NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The 350.org issued the following news release: * * * - Union leaders, artists, former presidents, faith groups and teachers pledge to join the youth-led climate strikes * * * "When politicians won't act to fix a problem or solve an injustice, the people must hold them accountable. The climate crisis is an energy problem, and an intergenerational injustice - and politicians are not addressing either. I support the climate strikers 100%." Mohamed Nasheed, former Maldives P  more

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, New York, Aug. 22 -- The Academy of Management Journal, from the Academy of Management, that says it publishes research that tests, extends or builds management theory and contributes to management practice, published 12 research articles on the following topics in its August 2019 edition: * A Functional Model of Workplace Envy and Job Performance: When do Employees Capitalize on Envy by Learning from Envied Targets? * Born to Take Risk? The Effect of CEO Birth Order on Strat  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)3 non-profit that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following statement by policy counsel Madhuri Grewal on the regulations to jail immigrant children: The Trump administration announced today regulations that aim to undermine the decades-old Flores agreement that provides basic protections for immigrant children detained by the governme  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- Action Against Hunger issued the following news release: * * * - 61 organizations, including Action Against Hunger, warn of worsening crisis in Myanmar and call for refugee engagement on safe, voluntary returns * * * Two years after mass atrocities in Myanmar forced more than 740,000 people to flee for their lives, the Government and the people of Bangladesh continue to generously host nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees. While UN agencies and over 130 local, national, an  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- The Advocates for Children of New York issued the following statement by Executive Director Kim Sweet in response to the release of the grades 3-8 English Language Arts and Math test scores: "We are pleased that test scores for third through eighth graders continue to trend in the right direction. In particular, rising ELA scores for third graders--53.3% of New York City third graders reached proficiency in 2019, compared to 50.6% of third graders in 2018--are a promising s  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- The Aesthetic Surgery Journal, a peer-reviewed international journal from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery that says it focuses on scientific developments and clinical techniques in aesthetic surgery, published 12 research articles on the following topics in its September 2019 edition: * A Meta-Analysis of Complication Rates Among Different SMAS Facelift Techniques * A Systematic Review of Resident Aesthetic Clinic Outcomes * Are You on the Right Platfor  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 22 -- Albany Medical Center, an academic health sciences center, issued the following news release: Albany Medical College and Siena College will partner again this fall in a unique program for biomedical entrepreneurs seeking to learn about the pathway to bring their science from the bench to the bedside. The program, the BACC Academy, is in its third year and is a one-of-a-kind educational opportunity in the region focused on creating biomed entrepreneurs. The 13-week   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 21 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: * * * - ADF files brief on behalf of physician groups that support Conscience Rights in Health Care Rule * * * SAN FRANCISCO and NEW YORK - Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed friend-of-the-court briefs Wednesday with federal district courts in California and New York state on behalf of four non-profit medical organizations that support the Conscience Rights in Health Care Rule issu  more

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Illinois, Aug. 23 -- The American Academy of Pediatrics issued the following news release: A study in the September 2019 Pediatrics, "Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness and Mortality in Critically Ill Children," found that the hospital a child is taken to for emergency care affects their odds of survival. Researchers studied health outcomes data from 20,483 critically ill infants, children, and teens brought to 426 hospitals in Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts, Nebraska, an  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- The American Geriatrics Society issued the following news release: Declining mental sharpness "just comes with age," right? Not so fast, say geriatrics researchers and clinicians gathered at a prestigious 2018 conference hosted by the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) with support from the National Institute on Aging (NIA). In a report published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS), attendees of a conference for the NIA's Grants for Early Medical/Surgica  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- The American Institute of Chemical Engineers issued the following news release: The AIChE Foundation has announced a new lectureship inspired by the career contributions of William R. Schowalter -- a Fellow and former director of AIChE, and the Class of 1950 Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, Emeritus, at Princeton University. The lectureship was established to recognize Schowalter's outstanding contributions to both the technical and educational foundations of t  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following news release: American Jewish Committee (AJC) is outraged by President Trump's comments today criticizing American Jews who support and vote for Democratic candidates. "I think Jewish people that vote for a Democrat - I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty," said Trump in the Oval Office. AJC CEO David Harris said the president's comments are "shockingly divisive and unbecoming of the occupa  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following news release: American Jewish Committee (AJC) mourns the passing of Jack Lapin, a leader in Houston's Jewish community who was actively involved with AJC locally and nationally. He was 88 years old. "Jack was unfailingly gracious, thoughtful, compassionate, curious, and committed," said AJC CEO David Harris. "I was always struck by his love of books, of learning, of educational travel, and of Jewish heritage." Lapin was i  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- American Jewish World Service issued the following statement by Hannah Weilbacher, program officer for Jewish advocacy and engagement, after 600 clergy from 38 states joined together to send a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about the Rohingya genocide: * * * - AJWS and the Jewish Rohingya Justice Network* demand the U.S. hold Burmese military leaders accountable * * * "American Jewish World Service and the Jewish Rohingya Justice Network have come together to m  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- American Jewish World Service issued the following statement by Director of Government Affairs Rori Kramer: * * * - AJWS and the Jewish Rohingya Justice Network* call for swift action by the Department of Treasury to hold Burmese military accountable * * * 20 Jewish organizational leaders, representing the Jewish Rohingya Justice Network, called on Under Secretary of the Treasury Sigal Mandelker to pursue justice and accountability for the Rohingya people and all ethnic   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The American National Standards Institute issued the following news release: * * * - Final Rule Removes Paragraph on 5G standards activities from its Temporary General License * * * The U.S. Department of Commerce's (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) extended a waiver to allow U.S. companies to continue to do limited business with Huawei Technologies until November 18, 2019. Importantly, this final rule removes paragraph (c)(4) "Engagement as necessary for devel  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- The American National Standards Institute issued the following news release: * * * - Standards Collaboration Cited among Key Roadmap Priorities * * * The FirstNet Responder Network Authority, an independent authority within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, has released a roadmap that provides an overview of public safety's operational needs and technology trends for mobile broadband communications over the next five years. The roadmap, inf  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- The American National Standards Institute issued the following news release: People on the Move highlights the career advancements of high-level trailblazers working professionally in diverse areas of standardization, contributing every day to the strength and success of the U.S. standards and conformance community. Zenita Henderson, vice president of marketing and business development for American National Standards Institute (ANSI) member and accredited standards develop  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The American National Standards Institute issued the following news release: * * * - Join Now: ISO Technical Committee (TC) 314 on Ageing Societies and IEC's Systems Committees for Active Assisted Living (SyC AAL) * * * As part of a continuing effort to support the quality of life of the growing ageing population, the American National Institute (ANSI) encourages all relevant stakeholders to get involved in the International Organization for Standardization's ISO Technic  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- The American Psychoanalytic Association issued the following news release: Since first raising concerns in 2015 about the long-term mental health consequences of anti-immigrant and refugee rhetoric and then the mental health impact of U.S. immigration policies, the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) now demands an end to the U.S. government's campaign of "psychological warfare". According to APsaA, speeches at campaign rallies and the current language and policies  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals issued the following news release: * * * - Kathy Taggares' 2019 commitment is the most significant donation ever from an individual for spay and neuter programs in Los Angeles * * * Today the ASPCA(R) (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(R)) announced a life-saving donation of $1.75 million from Kathy Taggares, one of the ASPCA's generous supporters and spay and neuter advocates for anima  more

PURCHASE, New York, Aug. 21 -- The American Society of Appraisers issued the following news: The American Society of Appraisers (ASA) will offer its highly acclaimed Appraising Fine Arts Overview course at Purchase College, State University of New York (SUNY) on Saturday, September 14 - Sunday, September 15, 2019. Located in Purchase, NY, Purchase College is tucked away on a 500-acre former estate in Westchester County, NY, about 30 miles from midtown Manhattan. The university's unique campus   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- The American Society of Mechanical Engineers issued the following news release: Engineering students at universities throughout India are collaborating with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) to host nine special events from late August through October. ASME EFx events in India give students the opportunity to showcase their technical skills and creativity and connect with thought leaders and practicing engineers for career advice. Registration is now open   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Americans for the Arts issued the following news release: Americans for the Arts today announced the recipients of this year's national Arts and Business Partnership Awards, recognizing 10 U.S. companies, a business leader, and an arts and business partnership for their exceptional commitment to the arts. The awards will be presented by Americans for the Arts on October 3, 2019, at a black-tie gala at The Central Park Boathouse in New York City. This year's honorees incl  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The Association of American Publishers issued the following news release: Today, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) asked the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to enjoin Audible, the world's largest digital audiobook distributor, from providing to its audiobook consumers the entire machine-generated text of literary works without any authorization from, compensation to, or quality control by the copyright owners. The lawsuit, whi  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants issued the following news release: The worldwide Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC) honors during today's AESC APAC Conference in Sydney, Australia the achievements of two AESC Members for their outstanding contributions to the profession and to the community. The AESC Commitment to the Community Award recognizes a strong commitment to service and volunteerism and goes to Paul Rus  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- B'nai B'rith International issued the following news release: On Aug. 22, the B'nai B'rith Center for Senior Services held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil new renovations at the Adelstein Family B'nai B'rith H.O.P.E. Project in the Bronx, New York. Among other important modernizations, every affordable housing unit will now have its own air conditioner. Rebecca Koepnick, chief strategy officer for portfolio preservation, New York State Homes and Community Renewal; Dan  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- Wolters Kluwer Health issued the following news release: Bank Hapoalim, one of Israel's largest banks has selected Wolters Kluwer's OneSumX solution for Risk Management, specifically using the software for managing its credit risk profile. The bank will now utilize Wolters Kluwer's OneSumX software for Measuring Counterparty Credit Risk (SA-CCR). This is a revised rule under Basel III Standardized Approach, applied to calculate the exposure at default of derivatives, meani  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The Clearing House issued the following news release: New York and Madison, WI - Bankers' Bank, a state-chartered financial institution that specializes in providing correspondent banking products to community banks, has committed to become a Funding Agent for depository institutions looking to provide real-time payments capabilities to their customers on the RTP(R) network developed by The Clearing House (TCH). Bankers' Bank will play a key role in faster payments as a Fu  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 20 -- Albany Medical Center, an academic health sciences center, issued the following news release: Two trailblazing scientists, whose discoveries in stem cell and cancer cell biology have led to innovative advances in fields ranging from oncology and immunology to cancer genomics and regenerative medicine, will receive the 2019 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research. They are: Bert Vogelstein, M.D., Johns Hopkins University and Howard Hughes Med  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- Bend the Arc Jewish Action issued the following statement by CEO Stosh Cotler after the comments by President Trump accusing Jewish Americans who oppose him of ignorance or disloyalty: "President Trump's abhorrent statement today accusing the vast majority of Jewish Americans who oppose him of 'disloyalty' is textbook antisemitism and should be called out as such, without hesitation. The antisemitic charge of disloyalty or dual loyalty dates back centuries, and this isn't t  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement in response to the announcement that New York Police Department Officer Daniel Pantaleo has been fired for his use of a chokehold that killed Eric Garner: "This is a long overdue modicum of justice for Eric Garner's family, five years after Mr. Garner's unjust killing. Now the NYPD must hold the other officers involved accountable. "Harm - including grave harm - by police officers is not merely a matter of  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- Children's Rights issued the following statement by Executive Director Sandy Santana after the Trump Administration announced proposed amendments to the Flores agreement, a court settlement that prohibits the government from detaining children for more than 20 days: The new policy would allow migrant families and children to be detained indefinitely. "No amount of time is safe for children to be detained in institutions: each day spent in detention takes a profound toll o  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- CancerCare issued the following news release: Christine Verini, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of CancerCare, was recently named as one of PharmaVOICE Magazine's 100 Most Inspiring People. Ms. Verini was nominated by her colleagues for her outstanding leadership. Through all of her diverse range of positions, from commercial and medical affairs on the pharma side to COO, she has never lost her passion or her focus on patients. As a key member of CancerCare's Executive Leade  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The William J. Clinton Foundation issued the following news release: Acceso Colombia, a local agribusiness that sources fruits and vegetables from smallholder farmers in Colombia to lift them out of poverty, announced the second phase of its local feeding program that is expected to support 1.5 million meals for Venezuelan refugees over the next few months. This is an extension of Acceso Colombia's feeding program which began in April of this year through generous funding f  more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, Aug. 20 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: Despite years of research, the brain still contains broad areas of unchartered territory. A team of scientists, led by neuroscientists from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and University of Sydney, recently found new evidence revising the traditional view of the primate brain's visual system organization using data from marmosets. This remapping of the brain could serve as a future reference for   more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, Aug. 23 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Board of Trustees, faculty and administration mourn the passing of David H. Koch, Honorary Trustee of the Laboratory and vigorous supporter of cancer research. David served as a Trustee from 1992-1998, contributing to the growth of the Laboratory's infrastructure and research programs. His interest in cancer therapeutics and quantitative biology is memo  more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, Aug. 21 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: Artificial intelligence (AI) still has a lot to learn from animal brains, says Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) neuroscientist Tony Zador. Now, he's hoping that lessons from neuroscience can help the next generation of artificial intelligence overcome some particularly difficult barriers. Anthony Zador, M.D., Ph.D., has spent his career working to describe, down to the individual neuron, t  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- Columbia University Irving Medical Center issued the following news: Columbia's Genetic Counseling Graduate Program has launched with an inaugural class of 12 students, who kicked off their orientation with faculty and staff members on Aug. 19 at a ribbon cutting ceremony on the medical campus. The new two-year program in the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (VP&S) will immerse students in clinical genetics, counseling, communication, genomic medicine, precision m  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- Columbia University Irving Medical Center issued the following news: Epic training begins in September for a select group of team members at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC). Staff members had the opportunity to take on the role of credential trainer (CT) as part of their engagement with the EpicTogether project. CUIMC's Epic project team leaders and department heads recruited and completed the selection of 40 CTs. These team members will deliver classroom  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news: The government of Benin should act to decriminalize press offenses, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today, after journalist Ignace Sossou was convicted of false news for reporting on corporate finances. A court in Benin's largest city, Cotonou, on August 12 handed Sossou, a reporter with the privately owned Benin Web TV news website, a suspended sentence of one month imprisonment and a fine of 500,00  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news: Yemeni authorities should cease arresting journalists and making the dangerous work of Yemen's press even more difficult, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On August 19, Yemeni military authorities arrested journalists Munir Talal, Mahfouz al-Baaithi, and Yahya al-Baaithi at a hotel in the city of Taiz and accused them of being members of the media wing of the Tarek Afash brigades, a militia ope  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Aug. 20 -- The Community Foundation of Central New York issued the following news: When was the last time you dangled 60 feet in the air, slept in a tipi or tried to kiss a trout? For most of us, it was a long time ago, or never, and we would prefer to keep it that way. But, the team at Orenda Spring's Experiential Learning Center believe that those can be some of the most valuable experiences for developing our courage, self-image and creativity. The outdoor learning cente  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release: * * * - Telegram Group Praises Mass Shootings; ISIS Releases New Propaganda * * * The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. This week, Teespring was found to be selling t-shirts glorifying violence, white supremacists and neo-Nazis. Additionally, an American white supremaci  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release: * * * - Role Is Critical As Online Hate Has Translated To Real-World Violence * * * Extremists across the world have misused social media platforms to upload violent propaganda and hateful manifestos. Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Executive Director David Ibsen recently wrote in an op-ed for The Hill about the attacks in El Paso, Christchurch, and Poway--all of which have links to 8chan's politically in  more

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Aug. 24 -- The Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres issued the following news: AMSTERDAM/NEW YORK -- After being stranded for 14 days at sea with 356 rescued people on board, the Ocean Viking, a ship operated by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and SOS MEDITERRANEE, has finally been offered a safe place for disembarkation in Malta. While a coalition of countries has worked together on   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The William J. Clinton Foundation issued the following news release: The Clinton Foundation's Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) and the Commonwealth of Dominica are working together to strengthen energy infrastructure in Dominica, while increasing capacity to respond to natural disasters and helping to safeguard communities in the face of increased threats from climate change and extreme weather events. As part of Dominica's goal to become the first climate-resilient nation  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The Drug Policy Alliance issued the following news release: Below is analysis from Sheila Vakharia, PhD, Deputy Director of the Drug Policy Alliance's Department of Research and Academic Engagement, in response to the 2018 National Survey of Drug Use and Health released today by SAMHSA. Among the findings: * Youth rates of marijuana use remain mostly unchanged in recent years, while being consistently lower than they were before many states began to legalize medical and a  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The Drug Policy Alliance issued the following statement by Executive Director Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno in response to 2020 presidential contender Sen. Bernie Sanders adding supervised consumption sites to his criminal justice platform: "Senator Bernie Sanders has rightly recognized the life-saving value of supervised consumption sites as a way to curb the overdose crisis. Sanders and Andrew Yang are the first two 2020 presidential contenders to voice their support for  more

LONDON, England, Aug. 19 -- Environment and Planning A - Economy and Space, a journal of economic research, published 12 research articles on the following topics in its September 2019 edition: * Austerity urbanism or pragmatic municipalism? Local government responses to fiscal stress in New York State * Characterising labour market self-containment in London with geographically arranged small multiples * Polarizing informality: Processual thinking, materiality and the emerging middle-class i  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- Environment New York issued the following news release: * * * - Report shows marked progress in solar, wind, electric vehicles, energy storage and efficiency * * * Since 2009, the United States has increased its solar power generation 40-fold and upped its electric production from wind by more than 270 percent, according to a new report released today by Environment New York Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group. The study also highlights advances in energy savings  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The Episcopal Church issued the following news: * * * - Applications due September 13, 2019 * * * The Presiding Officers' Advisory Group on Beloved Community Implementation is pleased to announce the availability of grants to catalyze the church's work of racial healing, reconciliation and justice. Allocated by the 79th General Convention of The Episcopal Church (GC 2018 Resolution D002), the intent for this funding is to build capacity and increase Episcopal engagement   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 -- The American Institute of Chemical Engineers will host the 64th Annual Safety in Ammonia Plants and Related Facilities Symposium at the Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, California, Sept. 8-12: Organized by AIChE's Ammonia Safety Committee, the annual symposium is dedicated to improving the safety of plants that manufacture ammonia and related chemicals, such as urea, nitric acid, ammonia nitrate, and methanol. Company leaders and practitioners will describe how their organizat  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The Ford Foundation issued the following news: The Ford Foundation Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of its new exhibition, Utopian Imagination, on Tuesday, September 17, with an opening event from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm that evening. The gallery space at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice is dedicated to presenting multidisciplinary art, performance, and public programming by artists committed to exploring issues of justice and injustice. The gallery is ope  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- Greenpeace International issued the following news release: This morning, Oscar winner actor Javier Bardem was in Times Square to demand a "GLOBAL OCEAN TREATY NOW" as an electronic billboard displayed threatened marine life. See images here. Later, he will address delegates at the United Nations to urge governments to agree a strong Global Ocean Treaty that could help to protect at least 30% of the world's seas by 2030. [1] This is the third out of four meetings at the U  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, issued the following statement by National President Ellen Hershkin and CEO Janice Weinman: "In today's climate of partisan and political tensions, the U.S.-Israel relationship has and will continue to endure because of the links that bond the people of both nations - links forged by historical ties, shared values, deep friendships and a common destiny. "Maintaining support for Israel as a nonpartisan American value i  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Fund for UNICEF issued the following news release: * * * - International Supermodel and UNICEF Ambassador Meets with Unaccompanied Minors and Refugees * * * UNICEF Ambassador Halima Aden traveled with UNICEF USA to Italy in August, where she met with refugee adolescents and families. Aden, a former refugee, shared her own journey with young men and women and engaged in meaningful conversations about the importance of refugees advocating for themselves. In Paler  more

NEW HYDE PARK, New York, Aug. 21 -- Northwell Health issued the following news: * * * - Sixth-month course developed, led by NP Amy Smith * * * Twenty Northwell Health emergency nurses were certified as sexual assault nurse examiners (SANE), becoming the first class to graduate from the Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies SANE program. A small, informal ceremony was held at the Northwell Health Center for Learning and Innovation to recognize the nurse  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Aug. 20 -- The Community Foundation of Central New York issued the following news: Syracuse's problem is not a lack of housing; it is a lack of quality, safe, affordable housing, according to Ben Lockwood, president and CEO of Housing Visions. But now, as you're driving down Butternut Street, you'll see something new and uplifting - clean, crisp, new rental units ready for families to call home. With some apartments complete and others still under construction, this Housing  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: * * * - Justice Delayed is Justice Denied for Women Athletes * * * The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) needs to act more swiftly on complaints and evidence brought by women players of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse by leaders of the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF), Human Rights Watch said today. Specifically, FIFA needs to speedily and fairly investigate all AFF members accused   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: * * * - Detained, Faced 10-Day Ordeal, But Not Charged * * * Algerian authorities deported a Human Rights Watch official, Ahmed Benchemsi, on August 19, 2019, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities detained him for 10 hours and seized his passports, holding them for 10 days before deporting him. Benchemsi, the Middle East communications and advocacy director at Human Rights Watch, had been in Algeria since A  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: * * * - Lift Restrictions, Order Security Forces to Use Restraint * * * The Indian government should ensure that rights are protected after lifting some restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir State, Human Rights Watch said today. The government announced that it had partially restored landline connections, reopened schools, and withdrawn the ban on large gatherings. The government imposed the restrictions after it revoked   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: * * * - Ensure Refugees' Security, Basic Rights, Equal Access to Citizenship * * * The Myanmar and Bangladesh governments should suspend plans to repatriate Rohingya refugees until returns are safe, voluntary, and dignified, Human Rights Watch said today. With new repatriations set to start on August 22, 2019, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh camps protested that they will face the same violence and oppression in Myanm  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following statement by Jenn Piatt, senior director of refugee resettlement and asylum policy and advocacy: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds today to the United States' proposed departure from the Flores Settlement, a landmark 1997 agreement which established minimum standards for the care, custody, and release of all children in immigration detention. The Flores Settlement Agreement was reached following over a  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The International Trademark Association issued the following news release: The International Trademark Association (INTA) is hosting its first-ever roundtable in Israel, which will focus on the use of mediation for dispute resolution on intellectual property (IP) matters. The roundtable, Then and Now: Evolution of IP Mediation in Israel and What the Future Holds, will be held on September 24, at the law offices of Meitar Liquornik Geva Leshem Tal in Ramat Gan. It is hosted  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The Journal of Fluid Mechanics that says it covers theoretical, computational and experimental investigations of all aspects of the mechanics of fluids, published 12 research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 25, 2019 edition: * A kinetic-based hyperbolic two-fluid model for binary hard-sphere mixtures * A two-dimensional numerical and experimental study of piston and sloshing resonance in moonpools with recess * An adjoint compressible linearised Navier-Stokes  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, a peer-reviewed journal that says it publishes clinical aging research, published 17 research articles on the following topics in its August 2019 edition: * Comorbid Depressive Symptoms and Chronic Medical Conditions Among US Chinese Older Adults * Depressive Symptoms and Onset of Functional Disability Over 2 Years: A Prospective Cohort Study * Different Definitions of Elder Mistreatment and Mortality: A Prospective Cohort S  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- National Basketball Association issued the following news release: Las Vegas Aces' All-Star forward A'ja Wilson has received the July WNBA Cares Community Assist Award presented by State Farm for her work in the community focusing on education for children and supporting families whose children have dyslexia. Throughout the season and leading into July, Wilson spent time with Spring Valley High School as part of the Lace Up Mentorship Program for high school girls basketba  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following statement by President and General Counsel Juan Cartagena: Earlier today, NYPD Commissioner James O'Neil announced that Officer Daniel Pantaleo would be fired, 5 years after he killed Eric Garner using an illegal choke hold. "5 years after Eric Garner was killed by Officer Pantaleo, we get a smidgen of justice. For 5 years now, the Mayor's office, the NYPD and the DOJ have been trying to pass the buck and to avoid being the ones wh  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, Aug. 19 -- Mary Ann Liebert Inc. issued the following news release: Although the literature describes the mammalian zygote as a totipotent cell, one researcher challenges this view and has proposed a revised alternative model of mammalian cellular totipotency. The basis for this new model and its implications and potential applications are presented in an article published in Stem Cells and Development, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. Cli  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, Aug. 19 -- Mary Ann Liebert Inc. issued the following news release: A new case study demonstrates the steps being taken by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) to make it easier for small businesses and entrepreneurs to understand its needs and do business with it. The detailed case study, which provides insights on the design, results, and lessons learned from these efforts, is published in New Space: The Journal of Space Entrepreneurship and Innovation  more

NEW HYDE PARK, New York, Aug. 20 -- Northwell Health issued the following news: * * * - Million-dollar gift funds Northwell Internal Medicine Fellow * * * A generous donation from the late George Gottridge has funded the Libby Gottridge Endowed Fellowship in General Internal Medicine. The two-year program will enable selected fellows to develop programming and outreach initiatives designed to train future health care leaders at Northwell Health. Amanda Simone, MD, an internal medicine resid  more

BELLEVUE, Washington, Aug. 20 -- MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than 1 million mothers and their families, issued the following statement by Vice President Monifa Bandele on the New York City Police Department's decision to fire officer Daniel Pantaleo: "The New York City Police Department took a step forward yesterday by finally firing Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who murdered Eric Garner more than five years ago by using an illegal chokehold and then ignoring Garner'  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- The Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai issued the following news release: * * * - New research is showing the profound benefits--for longevity and fighting disease--of intermittent fasting * * * Fasting regimens have gained public and scientific interest in recent years, but fasting shouldn't be dismissed as a fad. In a study published in Cell, Mount Sinai researchers found that fasting reduces inflammation and improves chronic inflammatory diseases without affectin  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai issued the following news release: Great minds don't think alike. Bolstered by data indicating that teams of diverse individuals fare better on complex tasks than homogeneous groups, a group of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has teamed up to bring diversity--and the barriers that prevent it--to the forefront. The Mount Sinai researchers have created a robust report that details the challenges, opportun  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The Mount Sinai Health System issued the following news release: For the seventh consecutive year, Mount Sinai will serve as the official medical services provider for the 2019 US Open Tennis Championships, which begin on Monday, August 26, and run through Sunday, September 8. Mount Sinai orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians, and musculoskeletal radiologists will deploy the latest technology and expertise to provide elite athletes with onsite care at the USTA Bil  more

LATHAM, New York, Aug. 22 -- The New York State United Teachers issued the following statement on the State Education Department's release of grade 3-8 state test results: "While it is better that test scores increased slightly, we must not paper over the fact that the state's standardized testing system -- and the way it determines student proficiency -- remains badly broken. Too many students are forced to take tests that are too long and include questions that are not developmentally approp  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release: Today, Facebook released a document it has billed as an 'anti-conservative bias' report or audit. This so-called 'report' is grossly lacking in rigor and documentation. Rather than serving as an independent analysis it is simply a regurgitation of complaints and perceptions from select conservative groups. Furthermore, we are particularly concerned by the apparent softening of standards related   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release: The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is both stunned and outraged to learn that the Justice Department sent an email to immigration court employees, including judges, which contained white supremacist and anti-Semitic content. "Judges are critical to the preservation of our democracy and such attacks on them cannot be tolerated. To say, 'it was a mistake' is insufficient," s  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release: Today, over five years after NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo killed Eric Garner with an illegal chokehold, Police Commissioner James O'Neill announced that Pantaleo has been fired from the Department. "For five years Eric Garner's family has waited for some measure of accountability for his death. Today's decision to dismiss Pantaleo is long overdue. Nevertheless, we join Eric Garner's family in e  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The National Action Network issued the following statement by President Al Sharpton regarding New York Police Department decision to dock Sgt. Kizzy Adonis' 20 vacation days: "The decision by the NYPD to dock Sgt. Kizzy Adonis twenty vacation days is too little too late. In fact, the loss of vacation days is akin to no penalty at all. "If the penalty for not doing your job is that you can keep doing your job, it is an injustice to the family of Eric Garner and the residen  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 23 -- The National Constitution Center issued the following news release: * * * - Guests include New York University School of Law professor Melissa Murray, Catherine Glenn Foster of Americans United for Life, and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner - Topics include a debate on whether Roe should be overturned, a conversation in conjunction with our new Civil War and Reconstruction exhibit, and a preview of the 2019-20 Supreme Court term * * * The Na  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation issued the following news release: * * * - Funding supports 25 projects to improve aquatic connectivity for brook trout, restore wetland habitats for shorebirds and waterfowl, and increase stormwater storage in shoreline cities * * * Sustain Our Great Lakes partners today announced $6.9 million in grant funding for 25 ecological restoration projects in the Great Lakes basin. These grants leverage approximately $8.1 million in a  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- Nature Chemical Biology, a journal that says it features chemistry, biology and allied disciplines to understand and manipulate biological systems with molecular precision, published eight research articles, including the following topics, in its August 2019 edition: * A marine bacterial enzymatic cascade degrades the algal polysaccharide ulvan * A programmable DNA-origami platform for studying lipid transfer between bilayers * An excreted small molecule promotes C. elega  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The National Collegiate Athletic Association issued the following news: Scott Pioli doesn't talk about diversity and inclusion as abstract values. When he discusses how he has incorporated them into his work and mission, he points to specific individuals from his formative years who opened his eyes and heart. An African American schoolteacher in the early 1970s in Pioli's white-flight neighborhood outside New York City. His childhood best friend's older brother, a gay ma  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement by Executive Director Donna Lieberman: NYPD Police Commissioner James O'Neill announced today that Daniel Pantaleo has been fired from the department for placing Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold in 2014. "For five long years, the family of Eric Garner has fought for some semblance of justice after Garner's life was taken from them by Daniel Pantaleo. "While today's decision will not bring Eric Garner back to l  more

BATH, England, Aug. 22 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following news release: The New York Civil Liberties Union, Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, and the law firm BakerHostetler filed a lawsuit yesterday against Steuben County, the Steuben County Sheriff, and several officials and employees at the Steuben County Jail on behalf of a transgender woman whom jail officials housed in a men's facility while she was awaiting trial. "Transgender New Yorkers too often face the  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The New York Immigration Coalition issued the following statement by Executive Director Steven Choi on Trump administration's announcement regarding detaining families seeking asylum: * * * - The Trump Administration Announces New Regulation to Dismantle the Flores Settlement Agreement * * * Today, the Trump administration announced its plan to repeal a longstanding legal agreement in order to indefinitely detain families seeking asylum. The Flores settlement agreement   more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 21 -- The New York State Association of Realtors issued the following news release: With the median sales price in New York State rising for 43 consecutive months to nearly $300,000, sales are struggling to keep pace according to the housing market report released today by the New York State Association of REALTORS(R). The median sales price escalated to $299,950 - a 7.1-percent increase in year-over-year comparisons. With an economy growing slower than the prices of hom  more

MANHASSET, New York, Aug. 23 -- North Shore University Hospital, a Northwell Health's hospital, issued the following news: * * * - Recent FDA approval expanded eligibility for the minimally invasive procedure that replaces narrowed aortic valves * * * In the wake of the US Food & Drug Administration's (FDA) August 16 decision to expand access to transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for low-risk surgical patients, the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital at North Shore University Hospita  more

NEW HYDE PARK, New York, Aug. 20 -- Northwell Health issued the following news: * * * - Healthcare Equality Index recognizes 25 Northwell facilities * * * The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer watchdog organization Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation has ranked Northwell Health as the No. 3 health system in the nation and first in New York State based on the number of facilities designated a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality, according to its 2019 Healthcare Equality Index (  more

NEW HYDE PARK, New York, Aug. 20 -- Northwell Health issued the following news: * * * - Alexa Ray Joel, Rosanna Scotto headline Katz Institute for Women's Health fundraiser * * * American singer-songwriter Alexa Ray Joel performed at Northwell Health's first Summer Hamptons Evening (SHE) on August 17 benefitting Northwell's Katz Institute for Women's Health. The event was held in Water Mill, NY, at the residence of Victoria Moran-Furman, who hosted alongside presenting sponsors Iris and Saul  more

NEW HYDE PARK, New York, Aug. 23 -- Northwell Health issued the following news: * * * - On September 21, this year's walk will increase awareness about the warning signs of a brain aneurysm * * * Hundreds of walkers, from brain aneurysm survivors to their families and supporters, are expected to attend Long Island's 11th annual Brain Aneurysm Awareness Walk at Jones Beach State Park on Saturday, September 21. The fun-filled event, which includes a four-mile run and two-mile walk, is hosted   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management released management plans for its gutted version of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The following is a comment from Sharon Buccino, director of lands for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): "The paleontological wonders and other natural treasures of the Grand Staircase-Escalante monument need and deserve our protection from drilling, mining and  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, issued the following news release: * * * - Less Than One Percent of Hospitals in the United States Have Received Magnet(R) Status Four or More Times * * * NYU Langone Health received Magnet(R) recognition for excellence in nursing for the fourth consecutive time from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Magnet(R) recognition is an honor achieved by only 8 percent of all hospit  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The Open Space Institute issued the following news release: * * * - Trail to improve connectivity, access, and recreation in the Catskill Park * * * The Open Space Institute (OSI) today announced the final plan for trail construction at a 208-acre property it purchased earlier this year which links two previously unconnected sections of the Catskill Park's Bluestone Wild Forest: Jockey Hill to the east and Onteora Lake to the west. The trail construction is set to begin  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids issued the following news release: * * * - New York-Based Agency Terri & Sandy Creates Pro-Bono Campaigns to Offer Hope for Families * * * Partnership for Drug-Free Kids has launched two campaigns that examine the impact of opioid addiction on families, while offering hope to parents and loved ones. Both campaigns, created pro-bono by New York-based independent agency, Terri & Sandy, break this week and feature a :30 and a :15 televisio  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- PEN America issued the following news release: * * * - Abduction and Beating is a Grave Violation of Artistic Freedom * * * The reported abduction and beating of well-known Zimbabwean comedian and satirist Samantha Kureya, seemingly carried out in retaliation to her criticism of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling Zanu-PF party, is a reprehensible act of intimidation and threat to freedom of expression, PEN America said in a statement today. "This deplorable act  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- PEN America issued the following statement by CEO Suzanne Nossel after Facebook and Twitter announced that they have suspended a number of accounts linked to the state-backed information campaigns against Hong Kong demonstrators: * * * - PEN America calls for more effort to removing state-backed disinformation campaigns * * * "China's government has denied its citizens access to global outlets for communication. "That they now turn around and stealthily unleash a campai  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- PEN America issued the following news release: * * * - Reporters Without Borders hosting joint vigils in Washington, London to honor Christopher Allen * * * On August 26, PEN America will join Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Committee to Protect Journalists, Amnesty International USA, and other advocacy organizations for a vigil in Washington, D.C. marking two years since the killing of British American freelance journalist Christopher Allen, who was slain on August 26,  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 20 -- People's Action issued the following news release: From New York to Wisconsin, Connecticut and West Virginia, People's Action members will rally across the country on August 20th to demand lower prices for lifesaving prescription drugs. "Unprecedented prices have severely limited access to the Hepatitis C cure," said Clifton Garmon, chief of staff of VOCAL-NY, a People's Action member group that advances the interests of low-income New Yorkers. "If our government   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The Peter G. Peterson Foundation issued the following statement by CEO Michael A. Peterson on the release of budget and economic projections from the Congressional Budget Office: "We all know we are already on a troubling fiscal path, but today's CBO report shows us that our leaders are making things considerably worse. "CBO projects that the recent budget deal will add $1.5 trillion, plus interest, to our rapidly growing debt over the next decade. That's on top of an alr  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following remarks by Acting President and CEO Alexis Mcgill Johnson on the Title X program: "Thank you, Erica. Thank you to Governor Pritzker, Lilliana, Jessica, and Anne-Marie for joining us on this call today. "Today, we are announcing that due to an unethical and dangerous gag rule, the Trump administration has forced Planned Parenthood grantees out of Title X--the nation's program for affordable birth control and   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following statement by Acting President Alexis McGill Johnson: Today, the Trump administration released a "family detention" rule that would allow migrant families and children to be held indefinitely. This rule would upend an existing long-held settlement agreement, known as the Flores Settlement Agreement, that has established basic protections for children that enter the U.S. and are placed in government custody. Th  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The Police Benevolent Association of New York issued the following statement by President Patrick J. Lynch: "Police Commissioner O'Neill has made his choice: he has chosen politics and his own self-interest over the police officers he claims to lead. He has chosen to cringe in fear of the anti-police extremists, rather than standing up for New Yorkers who want a functioning police department, with cops who are empowered to protect them and their families. "With this decisi  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The Radio Advertising Bureau issued the following news release: The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB), in conjunction with Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) (R), and the Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio (MIW) Group, is pleased to announce the successful completion of the 12th annual Rising Through the Ranks Women in Radio Management & Leadership Training Program. Twenty-seven scholarship recipients were welcomed at the BMI Nashville Offices on Aug. 13-15. Scholarships were cou  more

BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 20 -- The Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center issued the following news release: A scientist at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has developed the first dedicated tool for analyzing a DNA-mapping technology known as ATAC-seq, a technique that identifies the gene "switches" responsible for cancer development and progression. Developed in collaboration with the University at Buffalo, the innovative computational method, named HMMRATAC, could vastly improve cur  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release: Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy group, condemned New York State's proposed license plate redesign as part of an effort to expand warrantless vehicle tracking. Governor Cuomo recently defended the updated license plate design, noting it would be "easier to track with license plate reader technology used on the state's tollways, bridges an  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- Science Translational Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Association for the Advancement of Science that focuses on research in the translational medicine community, published five research article, including the following topics, in its Aug. 14, 2019 edition: * Evaluating strategies to improve rotavirus vaccine impact during the second year of life in Malawi * MDM2 antagonists overcome intrinsic resistance to CDK4/6 inhibition by inducing p21 * Regulatab  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The Sesame Workshop issued the following news release: * * * - Sesame Workshop, USAA, and the Bob Woodruff Foundation work together to launch multimedia Sesame Street for Military Families: Caregiving campaign * * * New York, NY and San Antonio, TX - When a parent or relative needs care during a long-term illness or injury, the whole family becomes part of the caregiving picture - even young children. In the United States, 3.4 million people with children provide care fo  more

WHITE PLAINS, New York, Aug. 20 -- The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers issued the following news release: SMPTE(R), the organization that is defining the future of storytelling, today announced that the SMPTE Interoperable Master Format (IMF) plugfest, held May 14-15 in London, marked another milestone in the development of the IMF family of international standards (SMPTE ST 2067), with more than 30 participants making progress toward interoperability. IMF is the family of s  more

AMHERST, New York, Aug. 19 -- The Center for Inquiry issued the following news release: Under Texas law, having the wedding of your dreams is a benefit unfairly reserved for religious people, now a federal district court in Texas says that's okay. On August 16, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, rejected a challenge to the privileged status granted religious organizations and individuals under Texas marriage law. In November 2018, the Center for Inquiry (CFI) sued the  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The Advertising Council issued the following news release: * * * - Annual conference where social good organizations vie for the donated time, talent, and platforms of business leaders from across industries returns for a second year at WORLDZ * * * The Ad Council today announced a partnership with WORLDZ to co-host the second annual WORLDZ GoodFronts, a first-of-its-kind competitive charity marketplace for social good. The event will spotlight four national nonprofits a  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The American Kennel Club issued the following news release: * * * - Program designed to provide canine comfort to children * * * The American Kennel Club (AKC(R)), the world's largest dog registry, leading industry authority and advocate for dogs, is proud to announce the launch of the AKC PupPals Program. The AKC PupPals Program provides dog owners a unique opportunity to uplift a child who is seeking the comfort only a dog can provide. A parent/legal guardian may req  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The American Kennel Club issued the following news release: * * * - Conference aims to examine possible solutions to the shortage of detection dogs * * * The American Kennel Club will host the 2019 AKC U.S. Detection Dog Conference Tuesday, August 27th - Thursday, August 29th, 2019 in Durham, NC to explore solutions to the shortage of domestic dogs for explosives detection in the United States. The Conference will bring together stakeholders in this national security iss  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research issued the following news release: The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) today announces the release of the largest data set in disease research. The "Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) RNA-Sequencing Project" is a massive RNA sequencing study funded by MJFF and led by Kendall Van Keuren-Jensen, PhD, at The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of H  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The New York Public Library issued the following news release: * * * - Paper portions of the collection available now in the Library's Jerome Robbins Dance Division * * * The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts announced today that it has acquired the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company Archive, a comprehensive collection spanning the entirety of the company's existence. Beginning today, the paper-based materials in the collection - including photographs, corres  more

GORHAM, Maine, Aug. 19 -- Biodiversity Research Institute issued the following news release: The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) recently announced that it has selected five multi-year projects totaling more than $2 million to further study important environmental and commercial fishing topics to support the responsible development of offshore wind, two of which will fund research at BRI. The primary project BRI was awarded is titled, "Multi-Scale Relationshi  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Fund for UNICEF issued the following statement by President and CEO Caryl Stern: "Detention for any length of time, with or without their families, is bad for children. The proof is there. Detained children experience long-lasting harm on their well-being, safety, and development. UNICEF USA opposes child immigration detention around the world, including in the United States. "For many years, the Flores Settlement Agreement (FSA) limited detention of children to 2  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- The Vera Institute of Justice issued the following statement on protections to immigrant children: "The Vera Institute of Justice is dismayed by recent news that the federal government is seeking ways to subvert the Flores settlement agreement, a legal framework that has provided essential protections to immigrant children and families for decades. "It is critical for children to be treated with respect and dignity and receive the care and protection to which they are enti  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- The Waterkeeper Alliance issued the following news release: * * * - Nearly 70,000 people have now signed the StopDisney.com petition * * * The Last Chance for Lighthouse Point campaign has brought a mobile billboard to The Walt Disney Company's D23 event this weekend in Anaheim, CA, to draw attention to the growing global opposition to Disney's current plans to develop a massive cruise ship port at Lighthouse Point (LHP) on the island of Eleuthera in The Bahamas. Lighth  more

MANAUS, New York, Aug. 23 -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following statement by Director Carlos Durigan on the Amazon fires: "The Amazon, a fortress for life on Earth, is burning nearly twice as fast as last year. All parties must come together to stop the setting of these devastating fires. "These fires are threatening the livelihoods of all Amazonian people - indigenous and non-indigenous, urban and rural; destroying the world's greatest home for wild species of plants and a  more

BRONX, New York, Aug. 21 -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release: The elephant news at CITES CoP18 in Geneva breaks on 8/22/19. As Sue Lieberman VP of WCS International Policy says: "It's all about ivory." Watch this short video with Dr. Lieberman putting all the elephant proposals into perspective. For WCS positions and for great background on the elephant proposals go here: See Pages 11-14. To get in touch with Dr. Lieberman in Geneva or via Skype, contact   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- The World Jewish Congress issued the following news release: The World Jewish Congress (WJC) finds it deeply disturbing that Rep. Rashida Tlaib would demonstrate disregard for freedom of speech by suggesting a boycott of Bill Maher's HBO show after the popular television host denounced the anti-Semitic Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement seeking to delegitimize the Jewish state. "It is outrageous that Tlaib, who has repeatedly deployed anti-Semitic tropes, woul  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- Wolters Kluwer Health issued the following news release: Wolters Kluwer today reports that it has repurchased 84,042 of its own ordinary shares in the period from August 15, 2019, up to and including August 21, 2019, for Euros5.4 million and at an average share price of Euros64.36. These repurchases are part of the share buyback program announced on February 20, 2019, under which we intend to repurchase shares for up to Euros250 million during 2019. The cumulative amounts  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- Wolters Kluwer Health issued the following news release: * * * - Terrance J. O'Malley, John H. Walsh and William M. Watts provide comprehensive guidance for navigating the complexities surrounding compliance policies and procedures * * * Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. has announced the release of "Investment Adviser's Legal and Compliance Guide, Third Edition," authored by Terrance J. O'Malley, John H. Walsh and now joined by William M. Watts. Available digitally  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- Wolters Kluwer Health issued the following news release: Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. announced the appointment of Ken Crutchfield as Vice President & General Manager of Legal Markets, effective immediately. In this role, Crutchfield will lead the Legal Markets Group and will be responsible for setting the vision and strategic approach with a focus on developing leading digital products. The Legal Markets Group within Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. provid  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- Wolters Kluwer Health issued the following news release: Wolters Kluwer's Finance Risk & Reporting (FRR) business is the Best Market Risk Solution Provider, according to Waters Technology, the 35-year-old journal of record for the financial technology industry. The award was part of the annual Waters Technology Rankings, a survey which "should be considered a reflection of how financial technology professionals view their peers in terms of overall quality of service," acco  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The Women's Refugee Commission issued the following news release: Earlier today, the Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kevin McAleenan, announced at a press conference that the finalized regulations to the Flores Settlement Agreement (FSA) will be officially published on Friday, August 23rd. The FSA was established in 1997 as a result of litigation concerning the mistreatment of children in government immigration custody. The settlement lays out basi  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The Women's Refugee Commission issued the following news release: The Women's Refugee Commission (WRC) filed a complaint on Friday with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Offices of Inspector General (OIG) and of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) calling for an investigation into 20 cases of family separation that resulted from the Trump administration's Remain in Mexico (RIM) policy. The complaint - which includes details of all 20 cases in question -   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The Women's Refugee Commission issued the following statement by Joan Timoney, vice president of advocacy and external affairs: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is meeting today to discuss plans to repatriate Rohingya refugees, following an announcement made by the governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar last week. In August 2017, Myanmar security forces launched widespread and systematic attacks on civilians in Kachin, Rakhine, and Shan States, resulting in the lar  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- The Women's Refugee Commission issued the following news release: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, UNICEF, and the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, which is housed at the Women's Refugee Commission, are calling for urgent action to reform gender discriminatory nationality laws that remain a root cause of global childhood statelessness. A new report released this week by the three organizations highlights that 25 countries still retain laws that deny women the rig  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- The World Jewish Congress issued the following news release: The parents of IDF soldier Hadar Goldin, whose remains have been held captive by Hamas since Operation Protective Edge in 2014, met on Thursday with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the UN headquarters in New York to press for escalated international efforts in securing their son's return. World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder and former Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler accomp  more