ITHACA, New York, March 13 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * 'Flipping' switch boosts stem cell numbers for therapies A single molecular switch is essential for blood stem cells to enter an activated, regenerative state in which they produce new blood cells, according to a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The discovery could lead to more effective bone marrow transplants and gene therapies. Stem cells are immature cells that have a basic reg  more

CANTON, Ohio, March 12 [Category: Sports] -- The National Football League posted the following news: * * * 2024 performance-based pay distributions announced: Jets LB Jamien Sherwood leads way NFL players will receive over $452 million in Performance-Based Pay for their performance during the 2024 season, the NFL announced today. The Performance-Based Pay program is a collectively bargained benefit that compensates all players based upon their playing time and salary levels. New York Jets'   more

NEW YORK, March 13 -- The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following statement on March 12, 2025: * * * AALDEF: The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil is illegal and discriminatory "Khalil--and so many other immigrants--should be free." The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) issued a statement in response to the illegal arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University. Statement from Bethany Li, executive director of the Asian America  more

HAMILTON, New York, March 12 -- Colgate University posted the following news: * * * Author Jonathan Eig Details the Life of a Complex, Radical Martin Luther King Jr. In King: A Life, author Jonathan Eig focuses on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of faith-based radicalism. During his Feb. 11 lecture at Colgate, Beyond The Dream: Embracing a More Complicated Martin Luther King, Eig said he believes King would be horrified at how his activism and writings have been overshadowed by a modern, more  more

CANTON, Ohio, March 12 [Category: Sports] -- The National Football League posted the following news: * * * Brett Favre encourages Aaron Rodgers to play for Vikings: 'That's a good place to win' Could Aaron Rodgers continue to walk the Brett Favre path by closing out his career in Minnesota? Favre spent 16 years in Green Bay before a quick stopover with the New York Jets ahead of closing his Hall of Fame career with two years in Minnesota. Rodgers, who spent three years as Favre's understudy  more

NEW YORK, March 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * Colorado Bill to Encourage Cleaner Construction Enters First Committee Hearing DENVER, CO -- Today, a bipartisan bill to incentivize carbon emissions reductions for construction materials enters its first committee hearing. SB25-182 targets reductions in the embodied carbon emissions released during the sourcing and manufacturing of project materials. "Colorado consis  more

NEW YORK, March 12 [Category: Sociological] -- Everytown for Gun Safety posted the following news release: * * * Colorado House Lawmakers Advance Critical Bill to Strengthen Colorado's High Capacity Magazine Ban; Here is What You Need to Know About SB 3 Experts From Everytown, Vote Vet Representatives, Gun Violence Survivors, and Moms and Students Demand Action Volunteers Testified in the House Judiciary Committee Yesterday DENVER -- Yesterday, following the tireless advocacy of gun violenc  more

NEW YORK, March 13 -- Democrats for Education Reform issued the following news release: * * * DFER CEO Jorge Elorza Responds to the Trump Administration Imperiling the Education of Millions of Children Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) CEO Jorge Elorza released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration firing over 1,300 employees at the Department of Education: "The Trump Administration's decision to fire more than a thousand employees at the Department of Education  more

NEW YORK, March 12 [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: * * * Doctors Challenge Removal of Their Patient Safety Research from Federal Website BOSTON -- Doctors from Harvard Medical School today challenged the removal of their articles from the Patient Safety Network (PSNet), a government-run websit  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 12 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Earthjustice Statement: New York State One-House Budgets SFY2025-26 Albany, NY -- Monday evening, the New York State Senate and Assembly released their one-house budget bills for the SFY2025-26 budget. Both houses built upon the Executive Budget climate and environmental proposals with additional funding and policy items. The following statement can be attributed to Liz Mor  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Economic Liberties Project posted the following news release: * * * Economic Liberties Welcomes New York Senate's Attention to Utility Rate Reform, Urges Improvements Washington, D.C. -- Following the release of the New York State Senate's new one-house budget proposal, which includes efforts to rein in excessive utility rates of return (ROR) that lead to higher energy prices, the American Economic Liberties Project released the fo  more

NEW YORK, March 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * EPA Administrator Zeldin's Plan Will Increase Pollution in Daily Lives (Washington, D.C. - March 12, 2025) EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin today unveiled a plan to attack dozens of the nation's most successful and vital environmental protections addressing industrial pollution - pollution limits that have saved lives, protected millions from severe health problems, helped America  more

NEW YORK, March 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * EPA Moves to Abdicate its Responsibilities with Health and Climate Rollbacks WASHINGTON - In a staggering announcement, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin unveiled plans to repeal or weaken 31 crucial standards that protect public health and address the climate crisis. This is a plan to give a slew of industries - from power plants to vehicles to oil and gas and more - a free  more

NEW YORK, March 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * EPA Moves To Further Cut Clean Water Act, Threatening Water Supplies for Millions WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a new effort likely to result in regulatory changes that further weaken the Clean Water Act by restricting protections for streams, wetlands, and other vital waterways. Under the guise of aligning federal policy with the Supr  more

NEW YORK, March 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * EPA Sides With Polluters in Stunning Surrender WASHINGTON - In a stunning surrender of its mandate to protect health and the environment, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a slew of major actions within just the last day that would leave millions of Americans with more expensive energy bills, breathing dirtier air, facing greater risk of flooding and confron  more

NEW YORK, March 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * EPA's Reckless Move to Halt Clean Energy Grants WASHINGTON, D.C. - Lee Zeldin, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced that the agency would cancel $20 billion of contracts that are poised to deliver unprecedented clean energy upgrades to homes, businesses, schools, and churches across the nation. In just its first months of operation, these investm  more

ITHACA, New York, March 13 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Faculty panel: More investment for social good is needed Financial markets could help society achieve both prosperity and equity, but investment in efforts to address pressing social problems is still underfunded, according to a panel of Cornell faculty. The eighth annual Cornell SC Johnson College of Business Faculty Panel on leading policy issues focused on the state of finance with a social purpose. Five pro  more

NEW YORK, March 10 -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society issued the following news: * * * Funding for the Congressional Directed Medical Research Programs at Risk in FY 2025 The National MS Society is deeply concerned by the proposed steep cuts and reallocation of funding to the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) in the Continuing Resolution for FY25. Through CDMRP, the Multiple Sclerosis Research Program (MSRP) provides researchers with essential funding and flexi  more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 12 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * In Memory of Renowned Chemical Engineering Alum Andreas Acrivos '50 Andreas Acrivos The College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) noted the passing of chemical engineering alumnus Andreas Acrivos '50, on Feb. 17, 2025. Acrivos was recognized by the American Institute of Physics as one of the greatest fluid dynamicists of the 20th century and was a leading figure in the chemical engineering field.   more

ITHACA, New York, March 13 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Jane Bennett to deliver Culler Lecture in Critical Theory The limits of "data" as the unit of humanistic study will be the topic of this year's Culler Lecture in Critical Theory at the Society for the Humanities. Entitled " On Behalf of the Anexact: Along the Lines of Franz Kafka, Paul Klee, Len Lye, " the lecture will be delivered by Jane Bennett, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities at Johns Hopkins Un  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 13 -- Thomas More Society, a national public interest law firm defending life, family and freedom, issued the following news on March 12, 2025: * * * Judge Denies New York AG Letitia James' Attempt to Hold in Contempt Pro-Life Advocates Thomas More Society Attorneys Successfully Defend Red Rose Rescue Against AG James' False Allegations (New York, New York) On March 10, 2025, Thomas More Society attorneys successfully defeated a contempt motion filed by New York Atto  more

NEW YORK, March 13 -- The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University issued the following news release: * * * Knight Institute and SMU Law Clinic Seek Immediate Release of Records Related to Texas School's Use of Surveillance Technology Say surveillance systems in schools undermine students' privacy and expressive rights, government should release related public records FORT WORTH, TX--The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and the SMU Dedman School of Law F  more

ITHACA, New York, March 13 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Large-scale investment in research needed to maintain U.S. agriculture Climate change and flagging investment in research and development has U.S. agriculture facing its first productivity slowdown in decades. A new study estimates the public sector investment needed to reverse course. In the paper, published March 11 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers model both the dampening e  more

NEW YORK, March 12 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF Condemns Targeting and Criminalization of Protesters Following Arrest of Mahmoud... Over the past weekend, Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate who has participated in campus protests and is a permanent resident of the United States, was arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Mr. Khalil is currently detained at Central Louisian  more

NEW YORK, March 12 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF Condemns Trump Administration's Mass Layoffs/Reduction in Force and... Yesterday, the Trump Administration announced plans to eliminate nearly half of all positions within the U.S. Department of Education, an extraordinary step toward executing the Project 2025 playbook to weaken federal civil rights enforcement and eliminate programs and resources vital to the agency'  more

NEW YORK, March 13 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: * * * LEI for Spain Ticked Down 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  more

NEW YORK, March 11 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on March 10, 2025, to the New York Post: * * * Mayoral Race Gets Messier -- Putting Union Kingmakers in a Pickle By John Ketcham The water's still cold, but everyone's jumping in. With City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams' launching her 11th-hour bid Wednesday, the messiest New York City mayoral primary in living memory now pits an incumbent mayor against a former governor, a current council speaker,   more

NEW YORK, March 11 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on March 10, 2025, to the New York Times: * * * A Simple Way to Check Police Corruption? Parking Tickets. By Nicole Gelinas On a February morning, as light snow turned to light rain, traffic backed up behind a truck on a Brooklyn side street. The driver had stepped out to measure whether he could get past one of a long line of parked S.U.V.s and sedans, jutting off the sidewalk and into the street, ou  more

NEW YORK, March 11 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on March 9, 2025, to UnHerd: * * * Is Trump's Anti-DEI Pushback Going Too Far? By Neetu Arnold Over the last two months, Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Edward Martin has forcefully demanded that Georgetown University's Law School eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) from its curriculum or risk jeopardising Department of Justice career opportunities for students. "It ha  more

NEW YORK, March 12 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on March 11, 2025, to the Washington Reporter: * * * How to Thread the Needle to Reform Medicaid By Chris Pope Congressional Republicans have suggested that Medicaid could make up much of the savings needed to offset the cost of renewing Trump's tax cut. The GOP has only a slender House majority, and many of its members are reluctant to cut benefits for existing enrollees. But the growth rate of Medic  more

NEW YORK, March 12 [Category: Sociological] -- Everytown for Gun Safety posted the following news release: * * * Missouri Legislature Approves Bill to Undermine St. Louis' Ability to Advance Gun Violence Prevention Measures, Transferring Control of Police Department to State Board of Police, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Respond JEFFERSON CITY, MO. -- The Missouri chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety's grassroots netw  more

NEW YORK, March 11 [Category: Law/Legal] -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following news release: * * * New Report Highlights NYPD Community Response Team's Pattern of Abuse NEW YORK CITY - A new report by ProPublica raises the alarm about the Community Response Team, a specialized unit of the New York City Police Department closely tied to Mayor Adams and tasked with cracking down on low-level offenses (https://www.propublica.org/article/eric-adams-nypd-community-response-team-po  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 12 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * New York Assembly Must Prioritize Affordability, Put NY HEAT Act in Final Budget As Utilities Raise Rates Every Year Albany, NY -- This week, the New York State Senate and Assembly released their one-house budget proposals. The Senate recognized the need to address New York's affordability and climate crises and included the full NY HEAT Act in their budget. The Assembly incl  more

NEW YORK, March 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * New York State Senate Includes Climate Resilient New York Act in the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget (ALBANY, NEW YORK - March 12, 2025) - This week the New York State Senate announced the inclusion of the Climate Resilience New York Act of 2025, proposed legislation S3590, in their fiscal year 2026 one-house budget. The bill aims to establish an Office of Resilience within the state'  more

NEW YORK, March 12 [Category: Health Care] -- The New York Health and Hospitals posted the following news release: * * * NYC Health + Hospitals Screened Nearly 60,000 Patients for Colorectal Cancer in 2024 with At-Home FIT Test, a 12% Increase Over 2023 Colorectal cancer, also known as colon cancer, occurs in the colon or rectum and is the second-leading cause of cancer death in New York City March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month NYC Health + Hospitals urges New Yorkers 45 t  more

NEW YORK, March 12 [Category: Health Care] -- The New York Health and Hospitals posted the following news release: * * * NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue Joins New Bronchiectasis and NTM Care Center Network The new national network facilitates access to high-quality, specialized patient care for bronchiectasis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) lung disease Mar 12, 2025 NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue today announced that the Bronchiectasis and NTM Association has accepted Bellevue Hos  more

NEW YORK, March 13 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: * * * Online Labor Demand Increased in February The Conference Board-Lightcast Help Wanted OnLine(R) (HWOL) Index increased in February 2025 to 120.8 (July 2018=100), up from an upwardly revised 116.9 in January. The 3.3% increase between February and January followed a 0.7% increase between January and December. Overall, the Index is down 10.3% from one year ago. The HWOL Index measures the change in advertised on  more

NEW YORK, March 12 [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: * * * PEN America Calls on Congress to Intervene to Protect Education for All, in Wake of Abrupt Layoffs at Federal Education Department (WASHINGTON)-- PEN America condemned the gutting of the Department of Education staff and its abrupt closure today. This step, taken together with other acti  more

NEW YORK, March 12 [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: * * * PEN America Condemns Continued Detention of Mahmoud Khalil as Retaliation Against Free Speech (NEW YORK)--In response to today's hearing on the detention of Mahmoud Khalil, Jonathan Friedman, Sy Syms Managing Director of U.S. Free Expression Programs at PEN America, issued the following   more

NEW YORK, March 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Restarting Dirty Coal Plants Will Mean More Pollution, Health Harms, Higher Costs for Americans " Restarting old, dirty coal plants will bring more pollution and higher costs for American families. It will mean more smog, more asthma attacks for kids, more heart problems for older Americans, and more toxic mercury that's a danger to the brain development of young children. "  more

ITHACA, New York, March 13 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Sevin Fellowship returns to West Campus For Brown University physics professor, author and jazz musician Stephon Alexander, creativity, practice and the mistakes that inevitably come with them, are just part of the process. "The way I teach my students how to become better physicists is the same way my jazz teachers trained me," said Alexander at the West Campus House System Sevin Lecture on Mar. 5 at Hans Beth  more

ITHACA, New York, March 13 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Solar solutions: 'MacGyver engineering' extends PV panel life Not all energy solutions are launched with state support or industry partnerships or millions of dollars in funding. Some begin with a quick trip to Lowe's. After taking a class with Tobias Hanrath last spring, materials science and engineering major Aarav Seth '25 began talking with his professor about finding a project to channel his interest in en  more

MCLEAN, Virginia, March 13 -- The Air Line Pilots Association International issued the following statement on March 12, 2025: * * * Spirit Airlines Pilots Respond to Company's Emergence from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy FT. LAUDERDALE, FLA.--Capt. Ryan Muller, chair of the Spirit Airlines Master Executive Council (MEC) of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA), issued the following statement in response to Spirit Airlines' emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, nearly four months after its Nov  more

NEW YORK, March 12 (TNSres) -- The International Refugee Assistance Project issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Status Report Confirms Government is Undermining Court Ruling to Resume Refugee Processing (Seattle, WA) -- Last night, the U.S. government filed a status report in Pacito v. Trump after a federal judge required the defendants to detail their efforts to resume refugee processing in accordance with the court's preliminary injunction against the Trump administra  more

NEW YORK, March 12 [Category: International] -- The International Rescue Committee posted the following news release: * * * The IRC calls for the urgent release of funding for aid in Sudan and lifting of all access barriers ahead of Senior Officials Meeting in Brussels Khartoum, Sudan, March 12, 2025 -- Ahead of the Senior Officials Meeting on Sudan taking place in Brussels on March 13, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) today urged international donors from around the world to step up   more

NEW YORK, March 12 -- The Anti-Defamation League, an anti-hate organization that aims to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all, issued the following news release: * * * TOV, the First-Ever Jewish Advocacy ETF, Tops $100 Million in Assets Days After Launch Rapid Growth of New ETF Signals Strong Investor Interest in Shareholder Advocacy Tools Designed to Combat Antisemitism and Hate NEW YORK, NY, March 11, 2025 - The JLens 500 Jewish Advocacy  more

NEW YORK, March 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration to Close EPA's Environmental Justice Offices (WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- "A functional and prosperous society needs a healthy workforce, and for 30 years, EPA's offices of environmental justice helped millions of Americans live healthier lives by protecting the families, communities and workers most exposed to harmful pollution and extreme weather events. "Eli  more

NEW YORK, March 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * Trump EPA Shutters Environmental Justice Offices, Cancels Grants WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moved to cancel $2 billion in grants to help communities burdened by pollution and will shutter every environmental justice office nationwide, according to published reports. The following is a reaction by Matthew Tejada, Senior Vice Pres  more

NEW YORK, March 13 -- The U.S. Council for International Business issued the following news on March 12, 2025: * * * USCIB Joins Multi-Association Letter to President Trump on International AI Priorities This week, USCIB joined other leading US business associations, including the Coalition of Services Industries, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Consumer Technology Association, National Foreign Trade Council, and US Chamber of Commerce, to call on President Donald Trump to tak  more

NEW YORK, March 13 -- The U.S. Council for International Business issued the following news on March 12, 2025: * * * USCIB Participates in Panel on North American Manufacturing Last week, Alice Slayton Clark, Senior Vice President for Trade, Investment, and Digital Policy at USCIB, participated in the Canadian Chamber of Commerce's panel discussion, What's Next for North American Manufacturing, held in Washington, DC. The session opened with remarks from David Paterson, Ontario Representati  more

NEW YORK, March 13 -- The U.S. Council for International Business issued the following news on March 12, 2025: * * * USCIB Responds to Trump Administration's Reciprocal Tariff Policy USCIB filed comments this week in response to the Trump Administration's review of unfair trading practices with the goal of developing reciprocal tariffs to level the playing field. USCIB reasserted its staunch support for trade enforcement and fairness, regularly communicating with executive officials on tariff  more

NEW YORK, March 13 -- The U.S. Council for International Business issued the following news on March 12, 2025: * * * Whitney Baird Attends BIAC Pre-Ministerial Council Meeting Annual Consultation Earlier this week, USCIB President & CEO Whitney Baird attended Business at OECD's (BIAC) pre-Ministerial Council Meeting Annual Consultation in San Jose, Costa Rica. Baird joined Costa Rican officials, including Manuel Tovar from the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Paula Bogantes from the Ministry of S  more

NEW YORK, March 12 [Category: Sports] -- The National Basketball Association posted the following news release: * * * WNBA Draft 2025 presented by State Farm to be held on April 14 at The Shed in New York City NEW YORK - The WNBA Draft 2025 presented by State Farm (r) will be held on Monday, April 14 at The Shed in New York City. WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert will announce the draft picks live on ESPN with exclusive coverage beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET. The draft, along with the WNBA Countd  more