WATERVILLE, Maine, Aug. 9 -- Colby College issued the following news: * * * The annual Summer Institute in Environmental Humanities brings together scholars from all over the world * * * By Abigail Curtis This summer, American studies scholar and poet Beatriz Yanes Martinez is in a period of transition--the perfect time to be part of the Colby Summer Institute in Environmental Humanities. Martinez, who just finished a two-year curatorial fellowship at Dartmouth College's Hood Museum of Ar more PR

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 8 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Dragon Tamer. Virus Hunter. Ground Breaker. Force Multiplier. Those were some of the tag lines in the Army's 2021 "What's Your Warrior?" marketing campaign the latest spin on a warrior identity the service only began promoting relatively recently, while struggling to redefine its post-Cold War mission, said Ruth Lawlor, assistant professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences. She discussed the phenomenon a de more PR

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 8 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Augustine of Hippo, a major figure in philosophy and Christian thought, was wrong to accept slavery, according to Toni Alimi, assistant professor of philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences. Augustine believed that slavery which he characterized as God's just punishment of sin is sometimes permissible. And rather than being a peripheral issue, Alimi argues, this influential thinker's acceptance of slavery particula more PR

HAMILTON, New York, Aug. 8 -- Colgate University issued the following news: Colgate University's Case Library is now designated as an official steward of thousands of U.S. presidential documents, effectively opening public access to the University's collection of presidential writings, addresses, and public remarks dating from 1929-2017 thanks to a new agreement with the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO). These Public Papers of the Presidents, which are published by the Office of the Fed more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Aug. 8 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: With grant funding from the Department of Energy, Professor Mathew Maye and his collaborators will manufacture and test a new generation of Quantum dots. Tiny but mighty semiconductors named Quantum dots (Qdots) could someday drive hyper-powerful computers. Qdots are crystals squeezed in a space just a few nanometers in diameter. They are used today in products such as solar cells or LEDs and work by either absorbing more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 9 -- Debevoise and Plimpton, a law firm, issued the following news: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Clayton, Dubilier and Rice in the purchase of Illinois Tool Works' non-controlling equity stake in Wilsonart International Holdings LLC ("Wilsonart"). Wilsonart undertook a refinancing of $1.8 billion, consisting of a $1.1 billion Senior Secured Term Loan Facility, $500 million senior notes offering and a $250 million Senior Secured Revolving Facility. Wilsonart, an engineer more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 9 -- Debevoise and Plimpton, a law firm, issued the following news: Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has advised Symbiotic Capital in its inaugural fundraising of more than $600 million in capital committed and targeted for investments and co-investments. For more information, read the company's press release. Symbiotic Capital is a global life science credit firm. The Debevoise team was led by investment management partners Sally Bergmann Hardesty and Jonathan Adler and included couns more PR

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 8 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Sculptures honoring a former ILR School faculty member who established social policies that affect millions of Americans and a woman who devoted her life to educational equity and affordable housing in Ithaca will be unveiled Aug. 17 in downtown Ithaca. Frances Perkins, who taught at ILR from 1957-65, served as secretary of labor in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration from 1933-45 and was the architect of Ne more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 9 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on Aug. 8, 2024: * * * Video available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiaflaIXtRI Coalition Includes NYPD, Homeless Services, Health, Sanitation, and Local Partners to Create a Cleaner, Safer, and More Vibrant Neighborhood $1 Million Mobile NYPD Command Center and Other Investments Secured as Part of Budget * * * New York City Mayor Eric Adams was today joined by New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commiss more PR

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 8 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Kush Jain '22 has been named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for work by his company, ORama AI, which has developed a high-tech glove to help people learn to read Braille. Since its founding in early 2022, the company has raised more than a half million dollars in funding. The glove uses light and sensor technology to "read" the dots beneath a person's fingers and speak the words out loud. "More than 90 percent of visual more PR

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 9 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following ruling adopting protective order (Case No. 24-T-0113) on Aug. 8, 2024: * * * Petition of Long Island Lighting Company d/b/a LIPA for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need Pursuant to Article VII of the Public Service Law, for the Southampton to Deerfield Transmission Project. RULING ADOPTING PROTECTIVE ORDER LEAH AMYOT and MICHAEL CLARKE, Administrative Law Judges: To facilita more PR

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 9 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on Aug. 8, 2024: * * * To: Felice Segura, Staff Attorney, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., 4 Irving Place, Room 1815-S, New York NY 10003, seguras@coned.com Re: Case 18-M-0084 - In the Matter of a Comprehensive Energy Efficiency Initiative Case 14-M-0094 - Proceeding on Motion of the Commission to Consider a Clean Energy Fund Dear Ms. Segura, Pursuant to the Public Service Commis more PR

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 9 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on Aug. 8, 2024: * * * To: Ivy Willyams, 282 Century Place #2000, Louisville, CO 80027 RE: 2023 Annual Compliance - Finchville Solar LLC Dear Ivy Willyams: Thank you for your recent submittal pursuant to Section 3F of the New York State DPS's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP-DERS). This letter is to inform you that the documentation submitted has been re more PR

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 9 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on Aug. 8, 2024: * * * To: Betty Ann McConaghy, 225 Broad Hollow Rd., Suite 212W, Melville, NY 11747 RE: 2023 Annual Compliance - FourGen LLC Dear Betty Ann McConaghy: Thank you for your recent submittal pursuant to Section 3F of the New York State DPS's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP-DERS). This letter is to inform you that the documentation submitted more PR

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 9 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on Aug. 8, 2024: * * * To: Valerie S. Milonovich, Senior Counsel, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, 17 Columbia Circle, Albany, NY 12203-6399 Re: Case 14-M-0094 Proceeding on Motion of the Commission to Consider a Clean Energy Fund Matter 16-00681 - In the Matter of the Clean Energy Fund Investment Plan Dear Ms. Milonovich: As required by the Public Service Commission's more PR

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 9 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on Aug. 8, 2024: * * * To: Ashley Champion, 1241 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 RE: 2023 Annual Compliance - NSF Aurelius Site 1, LLC Dear Ashley Champion: Thank you for your recent submittal pursuant to Section 3F of the New York State DPS's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP-DERS). This letter is to inform you that the documentation submitted has more PR

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 9 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on Aug. 8, 2024: * * * To: Ashley Champion, 1241 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 RE: 2023 Annual Compliance - NSF Aurelius Site 2, LLC Dear Ashley Champion: Thank you for your recent submittal pursuant to Section 3F of the New York State DPS's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP-DERS). This letter is to inform you that the documentation submitted has more PR

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 9 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on Aug. 8, 2024: * * * To: Ashley Champion, 1241 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 RE: 2023 Annual Compliance - NSF Aurelius Site 3, LLC Dear Ashley Champion: Thank you for your recent submittal pursuant to Section 3F of the New York State DPS's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP-DERS). This letter is to inform you that the documentation submitted has more PR

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 9 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on Aug. 8, 2024: * * * To: Ashley Champion, 1241 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 RE: 2023 Annual Compliance - NSF Aurelius Site 4, LLC Dear Ashley Champion: Thank you for your recent submittal pursuant to Section 3F of the New York State DPS's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP-DERS). This letter is to inform you that the documentation submitted has more PR

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 9 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on Aug. 8, 2024: * * * To: Ashley Champion, 1241 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 RE: 2023 Annual Compliance - NSF Chateaugay Site 1, LLC Dear Ashley Champion: Thank you for your recent submittal pursuant to Section 3F of the New York State DPS's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP-DERS). This letter is to inform you that the documentation submitted h more PR

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 9 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on Aug. 8, 2024: * * * To: Ashley Champion, 1241 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 RE: 2023 Annual Compliance - NSF Chateaugay Site 2, LLC Dear Ashley Champion: Thank you for your recent submittal pursuant to Section 3F of the New York State DPS's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP-DERS). This letter is to inform you that the documentation submitted h more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 9 -- News Corp., a diversified media and information services company, issued the following news release: * * * Fiscal 2024 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Key Financial Highlights * Fourth quarter revenues were $2.58 billion, a 6% increase compared to $2.43 billion in the prior year, driven by growth at the Digital Real Estate Services, Book Publishing and Dow Jones segments * Net income in the quarter was $71 million, a significant improvement compared to a net loss of $(32) mi more PR

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 9 -- Nixon Peabody, a law firm, issued the following news release: Nixon Peabody LLP is proud to have represented assisted reproductive technology company DxNow Inc., the owner of ZyMot Fertility Inc., in the sale of ZyMot to CooperSurgical Inc. ZyMot Fertility--which develops, commercializes, manufactures, promotes, markets, and sells a first-of-its-kind sperm separation device for use in artificial or assisted reproductive therapies--became a wholly owned subsidiary o more PR

ROCHESTER, New York, Aug. 9 (TNSres) -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * RIT will train graduate students for interdisciplinary research in essential semiconductor technologies * * * By Michelle Cometa Rochester Institute of Technology will provide 20 doctoral student fellowships to advance research in the much-needed field of semiconductor technologies. The National Science Foundation awarded RIT nearly $3 million in funding for "Convergent Gradua more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 9 -- Cooley, a law firm, issued the following news release: Cooley advised PetIQ (Nasdaq: PETQ), a top pet medication, health and wellness company, on its definitive merger agreement with Bansk Group, pursuant to which Bansk Group will acquire all outstanding shares of PetIQ's common stock for $31 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.5 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2024. Upon completion of the transaction, PetIQ more PR

BRONX, New York, Aug. 9 (TNSres) -- Yeshiva University Albert Einstein College of Medicine issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2024: A discovery by a three-member Albert Einstein College of Medicine research team may boost the effectiveness of stem-cell transplants, commonly used for patients with cancer, blood disorders, or autoimmune diseases caused by defective stem cells, which produce all the body's different blood cells. The findings, made in mice, are published today in the jour more PR

BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 9 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * A $750,000 grant will further UB's support of early-stage startups in WNY * * * The University at Buffalo has received a $750,000 grant from the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation to help sustain three more years of operations for Cultivator, its early-stage startup support program. The two organizations share a dedicated mission of strengthening the Western New York ( more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 9 -- Reed Smith, a law firm, issued the following news release: PALO ALTO - Global law firm Reed Smith announced today that it advised Persistent Systems, Inc., a publicly traded Indian multinational technology services company, on its acquisition of Starfish Associates, LLC. Starfish is a global software company that provides communication management solutions for unified communications and contact center platforms. The cross-office Reed Smith corporate team th more PR

ROCHESTER, New York, Aug. 9 -- Roberts Wesleyan College issued the following news: On Thursday, July 11, Roberts Wesleyan University spent the day at the Central New York Psychiatric Center in Marcy, N.Y. Dean of the School of Nursing, Dr. Annemarie Dowling-Castronovo, Director of the RN-BS Program and Assistant Professor of Nursing Patricia Myers, Assistant Director of Recruiting & Admissions Stephen Robson, and Student Success Advisor & Program Manager James Blake made the site visit to share more PR

CORAL GABLES, Florida, Aug. 9 -- The University of Miami issued the following news: * * * Wheelchair rugby reignited Lee Fredette's passion for life, and now the University of Miami alumnus is heading for Paris--and his third Paralympics--in hopes of winning gold with Team USA. * * * From a young age, Lee Fredette thrived on the exciting physicality of sports. He played all types of sports and dreamed of one day playing in the National Hockey League. He left his East Moriches, New York, home more PR

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 8 -- Cornell University issued the following news: The timing of others' reactions to their babbling is key to how babies begin learning language and social norms a process evident in infants' interactions with a robot, new Cornell research shows. Deploying a remote-controlled car that would approach and produce speech sounds in response to babbling, researchers found that within 10 minutes, babies formed strong expectations that the car would respond to their vocalizati more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 9 -- The Office of the Mayor of New York issued the following transcript of an interview on Aug. 7, 2024, by Mayor Eric Adams with Sade Baderinwa and Mike Marza of WABC's Eyewitness News At 5:00: * * * Sade Baderinwa: Today was the last day on the job for a woman who made history here in New York City. Mike Marza: In 2022, Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh became the first woman to lead the department in its 157-year history. And tonight, no word exactly on who will take over af more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 9 -- NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, issued the following news: * * * More audio description services - interspersing broadcast audio with skilled voices describing Olympic and Paralympic scenes and context - will be available for viewers who are blind or visually impaired for the Paris Olympics than any previous Games. * * * People with visual impairments who view the Olympic Games cannot see what's happening on the field, in the pool, or on the balance beam, but they' more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 9 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A., as issuer, on the PLN 600 million senior preferred series bonds issuance. The bonds were offered to qualified investors through a non-prospectus public offering and introduced to trading on the Warsaw Stock Exchange's alternative trading system. The bonds are registered with the National Depository for Securities. Established in 1929, Ba more PR

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 8 -- Cornell University issued the following news: When it comes to materials for quantum sensors, diamond is the best game in town, said Gregory Fuchs, professor of applied and engineering physics at Cornell. Now he and a team of scientists have upped diamond's game by generating exquisite imagery of diamond undergoing microscopic vibrations. The team, comprising researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, Cornell and Purdue Univers more PR