SYRACUSE, New York, Sept. 13 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Beth and Steve Ballentine When Steven "Steve" W. Ballentine '83 recalls his years playing club volleyball at Syracuse University, he remembers the fun, comradery and deeply satisfying sense of belonging it created for him. He also remembers the challenges: "Club sports didn't receive University funding back then. I remember each of us on the team had to chip in $5 so we could travel to play at the University of Roch  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Anthropology Professor Laure Spake is part of an international team conducting research in five global locations * * * By Jennifer Micale While it takes different forms, religion is ubiquitous in cultures around the world. How does it shape families? A massive research project called The Evolutionary Demography of Religion, Family Size and Child Success is exploring how religious life potentia  more

LAKE SUCCESS, New York, Sept. 16 -- Broadridge Financial Solutions, a provider of investor communications and technology-driven solutions to banks, broker-dealers, asset managers and corporate issuers, issued the following news release: NEW YORK, September 16, 2024 - Expanding its network across the global repo market, Global Fintech leader Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), today announced that a Tier-1 Canadian Bank has implemented its Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform for H  more

LAKE SUCCESS, New York, Sept. 16 -- Broadridge Financial Solutions, a provider of investor communications and technology-driven solutions to banks, broker-dealers, asset managers and corporate issuers, issued the following news release: * * * The collaboration enables independent advisors to deliver holistic advice across the full balance sheet with fully integrated SBL capabilities to see the borrowing power for portfolios * * * NEW YORK, NY Sept. 15, 2024 - Global fintech leader Broadridge  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- Columbia University issued the following news: * * * Walter Frisch's new book celebrates the writer of great American Songbook hits like "Get Happy" and "Stormy Weather." * * * By Eve Glasberg Harold Arlen and His Songs, by Walter Frisch, the H. Harold Gumm/Harry and Albert Von Tilzer Professor of Music, is the first comprehensive book about the music of one of the great song composers of the 20th century. Arlen wrote many standards of the American Songbook--i  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 16 -- Debevoise and Plimpton, a law firm, issued the following news: For the second consecutive year, Debevoise's Asia Insurance M&A team has won the Insurance Law Firm of the Year category at the annual ALB Hong Kong Law Awards. Asian Legal Business and Thomson Reuters presented the 23rd annual ALB Hong Kong Law Awards, which recognize exceptional performance of private practitioners and in-house counsel in Hong Kong. Debevoise was also named a finalist for categories includi  more

ALBANY, New York, Sept. 14 -- The office of Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following transcript of the governor's fireside chat with Sade Baderinwa of WABC on Sept. 13, 2024: * * * Last night, Governor Kathy Hochul joined Sade Baderinwa for a fireside chat to discuss cell phones in schools, AI and technology, the workforce of tomorrow, and the media landscape. The Paley Center for Media is a leading, nonprofit 501(c)(3) cultural institution whose mission is to preserve media history  more

ROCHESTER, New York, Sept. 15 -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * Alvarado-Fischer is the award-winning vice president, DEI officer at Excellus BlueCross BlueShield * * * By Mollie Radzinski Award-winning Queer Latina changemaker Sady Alvarado-Fischer has been announced as RIT's Frederick H. Minett Professor for the 2024-2025 academic year. Alvarado-Fischer serves as the vice president, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion officer at Excellus BlueCross  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 15 (TNSres) -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: By Jonathan Frank Veteran Tennessee Tech University journalism professor and five-time author Russ Witcher can now add a new title to his resume: award-winning screenwriter. Witcher racked up honorable mentions in the first-time screenwriter categories at both the 2024 Los Angeles Film Awards and the Oniros Film Awards, held in New York. His debut screenplay is based on his 2022   more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Sept. 15 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The Commons will host the Fall 2024 Kenneth Spencer Lecture, which will feature a conversation between Ocean Vuong and Chloe Cooper Jones on Sept. 26. The event will take place at 7 p.m. at Liberty Hall in downtown Lawrence. Ocean Vuong Vuong is the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collections "Night Sky with Exit Wounds" and "Time is a Mother," as well as the New York Times bestselling novel "On Earth   more