ITHACA, New York, Aug. 21 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * 'Ultra-fresh' fashion reshapes the industry, with a cost to the environment * Traditional fast-fashion companies such as Zara and H&M rely on quick production cycles to keep up with consumer demand. A new business model supercharging that approach, called "ultra-fresh fashion," offers clothing collections on an almost daily basis and is revolutionizing the fashion industry. New research from Cornell SC Johnson  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * A24's WARFARE Begins Streaming Exclusively On HBO Max September 12 * A24's WARFARE will make its streaming debut exclusively on HBO Max in the U.S. on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. The film will debut on HBO linear on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 at 8:00 p.m. ET. WARFARE stars D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Sm  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- Accenture, a global professional services company, presented the following news release: * * * Accenture Invests in CLIKA to Expand Intelligent Edge AI Capabilities NEW YORK; Aug. 21, 2025 - Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has invested, through Accenture Ventures, in CLIKA, a high-performance AI compression platform company. The investment will expand Accenture's intelligent edge and infrastructure engineering capabilities and fast-track AI deployment for edge devices. As the dema  more

GARDEN CITY, New York, Aug. 21 -- Adelphi University issued the following news: * * * 4+1 Programs Add Up to Student Success Students can earn a bachelor's and master's degree in just five years with Adelphi's time-and-tuition-saving 4+1 accelerated programs. Students at Adelphi can speed their path to a career with an option to skip a full year of time and a full year of tuition. Our accelerated 4+1 programs, which give students the opportunity to earn some of their graduate credits as an u  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- Blackstone, an investment firm, issued the following news release: * * * Blackstone Announces Agreement to Acquire Shermco for Approximately $1.6 Billion New York, NY - August 21, 2025 - Blackstone (NYSE: BX) announced today that private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone ("Blackstone") have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Shermco, a leading provider of full life-cycle electrical equipment services, from Gryphon Investors, a leading middle-market priva  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- Blackstone, an investment firm, issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2025: * * * Blackstone Credit & Insurance and Aligned Data Centers Expand Financing Partnership, Surpassing $1 Billion in Commitments NEW YORK, NY and DALLAS, TX - Blackstone Credit & Insurance ("BXCI") and Aligned Data Centers, a leading technology infrastructure company offering innovative, sustainable and adaptive Scale Data Centers and Build-to-Scale solutions for global hyperscale, AI/HPC,   more

BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 21 -- Buffalo State University issued the following news release: * * * Roar 2 Success expansion strengthens student support By Sabrina Kahwaty Roar 2 Success, an admissions-based student support program, has had noticeable impact on Buffalo State students since it began in 2017. From fall 2024 to spring 2025, Buffalo State's campus-wide student persistence rate was 83.4%, up 7 percentage points from the previous year and the strongest rate the campus has seen since 2  more

BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 21 -- Buffalo State University issued the following news release: * * * Buffalo State's Kitchen Confidence Camp empowers local high school students Local Akron High School student Alexander Parisi was disappointed when remote learning deprived him of a home education class. "It was shut down during COVID and never replaced," Parisi said, "which is ironic because kids became homebodies for those three years." With the support of a teacher who was willing to teach the  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- Ernst and Young, an assurance, tax, transaction and advisory service, presented the following news release: * * * Businesses ramp up "Environmental, Health and Safety" investment to unlock value -- but half fail to build into long-term strategy and could miss out on future gains * Two-thirds of organizations (65%) say EHS initiatives bring commercial value, including reputational gains and operational efficiencies. * Three-quarters (78%) plan to boost Environment, Healt  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- Rockefeller University issued the following news: * * * Campus club discusses milestone discoveries with the Rockefeller researchers who made them A new journal club is offering students, postdocs, early career researchers, and the entire Rockefeller community the chance to break bread with some of Rockefeller's prominent researchers--and learn about the process behind their seminal breakthroughs. The Historical Reading of Great Discoveries (HRGD) Journal Club, which beg  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Aug. 21 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Chaz Barracks Fuses Art, Scholarship and Community in Summer Residency * With a GoPro strapped to his helmet and a microphone clipped to his bike, Chaz Antoine Barracks spent the summer pedaling through Homer, N.Y., transforming everyday encounters into both scholarship and art. The filmmaker, media scholar and postdoctoral fellow in the College of Visual and Performing Arts used his residency at the Center f  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 22 -- Circana, a company that says it is a leading advisor on the complexity of consumer behavior, issued the following news release: * * * Circana Completes Acquisition of Nielsen's Marketing Mix Modeling Business CHICAGO and NEW YORK - Aug. 21, 2025 - Circana, LLC announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Nielsen's Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM) business. MMM specializes in advanced statistical modeling that helps brands understand the true incremental   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 (TNSjou) -- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Punitive Laws on Substance Use in Pregnancy May Do More Harm Than Good U.S. states are increasingly adopting legislation to address substance use among pregnant and postpartum individuals. But a new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health finds that punitive laws are largely ineffective and may actually harm those they aim to protect. These laws can undermi  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news: * * * The Link Between the Climate Crisis and Linguistic Diversity in New York City Climate change is increasing emigration from some of the most linguistically diverse high mountain regions in the world, shaping migrant communities in New York. By Joseph Harry Griffiths In July 2025, glacial lake outburst floods on the border of Tibet and Nepal, in the Rasuwa district, killed at least 11   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- Columbia University issued the following news: * * * Breakthroughs in Decoding Speech Have Medical Potential but Raise Privacy Concerns To prevent an erosion of mental privacy, it is urgent to protect and legislate the protection of neural data in consumer tech. By Rafael Yuste A new study out this month from Stanford University researchers uses microelectrodes implanted in the motor cortex and generative AI to decode the intended and inner speech of four paralyzed pati  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- Columbia University issued the following news: * * * Fulbright Awards, Virchow Prize, Pew Biomedical Scholar, and More From science to engineering, writing to social sciences, here are the Columbians who received awards recently. * Columbia News produces a monthly newsletter (subscribe here!) and article series featuring a roundup of awards and milestones that Columbia faculty, staff, and students have received in recent days. In this edition, you'll find awards and mil  more

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 21 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Cornell Law Welcomes LL.M. Class of 2026 * On August 7, Cornell Law School welcomed more than 100 accomplished students from 65 cities and 24 countries to Orientation for the LL.M. (Master of Laws) Class of 2026. This year's Orientation, which concludes on August 22, includes introductory courses, seminars, tours of the Law School, resource fairs, and graduate and professional development networking events. Stud  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 21 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release: * * * DEC Announces Temporary Beach Closure at Hinckley Reservoir Day-Use Area Due to Low Water Levels * The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced the beach at Hinckley Reservoir Day Use Area in the town of Russia, Herkimer County, will be closed for swimming effective Friday, Aug. 22, due to unsafe swimming conditions caused by l  more

BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 22 -- Delaware North issued the following news release: * * * Delaware North unveils first phase of new dining concepts at Boise Airport BOISE, IDAHO (August 21, 2025) - Delaware North, a global leader in hospitality and entertainment, has officially launched the first phase of its reimagined food and beverage program at Boise Airport (BOI), introducing a dynamic mix of local favorites designed to reflect the city's vibrant culture and culinary spirit. The program bui  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Tiffany Trump's Husband Catapults Himself Into Trump's Inner Circle and Rakes in the Cash on Failed "Business" Deals Key Point: "The Trump administration has blurred the lines between family, business and government, with the president conducting diplomacy with the same foreign governments that are negotiating cryptocurrency and real estate deals with his family." New York Times: He Asked  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Aug. 21 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Families Offer Words of Wisdom During Welcome Week Move In (Video) * Nearly 4,300 new undergraduate students arrived on campus this week, many of them with families and cars filled to the brim. As families help their children settle into their home away from home, they're also sharing advice for the year ahead. Between the boxes and goodbyes, we caught up with families to hear the heartfelt wisdom they're p  more

SAN JOSE, California, Aug. 22 -- FICO, an analytics software company, issued the following news: * * * FICO and the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre Partner to Celebrate Their Shared Vision of Bringing Indian Arts and Heritage to the Global Stage From art to analytics, NMACC India Weekend recognizes the shared vision of NMACC and FICO to bring Indian creativity and talent to the global stage * BOZEMAN, Mont. - August 21, 2025 - Global analytics software leader FICO (NYSE:FICO), is proud t  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 [Category: BizMedia] -- Fox, a media company, issued the following news release: * * * FOX One Now Available to Stream Across Web, Mobile and Connected TV Devices * # THE NEW PLATFORM FOR LIVE AND ON-DEMAND ACCESS TO SIGNATURE FOX NEWS, SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND MORE, IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR $19.99/MONTH WITH A 7-DAY FREE TRIAL New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA, August 21, 2025 - Fox Corporation (Nasdaq: FOXA, FOX; "FOX" or the "Company") today announced the official launch o  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 22 -- Gap, a retailer of clothing and accessories, issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2025: * * * Gap Inc. to Participate in the 32nd Annual Goldman Sachs Global Retailing Conference Gap Inc. (NYSE: GAP), today announced that Richard Dickson, President and Chief Executive Officer, will participate in a fireside chat at the 32nd Annual Goldman Sachs Global Retailing Conference in New York, NY on Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 9:35 a.m. Eastern Time.   more

ST. BONAVENTURE, New York, Aug. 22 -- St. Bonaventure University issued the following news release: * * * Gift from Hickeys allows SBU to build new 6-court tennis complex Thanks to a significant gift from Michael and Kristeen Hickey, both from the Class of 1984, St. Bonaventure University will have a new outdoor tennis complex. Construction began in July on the six-court facility, located southeast of the Bonnies softball field. The project is expected to be completed by the end of October.  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * HBO Max Releases Official Season Two Teaser For The Max Original Drama Series THE PITT * * HBO Max has released the first official teaser for season two of the Max Original drama series THE PITT, from John Wells Productions and Warner Bros. Television, created by R. Scott Gemmill and starring Noah Wyle. The critically acclaimed series, which has garne  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Aug. 21 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Heartfelt Gift Recognizes Accomplished Alumna and Three Generations of Orange * William Pelton and Mary Jane Massie have created the Barringer Pelton Public Service Graduate Scholarship to honor their niece, Jody Barringer '95, L'98, G'08 (M.P.A.), and support future public servants. After working for a few years as an attorney focused mostly on environmental cases, Jody Barringer set her sights on a career  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * HGTV Orders Over 100 Episodes of New and Returning Series Including Breakout Hit 'The Flip Off' * Top 10 prime cable network HGTV, which attracts more than 33 million viewers each month, will bolster its 2025-2026 slate with over 100 episodes of original content, including new seasons of hit series The Flip Off, Love It or List It and Renovation Aloha   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 21 [Category: BizInsurance] -- Highmark, a health insurance company, issued the following news release: * * * Highmark invests $4 million in 24 initiatives to enhance community health in Western New York * Buffalo, N.Y. (August 21, 2025) -- Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, through the Highmark Bright Blue Futures charitable giving and community involvement program, is reinforcing its commitment to Western New York with a $4 million investment in 24 vital healt  more

HEMPSTEAD, New York, Aug. 21 -- Hofstra University issued the following news: * * * Hofstra Hosts Dementia Risk Reduction Event in Partnership with Alzheimer's Association Hofstra University's School of Health Sciences (SHS), in collaboration with the Alzheimer's Association Long Island Chapter, hosted the Dementia Risk Reduction Reconvening earlier this month, in the Student Center Greenhouse. The event brought together healthcare professionals, faculty, community leaders, and public health   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 [Category: BizTelecommunications] -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: * * * Introducing the Verizon Family Plus perk: A smarter, safer way to keep families connected * [Breaking news] On the heels of " Verizon Unplugged with Mel Robbins " -- a special event where families learned practical tips for building healthier relationships with their phones -- and as Verizon stores nationwide transform into back-to-scho  more

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 21 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Kotlikoff to new students: Keep an open mind, engage with different ideas * For new students arriving at Cornell, one thing is certain: they will find people and ideas different from those they've encountered before. "Some of them you'll disagree with. Some of them will make you uncomfortable. Some of them might offend you," President Michael I. Kotlikoff told the nearly 4,800 first-year and transfer students   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 21 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Lincoln Laboratory reports on airborne threat mitigation for the NYC subway * A multiyear program at MIT Lincoln Laboratory to characterize how biological and chemical vapors and aerosols disperse through the New York City subway system is coming to a close. The program, part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate's Urban Area Security   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Media Tip Sheet: Israel Approves New Settlements in Occupied West Bank * WASHINGTON (August 21, 2025)-Despite global disagreement, Israel approved new settlements in the occupied West Bank and plans to move into Gaza City. The New York Times reports that "an additional 60,000 reservists would be told to report for duty in September" as the Israeli military is advancing. Experts warn this move will raise qu  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 22 -- The New York State Department of Public Service issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2025: * * * DPS Announces Approval of Three Renewable Energy Projects New York State Has Approved 31 Large-Scale Solar and Wind Projects Since 2021 Latest Projects Bolsters Local Economies and Brings 500 MW of Clean Energy to Power 116,000 Homes Projects Brings Millions of Dollars to Local Communities and Creates Nearly 600 Construction Jobs * The New York State Depar  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 [Category: BizMedia] -- NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, posted the following news: * * * NBC Sports Kicks Off College Football Season on Aug. 29 * NBC Sports, which will present more than 25 Big Ten and Notre Dame Football games this season across NBC and Peacock, including four Peacock-exclusive games in the first three weeks, named its 2025 college football announce teams today. Big Ten Saturday Night Presented by Discover Noah Eagle (play-by-play), former Penn S  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER August 22 Episode Lineup * REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER continues FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/7:00-8:00 p.m. PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show continues with its opening monologue, one-on-one interviews with notable gue  more

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 21 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Researchers uncover hidden risks of passkeys in abusive relationships * A new study reveals that passkeys -- widely promoted as a safer login method compared with passwords -- may unintentionally expose users to serious risks in situations involving interpersonal abuse. The research introduces the first framework for analyzing how digital authentication tools can be exploited in contexts such as intimate partner  more

ROCHESTER, New York, Aug. 21 -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * Student-led NASA project takes flight on balloon mission Ph.D. student Kazuma Noda leads years-long project to its next launch * A years-long student-led NASA project that develops technology to help guide rockets will near its final destination this month on board the Balloon Optimization Opportunity Platform!, or BOOP! Astrophysical sciences and technology Ph.D. student Kazuma Noda   more

IRVINE, California, Aug. 21 [Category: BizReal Estate] -- Cotality (formerly CoreLogic) issued the following news release: * * * Single-family rent growth stabilizes at new post-pandemic average * U.S. single-family rent prices increased 2.9% year over year in June 2025. * Single-family rent growth appears to have found its new level at just shy of 3% growth in 2025. * Rent growth weakened in most large metros in June compared with year-ago growth. New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angel  more

ST. BONAVENTURE, New York, Aug. 22 (TNSjou) -- St. Bonaventure University issued the following news release: * * * Oh publishes in top-tier journal, presents at conference Dr. Daekyun Oh, assistant professor of Physical Education, co-authored an article in the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education (JTPE). The article, titled "What Makes Preservice Teachers Learning Effective? Unveiling Characteristics of Practice-Based Teacher Education," examined meaningful teaching and learning charac  more

ST. BONAVENTURE, New York, Aug. 22 -- St. Bonaventure University issued the following news release: * * * Perkins publishes research, represents U.S. at Nursing Congress Connie Perkins, founding director of Nursing, co-authored an article in the Journal of Professional Nursing, which is the journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. The article, "Family caregiving competencies for level one nursing education," was developed through the Consortium for Family Caregiving Compete  more

ST. BONAVENTURE, New York, Aug. 22 (TNSjou) -- St. Bonaventure University issued the following news release: * * * Research reveals how PFAS' acidity affects environmental mobility Professor of Chemistry Dr. Scott Simpson, in collaboration with researchers at the University at Buffalo, has developed a more accurate way to measure the acidity of "forever chemicals," a crucial step in understanding how these pollutants move through the environment and affect health. "Forever chemicals," known   more

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 21 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Strength in numbers: ROTC welcomes largest class in decades * Along with Cornell-issued ID cards, room keys and tote bags, a select group of incoming students recently picked up gear issued by the federal government: camouflage uniforms. "When they hand me my uniform, it's the real deal: I'm officially a U.S. Army cadet," said Andy McMurray '29 of Long Island, who is entering the College of Agriculture and Lif  more

GENESEO, New York, Aug. 22 -- The State University of New York's Geneseo Campus issued the following news: * * * Best-selling Author Jeff VanderMeer to Deliver Annual Harding Lecture New York Times best-selling novelist Jeff VanderMeer will deliver the 2025 Walter Harding Lecture at SUNY Geneseo. VanderMeer is the author of Hummingbird Salamander; the Borne novels (Borne, The Strange Bird, and Dead Astronauts); and the Southern Reach series (Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance, and Absolution  more

GENESEO, New York, Aug. 22 -- The State University of New York's Geneseo Campus issued the following news: * * * Planetary Geologist Receives NASA Grant for Mars Study Nicholas Warner '00, SUNY Geneseo associate professor of geological, environmental, and planetary sciences, was recently awarded a $307,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Mars Data Analysis Program for a project that will help advance Mars geological and climate research. During the three-y  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * TLC'S 'SISTER WIVES' RETURNS WITH A POWERFUL NEW SEASON PREMIERING SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 AT 10PM * Watch The New Season Trailer HERE Download the Key Art HERE (Los Angeles) - The Browns are back and more emotionally raw than ever. In the wake of multiple breakups, the family faces major turning points. Meri dips her toe into dating with an awkward b  more

BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 22 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * UB physicians perform landmark procedure on first adolescent sleep apnea patient in Buffalo Next step is to offer airway-opening surgery to adolescents with Down syndrome * Eighteen-year-old Rayshawn (Ray) Barrett hadn't slept soundly in years. His obstructive sleep apnea was so pronounced that he was regularly falling asleep in class, his grades were dropping, and  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Aug. 22 -- The State University of New York Upstate Medical University campus issued the following news: * * * Upstate researcher awarded $3.1 million NIH grant to advance understanding of severe dengue infections By Kayla Richmond Adam Waickman, PhD, an infectious disease researcher at Upstate Medical University, has been awarded a $3.1 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to investigate why some dengue virus infections lea  more