ITHACA, New York, Dec. 12 -- Cornell University issued the following news: A student's bad week had just gotten worse: Her phone, she realized in a panic, had ended up in the washing machine. And folded in its case was a treasured letter from her father. The student raced to Tina Fritts, a custodian in the university's Building Care Department, who was already a steady source of encouragement. Fritts pulled the machine's plug, prompting the water to drain. After being transferred to a bowl of  more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 [Category: Religion] -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following news release: More than 40 Jewish and non-Jewish elected officials, leaders, and organizations from across the EU joined American Jewish Committee (AJC) in signing a letter urging European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Antonio Costa, and other EU Council members to prioritize combating antisemitism. The letter calls for this issue to be central to the agenda durin more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 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: President Biden heeded the calls of advocates and families today by granting commutations to close to 1,500 people who were released to home confinement at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic under the CARES Act and pardons to 39 additional peopl more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 -- The Ad Council issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: * * * With over half of youth reporting mental health struggles, the national "Sound It Out" campaign reminds parents that "Listening is a Form of Love" * * * The "Sound It Out" campaign, created by the Ad Council in partnership with Pivotal, today premiered new public service advertisements (PSAs) reminding parents and caregivers of the important role they play in supporting young people's emotional well more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 [Category: Religion] -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following news release: American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO Ted Deutch brought a clear message to government officials across Western Europe last week: safety for Jews in Europe must be a priority. Alongside AJC President Michael Tichnor, AJC Europe Managing Director Simone Rodan-Benzaquen, Transatlantic Institute Director Daniel Schwammenthal, Deputy Director for AJC Europe Julie Decroix, and AJC Paris Directo more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 [Category: Religion] -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following news release: Leaders and activists within the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) have waged an aggressive campaign that has encouraged K-12 teachers to become pro-Palestinian activists and bring anti-Israel propaganda into their classrooms, according to a report from American Jewish Committee (AJC) New England. Since the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre in Israel, the MTA has undertaken a series more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Dec. 12 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: The Association of Law Libraries of Upstate New York (ALLUNY) celebrated its 70th anniversary this year, and Jessica Petitto, technical services librarian at the University's Law Library, was at the helm. Petitto, a long-time member of ALLUNY, has served in multiple leadership roles for the association over the years, most recently completing her term as president from May 2023 through October 2024. Since 1954, ALLU more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The Association of National Advertisers issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * Report provides a unified measurement framework to the programmatic advertising industry Study finds 7.9pp improvement of ad spend efficiency. Yet less than half of spend reaches consumers * * * The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) announced today findings from its 2024 Programmatic Transparency Benchmark Study, marking another step in empowering brands to more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following news release: * * * Communtation Must Include Death Row Commutations and Immigration Relief * * * President Biden has pardoned 39 people who have been convicted of non-violent crimes, including drug offenses, and commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 others. The clemency covers people who were placed under home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic. The commutations were granted to people who have been serving their senten more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: NEW YORK The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced 70 grant recipients for its Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program to receive funding for over 2,400 zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles. The awards will go to fund projects in 27 states, three Tribal Nations, and one territory. The Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program was established through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed in 2022. The  more PR

BINGHAMTON, New York, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Research, education will be key elements of collaboration * * * WMG, at The University of Warwick in the U.K., and Binghamton University have entered an agreement to explore collaboration in the fields of science, technology and education with the aim of fueling vital battery manufacturing capability in both countries. The new five-year memorandum of understanding sets the foundation to encourage more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants issued the following news release: * * * * 36% of business executives say their companies are at least experimenting with the tools * A little more than a third say they have significant concerns about Gen AI risks * 58% of survey respondents say their companies need better data security and Gen AI usage policies * * * Business executives are more engaged in investigating potential uses of gen more PR

ITHACA, New York, Dec. 12 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Last summer, Mark Van Bourgondien, co-owner of CJ Van Bourgondien Wholesale Greenhouses in Peconic, on Long Island, noticed white flecks and slight discoloration on a few of his young poinsettias. He quickly found the culprit: tiny white Lewis mites, which he and others in the industry had dealt with before. But this time, the usual control, a miticide, didn't work. Van Bourgondien called Cornell's Long Island Horticult more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 -- The City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy issued the following statement on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * On December 10, leading voices in reproductive justice gathered at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) for a critical discussion, "Reproductive Justice: Where Do We Go From Here?" Sponsored by the CUNY SPH Sexual and Reproductive Justice Hub (SRJ Hub) and moderated by philanthropist, filmmaker, and ac more PR

ITHACA, New York, Dec. 12 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Weill Cornell Medicine has received a four-year, $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to investigate a new therapeutic approach for the most common form of kidney cancer. The grant is one of 10 Idea Awards the department funded this year to support innovative, high-risk, high-reward science that could lead to a paradigm shift in cancer care. The funding will enable principal investigators Lorraine Guda more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * The U.S. Department of Justice today released a report finding that the Mount Vernon Police Department has engaged in a pattern of civil rights abuses, including by using excessive force and making illegal arrests. In response, the New York Civil Liberties Union released the following statement attributable to Special Counsel for Criminal Justice Litigation Daniel Lambright: "DOJ's exte more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 -- 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 Dec. 11, 2024: On Tuesday, December 10, the Senate Judiciary Committee hosted a hearing titled "How Mass Deportations Will Separate American Families, Harm Our Armed Forces, and Devastate Our Economy." Coming in the wake of electoral rhetoric that th more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The AFL-CIO International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees issued the following news release: LOS ANGELES, CA -- Building on the momentum of last year's first-ever survey by the union, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) announced the launch of the 2024 Gameworkers.org Rates and Conditions Survey, Thursday. This annual initiative reflects IATSE's commitment to championing the rights and working conditions of video game industry pr more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news on Dec. 12, 2024: Today, President Biden granted commutations to nearly 1,500 people serving the remainder of their sentences in home confinement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The CARES Act was enacted in March 2020 and was later expanded to allow certain medically vulnerable people in federal prisons to be released into federal custody and reunited with their fami more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Dec. 12 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: The D'Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University has received a transformative $3 million investment from Micron Technology. This funding will support the development of a specialized Semiconductor Hub within the institute's Onward to Opportunity (O2O) career training program, designed to connect transitioning service members, veterans and their families with careers in the rapi more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The team's detection method, which identified 138 space rocks ranging from bus- to stadium-sized, could aid in tracking potential asteroid impactors. * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT NewsThe asteroid that extinguished the dinosaurs is estimated to have been about 10 kilometers across. That's about as wide as Brooklyn, New York. Such a massive impactor is predicted to hit Earth ra more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The National Road Safety Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Impaired Driving Spikes During Holiday Period; Alcohol, Drugs and Fatigue Are Major Factors in Fatal Holiday Crashes * * * The year-end holidays leading up to New Year's is one of the most dangerous times on American roads and highways, with a spike in crashes that result in serious injuries or death. The National Road Safety Foundation, a non-profit group that for more than 60 years ha more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The Space and Satellite Professionals International issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) today released Data from the Ends of the Earth, its newest video in the Better Satellite World campaign. It explores how satellite has brought reliable connectivity to polar researchers, allowing them to deliver valuable data on climate change in a race against time to help understand and combat it. Data from t more PR

ITHACA, New York, Dec. 12 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Biologist Thomas Seeley has been delving into the mysteries of honey bee behavior ever since he discovered a bee tree as a boy, inspired by reading "Winnie the Pooh" 62 years ago. In his new book, "Piping Hot Bees & Boisterous Buzz-Runners: 20 Mysteries of Honey Bee Behavior Solved," he shares some of the findings of his many investigations. Among them: The insects are humanly relatable. For example, just like us, the more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * Following Mayor Adams' meeting with President Elect Donald Trump's border czar and his subsequent apparent willingness to help Trump's deportation machine, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) issued the following statement, attributable to Executive Director Donna Lieberman: "Mayor Adams's apparent willingness to help Trump's deportation machine is wrong, a waste of resources, and more PR

ITHACA, New York, Dec. 12 -- Cornell University issued the following news: During the past century, experimental poets in Japan have been stretching the conventional definition of the genre by creating poems in unexpected places: augmented reality apps, manipulated tape recorders, music videos, protest performances and other hybrid forms. In "Expanding Verse: Japanese Poetry at the Edge of Media," Andrew Campana, assistant professor of Asian studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, writes more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Dec. 11 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Sarah Willie-LeBreton, the 12th president of Smith College and daughter of Syracuse University's first Black full professor, department chair and vice president Charles Willie G'57, H'92, will serve as featured speaker for the 40th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, in the JMA Wireless Dome at Syracuse University. This year's theme is "Living History." Tickets are now availab more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Council for International Business issued the following news: The 6th Annual Business at OECD (BIAC) Health Forum, Health as an Economic Imperative, took place in Paris on December 4. The Forum focused on the critical role of health in boosting economic productivity, advocated for a shift from treatment-focused to prevention-focused healthcare systems, and how emerging technologies can be thoughtfully leveraged to create more efficient and sustainable health system more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 -- The Vera Institute of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Today, President Biden commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Additionally, he issued pardons for 39 people convicted of nonviolent offenses. Insha Rahman, vice president of advocacy and partnerships at the Vera Institute of Jus more PR

BRONX, New York, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release: * * * New Study Suggests Pathway for Tiger Restoration Across Asia * * * Conservationists have succeeded in restoring tiger populations in a region where they were virtually absent for more than 50 years in Russia. This restoration took place from 2012-2021 in the Pri-Amur region of Russia. The techniques used to restore the tiger population are highlighted in a new study in the Journal more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 -- The Women's Refugee Commission issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Yesterday, President-elect Trump announced his administration will rescind U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) sensitive zones policy on his first day in office. The policy, which has been in place since 2011 and was expanded by the Biden administration in 2021, prevents ICE from arresting migrants in sensitive locations like schools, hospitals, and houses of worship. Critically, more PR