SYRACUSE, New York, Aug. 11 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Art Museum Faculty Fellows Leverage Collections to Enhance Teaching * Four faculty members have been named Syracuse University Art Museum Faculty Fellows for the 2025-26 academic year. The fellows program, now in its fourth year, supports innovative curriculum development and the fuller integration of the museum's collection in University instruction. It was established to further the museum's mission to be a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Centennial Exhibition "Enduring Traditions: Celebrating the World of Textiles" Showcases Collection Masterworks at The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, August 16 through December 20, 2025 * WASHINGTON (August 13, 2025) --The Textile Museum is celebrating its first century and looking ahead with an exhibition of some 60 masterworks drawn entirely from its renowned collection in "End  more

TORONTO, Ontario, Aug. 11 [Category: TravelBiz] -- Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts posted the following news release: * * * Checking in to Another Century: The Suites of Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet * Some addresses are simply destinations. Others are time machines. As the sun sets over Istanbul's Old City, the domes of Hagia Sophia glow in rose gold light. From the private terrace of a suite at Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet, the call to prayer drifts across the   more

KINGSPORT, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- Eastman Chemical Co. issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2025: * * * Eastman and Huafon Chemical to establish local cellulose acetate yarn manufacturing facility in China KINGSPORT, Tennessee -- Eastman (NYSE: EMN) today announced a formal strategic partnership with Huafon Chemical to establish a joint facility to produce cellulose acetate yarn. The facility will be dedicated to localized production and product innovation of Eastman Naia cellulose ac  more

BEDFORD PARK, Australia, Aug. 11 (TNSjou) -- Flinders University issued the following news: * * * Critical call in UN plastic treaty Rising levels of plastic waste are breaking down in every part of Earth's land, sea and air, leading to the proliferation of micro- and nanoplastic pollution posing a risk to all lifeforms. Flinders University Associate Professor Melanie MacGregor, an ARC Future Fellow and Matthew Flinders Fellow in Chemistry, has co-authored a scientific policy submission to t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 13 (TNSrep) -- Boston Consulting Group, a management consulting firm, presented the following news release: * * * From Waste to Worth: Fashion's Opportunity to Reclaim up to $150 Billion in Lost Textile Value a Year * Textile Waste Hit 120 Million Metric Tons in 2024 and Could Exceed 150 Million Metric Tons Annually Within the Next Five Years * New BCG Report Explores How to Scale the Circular Economy and Reclaim Lost Value * BOSTON--The world is producing cloth  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (TNSFR) -- The International Trade Commission is commencing a preliminary investigation into imports of high purity dissolving pulp from Brazil and Norway. This action follows petitions filed by Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc., Jacksonville, Florida and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union. The domestic organizations claim that the imports are being sold at unfairly low values and that  more

ISPRA, Italy, Aug. 14 -- The European Commission's Joint Research Center posted the following news: * * * Proper waste management can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the EU * Currently, EU waste management lowers EU annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by around 1%, in contrast with global waste management which is a net emitter. As much as 83% of the EU emissions saving is driven by highly successful metal waste management. This largely offsets the emissions from managing   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following remarks from a July 31, 2025, confirmation hearing. The witnesses are Bryan Switzer to be deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Gustav Chiarello III to be assistant secretary of Health and Human Services, Michael Stuart to be HHS general counsel and Derek Theurer to be deputy under secretary of the Treasury. * * * "This meeting will come to order. Thank you to our nominees, Mr. Switze  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement from a July 31, 2025, confirmation hearing. The witnesses are Bryan Switzer to be deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Gustav Chiarello III to be assistant secretary of Health and Human Services, Michael Stuart to be HHS general counsel and Derek Theurer to be deputy under secretary of the Treasury. * * * The Committee meets this morning to discuss four nominations. D  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Bryan R. Switzer, President Trump's nominee to be deputy U.S. Trade Representative for Asia, textiles, investment, services and intellectual property, from a July 31, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Wyden, and Members of this Committee, I am honored to appear before you today as President Trump's nominee for Deputy United States Trade Representative for Asia, Textiles, Inves  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 11 -- The Arkansas Economic Development Commission posted the following news from Welspun Tubular LLC: * * * Welspun Tubular to Invest $150 Million in New LSAW Pipe Mill in Little Rock, Arkansas Welspun Tubular LLC announced a major expansion project with an investment of $150 million to establish a new Longitudinally Submerged Arc Welded (LSAW) line pipe mill and coating facility at its existing site in Little Rock, Arkansas. This expansion is expected to create 3  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 14 -- Yale School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Troubled waters? The future of drinking water in the U.S. By Meg Dalton From fluoride to "forever chemicals," drinking water has been in the spotlight this year. In a Q&A, Yale epidemiologist Nicole Deziel discusses the water we drink today -- and what's on tap for the future. In 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan, made history -- as the first city in the world to add small amounts of fluoride to its   more