustees. "Food is Medicine program  more

ITHACA, New York, March 11 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Rubin, barrier-breaking astronomer, graces a US quarter Vera Cooper Rubin, M.S. '51, a pathbreaking astronomer whose life's work included procuring the scientific evidence to prove the existence of dark matter, is being featured on the 2025 batch of the American Women Quarters Program. According to Cornell history expert Corey Ryan Earle '07, Rubin is believed to be the first Cornellian ever depicted on a circu  more

ITHACA, New York, March 11 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Task force to develop guidelines for use of institutional voice A new Cornell task force will develop guidance for how and when the university should exercise its "institutional voice" to speak officially on issues of social and political significance. The Task Force on Institutional Voice, established by Interim President Michael I. Kotlikoff and Provost Kavita Bala, will deliver by the end of the spring seme  more

NEW YORK, March 12 -- The Toy Foundation, an arm of the Toy Association, issued the following news release: * * * Toy Companies Unite to Contribute $1.3 Million in Support for Children in Need through The Toy Foundation Funds Collected at Toy of the Year Awards and Toy Donations from Toy Fair Exhibitors Will Help Deliver the Comfort of Play to Children Globally NEW YORK, NY | March 11, 2025 -- There is immense positive impact when the toy industry unites behind The Toy Foundation to deliver   more

WASHINGTON, March 11 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute posted the following news release: * * * Trump Doubles Metal Tariffs as He Presses Canada to Become Part of U.S. The New York Times cited CEI's experts on tariffs "Ryan Young, a senior economist at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said that putting tariffs on foreign countries' goods would almost always incite them to retaliate, increasing costs for consumers and worsening concerns about a recession. 'So  more

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York, March 12 -- Bard College issued the following news release: * * * Writer Rick Moody to Give Reading at Bard College on March 31 ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.--Award-winning writer Rick Moody will give a reading on Monday, March 31, at 4 pm in Weis Cinema in the Bertelsmann Campus Center at Bard College. The event, which is cosponsored by the literary magazine Conjunctions, will be the final installment in Bradford Morrow's Innovative Contemporary Fiction Reading Ser  more