NEW YORK, Oct. 31 -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024: * * * Urges other institutions to follow suit as it reassesses Report Card grades * * * ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today commended 10 colleges and universities for their recent efforts and policies to address campus antisemitism. Since the initial release of ADL's Campus Antisemitism Report Card in April of 2024, and a subsequent update in June following the protest encampments, these in  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 [Category: Religion] -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following news release: American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO Ted Deutch issued the following statement in the week leading up to Election Day in the United States: "American Jewish Committee (AJC), on the eve of the 2024 election, calls for civility in the lead up to, and in the days after, Election Day. Our democracy is built on respect for and trust in our electoral process and a smooth transition of power. It   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 [Category: Religion] -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following news release: American Jewish Committee (AJC) Chicago today welcomed a joint statement from a coalition of leaders representing wards from around Chicago calling on newly appointed Chicago Public School Board President Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson to resign given past antisemitic statements. "It is deeply troubling and quite frankly unacceptable that after a year of dangerous and offensive antisemitic  more

ALFRED, New York, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- Alfred University issued the following news release: Abraham Ebunu, a doctoral student and research assistant in the Inamori School of Engineering at Alfred University, has been selected to serve as a delegate for the President's Council of Students Advisors (PCSA). The President's Council of Student Advisors is the student-led leadership committee within the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) and is responsible for representing student interests to ACerS an  more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 30 -- Cornell University issued the following news: After graduating with an engineering degree from Cornell, Danya Contreras '13 entered the workforce but quickly realized her true calling was medicine. After seven years of perseverance including earning a master's degree while working full-time -she received an acceptance letter to SUNY Upstate Medical University. "I took the MCAT, but didn't make it the first time," said Contreras, one of two featured speakers at the   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- The Association of National Advertisers issued the following news release: * * * Nearly 60% of Client-Side Marketers Indicate Loyalty Marketing Will Be More Important To Them in 2025 * * * The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and HUMAN Security (HUMAN) have released a new report on loyalty marketing, revealing the increasing significance of loyalty programs for brands in the current marketing landscape. Loyalty marketing, which rewards customers for rep  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- Baruch College issued the following news: * * * Baruch Connects embodies the College's core values of collaboration and connection * * * Baruch Connects--a newly launched campus-wide initiative--is already in full swing, bringing a yearlong series of events that celebrates Baruch's rich diversity and fosters a culture of respectful dialogue within its community. This major initiative "embodies Baruch's core values of collaboration and connection," said Baruch College Pr  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, Oct. 30 (TNSres) -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Economics majors Michael Scorcia and Cody Cole teamed up to make donations, organize events and more * * * In the Harpur Edge office, Cody Cole was chatting with director Erin Cody about the best way to negotiate a job offer when Michael Scorcia walked in. The two economics majors didn't know each other, but as fate would have it, their Long Island hometowns are only a half-hour apart. Scorcia,   more

BROOKLYN, New York, Oct. 31 -- Brooklyn Law School issued the following news: * * * A Tipping Point Prompts Cofounders to Start Tech Law Boutique Firm * * * Two tech-savvy alumni--one a longtime litigator who worked in military intelligence, the other a recent graduate who has conducted in-depth research on "Google dorking" to address malicious actors--launched Cyber Law Firm over the summer, with a mission to help clients ranging from businesses concerned about cybersecurity and regulatory   more

BUFFALO, New York, Oct. 30 -- Buffalo State University issued the following news release: Representatives from the Michael and Nancy Chicola International Professional Development Schools Consortium (IPDS) participated in the 2024 Niagara Falls International Marathon in Ontario, Canada, on October 27, to raise funds for the program. IPDS offers students and educators opportunities to experience schools and communities abroad including in Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ger  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- The State University of New York issued the following news release: * * * Fellowship Will Strengthen New York State's Health Care Workforce Development Governor Kathy Hochul Signed Legislation in 2023 Enabling Nursing Students to Complete 1/3 of their Clinical Training via High-Quality Simulation * * * State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. today announced the inaugural class of the SUNY Nursing Simulation Fellowship for the 2024-2025   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 -- Children's Rights, an organization engaged in child welfare advocacy, issued the following news release: * * * Swizz Beatz served as event emcee, Citi, Paris Hilton, lived experts and advocates for children and families were honored * * * Children's Rights, a national child advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of children living in or impacted by America's child welfare, juvenile legal, immigration, education, and healthcare systems, hosted its annual b  more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, Oct. 31 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following At The Lab podcast (Season 1 Research Rewind: AI+): How do we interpret what AI tells us without knowing the logic of its own interpretations? How do we make artificial intelligence more efficient and reliable without fully understanding biological intelligence's efficiency and reliability problems? This season's final Research Rewind brings us from the realm of quantitative biology to neuroscience,   more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 30 -- Cornell University issued the following news: On a recent afternoon, four women gathered in the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection (CF+TC) in Cornell Human Ecology (CHE) to "mine" the collection. The collaborators were preparing an exhibit for the upcoming film screening of "Sunset Boulevard," and selecting garments that embody main character Norma Desmond, an aging relic from the silent film industry who aspires to recapture her faded glory. Molly Ryan, director  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news release: * * * The finding follows CPJ's submission; expert body requests journalist's immediate release due to arbitrary detention. * * * United Nations legal experts determined that Israel's detention of three Palestinian journalists -- Moath Amarneh, Mohammad Badr, and Ameer Abu Iram -- is discriminatory, arbitrary, and in violation of international law. The expert opinion by the United Nations Working Gr  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 -- The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following news release: * * * But judges invoke "qualified immunity"to shield agents from accountability and uphold dismissal of lawsuit seeking damages * * * Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit stated for the first time that U.S. government officials cannot use the No Fly List to try to coerce U.S. Muslims into spying on their communities against their religious beliefs. At the same time, the court uph  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news release: * * * Impunity for the killers of journalists continues unabated at nearly 80% worldwide * * * Two small nations with outsized levels of impunity--Haiti and Israel--are the world's top offenders in allowing the murderers of journalists to go unpunished. Globally, impunity remains entrenched, as no one is held to account in almost 80% of the cases where journalists have been directly targeted  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: AUSTIN, Texas The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the national ACLU, and the Texas Civil Rights Project, along with criminal defense attorney Alison Grinter and civil rights attorney Kim T. Cole, filed a brief today on behalf of Crystal   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 (TNSres) -- The City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy issued the following news release: A study by researchers from CUNY SPH and the University of Utah highlights how occupations are valued differently in society, with some less likely to offer decent wages, benefits, or protections, and the preventable health inequities that result from these labor market hierarchies. The article is written by CUNY SPH doctoral alum Emma Vignola, al  more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 30 -- Cornell University issued the following news: The GRAMMY-nominated Danish String Quartet will perform in the next Cornell Concert Series (CCS) concert on Thursday, Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Bailey Hall. The quartet's current U.S. tour comes on the heels of their critically acclaimed new album Keel Road and winning two major international music awards: the prestigious Leonie Sonning Music Prize and an Edison Klassik award for their PRISM V recording. At Cornell, they  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: Corporate America's diversity efforts on defense like never before. Despite the scrutiny, theseprograms continue to receive strong support from employees, according to from The Conference Board. Indeed, 58% of US workers believe their organization devotes the appropriate level of effort and resources to their DEI initiatives; 21% don't believe their organization's efforts go far enough. The study also explores the   more

SYRACUSE, New York, Oct. 30 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Reporters looking for an expert to discuss issues around the election and the ongoing anxiety and fear permeating society, please see comments from Shana Gadarian, professor of political science at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University and co-author of "Anxious Politics: Democratic Citizenship in a Threatening World" and "Pandemic Politics: The Deadly Toll of Partisanship in the Age of COVID." Professor Gadarian   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 [Category: Education] -- Education Trust issued the following news release: EdTrust in Texas advocates for an equitable education for Black and Latino students and students from low-income backgrounds across the state. We believe in centering the voices of Texas students and families as we work alongside them for the better future they deserve. Our mission is to close the gaps in opportunity and achievement that disproportionately impact students who are the most underserve  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (TNSres) [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release: * * * Report includes recommendations for negotiators to enhance concessionality, accessibility, and impact in the NCQG * * * As the global community prepares to finalize the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) for climate finance at the UN climate conference in Azerbaijan next month, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) published a new report emphasizing the actions need  more

PALO ALTO, California, Oct. 30 (TNSres) -- The Electric Power Research Institute issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: EPRI today announced the launch of a new initiative--DCFlex--to explore how data centers can support the electric grid, enable better asset utilization, and support the clean energy transition. The initiative's founding members include Compass Datacenters, Constellation Energy, Duke Energy, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Google, Meta, New York   more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 30 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Mitigating climate risks now will drive economic prosperity in the future, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in her keynote speech at the virtual Cornell-OFR Conference on Global Climate Finance and Risks, held Oct. 25. "Our global economic future depends on addressing climate change," said Yellen, one of five keynote speakers and more than 30 experts participating in the event. "And all of those represented at this   more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 30 -- Cornell University issued the following news: As the days get shorter and the clocks turn back, the student group Society for India is bringing light to campus with Diya Jale the longest-standing campus celebration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in North America. "In India, there are a lot of states, languages, religions, but every single person I know celebrates Diwali," said Anoosha Mallakanti '26, an operations research and engineering major in Cornell  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 31 -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Logan Lowery, Zane Boyle Florida State University Libraries is dedicated to empowering the university community by providing access to premier news and research resources. Recently, FSU Libraries expanded its offerings to include complimentary access to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. "The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal are the foremost newspapers of record, offering a broad spe  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following transcript of daily brief on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * In the early morning hours of October 25, 2004, more than 1,000 ethnic Malay Muslim men, women, and children gathered in front of the Tak Bai district police station in southern Thailand. Some were there to protest what they believed to be the unjust detention of six village defense volunteers who were arrested for allegedly providing government-issued weapons to separatist insurgent  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following statement on Oct. 29, 2024, with l'Observatoire des armements and Amnesty International France: * * * On October 8, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Professors Geoffrey E. Hinton and John J. Hopfield in recognition of their contributions to the field of artificial intelligence. A few weeks later, in New York, the 193 member states of the United Nations General Assembly will vote on a resolution on autonomous weapon systems,   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: * * * Thoroughly Investigate Islamist Armed Group's War Crime at Barsalogho; Ensure Accountability * An Islamist armed group massacred at least 133 people in the town of Barsalogho, Burkina Faso, on August 24, 2024, largely civilians forced to build a trench to protect the town with a military base. * The massacre is the latest example of atrocities by Islamist armed groups against civilians whom the government has put at unn  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following transcript of daily brief: * * * We can all likely remember when people used to say, "if only the world knew!" They would be looking at a crisis or conflict filled with appalling atrocities, and they thought outside governments were merely unaware of what was going on. Or they thought, if the horrific facts were more widely known, politicians would be under unavoidable public pressure to do something. In other words, people believ  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 (TNSres) -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: * * * US Should Respect, Protect, and Fulfill Chamorro Human Rights * * * Since the US seized control of Guam during World War II, its military has turned the Pacific island into a fortress, destroying cultural sites, food sources, and limestone forests that contain medicinal plants used by the Indigenous Chamorro people. But on October 14, a Chamorro-led advocacy group, Prutehi Litekyan: Save Ritidian (Prutehi), s  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: * * * Israel's Allies Should Suspend Arms Sales * * * (Beirut) - The Israeli military has repeatedly attacked medical workers and healthcare facilities in Lebanon, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch documented three attacks, involving apparent war crimes, in which Israeli forces unlawfully struck medical personnel, transports, and facilities, including paramedics at a civil defense center in central Beirut on O  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 (TNSres) -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: * * * Should Go Beyond Uruguay's Model * * * The right to care and support is fundamental. But in Latin America, access to care often depends on unrecognized and unpaid work, mostly performed by women. Fortunately, countries in the region are taking important steps to improve the situation for care providers, including by creating formal systems that help shift care responsibilities away from unpaid, unrecognized ca  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * At Least 11 People Killed; Dozens Seriously Injured * * * (Johannesburg) - Mozambique security forces killed at least 11 people and injured dozens of others using live bullets and tear gas during post-election protests across the country on October 24 and 25, 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should promptly and impartially investigate the apparently excessive use of force. On Octob  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: By Andreas Harsono On August 16, 1945, the day after Japan surrendered to the Allied Forces in World War II, a 21-member independence preparation committee finished debating Indonesia's proposed new constitution in Jakarta, the former Dutch colonial capital of Batavia. The debate was about whether an independent Indonesia should be an Islamic state or a secular one. The committee reached a compromise. Islam would not be the st  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: * * * Arrests, Torture, Deaths in Custody Persist * * * (Beirut) - Syrians fleeing violence in Lebanon face risks of repression and persecution by the Syrian government upon return, including enforced disappearance, torture, and death in detention, Human Rights Watch said today. Since late September 2024, intensified Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have compelled hundreds of thousands of Syrians to flee back to Syria, with stri  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: * * * Legitimate Security Concerns Not a Green Light to Infringe on Rights * * * (Kyiv, October 30, 2024) - Ukraine's new law (https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/3894-IX) banning religious organizations with ties to the Russian Orthodox Church is overly broad and could have far-reaching consequences for Ukrainians' right to religious freedom, Human Rights Watch said today. The law could effectively ban congregations of the   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 -- The International Trademark Association issued the following news release: New Delhi, India--October 30, 2024--The International Trademark Association (INTA) has launched the 2025 Asia-Pacific Moot Court Competition, marking a significant milestone as the event moves to India for the first time. Set to take place at The India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on February 8-9, the competition continues its tradition of fostering intellectual property (IP) expertise among law stude  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 (TNSres) -- The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism issued the following news: The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY is proud to announce that Class of 2022 alum Jesus Chapa Malacara will be the inaugural Ronan Farrow fellow. In May, Newmark J-School announced the Ronan Farrow Investigative Research Fellowship, an exclusive opportunity for our alums to work with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Ronan Farrow. The fellow will work closely  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 (TNSres) -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news: * * * The leading hypothesis for a mass extinction that cleared the way for dinosaurs to dominate the Earth has long been excessive heat. A new study says the opposite. * * * By Kevin Krajick 201.6 million years ago, one of the Earth's five great mass extinctions took place, when three-quarters of all living species suddenly disappeared. The wipeout coincided with massive volcanic  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news on Oct. 30, 2024: Today, a murder trial begins for Elcio Vieiria Queiroz, former law enforcement officer and Ronnie Lessa, a former military police sergeant, accused of gunning down Marielle Franco, a 38-year-old queer Black woman, human rights defender, and Rio de Janeiro city council member, and Anderson Gomes, her 39-year-old driver, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Franco's 2018 killing was a horrific cas  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 25 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to Bloomberg Opinion: * * * The Art Market Needs a Restoration Project By Allison Schrager The current decline of prices is due to changing market conditions -- it is not a reflection on any given artist. The contemporary art market poses one of the great chicken-egg questions in all of economics: If the thing for sale has no objective value, do prices need to be manipulated? Or is value meaningless b  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 27 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the New York Post: * * * Daniel Penny Needs a Subway-Riding Jury -- and He May Not Get One By Nicole Gelinas What does a "jury of his peers" look like for Daniel Penny, now on trial in Manhattan Criminal Court for manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the choking death of Jordan Neely on an F train in May 2023? It's common for trial consultants to parse potential jurors by race, age and  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 26 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the New York Post: * * * Why Kamala and Trump Are Turning to Podcasts to Woo Uncertain Voters By Rafael A. Mangual This past Friday, former president Donald J. Trump appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast, "The Joe Rogan Experience." Everyone was talking about it. Indeed, the X post announcing that Trump would do the show had been liked almost 300,000 times (and viewed more than 10 million times) in less   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 25 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to USA Today: * * * University of Michigan Spent Millions on Dei Efforts. They Failed Miserably. By Neetu Arnold * * * Movement toward diversity, equity and inclusion led people who wanted more fairness on an extremist path, promoting racial resentment and language policing instead of real solutions. * * * Divisive, extreme and intolerant. That's what diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts ha  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 24 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the Washington Examiner: * * * The Nerdy Joy of Grammar By Robert VerBruggen My 9-year-old was confused when he spotted my copy of Geoffrey K. Pullum's latest book, The Truth About English Grammar, in our kitchen: "You're still learning about grammar?" It's a fair question. I'm well out of school and have spent much of my professional life as an editor. But yes, I do still brush up on grammar fund  more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 30 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Judy Cha, Ph.D. '09, professor of materials science and engineering and the Lester B. Knight Director of the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility, has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). The fellowship program was created to recognize members who have made advances in physics through original research and publication or made significant innovative contributions in the application o  more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 30 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Alfred H. Schatz, professor emeritus of mathematics, died at home Oct. 11 after a long bout with Parkinson's disease. He was 90. Schatz taught for nearly 50 years at Cornell and was known as an expert in the analysis of finite element methods applied to partial differential equations (PDEs) in particular superconvergence methods. These equations are formulas that relate quantities and their rates of change, over time   more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 29 -- Justice Action Center issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In an amicus brief filed last week, eleven directly impacted individuals and Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) members represented by Justice Action Center (JAC) and Make the Road New York (MRNY) urged the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas to consider the perspectives of families who stand to benefit from President Biden's Keeping Families Together (K  more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 30 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Cornell researchers developed a more equitable method for choosing top candidates from a large applicant pool in cases where insufficient information makes it hard to choose. While humans still make many high-stakes decisions like who should get a job, admission to college or a spot in a clinical trial artificial intelligence (AI) models are increasingly used to narrow down the applicants into a manageable shortlist. I  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, Oct. 31 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * $1.6 million project partially supported through BioMADE, a federally sponsored Manufacturing Innovation Institute * * * Binghamton University has received funding to create a biomanufacturing project management training program to foster leadership skills in students, veterans, entry-level workers and those re-entering the bioindustry workforce. The $1.6 million workforce training project, announced Wed  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 -- The International Trademark Association issued the following news release: The International Trademark Association (INTA) has announced Gayle Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans, as a Capsule Keynote speaker for its 2024 Leadership Meeting, which will take place November 12-15, in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Gayle Benson, a prominent business leader and philanthropist, will deliver her Capsule Keynote address on November 13, from 11:15 am to 1  more

NIAGARA FALLS, New York, Oct. 31 -- Niagara University issued the following news: * * * The $6.2 million project, completed in partnership with Montante Solar and Pivot Energy, helps make university electric consumption 100% carbon neutral * * * By Lisa McMahon Niagara University powered up a 17-acre state-of-the-art solar array on its Lewiston, N.Y., campus Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. The $6.2 million, four-megawatt project, completed in partnership with Montante Solar and Pivot Energy, fea  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- America's Credit Unions issued the following news on Oct. 30, 2024: The New York Credit Union Association and America's Credit Unions joined together to respond swiftly to statements made by Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., at the American Bankers Association annual conference, where she called for a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on what she described as "inequities and disparities" in credit union regulations. America's Credit Unions President/CEO Jim Nussle and Ne  more

HAMILTON, New York, Oct. 30 -- Colgate University issued the following news: Throughout this academic year, Suchi Reddy, Colgate University's 2024-25 Christian A. Johnson Artist in Residence, is hosting a series of community conversations on bias and belonging in artificial intelligence (AI), centered on ways bias impacts our lived experience. A New York City-based architect, designer, and artist, Reddy plans to use the information from these conversations to create a textile that will repres  more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 30 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Cornell engineers have come up with a solution to a tricky problem: where to install charging stations for electric vehicles so they're convenient for drivers and profitable for investors. Without abundant and well-placed charging stations, consumers will purchase fewer electric vehicles. Without enough electric vehicle owners, publicly available charging stations won't be profitable; that means there will be fewer of t  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to Discourse on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * The Presidential Candidates and Autonomous Vehicles By Jordan McGillis No matter who's in the driver's seat after November 5, both Harris and Trump should support the development of autonomous vehicles Hot-button tech issues like antitrust enforcement and cryptocurrency regulation abound this election season, but one technological development ought to be endorsed b  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024: Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, condemns Evolv, the scandal-plagued metal detector startup Mayor Eric Adams piloted on the New York City Subway, for staff misconduct during business sales. Reporting from the New York Daily News shared that Evolv disclosed that several employees withheld "extracont  more

FREDONIA, New York, Oct. 31 -- The State University of New York Fredonia campus issued the following news: School of Music faculty members have received a grant to study the implementation of Dr. Gholdy Muhammad's historically responsive literacy. The New York State School Music Association awarded a $700 Action Research grant to PRODiG Fellow Dr. Travis Gratteau-Zinnel and Fredonia graduate student Nikki Millmann, a candidate for a M.M. in Music Education, from Ithaca, NY, to evaluate histori  more

FREDONIA, New York, Oct. 31 -- The State University of New York Fredonia campus issued the following news: A suite of emerging technologies has transformed what was a general computer lab in Fenton Hall into SUNY Fredonia's new Innovation Lab. Through the Innovation Lab, faculty can teach regular courses with emerging technologies, and students will be able to develop extracurricular skills, take advantage of enhanced learning opportunities and become more creative overall, said Chief Informat  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following news release: Less than a week before Election Day, the Supreme Court today ruled 6-3 to allow the state of Virginia to remove 1,600 people from voter rolls under a claim that they are non-citizens, reversing two lower court rulings that barred the move. In light of this news LatinoJustice PRLDEF released the following statement that can be attributed to Miranda Galindo, Supervising Counsel, LatinoJustice PRLDEF: "The majority o  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 -- Teach For America issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024: * * * Organization's Diverse Network of Teachers, Tutors, and Alumni Tops 70,000 Across the Country During Critical Time for Education * * * Teach For America (TFA) today released a list of colleges and universities contributing the greatest number of alumni to its teaching corps. This year's corps of more than 2,300 diverse leaders hail from over 650 colleges and universities; 43% are first-generation  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 -- Teach For America issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Hazard, KY--Today, Teach For America Appalachia (TFA) was awarded $500,000 from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for its new project, Strengthening the Talent Pipeline in Central Appalachia. The funding was made available through ARC's Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE) which drives large-scale economic transformation through multi-state collaboration. Teach For Ameri  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Telecommunications Industry Association issued the following news release: NEW YORK, Oct. 29, 2024 -- Questex's Broadband Nation Expo, the largest meeting ground for the U.S. broadband industry, brought service providers, industry partners, and a diverse array of stakeholders including academic institutions, local, state and federal government leaders together to discuss the future of broadband in the U.S. and the concerted effort needed to successfully bridge the dig  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 [Category: International] -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: The International Rescue Committee (IRC), in partnership with the National Department for Iraqi Women (NDIW), facilitated two workshops aimed at increasing the capacity and knowledge of government staff from across Iraq to implement the National Strategy for Iraqi Women (2023-2030). Participants, who engaged in training sessions, developed sustainable work plans addressing the un  more

PASADENA, California, Oct. 29 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: This quarter, American Artist is in residence at Caltech producing artistic installations that combine technology, performance, sculpture, and cultural criticism. They are also teaching the course "Seeing Systems: Critical Research as Visual Art." Artist grew up in neighboring Altadena and studied graphic design at Cal Poly Pomona. After working as a graphic artist in Los Angeles for a couple of   more

BUFFALO, New York, Oct. 31 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: More than 175 attendees came to Buffalo from universities and organizations around the world to learn from financial economists and accounting scholars who shared their research at the 34th annual Conference for Financial Economics and Accounting Oct. 24-26 hosted by the University at Buffalo School of Management. The conference was organized by members of a consortium of n  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 -- The Vera Institute of Justice issued the following statement by Sebastian Solomon, interim director of the Vera Institute of Justice's Greater Justice New York initiative: * * * The Vera Institute urges New York City voters to reject Proposals 2-6 next Tuesday at the ballot box. * * * The Vera Institute of Justice urges New York City voters to vote "no" on Proposals 2-6 next Tuesday at the ballot box. These proposals are an attempt by Mayor Eric Adams to evade commonsens  more

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 30 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Polymath scholar Sendhil Mullainathan '93, a behavioral economist who has combined computational and social sciences to produce pioneering work on health care, poverty and the criminal justice system, will deliver three public lectures at Cornell Nov. 11-13 for the Messenger Lectures series. Mullainathan will discuss creating artificial intelligence to complement rather than replace human intelligence. His first lecture  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: HARRISBURG, Pa. The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court today ruled that disqualifying a timely vote due to a missing or incorrect handwritten date on the mail ballot return envelope is unconstitutional. In the case, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, nation  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 30 -- The Wireless Infrastructure Association issued the following statement on Oct. 29, 2024, by Board Member Kelly Lazuka: * * * New York State Wireless Association's The Evolution of the Network Conference Times Center, New York, NY October 29, 2024 Keynote Remarks: Kelly Lazuka, CEO, Fullerton and WIA Board Member * * * Thank you for having me. When I saw that the theme of this event was "The Evolution of the Network" it occurred to me that many of you, if yo  more

BRONX, New York, Oct. 30 -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news releas: * * * New coalition will develop a shared pipeline of potential projects, contribute to the development of first-ever practice standards for sovereign debt conversions for nature and climate, coordinate policy efforts, share best practices * * * CALI, COLOMBIA, OCTOBER 29, 2024--Today, at the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, The Pew C  more