SYRACUSE, New York, April 4 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * 'Empowered and Prepared to Contribute': Awards of Excellence Honorees Reflect on Maxwell School's Impact The annual Maxwell Awards of Excellence celebrated five exceptional alumni who embody the school's commitment to engaged citizenship. Pictured are (from left to right) Maxwell Dean David M. Van Slyke with honorees Sahil Jain '13, Margaret Abraham '89 Ph.D., Ana Maria Menezes '06 and Tom Bozzuto '71. Tiesha   more

ITHACA, New York, April 4 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * A crucial first step: WHO Pandemic Agreement The World Health Organization (WHO) is on the verge of adopting the world's first binding international agreement focused on pandemic prevention. This landmark development, schedule for potential ratification at the 78th World Health Assembly in May 2025, adopts a crucial One Health approach, emphasizing the global need to curb pandemic risks at the human-animal-enviro  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, April 5 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Binghamton and Hackensack Meridian Health continue to strengthen partnership after "Match Day" Binghamton alum Jae Hee Park will start her PGY-2 residency at HMH in its ambulatory care program By Scott Sasina Binghamton University and Hackensack Meridian Health are continuing to strengthen their partnership. Following "Match Day," several soon-to-be Binghamton pharmacy school graduates and alumni found   more

BINGHAMTON, New York, April 5 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Infusing technology into the modern academic library New MakerLab in Bartle Library provides access to innovative services By Bryan Field Libraries and higher education have always gone hand-in-hand to fuel academic pursuits and drive research. Traditionally, libraries were one of the only places one could find new information. It was a repository of books with librarians appointed as gatekeepers of new   more

WASHINGTON, April 4 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-NY Calls for Hate Crime Probe of Vandalism Targeting NYU Library Muslim Prayer Space The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) called on university, state and federal law enforcement authorities to launch a hate crime investigation of the recent desecration of the Muslim prayer space at NYU's Bobst Library, where an unidentif  more

SYRACUSE, New York, April 4 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Campus Departments Reminded to Register Summer Programs Involving Minors Campus departments are reminded to register their programs involving minors with the Office of Institutional Risk Management. The University continues to strengthen its commitment to the safety of minors (children under the age of 18 who are not matriculated University students) who are invited to campus or participating in programs ope  more

NEW YORK, April 4 [Category: Sports] -- The National Basketball Association posted the following news release: * * * Grizzlies' Ja Morant fined NEW YORK - Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant has been fined $75,000 for twice making an inappropriate gesture on the playing court, it was announced today by Joe Dumars, Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations. Morant was previously warned by the league office that this gesture could be interpreted in a negative light. The gestures w  more

SYRACUSE, New York, April 4 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Haowei Wang Named 2025-26 Fellow by Association of Population Centers Haowei Wang, assistant professor of sociology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has been named a 2025-26 Association of Population Centers (APC) Fellow. Every year, the APC selects 12 population research centers to nominate an early-career center affiliate for the fellowship. Haowei Wang Wang's research focuses on   more

SYRACUSE, New York, April 4 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * How ECS Alumna Carey Smith G'91 Became a Transformative Leader Even when she was just starting out, Carey Smith G'91 knew management was the direction she wanted to take her career. Like many promising young engineers, she wanted to work at IBM and took a position as a systems engineer at their Owego, New York site right after she graduated from Ohio Northern University with a bachelor's degree in electrical e  more

NEW YORK, April 5 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news on April 4, 2025: * * * LDF Reaches Settlement on Behalf of New York-Based Fair Housing Group, Requiring Improved Training and New Practices to Prevent Housing Discrimination Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) reached a settlement in Housing Opportunities Made Equal Inc. (HOME) v. Avant Realty - a lawsuit born out of HOME's investigation into the company's real estate practices.   more

NEW YORK, April 5 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news on April 4, 2025: * * * LDF Reaffirms Schools' Legal Right to Provide Equal Access and Opportunity to Students, Condemns Department of Education's Latest Attempt to Distort Anti-Discrimination Law Today, the U.S. Department of Education sent letters to K-12 state education agencies threatening to withhold federal funding from public schools unless they verify that they comply with  more

NEW YORK, April 5 (TNSres) -- The National Employment Law Project issued the following news release: * * * March Jobs Report: Immigrant Workers Power a Steady Economy, Full Impact of Trump Policies Yet to Come The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2% in March and 228,000 jobs were added, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 7.1 million workers were unemployed. This data does not yet reflect the full impact of the administration's policies on trade, immigration, funding cu  more

NEW YORK, April 4 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Petrochemical Lobbyists Email Trump EPA Administrator Zeldin, Ask to Exempt "All Sources" from Limits on Toxic Pollution (Washington, D.C. - April 4, 2025) Lobbyists for the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) - trade associations for some of the largest industrial polluters in the U.S. - are asking Trump EPA Administrator  more

ITHACA, New York, April 4 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Podcast features 2025 Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year John Bicket The newest episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features John Bicket '02, chief technology officer and co-founder of tech firm Samsara and this year's Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year 2025. Bicket will be honored on campus April 10 and 11 at the Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration Ezra Event. Samsara  more

BRONX, New York, April 4 [Category: Environment] -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release: * * * The Wildlife Film Festival REEL WILD(tm) Kicked Off in NYC with Celebrities and Filmmakers From Around the World New York, April 4, 2025 - The Wildlife Conservation Society's REEL WILD(tm), a 2 \- day wildlife film festival in New York City, kicked off last night at a celebratory event with celebrities and Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning filmmakers from around   more

ALBANY, New York, April 5 -- SUNY University at Albany issued the following news: * * * UAlbany Launches New AI & Society College, Research Center By Jordan Carleo-Evangelist ALBANY, N.Y. (April 4, 2025) -- The University at Albany is launching a new Artificial Intelligence & Society College to help prepare students to navigate a world radically changed by AI with a focus on trustworthiness, equity, privacy and accountability. The new college will spearhead significant expansion of UAlbany'  more

BUFFALO, New York, April 5 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * AI to screen for language and speech disorders among children University at Buffalo-led research team addresses nationwide shortage of speech-language pathologists BUFFALO, N.Y. - A 5-year-old wearing headphones is instructed by a prerecorded voice to repeat what they hear word for word. Such a test, called sentence recall, measures auditory processing, memory and l  more