NEW YORK, Nov. 3 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mount Sinai Health System posted the following news release: * * * A Specific Human Gene Can Help the Heart Repair Itself From Heart Attack or Heart Failure * A naturally occurring gene called Cyclin A2 ( CCNA2 ), which turns off after birth in humans, can actually make new, functioning heart cells and help the heart repair itself from injury including a heart attack or heart failure when the gene is turned back on. These are the breakthrough resul  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 -- The American Council of Learned Societies issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2025: * * * ACLS Launches 2026 Graduate Internships on the Spiritual Infrastructure of the Future Competition Program Will Offer Summer Internships and Professional Development Support for Emerging Scholars of Religion * The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce the inaugural Graduate Internships on the Spiritual Infrastructure of the Future program, funde  more

GARDEN CITY, New York, Nov. 5 -- Adelphi University issued the following news: * * * Does Facial Recognition Infringe Upon Civil Liberties? Adelphi scholar makes the case for federal legislation. The technology we use every day--to communicate, work, play games or even check out at the grocery store--is gathering more and more of our personal information, often without our knowledge or consent. Winston Waters, JD, MBA '15, professor of accounting and law in the Robert B. Willumstad School of  more

GARDEN CITY, New York, Nov. 5 -- Adelphi University issued the following news: * * * Feeding Families Through Freedom In Afghanistan, educated women are more likely to lead food-secure households. As human rights in Afghanistan began to suffer immense setbacks after the Taliban's return to power in 2021, Yiqi Zhu, PhD, assistant professor in the Adelphi University School of Social Work, found her research on food security becoming more important than ever. In the first year of the Taliban re  more

GARDEN CITY, New York, Nov. 5 -- Adelphi University issued the following news: * * * Treating Mental Illness in the ER Identifying traits that impact care for patients with mental illness. In the American healthcare system, no one transcends the potential for holding preconceived attitudes--not even those who provide the healthcare. Jennifer McIntosh, PhD '21, MS '24, adjunct professor in the Adelphi University College of Nursing and Public Health, is particularly concerned about the stigma  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2025: * * * AFPI and America First Mayors' Council Chair Condemn NYC Mayoral Outcome New York City has long served as a gateway to the American Dream, a shining example of American ingenuity and grit. Today, the mayoral election in New York City marks a major shift away from the American dream and towards the nightmare of Marxism. America First Policy Institute President (AFPI) President and  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Alleged Cluster Munition Remnant Kills Cambodian Boy * On October 25, 10-year-old Sern Sovann died from an explosion after reportedly bringing home an item from a nearby field in Cambodia's Preah Vihear province near the border with Thailand. The blast also seriously injured his father. The Cambodian Mine Action Centre found that the explosion was caused by an unexploded M-85 artillery-deliver  more

STONY BROOK, New York, Nov. 5 (TNSjou) -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook University issued the following news release: * * * New Analysis of a Fossil Discovery Rewrites the Story of the Tyrannosaurus Rex Stony Brook paleontologist co-authors Nature paper that provides evidence Nanotyrannus was not a teenage T. rex * For decades paleontologists believed that the dinosaur discovered in the 1940s - Nanotyrannus - was a juvenile or "teenaged" Tyrannosaurus Rex. Now new research   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Apollo, New York, announced on Nov. 3, 2025, that Apollo-managed funds have completed the acquisition of a majority interest in Stream Data Centers (SDC), a leading developer and operator of hyperscale data center campuses. Principal Asset Management also acquired a minority stake through a managed fund, with SDC's current management retaining a minority stake and their leadership roles. The transaction positions SDC as a key operating platform within Apollo's ecosystem, s  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Rolling Meadows, Illinois, announced on Nov. 3, 2025, the acquisition of Tompkins Insurance Agencies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tompkins Financial Corp. The Batavia, New York-based firm provides a full suite of property/casualty insurance and employee benefits services to clients across New York and Pennsylvania. The transaction enhances Gallagher's brokerage capabilities across commercial lines, personal lines, and employee benefits in   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- AZAR Design Co., Buffalo, New York, has issued a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation expressing concerns regarding the Interim Final Rule (IFR) that went into effect on Oct. 3, 2025. The company, which operates within the agency's disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) and airport concession DBE (ACDBE) programs, fears that the changes pose a serious threat to equitable participation for small, minority, and women-owned businesses competing for f  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, Nov. 4 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * The path to harm: A sequence of human rights violations precedes mass atrocities The latest research from CIRIGHTS co-founder David Cingranelli may help predict and prevent future mass atrocities By Jennifer Micale The road to genocide doesn't begin with bullets and mass graves, but with more subtle violations. Declining workers' rights or compromises on the right to a fair trial may come first. Brutalit  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Chinese Government Threatens Academic Freedom in the UK * Sheffield Hallam University in England terminated a project about Uyghur forced labor after Chinese state security officers reportedly interrogated a staff member in Beijing and a Chinese company named in a report filed a defamation lawsuit in the United Kingdom. The project was led by Laura Murphy, a professor of human rights and modern   more

ROCHESTER, Michigan, Nov. 5 -- Oakland University issued the following news: * * * Civil rights advocate Bakari Sellers to keynote OU's 2026 Keeper of the Dream Celebration Attorney, author and civil rights advocate Bakari Sellers will be the keynote speaker at Oakland University's 34th annual Keeper of the Dream Scholarship Awards Celebration. A two-time New York Times bestselling author, entrepreneur and political commentator, Sellers forged his path early on, graduating from Morehouse Co  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * CLARKE LEADS LETTER TO SECRETARY NOEM URGING TPS FOR JAMAICA IN THE DEVASTATING WAKE OF HURRICANE MELISSA Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) led 43 of her colleagues in a letter to Secretary Kristi Noem of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) urging the immediate designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Jamaica following the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Melissa: "Jamaica is   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 -- The International Aid Transparency Initiative, a voluntary, multi-stakeholder initiative that works with donors, partner countries and civil society organizations to make information about aid spending easier to access and use, issued the following news: * * * Collaboration between OECD and IATI strengthens efforts to track aid through subcontractors A new collaboration between the OECD Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD) and the IATI Secretariat is showing what's p  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 -- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Suicide Prevention in the Age of Social Media and AI * With soaring rates of youth suicide coinciding with the proliferation of social media, many have blamed platforms like Instagram and TikTok for the crisis. But keeping young people away from smartphones and social media may not be feasible or even a good idea, asserted Katherine Keyes, professor of Epidemiology at Columbia Mailman Sch  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Tenney Highlights How Democrats' Prolonged Shutdown Is Hurting Working Families, Small Businesses, and National Security * Washington, DC Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) today released the following statement on the worsening impacts of the Democrat-led government shutdown, which entered its second month after SNAP benefits were reduced on November 1 and critical federal service  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 4 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Cornell launches residency program in wildlife population health * With the launch of The Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health (CYCWH) Residency in Wildlife Population Health, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) continues to play a leadership role in preparing veterinarians to meet the urgent and evolving challenges facing our planet's wild species. The new four-year programone of  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 4 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Cornellians lead Lancet special issue on improving planetary diets * The statistics are sobering: one in ten people worldwide are at risk of hunger while 2 billion people are overweight or obese, roughly one-third of all food produced is wasted, and agriculture contributes about one-third of global greenhouse gases. Transforming our food systems to be more healthy, sustainable and just will require thoughtful, mu  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Critic of Mali's Junta Forcibly Disappeared * On the afternoon of October 25, Cheick Oumar Diallo chatted with companions on a street in Mali's capital, Bamako. Suddenly, four gendarmes arrived in a pickup truck and motorbikes, arrested him, and drove off. A week later, Dialloa 43-year-old former trade union member and prominent critic of Mali's military juntahas not been seen and his whereabo  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (TNSjou) -- The City University of New York's Graduate Center issued the following news: * * * Graduate Center Astrophysicists Find Black Hole Flare Is Biggest and Most Distant Seen The flare, co-discovered by scientists at CUNY and Caltech, may be the result of a mega black-hole meal. The most massive stars in the universe are destined to explode as brilliant supernova before collapsing into black holes. Yet one huge star appears to have never fulfilled its destiny; in a tw  more

LONDON, England, Nov. 5 (TNSxrep) -- BloombergNEF, a part of Bloomberg, issued the following news release: * * * A Decade After the Paris Agreement, Clean Energy Is Making Strides in Emerging Markets but Investment Gaps Persist, BloombergNEF's Climatescope Finds KEY TAKEAWAYS * Investment into renewables has nearly tripled in emerging markets since the Paris Agreement was signed * Political instability, currency volatility and high capital costs have helped keep these markets from catching   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 -- The United Nations Development Programme posted the following news: * * * Dignity must endure -- and progress must belong to everyone * As delivered. Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, We meet as progress on social development must be re-energized. The task is not only to reduce poverty, but to expand people's possibilities to live dignified, secure, and meaningful lives, and to contribute fully to society. Earlier today, UNDP launched a report showing how South   more

UPTON, New York, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * DOE Renews Brookhaven Lab-led Quantum Research Center The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $125 million in funding over five years to advance cutting-edge quantum information science (QIS) research conducted through the Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage (C2QA). Led by DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory, C2QA is one of five National QIS Research C  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, Nov. 5 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Eye in the sky: Drone revolution accelerates Binghamton research Drones transform work in archaeology, agriculture, robotics and more By Jennifer Micale On the screen, a crisp image takes shape: a stone landscape worthy of Escher, with massive faces emerging from shadows and cracks. Binghamton University anthropologist Carl Lipo zooms in and more details come into view: the jutting noses and chins of the  more

ROCHESTER, New York, Nov. 5 -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * Faculty members launch electronics manufacturing training for veterans Collaboration with Veterans Outreach Center and companies will provide career opportunities and credentialing for regional veterans * Two RIT faculty members are building a comprehensive workforce development program in manufacturing for veterans and under-employed individuals to provide the needed skills-based train  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 -- UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) posted the following news release: * * * Famine conditions confirmed in Sudan's Al Fasher and Kadugli but hunger and malnutrition ease where conflict subsides FAO, WFP and UNICEF warn of the highest levels of acute food insecurity and malnutrition in Al Fasher and Kadugli; improvements seen where fighting has receded and services have resumed * The latest analysis of food insecurity and malnutrition in Sudan  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 4 -- The Muscular Dystrophy Association issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2025: * * * FDA Approves KYGEVVI (doxecitine and doxribtimine), the First and Only Treatment for Adults and Children Living with Thymidine Kinase 2 deficiency (TK2d), a Rare and Devastating Mitochondrial Disease This novel therapy offers the first FDA-approved option to address the root cause of this ultra-rare condition, which causes progressive muscle weakness impairing walking, brea  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York posted the following news release: * * * Former CEO And Board Chairman Charged With Fraud Scheme Directed At Public Company * United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Christopher G. Raia, announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging BRADLEY HEPPNER, the f  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York posted the following news release: * * * Former NYPD Officer Charged With Bribery, Narcotics, Firearms, And Robbery Offenses * Jay Clayton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Christopher G. Raia, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and Jessica S. Tisch, Commissioner of the New York City Police Depart  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 [Category: Media] -- Fox News Media, a business unit of Fox, posted the following news release: * * * FOX NEWS LEADS ALL NEWS BRANDS FOR SIXTH STRAIGHT MONTH WITH NEARLY 400 MILLION YOUTUBE VIEWS IN OCTOBER * NEW YORK November 4, 2025 FOX News Media closed out October as the top news brand in the competitive set on YouTube for the sixth straight month, notching 377 million video views, according to Emplifi. FOX News led nearest competitor MSNBC by nearly 50 million video vi  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 -- The Radio Advertising Bureau issued the following news release: * * * Get the Inside Scoop: How to Cast and Direct Radio Spots that Truly Work As part of the 2025 Radio Mercury Awards webinar series, RAB and Sound & Fury are teaming up for a can't-miss session: "Expert Strategies for Casting and Directing Radio Spots that Work and Win." Join Jill Kershaw, chief executive officer, and Tina Morasco, vice president/head of casting at Sound & Fury, as they share their insider  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Gillibrand Statement On The Return Of The Body Of Omer Neutra * Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement on the return of the body of Omer Neutra to Israel from Hamas captivity: " On October 7, 2023, Omer Neutra was kidnapped by Hamas, and for the past two years since that horrific day, my office has worked closely with Omer's family as they endured unimaginabl  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 -- The United Nations Development Programme posted the following news: * * * Global momentum for nature finance: UNDP's biodiversity finance initiative helps countries unlock over $2.7 billion for nature * Merida \- UNDP's Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) announced today that it has supported partner governments in unlocking over US$2.7 billion in finance for nature globally, as countries increasingly integrate nature into fiscal planning and redirect financial flows  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 [Category: Political] -- The Hispanic Federation, an organization that supports and strengthens Latino institutions through education, health, immigration, civic engagement, economic empowerment and the environment, issued the following news release: * * * Hispanic Federation Celebrates Record-Breaking Voter Turnout in New York City Municipal Elections * : November 4, 2025, 9:20 pm Contact: media@hispanicfederation.org HF and partners have reached more than 325,000 Lati  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Meeks, Jacobs Condemn Trump's Threat of Aid Cuts and Military Action in Nigeria * Washington, D.C. - Representatives Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sara Jacobs, Ranking Member of the Africa Subcommittee, today released the following statement in response to President Trump's threat to cut off all assistance to Nig  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 4 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * How biodiversity startups raise capital * Biodiversity startups, which are tackling challenges ranging from disappearing pollinators to vanishing coral reefs, raise less capital than other startups but attract a broader coalition of investors, according to a new analysis that used machine learning to sift through venture capital databases. The study, " Biodiversity Entrepreneurship," published Oct. 27 in the Re  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Human Rights Watch Letter to Participants of the 4th EU-CELAC Summit * Dear Latin American, Caribbean and European Union leaders, We are writing to urge you to use the upcoming European Union (EU) - Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) summit as an opportunity to address pressing human rights challenges. HRW Letter to EU-CELAC Participants_04.11.2025 Since the last summ  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 -- UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) posted the following news release: * * * Hunger and malnutrition deepen as conflict and access constraints persist in South Sudan The United Nations today warns that South Sudan continues to face a severe food and nutrition crisis, which is threatening to deteriorate further unless urgent humanitarian action is mounted. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, released today, pro  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * In the Shadow of COP30, Brazil is Stripping Rainforest of Protections * While the city of Belem steps up to host the COP30 global climate summit in November, in another corner of Para state, a federal government agency is planning hand over a large area of the Amazon rainforest to illegal cattle ranches. The area in question, known as the Terra Nossa settlement, was created in 2006 by the fede  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Indigenous Community in Limbo at Height of Panama's Rainy Season * As the 2025 rainy season peaks in Panama, the Guna Indigenous community of Ukupa, which was displaced by floods late last year, is still waiting for much-needed governmental support. After severe flooding in December 2024 left their homes on the Caribbean coast uninhabitable, community members chose a measure of last resort: to  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (TNSrep) -- Action Against Hunger issued the following news release: * * * New IPC Analysis Identifies Famine in El Fasher and Kadugli and Critical Risk in 20 other Areas * The new IPC (Integrated Phase Classification for Food Security) confirms that 375,000 people are in catastrophic conditions (IPC Phase 5), facing extreme hunger and death. * Eighty percent of health facilities in Sudan are damaged or out of service, exacerbating the nutritional and health crisis. * Hum  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 -- The International Swaps and Derivatives Association issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2025: * * * ISDA Extends Saudi Arabia Netting Opinions ISDA has extended its netting opinions for Saudi Arabia to cover regulations published by the Capital Market Authority (CMA) earlier this year that recognize the enforceability of close-out netting. The CMA regulations were published in July, and follow similar rules published by the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) in February.   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- KAG Engineering PLLC, Bayport, New York, a small business operating under the U.S. Department of Transportation's disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) and airport concession DBE (ACDBE) programs has submitted a public comment letter expressing grave concerns regarding the Interim Final Rule (IFR) published on Oct. 3, 2025. The company asserts that the adjustments introduced by the IFR jeopardize equitable access for small, minority, and women-owned firms to federally ass  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 4 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Knitting machine makes solid 3D objects * A new prototype of a knitting machine creates solid, knitted shapes, adding stitches in any direction - forward, backward and diagonal - so users can construct a wide variety of shapes and add stiffness to different parts of the object. Unlike traditional knitting, which yields a 2D sheet of stitches, this proof-of-concept machine - developed by researchers at Cornell a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Nick LaLota, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LaLota Cosponsors Bill to Pay Air Traffic Controllers and Protect Air Travel Safety * Washington, D.C. Congressman Nick LaLota (NY-01) reased the following statement after announcing his co-sponsorship of the Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2025 (link is external), a bill that ensures the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) continues operating safely and efficiently during a shutdown and that air  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Mike Lawler, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Lawler, Beyer, and Pingree Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Soil Health and Sustainability on Farms * Washington, D.C. - 11/4/25... Today, Reps. Mike Lawler (NY-17), Don Beyer (VA-08), and Chellie Pingree (ME-01) introduced the Innovative Practices for Soil Health Act, bipartisan legislation to improve soil health on farms and support sustainable alternatives to annual agriculture. The leg  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "DONALD TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS HAVE FAILED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference where he outlined the failure of the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans to take any decisive actions to lower costs for hardworking American taxpayers, while Democrats continue to stand up on behalf of th  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "DONALD TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS HAVE FAILED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference where he outlined the failure of the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans to take any decisive actions to lower costs for hardworking American taxpayers, while Democrats continue to stand up on behalf of the American people. LEADE  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "WE HAVE TO DECISIVELY ADDRESS THE HIGH COST OF LIVING AND FIX OUR BROKEN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MSNBC's The Beat with Ari Melber ahead of tomorrow's elections, where he emphasized the importance of protecting Americans' healthcare and lowering the high cost of living. ARI MELBER : We are joined   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES: "WE HAVE TO DECISIVELY ADDRESS THE HIGH COST OF LIVING AND FIX OUR BROKEN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM" * Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MSNBC's The Beat with Ari Melber ahead of tomorrow's elections, where he emphasized the importance of protecting Americans' healthcare and lowering the high cost of living. ARI MELBER : We are joined now by someone in a positi  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Nov. 3, 2025, to Bloomberg Opinion: * * * Mamdani Is Benefitting from New York City's Changing Workforce By Allison Schrager Is the city that defines modern capitalism really about to elect a self-described democratic socialist as mayor? If the answer turns out to be yes, as seems likely, then the explanation may lie in New York City's evolving economy, which now includes fewer hard-charging Wall Str  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Nov. 3, 2025, to The Dispatch: * * * Scott Bessent Is Wrong About Deficit Reduction By Jessica Riedl There are no quick fixes or easy solutions for trillion-dollar deficits. One hallmark of the presidencies of Donald Trump is surging budget deficits. Another is repeatedly claiming that drastic deficit reduction is just around the corner. During his 2016 presidential campaign, Trump famously promised  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 4 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Medical anthropologist to deliver annual Society for Humanities lecture * This year's Society for the Humanities Invitational Lecture will feature medical anthropologist Stacey Langwick, associate professor of anthropology in the College of Arts & Sciences, speaking on "Healing in a Toxic World: Reimagining the Times and Spaces of the Therapeutic." The lecture, scheduled for 5-6:30 p.m. Nov. 11 in the Guerlac R  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Milbank LLP, New York, is expanding its focus on the artificial intelligence ecosystem with the creation of a multidisciplinary digital infrastructure practice group. This team will support clients across the entire AI value chain, bringing together market leading lawyers from the firm's energy, infrastructure, projects, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory and structured finance groups. The group has led over $125 billion of digital-related transactions this   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc. (NAACP LDF), New York, has issued an opposition against the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) interim final eule (IFR) regarding the disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) and airport concession disadvantaged business enterprise (ACDBE) programs. The organization claims that the proposed modifications threaten to reverse decades of progress in combating discrimina  more

MANHATTAN WEST, New York, Nov. 5 -- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Nancy Olson Featured in Real Estate Power Players Edition Real estate co-head Nancy Olson was profiled in Financier Worldwide as part of the Real Estate 2025 -- Distinguished Advisers edition of its Power Players series. The article highlighted Ms. Olson's leadership in major real estate transactions and her commitment to promoting client trust "deal by deal." "Building   more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 4 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Nathan Seiberg explores frontiers of physics in 2025 Bethe Lecture * Nathan Seiberg, professor in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, will explore string theory and other aspects of scientific progress in the 2025 Hans Bethe Lecture, " What Happens at Shorter Distances ?" His talk will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19 in Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall. Seiberg's lecture wil  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 [Category: BizMedia] -- NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, posted the following news: * * * NBC News Launches "Reporting for America" Campaign Highlighting Commitment to Trusted Journalism NBC News has launched its newest campaign, "Reporting for America." Based on extensive nationwide research, the campaign responds to what audiences say they want most: reliable information and respectful dialogue. For decades, NBC News has been defined by its commitment to quality journ  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 4 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Nebraska in the national news: October 2025 * University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty were interviewed about the renewed debate over conversion therapy and America's fascination with true crime for national news stories in October. The stories were among 40-plus featuring Husker faculty, staff, students, administrators, centers and programs during the month. * Kelsy Burke, professor of sociology, was q  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 -- Newmark Group posted the following news release: * * * Newmark Arranges $25.1M Sale and $18.5M Financing of 208-Unit Multifamily Community in Savannah, GA Newmark announces the Company has arranged the $25.1 million sale and $18.5 million financing of Live Oak Plantation, a 208-unit multifamily property at 8505 Waters Avenue in Savannah, Georgia. Newmark Senior Managing Directors Brooks Colquitt and Christopher Lyon represented the undisclosed seller. Executive Managing D  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 -- Newmark Group posted the following news release: * * * Newmark Completes Sale of 3.7-Acre Development Site in Downtown San Jose Newmark announces the Company has arranged the sale of 447 South Almaden Boulevard, a 3.7-acre development site in the heart of Downtown San Jose. The City of San Jose acquired the asset for $13.5 million, approximately $3.7 million per acre or $85 per land foot. Newmark Executive Vice Chairman and President, Western Region Capital Markets Steven  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Next Steps for Mitigating Harm in the UN Cybercrime Convention * On October 25, a badly flawed United Nations treatythe first global crime treaty to be concluded in decades and the first ever to address the use of technologyreached a critical milestone. The treaty opened for signature, with 72 governments, and counting, having signed in Hanoi. Ninety days after 40 of those governments ratify the  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 3 [Category: BizHospital] -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, posted the following news release: * * * Notable Honors & Awards at NYU Langone, October 2025 * T hese are some of the honors recently given to the faculty of NYU Langone Health: NYU Langone Health Chair of Ophthalmology, Dr. Kathryn Colby, Honored with Castroviejo Medal at AAO 2025 October 17, 2025 Kathryn A. Colby, MD, PhD, the Elisabeth J. Cohen, MD, Prof  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 -- The New York City Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2025: * * * NYCEDC and Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling, Participate in the Removal of the Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center from the Hunts Point Peninsula in the Bronx Long-awaited Moment for the Hunts Point Peninsula as Louisiana Scrap Metal Recycling Removes Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center to be Taken Apart and Recycled With the Prison Barge Removed, City can Begin Planning for  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Ocasio-Cortez Joins City Harvest for a Food Distribution for Federal Workers at Vaughn College * Queens, N.Y. \- This weekend, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) joined City Harvest, New York City's first and largest food rescue organization, to host a Food Distribution for federal workers impacted by the government shutdown at Vaughn College in Queens. Over 260 federal work  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- The PACO Group Inc., New York, a small business operating under the U.S. Department of Transportation's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Airport Concession DBE programs, has expressed serious concerns regarding the Interim Final Rule (IFR) issued on Oct. 3, 2025. The company states that the changes implemented by this rule pose a risk to the progress made over decades towards equitable participation for small, minority, and women-owned firms in federally assisted proje  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 [Category: BizFinancial Services] -- Blackstone, an investment firm, posted the following news release: * * * Royalty Pharma Acquires Royalty Interest in Alnylam's AMVUTTRA for $310 Million from Blackstone Life Sciences * Royalty Pharma plc (Nasdaq: RPRX) today announced that it has acquired a royalty interest in Alnylam's AMVUTTRA from funds managed by Blackstone Life Sciences ("Blackstone") for $310 million. The royalty interest being sold stems from Blackstone's 2020 fina  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (TNSrep) -- According to an analysis by S&P Global, New York, construction of the proposed Constitution natural gas pipeline could provide substantial price relief and economic benefits for the U.S. Northeast. The report projects that the pipeline could generate up to $11.6 billion in energy savings for consumers and support nearly 2,000 jobs annually over a 15-year period. The analysis (https://view.highspot.com/viewer/41207f04c15a7c5f88b8fb2f90dc45c9#1), combining the exper  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 -- Skanska, a construction and development company, issued the following news release: * * * Skanska breaks ground on new cargo facilities at San Francisco International Airport SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Skanska, a leading global construction and development firm, has begun construction on a significant new cargo facilities project at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Encompassing a new cargo building and ancillary Ground Service Equipment (GSE) maintenance building, the r  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sonoco Products Co., Hartsville, South Carolina, announced on Nov. 3, 2025, that it has completed the sale of its ThermoSafe business unit to Arsenal Capital Partners, New York. The transaction, valued at up to $725 million, represents a key step in Sonoco's effort to streamline its business operations. The purchase price includes an initial payment of $650 million payable at closing, with an additional consideration of up to $75 million contingent on ThermoSafe meeting sp  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 4 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Student draws on experience to transform assistive communication * At 15, when a neurological condition took Tobias Weinberg's ability to speak, aspects of his personality became more difficult to express. Typing to communicate, he struggled to keep up in conversations, especially to make the jokes or sarcastic comments that had been his norm. And his first text-to-voice device was monotone, with Mexican or Spa  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 4 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Survey reveals campus sexual assault and harassment * The 2025 Cornell Survey of Sexual Assault and Related Misconduct showed a rise in the number of students who said they experienced nonconsensual sexual contact, as the percentage of students who responded to the biennial survey dropped by more than half. The survey, conducted in accordance with New York state law, provides insight into students' experiences   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Tanzania: Killings, Crackdown Follow Disputed Elections * (Nairobi) - The authorities in Tanzania responded to widespread protests following the October 29 elections with lethal force and other abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. On November 1, Tanzania's electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission, announced that the incumbent president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, won the electio  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 [Category: BizMedia] -- Dow Jones, a provider of news and business information, issued the following news release: * * * The Wall Street Journal Announces Speaker Lineup for WSJ Board of Directors Council Summit 2025 * From the WSJ Leadership Institute, the inaugural summit will feature conversations with newsmakers across business, politics, sports, and more. Speakers include Verizon CEO Dan Schulman ; Director, CoreWeave; former CEO of eBay and Hewlett-Packard Meg Whitman   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 -- Tradeweb Markets, a builder and operator of global fixed income and derivatives marketplaces, issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2025: * * * Tradeweb Brings U.S. Treasury Benchmark Data On-Chain via Chainlink Tradeweb FTSE U.S. Treasury Benchmark Closing Prices on-chain gives institutional clients direct access to reliable, high-quality benchmark pricing * Tradeweb, a leading, global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money mark  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 [Category: BizConstruction] -- Turner Construction Co. issued the following news: * * * Turner's Innovation Summit Unites Global Leaders to Shape the Future of How We Build * Turner Construction Company hosted its 10th Innovation Summit in Nashville, Tennessee, where more than 300 change leaders, innovators, and colleagues from Turner and the ACS Group gathered under the theme "Empowering Transformation" to explore how innovation, artificial intelligence, and collaboration d  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 -- The United Nations Population Fund issued the following news: * * * Women flee atrocities in Sudan's El Fasher only to face new crisis in overcrowded camps The seizure of El Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, by the Rapid Support Forces, following more than 530 days of siege, shelling and bombardment, has unleashed a new wave of brutal violence, triggering a mass exodus and trapping families in a desperate situation. Reports of widespread sexual violence an  more

BUFFALO, New York, Nov. 5 -- Delaware North issued the following news release: * * * UBS Arena and Delaware North unveil exciting new menu items for 2025-2026 New York Islanders season Belmont Park, N.Y. (Nov. 4, 2025) -- With the New York Islanders' season underway and the team settling into a busy November slate of games at home, UBS Arena and hospitality partner Delaware North today announced a fresh lineup of concession offerings. Fans can look forward to bold flavors, premium ingredients  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 -- UBS, a financial services provider, issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2025: * * * UBS executes first live tokenized fund transaction leveraging the Chainlink Digital Transfer Agent technical standard UBS Tokenize and DigiFT showcased a live, in-production tokenized fund transaction that leverages the Chainlink Digital Transfer Agent (DTA) technical standard to complete the first-ever subscription and redemption request of a tokenized fund. * UBS today announce  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (TNSrpt) -- The United Nations Development Programme posted the following news: * * * UN Development Programme calls for targeted government action to help more than 400 million people escape poverty for good * Doha 411 million people worldwide could move from poverty to basic security by 2030 if governments adopt context-specific 'prosperity floors' and focus on job-intensive growth, adaptative social protection systems and policies that increase wages, according to the Uni  more

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, Nov. 5 -- The University of North Carolina Wilmington campus issued the following news: * * * UNCW Researchers Produce Award-Winning Documentary By Sydney Bouchelle '19 A UNCW research expedition to Greenland is the focus of an award-winning feature documentary, A Map of the World in Time, which premiered on Friday, Oct. 24 at the Raw Science Film Festival in New York City. The film details the 2023 Baffin Bay Deglacial Experiment, known as BADEX, led by an inte  more

ROCHESTER, New York, Nov. 5 -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * Undergraduates nationwide to explore human-centered AI at RIT Applicants wanted for NSF-supported summer research opportunities over the next three years * Undergraduate students from around the country will be coming to RIT to enhance interactions between human and artificial intelligence (AI) agents. Over the next three years, the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site in   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * US: ICE Abuses in Los Angeles Set Stage for Other Cities * * The US government is conducting an ongoing campaign of raids and detentions across the country to advance a policy of mass deportation that is ripping families apart and terrorizing entire communities. * This campaign started, in its most aggressive form, in Los Angeles this past summer, setting the stage for similar tactics in oth  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 4 -- Vanderbilt University posted the following news: * * * Vanderbilt University expands national footprint with New York City campus to open in fall 2026 * Today, Vanderbilt University marked a defining moment in its 150-year history with the official establishment of its first campus outside of Nashville: Vanderbilt University-New York City. Located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, the campus will welcome an inaugural cohort of students for an Undergrad  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- The Worker Justice Center of New York (WJCNY) has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Labor in opposition to a proposed rule by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regarding the General Duty Clause. The organization expresses concern that the rule, which seeks to limit protections for "inherently risky professional activities," will jeopardize the safety and health of vulnerable workers within high-risk industries. WJCNY advocat  more