NEW YORK, Sept. 3 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Real Estate Industry Group and Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice with the addition of Alicia Albury as a partner in Sydney. "Energy transition and infrastructure transactions, greenfield developments and M&A and restructuring transactions are all expected to continue at pace in the Australian market and real estate expertise is essential for th more PR

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York, Sept. 3 -- Bard College issued the following news release: Zain Khalid, Bard Fiction Prize winner and writer in residence at Bard College, will read from recent work on Monday, September 23. The reading begins at 6 pm and will be held in the Reem-Kayden Center's Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium at Bard College. This event is free and open to the public. For more information call 845-758-7087. Author Zain Khalid has received the Bard Fiction Prize for his first nove more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on Sept. 2, 2024: * * * CNY Central: "Rep. Williams said that Trump has been a 'disruptor,' one that he admires and continues to support." * * * MAGA extremist Brandon Williams once again doubled down on his support for the far-right leader of the GOP, Donald Trump, at the NYS Fair this week - even going as far as calling the convicted felon a "disruptor" whom he "admires and continues to more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Sept. 3 -- Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications issued the following news: * * * Nicole Aponte '24 is the first Murrow winner at the Newhouse School since 2021. * * * By Madelyn Geyer Newhouse School alumna Nicole Aponte '24 was honored with a prestigious 2024 Edward R. Murrow Award for her 2023 story "Beating the Odds, Taking the Reigns." Aponte won Best Video Feature Reporting in the Student category for the story--completed during her senior  more PR

ALBANY, New York, Sept. 3 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on Sept. 2, 2024: * * * First State in the Nation To Create Paid Prenatal Leave Other Major Accomplishments Include Over $200 Million Investment To Support Four ON-RAMP Advanced Manufacturing Training Centers To Prepare New Yorkers for the Jobs of the Future, More Than $646 Million To Recruit and Train Thousands of Health Care Workers * * * Governor Kathy Hochul today highlighted New York's labor a more PR

SCHENECTADY, New York, Sept. 3 (TNSres) -- Union College issued the following news on Sept. 2, 2024: One hundred and sixty years. Sixteen decades - from 1845 to 2005. That's how long the previous iteration of the Civil Engineering Department existed. (The decision to end the program was made in 2001 but did not go into effect until four years later.) What prompted the choice? According to a 2001 report, The Future of Engineering at Union, College leadership was striving to meet the "needs of more PR

SCHENECTADY, New York, Sept. 3 -- Union College issued the following news: As technology moves forward, education adapts. It always has. Evolving with the world is the only way to adequately prepare students for it, after all. To that end, Union's Honor Council has developed guidance around generative artificial intelligence and academic integrity - with an eye toward student process and teachable moments. "The proliferation of AI-generated platforms has made it more challenging to produce su more PR

SCHENECTADY, New York, Sept. 3 (TNSres) -- Union College issued the following news: John Rieffel's research focuses on a different flavor of AI -- robotics. The professor of computer science and department chair is using AI to optimize movements of tensegrities - "soft robots" composed of rigid struts and springs - that have potential applications in search-and-rescue, space exploration and surgery. A computer gives a random set of speeds to the robot's three vibrating motors and, through tri more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 3 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Air France-KLM, a leading global airline, on the acquisition of a 19.9 percent non-controlling stake in the share capital of Scandinavia's leading airline Scandinavian Airlines (SAS AB). The transaction follows the receipt of regulatory approvals in Europe and the US and enables SAS AB to emerge from its Chapter 11 reorganization and its Swedish restructuring proceed more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 3 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised a syndicate of banks on the extension and increase of the syndicated financing of Befesa S.A., a recycling services provider for hazardous waste in the steel and aluminium industry, consisting of a Euros650 million secured term loan (term loan B) maturing in July 2029, a Euros100 million revolving credit facility maturing in July 2028 and a Euros35 million guarantee f more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 3 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Equis on the largest non-recourse debt financing package for an Australian grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) to date. "The Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub is a critical piece in Victoria's energy transition plan," said White & Case partner Adeline Pang, who co-led the Firm's deal team. "It is the only BESS in Victoria capable of supporting three Renewabl more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 3 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its global disputes practice with the addition of Shinsuke Yakura as a partner in Tokyo. "Our global disputes practices have long focused on Japan as an important market for clients with international disputes needs," said White & Case partner Abby Cohen Smutny, Co-Head of the International Arbitration Practice. "Shinsuke's practice and experience is an ideal comple more PR