NEW YORK, Nov. 12 -- The Vera Institute of Justice issued the following news release: * * * The Fair Chance Access to Housing Act (HB 4878), long advocated for by the Vera Institute of Justice and Nation Outside, would help families and individuals with histories of conviction or arrest to secure rental housing. * * * MICHIGAN - One hundred organizations have addressed a letter to Michigan's elected leadership, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II, Senate Majori  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (TNSres) -- The Hispanic Federation, an organization that supports and strengthens Latino institutions through education, health, immigration, civic engagement, economic empowerment and the environment, issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2024: * * * 2024 American Electorate Voter Poll Finds Voters of Color Heavily Concerned About Economy While Continuing Strong Support for Progressive Policies and Democratic Candidates Poll Offers In-Depth Insights on Voters of Co  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 12 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Hundreds of Cornell researchers labor to support global harvests. Their diverse research includes breeding better varieties, strengthening soil health, and developing improved management strategies to help growers cope with the host of pests, diseases and weather events that can undermine their work and our food supply. "Those of us who uncover scientific discoveries, develop better varieties and farming practices, and  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 12 [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: The American Civil Liberties Union strongly urges the House of Representatives to vote NO on H.R. 9495, the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, which would grant Donald Trump and his handpicked secretary of the Treas  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 -- The Clearing House issued the following news release: The RTP(R) network, the largest instant payments system in the United States operated by The Clearing House, now averages over 1 million payments per day. The RTP network also set single day records of 1.46 million transactions valued at $1.24 billion on November 1. In October, the RTP network experienced a record 31.7 million transactions valued at $25.4 billion, up 6.2% and 9% respectively, from September, as financia  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (TNSres) -- The American Federation for Aging Research issued the following news release: * * * Seven Early Career Scientists Receive Funding to Advance Research on Aging * * * The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2024 AFAR Grants for Junior Faculty. The AFAR Grants for Junior Faculty program provides up to $150,000 for a one- to two-year award to junior faculty (MDs and PhDs) to conduct research that will serve as t  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 12 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: US Consumers Plan to Spend More than Last Year, but Inflation Reduces How Far Their Dollars Can Go Holiday Spending Survey "As reflected in October's strong rebound in the Consumer Confidence Index(r), US consumers are cheerful heading into the holiday season," said Dana M. Peterson, Chief Economist at The Conference Board. "The Holiday Spending Survey shows Americans are relatively upbeat about gift-giving and celeb  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Nov. 13 -- The CFA Institute, an association of investment professionals, issued the following news release: New York, 12 November 2024 - As investors worldwide intensify their efforts to mitigate climate change, CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, has released a new report addressing key solutions for achieving net-zero investment objectives. Net-Zero Investing: Solutions for Benchmarks, Incentives, and Time Horizons explores the challe  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 12 -- The Rockefeller Foundation issued the following news release: The Rockefeller Foundation supported specialized training by CNN Academy to amplify diverse voices, teach, and promote accurate and impactful reporting BAKU | November 12, 2024 As part of Human Development, Children and Youth, Health, and Education Day at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29), a new series of micro-documentaries highlighting the effects of the climate crisis a  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Nov. 12 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is teaming up with the Syracuse Police Department (SPD) to help decrease the number of vehicle thefts in the area. On Friday, Nov. 15 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., officers from DPS and SPD will be at the Hookway Athletic Field lot, 1799 E. Colvin St., to distribute steering wheel locks to both Syracuse University community members and Syracuse residents. The steering wheel locks are   more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 12 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Five MBA students from the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management designed the case, organized the judging and facilitated the Emerging Markets Institute's Corning Case Competition, "Powering Vietnam's Future: The Rise of Electric Vehicles," which attracted a record number of entrants from 15 countries. Vinception, a team from VinUniversity in Vietnam, was chosen from eight finalists to win the $6,000 first  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 12 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Understanding the ethical and legal use of AI is important for any business. In a new episode of the Cornell Keynotes podcast from eCornell and the fourth installment of the "Generative AI" series, Cornell Tech professor Karan Girotra pairs up with professor Frank Pasquale from Cornell Law School to discuss the laws and ethics of generative AI while looking at performance guarantees as well as unintended consequences and  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 12 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Applications are now open to be part of Cornell's inaugural admitted class of Robotics Ph.D. students, who will begin the newly launched doctoral program in fall 2025. The uniquely structured program spans four fields of study, enabling applicants to choose from multiple entry points into the world of robotics which combines expertise across science and engineering, including mechanism design, modeling, dynamics, contr  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 12 [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: BATON ROUGE, LA In a victory for religious freedom, a federal district court issued a preliminary injunction today in Rev. Roake v. Brumley, prohibiting implementation of a Louisiana law that requires all public schools to permanently display a g  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2024: (Baku, Azerbaijan) - As the Biden administration announced the Waste Emissions Charge at COP today, Environmental Defense Fund's Mark Brownstein issued the following statement: "The Waste Emissions Charge, passed by Congress in 2022, is consistent with a core principle shared by all Americans - that polluters should be responsible for their fair share - and it is based on methane emissions r  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following statement on Nov. 12, 2024: * * * Today President-elect Donald Trump announced his plan to appoint former New York Congress Member Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. In response, Food & Water Watch Managing Director of Policy and Litigation Mitch Jones issued the following statement: "In Trump's upside-down world, Lee Zeldin's dearth of experience on matters of environmental protection is seen as a virtu  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following news release on Nov. 11, 2024: Today, The Heritage Foundation congratulated Heritage Visiting Fellow Tom Homan on his appointment as 'Border Czar' in President-elect Donald Trump's upcoming administration. Homan arrived at Heritage in 2022 after serving as the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under President Trump from January 2017 to June 2018. Homan has a 35-year career in law enforcement at the st  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 12 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Matt Arden '99 is taking his creativity to new heights after recently becoming executive producer at Fanatics Collectibles. Arden got his sports media career started as the first producer and reporter on the team that launched hokiesports.com. Now, after many years in the media production business, the New York City resident is helping Fanatics Collectibles set its creative content initiative into motion as its first ex  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 -- The AFL-CIO International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees issued the following news release: The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees' International President Matthew D. Loeb has written a letter to the Atlantic Theater Company's Board of Directors stressing the need for urgent intervention by leadership to settle outstanding crew negotiations and federal labor charges. In February of 2024, the Atlantic Theater crew was the first group to unionize wit  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 -- The International Trademark Association issued the following news release: New Orleans, Louisiana--November 12, 2024--The International Trademark Association (INTA) today announced its next Think Tank, established to explore what a what novel intellectual property (IP) rights might look like if we were to wipe the slate clean and design new IP rights based on current and near-future global dynamics. The initiative comes as emerging technologies like artificial intelligence  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (TNSres) -- The International Trademark Association issued the following news release: The Board of Directors of the International Trademark Association (INTA) has adopted a resolution approving comprehensive updates to its Model Trademark Law Guidelines (MLTG), incorporating significant changes in global trademark laws and INTA policy positions. The updated Guidelines reflect several major Board resolutions, including those on Harmonization of Preliminary Injunction Legislat  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 12 [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: LOUISVILLE, Ky. A Kentucky woman who is pregnant and seeking an abortion filed a lawsuit today in Jefferson County Circuit Court seeking to strike down two abortion bans under the state constitutional rights to privacy and self-determination. The  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 -- The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2024: * * * Say agreement is a victory for the right of Americans to engage with ideas from around the world * * * The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement in a lawsuit against the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). In late 2022, OFAC asserted that it can restric  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary to the Wall Street Journal on Nov. 11, 2024: * * * The Economics of Political Correctness By Roland G. Fryer, Jr. - Scholars need incentives to tell the truth, not to hide it and promote socially acceptable ideas. One morning, chatting with Harvard undergraduates just before my class, I reminisced about my own college years in the late 1990s--debating religion in our residence hall or arguing about th  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (TNSres) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following news on Nov. 12, 2024: * * * With Washington pushing deficits nearing $2 trillion, the Manhattan Institute's Brian Riedl has released the 2024 edition of his book of charts examining the federal budget, spending, taxes, and deficits. The 136-page chart book begins by broadly examining the rising budget deficits and national debt and then dives deeper to show the policies driving the $115 trillion in new deficits projec  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Nov. 12 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: The University's printing vendor, Dupli, has partnered with a local nonprofit, the Good Life Youth Foundation, to streamline the purchase of branded University apparel and promotional products. The new partnership is a result of months of work overseen by the University's Purchasing department. Staff there had long desired to offer an easy, centralized solution to University departments looking to buy licensed, brand  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 12 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Machine learning and artificial intelligence wouldn't be possible without the statistical models that underpin their analytic capabilities. A Cornell statistician and his colleague have developed a revolutionary new method to analyze complex datasets that's more flexible, accurate and easy to use. Dan Kowal, associate professor of statistics and data science, a shared department in the College of Agriculture and Life S  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 -- The Paley Center for Media issued the following news release on Nov. 11, 2024: * * * The Latest Selection to the PaleyLive Series Features an Exclusive Look at the Apple Original Series' Second Season, Followed by a Conversation with the Acclaimed Shrinking Cast and Creative Team * * * Los Angeles, CA, November 11, 2024 - The Paley Center for Media today announced the latest selection of its acclaimed PaleyLive series: An Evening with Shrinking. Taking place on Thursday,  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 12 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Cynthia Agbemenu '24 knows how to take a resume from meh to mesmerizing. Agbemenu, a peer advisor in the Arts & Sciences Career Development office, is a guiding hand for undergraduate students of all years in the College. From polishing first-year students' resumes from high school to helping seniors nail down their full-time job opportunities, Agbemenu said she's glad to be able to share some of the wisdom that helped  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 12 -- Cornell University issued the following news: While the internationally popular "Cosmos" series and late-night TV appearances with Johnny Carson helped make Carl Sagan a beloved public figure, some peers questioned the seriousness of such outreach. And as a member of NASA's Voyager 1 mission, managers rejected his pleas for years before finally agreeing to point the distant spacecraft back toward Earth for a final photo, producing the iconic "Pale Blue Dot" image.   more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 12 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Emily McFadden '25 has always wanted a career in agriculture and the environment. When she toured Cornell as a high school student, she sat in on a soil science course (PLSCS 2600) taught by Jonathan Russell-Anelli, senior lecturer and senior extension associate in the School of Integrative Plant Science's Soil and Crop Sciences Section. "Because of this class, I pursued a soils minor it definitely made me a little bit  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (TNSres) -- Teach For America issued the following news release: * * * Collaborative Dedicated to Strengthening Educator Professional Learning Welcomes Longtime Education Leadership Development Nonprofit As Newest Member * * * Teach For America (TFA) announced that it has become a member of the Research Partnership for Professional Learning (RPPL). As part of the one-of-a-kind collaborative, TFA will be one of seven provider organizations and researchers who work with schoo  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 12 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Coordinated power shutoffs could help control the wildfires spreading across New York and New Jersey, according to a Virginia Tech expert. These shutoffs could mitigate the risk posed by unseasonably dry conditions and challenging terrain, both of which have made containment efforts especially difficult, said Professor Ali Mehrizi-Sani, a Virginia Tech electrical engineering researcher. Planned power shutoffs, also calle  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 -- The AFL-CIO International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2024: In a letter sent today (https://canada.iatse.net/wp content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Joint-Letter-to-Telefilm-EN.pdf) a coalition of eight major unions and guilds - groups representing over 87,000 screenwriters, directors, performers, artists, and crew in Canadian film & television - called on Telefilm Canada to stop funding productions that refuse to sign col  more

BRONX, New York, Nov. 13 (TNSres) -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release: NEW YORK, NY, Nov. 12, 2024--A groundbreaking study released today reveals the alarming state of African elephant populations over the last 50 years. Both forest and savanna elephant species have experienced widespread declines due to overexploitation and habitat loss, mirroring the global trend affecting large-bodied animals. The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Acad  more