NEW YORK, March 19 -- Asian American Scholar Forum, an organization that says it promotes academic belonging, openness, freedom and equality for all, issued the following news release: * * * AASF Warns on Dangers of Invocation of Disgraced Wartime Law Used to Incarcerate Japanese Americans During WWII This weekend, we witnessed the invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a wartime law last used to justify the forced incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. This act grants  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, March 18 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Binghamton University research looks at how axons make connections as brains grow New theory says axon reorientation causes them to react differently when exposed to forces within the brain's white matter By Chris Kocher How a person's brain grows and makes connections can determine intelligence as well as susceptibility to disorders such as epilepsy and mental illness. However, a lot of questions remai  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, March 18 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Research: Young adults in pain start using cannabis earlier and are more likely to mix it with alcohol Two journal articles authored by Binghamton psychology researchers explore the link between pain and substance use among emerging adults By Jennifer Micale Contrary to popular belief, young adults can experience significant acute and even chronic pain -- which can motivate them to use cannabis. A pair  more

NEW YORK, March 18 [Category: International] -- The International Rescue Committee posted the following news release: * * * Ceasefire must be reinstated to avert worsening humanitarian disaster in Gaza, the IRC warns Amman, Jordan, March 18, 2025 -- The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is gravely concerned by reports (opens in a new window) indicating that Israel's renewed airstrikes on Gaza have killed hundreds of civilians, including children, in Gaza City, Khan Younis, Deir al-Balah an  more

FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, March 18 -- Christendom College posted the following news: * * * Christendom Professor Publishes Latest on Irish Music Duo Christendom College history professor Dr. Christopher Shannon recently released his latest book, Singing from the Heart: The Dady Brothers, Irish Music and Ethnic Endurance in an American City. Telling the story of the Dady Brothers, a music duo from Rochester, New York, the book explores their rise through the Irish music revival of the late 20th c  more

NEW YORK, March 19 -- The Local Initiatives Support Corp. issued the following news release: * * * City of Cleveland and LISC Unveil Cleveland Housing Investment Fund Details and $100 Million Goal The fund aims to create between 2,500 and 3,000 affordable housing units, including a minimum of 100 units of for-sale housing March 18, 2025 - CLEVELAND - Cleveland Mayor Justin M. Bibb, Cleveland City Council and the Cleveland office of Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC Cleveland) anno  more

NEW YORK, March 19 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following news release on March 17, 2025: * * * Civil Rights, Immigration Organizations Sue Trump Administration Over Funding Freeze That is Putting People at Risk Lawsuit Challenges Unlawful Blockade of Critical Immigrant Services Funding Washington, DC -- Today, a coalition of civil rights and immigration service organizations filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump-Vance administration's unlawful freeze on Department of Homeland Securit  more

NEW YORK, March 19 -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news: * * * The Earth Is Getting Dryer Desertification is occurring in many parts of the world, including the western U.S., Brazil, most of Europe, Asia and central Africa. Is it too late to reverse it? By Renee Cho As Earth continues to warm, more and more of the planet is becoming dry. A 2024 UN report found that in the last three decades, over three-fourths of all the world's land became dri  more

NEW YORK, March 19 -- Columbia University issued the following news: * * * New High-Definition Pictures of the Baby Universe Physics Professor Colin Hill and collaborators have released the clearest images to-date of the universe in its infancy. New research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration--a team of researchers that includes Columbia Physics Professor Colin Hill--has revealed the clearest images yet of the universe's infancy, the earliest cosmic time accessible to hum  more

YONKERS, New York, March 19 -- Consumer Reports posted the following news release: * * * Consumer Reports tests find some infant formulas contain potentially harmful levels of arsenic and lead; most samples did not raise concerns FDA announces Operation Stork Speed to strengthen oversight on infant formula after CR shares its testing results with agency YONKERS, NY - A new Consumer Reports investigation of infant formulas found that some of the products tested contained potentially harmful   more

NEW YORK, March 18 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * Educators, Students, and Civil Rights Advocates Seek Preliminary Injunction... Last night, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and Tyler Bailey of Bailey Law Firm, LLC f iled a preliminary injunction on behalf of South Carolina educators, students, author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, and the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, asking a District Court in South Carolina to immedia  more

ITHACA, New York, March 18 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Electrons travel one of two routes in nano-biohybrid systems Peanut butter and jelly. Simon and Garfunkel. Semiconductors and bacteria. Some combinations are more durable than others. In recent years, an interdisciplinary team of Cornell researchers has been pairing microbes with the semiconductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots, with the goal of creating nano-biohybrid systems that can harvest sunlight to   more

NEW YORK, March 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Eliminating science research department latest sign that President Trump's EPA works for polluters (WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 18, 2025) The Trump administration is moving to shutter EPA's science research department, which employs toxicologists, biologists and other scientists, according to published reports. "EPA's science-backed protections are what stand between families a  more

ITHACA, New York, March 17 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Engaged Opportunity Grants Fuel Community-Engaged Learning for Students Cornell offers undergraduate students a wide variety of opportunities to become involved in positive change through community-engaged learning. Seven projects are receiving a boost from the latest round of Engaged Opportunity Grants, awarded two times a year by the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement to teams of faculty or staff and th  more

ROCHESTER, New York, March 19 -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * Entrepreneur, scientist, engineer Astro Teller is RIT's Academic Convocation keynote speaker 'Captain of Moonshots' will speak to the RIT community during Academic Convocation May 9 Astro Teller, a renowned entrepreneur, engineer, scientist, and "Captain of Moonshots" at X Google's Factory and innovation lab, will be an honorary degree recipient and the keynote speaker for Rochester In  more

NEW YORK, March 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * EPA Planning to Gut its Science Office WASHINGTON -The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to gut its science office - the Office of Research and Development - and lay off more than 1,000 scientists, including chemists, biologists, and toxicologists, the New York Times reported. The following is a statement from Ticora Jones, chief science officer at NRDC (Na  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 18 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Farmers and Advocates Seek Preliminary Injunction Requiring USDA to Restore Purged Climate Webpages Washington, DC -- On behalf of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (NOFA-NY), NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), and the Environmental Working Group (EWG), Earthjustice and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed a motion for a  more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 18 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * International Festival Celebrates Worldwide Campus Connections The Center for International Services invites the campus community to attend the fifth annual International Festival on Sunday, April 6, from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Goldstein Auditorium, Schine Student Center. This event is a collaboration between the Center for International Services and registered student organizations (RSOs) on campus, celebratin  more

NEW YORK, March 17 [Category: International] -- The International Rescue Committee posted the following news release: * * * The International Rescue Committee named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2025 New York, NY, March 17, 2025 -- The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is honored to be recognized by Fast Company (opens in a new window) as one of the World's Most Innovative Companies of 2025. The IRC joins the ranks of global innovators such as OpenAI, Nvidia, and Duoli  more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 18 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Jennifer Hain Teper Presenting at the 2025 Brodsky Series for the Advancement of Library Conservation Jennifer Hain Teper, Velde Professor and Preservation Librarian at the University of Illinois Libraries, will present at Syracuse University Libraries' annual Brodsky Series for the Advancement of Library Conservation. Jennifer Hain Teper Hain Teper's hybrid lecture, titled " Historic Scrapbooks in Librar  more

NEW YORK, March 18 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF Condemns President Trump's Dangerous and Overtly Political Speech... The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) today denounced President Trump's unprecedented and dangerous speech at the Department of Justice on Friday. LDF President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson issued the following statement. "The Justice Department headquarters stands as a pillar of our democracy - a beaco  more

ITHACA, New York, March 18 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Legality unlikely to sway public opinion about executive actions Freezes on funding committed to research and international aid. Mass firings of federal employees. Ending birthright citizenship. Threatened deportations of legal immigrants. President Donald Trump's torrent of executive orders and other unilateral action opening his second term have invited legal scrutiny and outrage from opponents. But don't ex  more

NEW YORK, March 18 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: * * * LEI for Australia Increased 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

ITHACA, New York, March 18 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Lowering bioenergetic age can help fend off Alzheimer's A person's "bioenergetic age" - or how youthfully their cells generate energy - might be a key indicator of whether they're at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, new research from Weill Cornell Medicine shows. The study, published Feb. 24 in Nature Communications, suggests healthy living can turn back the bioenergetic clock for some people, helping t  more

NEW YORK, March 19 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on March 18, 2025, to the New York Post: * * * Albany to Crime Victims: Drop Dead By Hannah E. Meyers New York's Legislature does not care about domestic violence victims. That's what the state Senate and Assembly signaled last week when they omitted from their budget drafts any amendments to New York's radical, unjust discovery law. The 2020 discovery statute created the largest unnecessary complia  more

NEW YORK, March 19 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on March 18, 2025, to the New York Times: * * * Why the Obvious Can Be Game-Changing for Democrats By Nicole Gelinas Democrats' standing is at a record low nationally. To inch their way up from their nadir, Democrats must demonstrate the basics of governing. As New York City slouches toward the Democratic mayoral primary in June, a subway safety plan proposed by the front-runner, former Gov. Andrew C  more

NEW YORK, March 19 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on March 18, 2025, to the Washington Post: * * * The Columbia Protest Case Is About Immigration Law, Not Free Speech By Tal Fortgang Mahmoud Khalil has First Amendment advocates on his side. But facts and the law are against him. Many people are up in arms over the Trump administration's attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil. Prominent nongovernmental organizations, elected officials and public figures ha  more

NEW YORK, March 18 [Category: Health Care] -- The New York Health and Hospitals posted the following news release: * * * Mayor Adams, NYC Health + Hospitals President and CEO Dr. Katz, Public Schools Chancellor Aviles-Ramos Celebrate Opening of 16 New Mental Health Clinics in New York City Public Schools NYC Health + Hospitals-staffed school-based clinics serve more than 6,000 New York City Public Schools students across Bronx and Central Brooklyn Builds on Adams Administration's $5 Million  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, March 19 -- The National Thoroughbred Racing Association issued the following message on March 17, 2025: * * * A Message From NTRA President & CEO Tom Rooney Like many of you, I was disappointed in the content and tone of the guest essay on horse racing published in the New York Times two weeks ago. And while it was an opinion piece, the author presented a very one-sided view with facts selected to back up his preconceived narrative. In response, I sent a letter to the e  more

NEW YORK, March 19 -- Metropolitan Opera issued the following news release: * * * The Met's New Production of Strauss's Salome Premieres April 29 Starring soprano Elza van den Heever and baritone Peter Mattei Directed by Claus Guth in his Met debut Led by Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin The Met: Live in HD transmission of Salome to be broadcast worldwide on May 17 The Metropolitan Opera's new production of Strauss's Salome opens on Tuesday, April 29, marking the first new Met producti  more

NEW YORK, March 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * New Study Demonstrates Feasibility and Benefits of Small Vessel Electrification in The Bahamas (The Bahamas) A new report, led by Environmental Defense Fund and University of The Bahamas, in collaboration with the Bahamas Sportfishing Conservation Association and Photon Marine, examines the feasibility of and possible pathways for the electrification of small vessels in The Ba  more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 18 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * New York City the Setting for Second 'Monumental Concerns' Symposium A daylong symposium hosted by Syracuse University Artist in Residence Carrie Mae Weems will bring together artists, poets, scholars, activists and theorists to explore contested sites of memory and monuments. "Monumental Concerns 2"--a continuation of the first "Monumental Concerns" symposium held on campus in fall 2023--is scheduled for F  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Environmental Protection Network issued the following news release: * * * Plans to Eliminate EPA's Science Office are a Wrecking Ball Assault on Science WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 18, 2025 -- According to documents obtained by House science committee Democrats and reported in the New York Times, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific office, "firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists." "This is a wre  more

NEW YORK, March 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * President Trump Signals Mandating More Coal Power, Action Would Impose High Health and Electricity Costs News reports say President Trump is considering using emergency powers to mandate electricity production from coal-fired power plants. "President Trump's proposal to mandate that the American people use coal would mean higher electricity bills and more deadly pollution fo  more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 18 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact Celebrates 50 Years of Artistic and Literary Exploration For half a century, Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact (POC) has served the University and local communities as a hub for artistic and literary exploration. Two special programs will be held this year in celebration of the organization's 50th anniversary. Diana Marie Delgado On Thursday, April 2, a reading by accla  more

ITHACA, New York, March 18 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Record matches and challenges mark 11th Giving Day For 24 hours, donors rallied together to help Cornell "reach for the stars" on the 11th Giving Day, held March 13. This year's space-themed event raised $11,206,717 from 17,591 donors, for a total of 25,929 gifts making a tangible show of support for causes across the university. "Cornellians everywhere demonstrated their continued commitment to our founding  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network posted the following news release: * * * Senate Unanimously Passes Legislation Improving New Yorkers' Access to Lung Cancer Screening; Coalition Backing Bill Applauds Senators & Calls on Assembly to Follow Suit This afternoon, the New York State Senate unanimously passed legislation that would eliminate cost-sharing for lung cancer screenings and follow-up tests for all eligible New Yorkers insured t  more

NEW YORK, March 18 [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: * * * State District Court of Appeals Blocks Ohio's Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Minors, in an Historic Win for Families and Bodily Autonomy COLUMBUS- Today, in an historic win for bodily autonomy and LGBTQ+ Ohioans, a three judge pa  more

NEW YORK, March 18 [Category: International] -- The International Rescue Committee posted the following news release: * * * Sudanese Refugees in Libya: Refugees and communities in Alkufra in need of urgent support as regional displacement crisis escalates Tripoli, Libya, March 18, 2025 -- As the conflict in Sudan continues to drive mass displacement, an estimated 500 Sudanese refugees are arriving daily in Alkufra, a remote border city in southern Libya. The health system in Alkufra, not desi  more

STONY BROOK, New York, March 19 -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook University issued the following news release: * * * Clearest and Most Precise Images of the Universe's Infancy Revealed Astrophysicist Neelima Sehgal is part of the ACT collaboration that through a telescope in Chile has produced unprecedented cosmic images of the oldest light in the Universe STONY BROOK, NY, March 18, 2025 - Research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration has produced new image  more

NEW YORK, March 18 [Category: International] -- The International Rescue Committee posted the following news release: * * * Syria: The IRC urges increased support as Brussels Conference fails to close humanitarian funding gap Brussels, Belgium, March 18, 2025 -- The International Rescue Committee (IRC) welcomes the pledges made at yesterday's 9th Brussels Conference, "Standing with Syria", hosted by the EU. About 5.8 billion EUR was pledged at the event, with the final sum to be confirmed in   more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The Wilderness Society issued the following news release: * * * Trump admin reportedly rescinds national monuments in California Opaque rollback of national monument designations paves the way for reckless leasing in beloved places WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 15, 2025)--According to New York Times and Washington Post reporting, the Trump administration has rescinded the proclamations that established two national monuments totaling nearly a million acres in California: Ch  more

BUFFALO, New York, March 19 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * Faculty expert on pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics explains importance of field's specialties Drug efficacy, safety tied to clear understanding of how the body processes medications By Laurie Kaiser BUFFALO, N.Y. -- When you pop a prescription pill into your mouth, you trust it to address the issue it was meant to fix. But what really happens? How is your body p  more

BUFFALO, New York, March 19 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * Solo soundtrack: Study reveals the hidden social benefits of listening to music alone BUFFALO, N.Y. - Listening to music by yourself might not seem like a social activity, but University at Buffalo researchers have published a study that suggests how doing so can have valuable social benefits. "It's a great way to give yourself a social boost and increase your well  more

NEW YORK, March 19 -- The U.S. Council for International Business issued the following news on March 18, 2025: * * * USCIB Discusses Global Digital Policy with ITU Secretary General USCIB staff met with Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on March 17 at USCIB's Washington office to discuss the importance of the ITU's work in global digital policy for US business. USCIB appreciated the opportunity to meet with Bogdan-Martin while she was i  more