ITHACA, New York, Oct. 7 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * 'Ground truth': Flood monitoring tool gives NYS residents a voice * A higher than normal tide first floods the two blocks adjacent to Roger Gendron's street in Hamilton Beach, Queens. Then it crests the curbs and sidewalks, flows through yards and fills his road, Davenport Court, and stays there. A berm at the end of the street, between the road and Jamaica Bay, traps the water, sometimes through another two or t  more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 7 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * 'Mist opportunity' reveals how onions make cooks cry * A new discovery about how cutting onions ejects pungent aerosols up to two-thirds of a meter into the air has led to practical advice for reducing the spray: Cut onions slowly with a sharpened blade or coat an onion in oil before cutting. Past research had already identified that a chemical irritant called propanethial S-oxide is what pushes cooks to tears,  more

GARDEN CITY, New York, Oct. 8 -- Adelphi University issued the following news: * * * Adelphi University Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology Joins $5.2 Million Mental Health Research Initiative Awarded by the John Templeton Foundation to Boston University, this three-year initiative, "Training and Treatment Integration Research for Virtue and Flourishing in Mental Healthcare: A Team Science Project," aims to develop evidence-based training tools that integrate relational virtues and human fl  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, Oct. 8 (TNSjou) -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Easter Island's statues actually "walked" - and physics backs it up New study uses 3D modeling, field experiments to confirm how Rapa Nui villagers moved massive statues By John Brhel For years, researchers have puzzled over how the ancient people of Rapa Nui did the seemingly impossible and moved their iconic moai statues. Using a combination of physics, 3D modeling and on-the-ground experiments  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, Oct. 8 (TNSjou) -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * What's the best mix for power generation? Cheapest option is not always the best Assistant Professor Neha Patankar collaborates on research showing that even small cost increases can produce very different results By Chris Kocher As industries, utilities and regulators consider the best ways to accommodate our increasing need for power generation, cost concerns weigh heavily on their decision-mak  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 -- Bloomberg issued the following news: * * * Bloomberg and The Financial Academy Collaborate to Strengthen Financial Capabilities in Saudi Arabia * Collaboration will empower Saudi financial professionals with world-class skills, supporting workforce development and Vision 2030 goals * Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Bloomberg and The Financial Academy today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance the capabilities of Saudi Arabia's financial workforce and contribute t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Carlyle Group posted the following news release: * * * Carlyle AlpInvest and CalSTRS Sustainable Investment and Stewardship Strategies Launch Climate Co-Investment Partnership New York, NY- October 7, 2025 - Carlyle AlpInvest, a leading global private equity investor, and the California State Teachers' Retirement System ("CalSTRS"), today announced a partnership to broaden access to climate-related co-investment opportunities that demonstrate positive contributions to a   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 -- Columbia University's Columbia Journalism School issued the following news: * * * Curtis Sliwa With Errol Louis: Conversation on Public Safety The second in a Columbia Journalism School and Vital City series with 2025 mayoral candidates. * The second event in a public forum series with 2025 NYC mayoral candidates brought Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa to Columbia Journalism School for a conversation on how public safety policy, political leadership, and community priori  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 3 -- Columbia University issued the following news: * * * Columbia University Provost and Students Meet French President Emmanuel Macron to Mark Launch of Lafayette Fellowship On Tuesday, September 23, His Excellency Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, visited Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education in New York to discuss the launch of the Lafayette Fellowship, a new higher education initiative celebrating 250 years of French-American   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 -- Columbia University issued the following Q&A on Oct. 6, 2025, with senior lecturer Lauren Taylor and professor of social work Ada Chan Yuk-Sim Mui: * * * Book Shows How Narrative Therapy Gives Meaning to Life Older adults especially benefit from this therapeutic practice, say the authors. * Around the world, growing populations of older adults need social care. Aging is typically associated with steady physical and cognitive decline; the practice of narrative therapy, b  more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 7 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Cornell United Way strengthens the community's resilience * Ronnise Way had been living in a family shelter in New York City for 10 months when she knew she wanted a better life for her and her children, then 3 and 7. She had fled to the shelter to escape domestic abuse. When her brother suggested she join him in Ithaca, she was nervous to leave the city. But she bought a one-way bus ticket. "Me coming here, I   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 (TNSjou) -- The City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy issued the following news release: * * * Policing in a pandemic: Harlem residents speak out on safety, bias, and mistrust A new study by Center for Innovation in Mental Health (CIMH) researchers Professor Victoria Khanh Ngo and Dr. Thinh Toan Vu, in collaboration with Harlem Health Initiative Director Deborah Levine, Distinguished Professor Luisa N. Borrell, Professor Pedro Mateu-  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 7 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release: * * * DEC Announces Continued Impacts to Fishing and Fishing Access in Harwood Lake * The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced that limited fishing access will continue at Harwood Lake, located off State Route 98 in Farmersville, Cattaraugus County, due to low water levels. As a result, Harwood Lake will not be included in Randolp  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 [Category: BizMedia] -- Dow Jones, a provider of news and business information, issued the following news release: * * * Dow Jones Announces New Speakers for WSJ Tech Live Qatar 2025 * Doha, Qatar [October 7, 2025] - Dow Jones today announced new speakers for the inaugural WSJ Tech Live Qatar. They join a global community of technology leaders, innovators and investors to explore the forces shaping the future of technology and society. Hosted in one of the world's most d  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 (TNSrep) -- New York Life Insurance, a mutual life insurance company, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2025: * * * Employees strongly prefer human support in benefits guidance despite growing introduction of AI and digital tools, New York Life Group Benefit Solutions survey finds. Employees especially favor human support when discussing sensitive life events (62%) and resolving billing or claim matters (54%). Less than half of employees (43%) know how to enroll i  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 (TNSrep) -- Ernst and Young, an assurance, tax, transaction and advisory service, presented the following news release: * * * EY survey: Companies advancing responsible AI governance linked to better business outcomes * Companies with real-time monitoring and oversight committees report measurable gains in revenue, employee satisfaction, and cost savings. * Nearly all organizations report financial losses and widespread impact from compliance failures, sustainability setbac  more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 7 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Faculty share creative, alternative approaches to assessment in new CTI case studies * When you think about taking a big test, the words that typically come to mind are "cramming," "high-stakes," "prelims" and "all-nighter." For students, the words seem to conjure stress by default. But what if that wasn't the case? What if words like "creative" or "alternative" applied to assessments instead? Beginning in Fa  more

TORONTO, Ontario, Oct. 7 [Category: TravelBiz] -- Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts posted the following news release: * * * Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown Named Top New York City Hotel in 2025 Conde Nast Traveler Reader's Choice Awards * Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown continues to establish itself as a leader in downtown luxury, earning the #2 spot in the 2025 Conde Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards for best New York City hotels, making the Hotel the top luxury hotel choice in   more

EVENDALE, Ohio, Oct. 7 [Category: BizAerospace] -- GE Aerospace, a provider of jet and turboprop engines, as well as integrated systems for commercial, military, business and general aviation aircraft, issued the following news release: * * * GE Aerospace Foundation Launches Next Engineers with University at Albany, miSci and NYCreates in New York's Capital Region * Plans to reach 4,000 local students with engineering learning and development opportunities October 7, 2025 - Niskayuna, New  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 [Category: BizInsurance] -- Highmark, a health insurance company, issued the following news release: * * * Grassroots Gardens Honored as Highmark Community Hero at Oct. 5 Huddle for Hunger Game * Buffalo, N.Y. (October 7, 2025) - As part of the Buffalo Bills' Huddle for Hunger initiative, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield recently honored Grassroots Gardens of Western New York as a Highmark Community Hero during the October 5th game. This recognition not only   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 -- Hearst Communications Inc. issued the following news release: * * * Hearst Networks Announces Launch of Hearst Canvas To Power the Next Generation of Digital Storytelling London, 7th October 2025 -- Hearst Networks has announced the launch of Hearst Canvas, a new business venture to develop original, scalable content brands across digital, audio and emerging platforms, focusing particularly on YouTube. As a 100%-owned Hearst initiative, Hearst Canvas will be based in Hear  more

ARMONK, New York, Oct. 7 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- IBM issued the following news release: * * * IBM and Anthropic Partner to Advance Enterprise Software Development with Proven Security and Governance * ARMONK, N.Y., October 7, 2025 - IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Anthropic today announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the development of enterprise-ready AI by infusing Anthropic's Claude, one of the world's most powerful family of large language models (LLMs), into IBM's software p  more

ARMONK, New York, Oct. 7 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- IBM issued the following news release: * * * IBM Unveils Advancements Across Software and Infrastructure to Help Enterprises Operationalize AI * Orlando, FL - October 7, 2025 - Today, at TechXchange 2025, IBM's (NYSE: IBM ) annual event for developers and technologists, the company unveiled new and upcoming product capabilities designed to help enterprises move beyond AI experimentation and unlock productivity gains across develo  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Oct. 8 -- Brooklyn Law School issued the following news: * * * Legacy Gift of the Late Robert M. Kaufman '57, Longtime Brooklyn Law Trustee, Creates Professorship Robert M. Kaufman '57, one of New York's foremost lawyers in health law, not-for-profit organizations, and election law, was a devoted friend to Brooklyn Law School. He served on the Board of Trustees for 30 years, from 1994 until his death in April 2024 at the age of 94. Now, with a generous legacy gift, Kaufman  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 [Category: BizInsurance] -- MetLife, a provider of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs, issued the following news release: * * * Macroeconomic Conditions Continue to Drive Pension Risk Transfer * MetLife's 2025 Pension Risk Transfer Poll reveals 94% of plan sponsors with de-risking goals plan to fully divest pension liabilities - most within five years NEW YORK, October 07, 2025 -- Amid ongoing market conditions and economic uncertainty, U.S. plan sponsors a  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 [Category: BizInsurance] -- MetLife, a provider of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs, issued the following news release: * * * MetLife Declares Fourth Quarter 2025 Common Stock Dividend * NEW YORK, October 07, 2025 -- MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) today announced that its board of directors has declared a fourth quarter 2025 common stock dividend of $0.5675 per share. The dividend will be payable on Dec. 9, 2025, to shareholders of record as of Nov. 4, 2025. *  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 -- Newmark Group posted the following news release: * * * Newmark Acquires Leading Real Estate Consulting and Managed Services Firm, RealFoundations Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK) ("Newmark" or "the Company"), a leading global commercial real estate advisory firm, announces the acquisition of RealFoundations, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively referred to herein as "RealFoundations"), a leading global professional services firm focused solely on the re  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 6 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * NHL on TNT to Begin 2025-26 Season Coverage with Star-Studded Opening Week Doubleheader -- Wednesday, Oct. 8 * TNT Sports will enter its fifth season of live NHL on TNT coverage on Wednesday, Oct. 8 starting with a matchup of veteran superstars as the League's all-time goal scorer Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals host four-time NHL All-Sta  more

NIAGARA FALLS, New York, Oct. 8 -- Niagara University issued the following news on Oct. 7, 2025: * * * Niagara University Hosts "Living in Light" to Promote Awareness of Domestic Violence By Lisa McMahon Artwork reflecting the journeys, experiences, hopes, and dreams of the survivors of domestic violence who created them were on display Oct. 6 at the Castellani Art Museum on the Niagara University campus. Now in its ninth year, "Living in Light," presented by Niagara University's Office of   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 (TNSjou) -- New York University issued the following news release: * * * Microbiome and Nanoparticle Discoveries Hold Promise for Treating Gut Pain Newly identified enzyme and targeted nanomedicines bring researchers closer to more effectively treating pain from digestive disorders * Abdominal pain is a hallmark of many digestive disorders, including inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome. In an effort to develop targeted treatments for gut pain, scientists  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * PETE'S LONG ISLAND LIE: Oberacker Caught Lying to Upstate Voters in Campaign Launch Video * Peter Oberacker hasn't even been a candidate for Congress for a full day and he's already lying to Upstate voters. In his new launch video, Oberacker stares into the camera from picturesque Upstate New York farmland and declares that he was "born and raised" there. But there's just one prob  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 8 -- iHeartMedia issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2025: * * * The Power Of The Platform: iHeartMedia and Charlamagne Tha God Mark Five Years of The Black Effect Podcast Network Half a decade into its mission, The Black Effect Podcast Network has delivered an undeniable impact for Black talent and Black listeners * NEW YORK - Five years ago, iHeartMedia and Charlamagne Tha God launched The Black Effect Podcast Network with one goal: becoming the world's l  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 -- UBS, a financial services provider, issued the following news release: * * * Redemption of UBS Group AG senior unsecured notes and additional tier 1 instrument UBS announces its intention to redeem the total outstanding EUR 1,250,000,000 0.250% Fixed Rate/Fixed Rate Callable Senior Notes due November 2026 with ISIN CH1142231682 (the "Senior Notes") on the optional redemption date, 3 November 2025. The last trading day of the Senior Notes will be 30 October 2025. The Senior  more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 7 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Research at Risk: Rooting out treatment-resistant prostate cancer * Advances in prostate cancer early detection and treatment have improved outcomes in men diagnosed with the disease. Yet doctors and scientists have long been vexed by a question: Why do most men whose prostate cancer initially responds to hormonal-blocking therapy later develop a lethal, treatment-resistant form of the disease? It's a question   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- S&P Global, New York, announced plans to expand its S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) crypto index offering with the launch of the S&P Digital Markets 50 Index. The new benchmark is designed to provide market participants with performance exposure across the wider crypto ecosystem by combining major cryptocurrencies and publicly traded crypto-linked equities into a single index. The index design, developed in collaboration with Dinari, a provider of tokenized public securiti  more

HAMILTON, New York, Oct. 7 -- Colgate University posted the following news: * * * Schaehrer Lecture and Longyear Exhibition Examine Complexity of Immigration * At a time when immigration is a focus of intense international attention, archaeologist Jason De Leon came to campus Sept. 25-26 to deliver the Peter C. Schaehrer '65 Memorial Lecture and to open an exhibition centered on his studies of undocumented migration by people seeking refuge in Mexico and the United States. For his 2024 Nat  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 -- Skanska, a construction and development company, issued the following news release: * * * Skanska Celebrates Topping Out Milestone at University of North Texas' Science and Technology Building DALLAS, Oct. 7, 2025-Skanska, one of the world's leading construction and development firms, announced it has reached a significant milestone on the University of North Texas' main campus in Denton, Texas, with the steel topping out of the new Science and Technology Building. To cele  more

STONY BROOK, New York, Oct. 8 -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook University issued the following news release: * * * Broadening Research on the Role of Sphingolipids in Cancer Stony Brook Cancer Center team receives $11 million grant from the NIH to translate discoveries into treatments * An interdisciplinary research team led by Yusuf Hannun, MD, the Joel Strum Kenny Professor in Cancer Research in the Renaissance School of Medicine (RSOM) at Stony Brook University, has rece  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 (TNSrep) -- Ernst and Young, an assurance, tax, transaction and advisory service, presented the following news release: * * * Telco sector faces rising risks in AI, ineffective transformation and evolving geopolitical environment * Privacy, security and trust are the top risks facing telcos, with responsible AI in focus * Ineffective transformation through new technologies now ranks second * Evolving geopolitical environment is a new entry in fifth on the Top 10 risk radar,  more

LOS ANGLES, California, Oct. 8 -- TikTok, a destination for a short-form mobile video, issued the following news: * * * TikTok Announces New Automation Updates for Advertisers: Smarter Ads, More Control, and Measurable Impact TikTok is where people search, discover, and connect with communities in real time. To help businesses tap into that engagement and drive results, we're introducing new automation and measurement updates at Advertising Week New York 2025. These updates give advertisers m  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * TNT Sports to Showcase Upcoming U.S. Soccer Matches, Including Multiple Viewing Experiences for USMNT vs. Ecuador on Friday, Oct. 10 * TNT Sports will showcase a pair of upcoming U.S. Men's National Team matches starting Friday, Oct. 10, with U.S. Soccer's Hispanic Heritage Night, presented by AT&T, on Friday, Oct. 10, at 8:30 p.m. ET. Friday's coverage  more

HAMILTON, New York, Oct. 7 -- Colgate University posted the following news: * * * Tracking Down Nature's Engineers * Humans sometimes see beavers as a nuisance -- damming streams and rivers and creating ponds where there were none before. For the environment, however, they can often be an underappreciated boon. "They're wetland engineers," says Aidan Woods '23. "What they do out of instinct is to create wetlands, which are habitat hotspots for many kinds of wildlife." Woods recently served  more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 7 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Turner appointed Chair of Northeast Extension Directors * Andrew Turner '88, M.P.S. '93, director of Cornell Cooperative Extension and associate dean for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Human Ecology, has been named Chair of the Northeast Extension Directors (NEED) network. He succeeds Dr. Roy Beckford of the University of New Hampshire in this role. NEED is a collaborative netwo  more

BUFFALO, New York, Oct. 7 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * UB expert Phillips Stevens explains why magic and witchcraft are inherently human Anthropologist joins Driven to Discover podcast to discuss how belief in the supernatural is a survival strategy * As a Peace Corps volunteer teaching English in Nigeria, Phillips Stevens witnessed an act of sorcery that blew his mind. A young boy at Stevens' school had tried to put   more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 8 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * Untold story of AIDS in the Midwest 'Heartland' revealed in new book San Francisco. New York. Los Angeles. Washington, D.C. The spread and focus of AIDS always seem to encompass these coastal cities. "I've read a lot of the history written on HIV and AIDS, and there's no one talking about this part of the country. It's almost like AIDS didn't happen here," said Katie Batza, associate professor in women, ge  more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 7 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Writers, translators consider 'Ukraine in Translation' Oct. 18 * A symposium, " Ukraine in Translation," will explore writing and translation and cultural production and preservation in the context of Ukraine on Oct. 18 from 1-6 p.m. in the A.D. White House. During a roundtable discussion, Oksana Maksymchuk, a Ukrainian-American poet and scholar, and Ainsley Morse and Sabrina Jaszi, both scholars and literary t  more