ITHACA, New York, Jan. 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * "Workers Want a Say in Their Work" "Voice gap," which measures a worker's perceived gap between desired and actual influence at work, significantly impacts job-related outcomes, such as job satisfaction, according to new research by ILR Assistant Professor Duanyi Yang. "The findings were very straightforward," Yang said. "A voice gap is significantly associated with lower job satisfaction and well-being, as well as higher burnout and turnover intention." The more PR

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, Jan. 21 [Category: Science] -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: * * * 'Is cancer immunotherapy right for me?' "Is cancer immune therapy right for me?" These days, it's a question many patients ask. Only you and your doctor can answer it. However, research from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Assistant Professor Peter Westcott and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology may offer some intriguing food for thought. A recent study suggests that in some cases, subclonal tum more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release: * * * Abandoning the Paris Agreement Harms U.S. Credibility and Competitiveness in the Global Economy (WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 21, 2025) Following his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the United States to withdraw once again from the Paris Agreement, a global treaty between 195 countries to address climate change. Once the withdrawal takes effect one year from signing, the United States wil more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * AI, quantum drive discovery of peptides for microplastic cleanup A research team led by Cornell has demonstrated how quantum computing and artificial intelligence can be used to design new peptides capable of capturing microplastics that pose serious risks to ecosystems and human health. Peptides - chains of amino acids that can be sequenced for specific functions - can destroy microplastics by binding to their surfaces and facilitating chemical reactions that more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 [Category: Religion] -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following news release: * * * AJC Responds to First Policy Actions by Trump Administration American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, congratulated President Donald Trump on his inauguration as the 47th President of the United States and expressed an eagerness to once again work with the Trump administration to strengthen Israel's place in the world and ensure a thriving and secure future for the Jewish people. I more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Beer sold in grocery stores drives higher sales in other categories When a grocery store starts selling beer, its sales grow beyond just six-packs and cases: Households, and beer-purchasing households in particular, visit the store more frequently and increase their total monthly grocery expenditures, according to new Cornell research. The finding has important implications for the intensely competitive grocery business, which operates on razor-thin profit mar more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: * * * CED Issues Statement on January 2025 Congressional Budget Office Outlook Today, David K. Young, President of the Committee for Economic Development (CED), the public policy center of The Conference Board, released the following statement on the new projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO): The CBO's Budget and Economic Outlook for 2025 to 2035 is another pressing call to action on our nation's unsustainable fiscal trajectory. CBO projects the d more PR

HAMILTON, New York, Jan. 21 -- Colgate University issued the following news: * * * Colgate University and United Mexican States Strengthen Partnership Colgate University and the United Mexican States have taken yet another step to advance their collaborative, scholarly relationship. On Sept. 23, 2024, Colgate voluntarily restituted 1,005 archaeological items of cultural heritage to the people of Mexico, adding to 67 pieces returned in 2023. The transfer was arranged by the office of Consul General of Mexico in New York H.E. Jorge Islas Lop more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Jan. 21 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: * * * Cultivating Engaged Citizens Through Reimagined Liberal Arts Framework The LAC is a set of requirements that all Arts and Sciences/Maxwell undergraduate students, as well as those students dually enrolled in Arts and Sciences and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications or the School of Education, need to fulfill for graduation. It guides students through a range of courses across the liberal arts. To better reflect our interconnected world, the new  more PR

HAMILTON, New York, Jan. 21 -- Colgate University issued the following news: * * * Dudrick Promotes Open Dialogue Following Duke Seminar on Civil Discourse Last summer, George Carleton Jr. Professor of Philosophy David Dudrick was one of 20 academics who participated in Duke University sessions focused on promoting civil discourse on campuses across the United States. By exploring the value of open, face-to-face dialogue and strategies to cultivate intellectual sympathy among students, he deepened his commitment to address the divisive impac more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 [Category: Sociological] -- Everytown for Gun Safety issued the following news release: * * * Everytown Response to Trump Pardoning January 6th Insurrectionists Pardon Recipient on January 6th: "Headed to D.C. with a Shit Ton of 5.56 Armor Piercing Ammo" WASHINGTON -- Today, after President Trump issued a pardon of violent insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021 -- including those who were carrying guns when they stormed the Capitol -- Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action released the follow more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 [Category: International] -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: * * * Executive Order Suspending US Refugee Resettlement: "A Step Backward," Says the IRC New York, NY, January 21, 2025 -- The Trump Administration announced (opens in a new window) last night that it will suspend refugee resettlement to America. This program has existed since the 1980 Refugee Act and currently offers over 100,000 security-vetted refugees from around the world the chance to start a new life in America. The IR more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Jan. 21 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: * * * Game Changer: University Debuts State-of-the-Art Gaming and Esports Center Executive Director of Esports Joey Gawrysiak addresses the crowd during the grand opening of the Gaming and Esports Center on campus. (Photo by Tiancheng Tang '26) Continuing to innovate as a leading higher education institution for electronic sports (or esports) and gaming in the United States, Syracuse University has officially opened its new, state-of-the-art Gaming and Esports Ce more PR

ROCHESTER, New York, Jan. 22 -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: The first pieces of a massive, historic theater pipe organ built more than 90 years ago have just been installed at Rochester Institute of Technology's music performance theater, currently under construction. About 240 feet of galvanized steel piping that will take air from the organ's blower to its chambers was installed in December by Carlton Smith, a professional theater pipe organ restorer who has been helping bring the historic instrument more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news: * * * Immigrants' Rights Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Birthright Citizenship... New order puts newborns in harm's way, is unconstitutional, and flouts fundamental American values January 20, 2025 CONTACT: Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU, 347-514-3984, isarda-sorensen@aclu.org Ari Mischik, ACLU of New Hampshire, ariana@aclu-nh.org Kate Lagreca, ACLU of Massachusetts, media@aclum.org Samuel Crankshaw, ACLU of more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 [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: * * * Immigrants' Rights Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Birthright Citizenship Executive Order CONCORD, N.H. -- Immigrants' rights advocates today sued the Trump administration over its executive order that seeks to strip certain babies born in the United States of their U.S. citizens more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 [Category: International] -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: * * * IRC warns conflict in DRC has forced almost 3 million people to become displaced * 2.8 million people displaced from North Kivu have little-to-no access to basic necessities * 780,000 people have become displaced just within the last 3 months * 102,000 people have been displaced by recent fighting in Masisi centre and over 160,000 have been displaced in and around Lubero The province of North Kivu, in the Democr more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following news release: * * * Defending Immigrant Rights and America's Core Values * * * Trump signed the first executive actions of his second presidential term at the U.S. Capitol. Included in these executive orders he signed several executive orders around immigration related issues and Diversity Equity and Inclusion efforts. The following statement can be attributed to Lourdes M. Rosado President and General Counsel of LatinoJustice PRLDEF: "The proposed executive orders under Pre more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news: * * * LDF Condemns Trump's First Round of Executive Orders and... The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) today condemned a series of Executive Orders issued by President Trump on the first day of his second and final term in office that are a sweeping attack on democracy and civil rights. These actions include, among others, rescinding vital voting rights measures and police reforms, challenging birthright citizenship, increasing federal  more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: * * * LEI for Mexico Decreased in December For Release 11:00 AM ET, January 21, 2025 Using the Composite Indexes: The Leading Economic Index (LEI) provides an early indication of significant turning points in the business cycle and where the economy is heading in the near term. The Coincident Economic Index (CEI) provides an indication of the current state of the economy. Additional details are below. * * * This month's release of the composite economic indexes more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement on Jan. 21, 2025: * * * Today, the Nassau County Supreme Court denied the New York Civil Liberties Union's motion seeking a preliminary injunction against the county's anti-trans sports ban. The requested injunction would have blocked the enforcement of a local law banning transgender girls and women from participating in girls' and women's sports at county-run facilities, while litigation continues. In response, New York Civil Liberties Union Staff Attorney Ga more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * National Tutoring Observatory to accelerate the science of teaching After learning lagged for some K-12 students in virtual classrooms during the pandemic, students and their parents turned to online tutoring platforms to help fill the gaps. U.S. school districts did, too, investing more than $700 million in tutoring programs. This shift to virtual, one-on-one learning on various online platforms produced untapped, granular data on effective teaching practices more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- The National Urban League issued the following statement on Jan. 21, 2025: * * * Civil & Human Rights Leaders Gather Wednesday to Plan Policy Response * * * National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement in response to the reversal of President Biden's executive order on racial equity on MLK Day: "Four years ago, President Biden ushered in the most equity-focused presidential administration in U.S. history. Today begins the modern era's most aggressive effort to erase racial pro more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 -- The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following news release: President Trump announced executive actions today that could severely curtail the availability of federal incentives for electric vehicles and lead to the dismantling of standards that are helping drive the clean vehicle transition and saving drivers money at the pump. An earlier NRDC analysis shows that repealing EPA standards and federal incentives could cost car buyers $6,000 more in lifetime fuel and maintenance costs, lead to a staggering additi more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 -- The Rockefeller Foundation issued the following news release: * * * New Analysis: International Finance for Climate and Health Increased to US$7.1 Billion in 2022, but Financing Remains Difficult to Access for the Most Climate-Impacted Countries Data provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of self-reported donor financing, providing a critical baseline to strengthen climate and health action DAVOS-KLOSTERS, SWITZERLAND | January 21, 2025 -- Today, at the 55 th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, Founda more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * New biodegradable graft could help cardiovascular patients Cornell engineers are aiming to create a big leap in vascular grafts, used to combat cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death worldwide. The biodegradable graft looks like a tough, stretchy straw. It not only expands and contracts like veins and arteries do as blood pumps through it. The graft is also biodegradable - it allows new vascular cells to grow in and around it as the body absorbs it more PR

NIAGARA FALLS, New York, Jan. 22 -- Niagara University issued the following news: * * * Grant also supports continued training of NYS probation officers * * * By Lisa McMahon Niagara University is honored to announce that it has been selected as a 2024-2025 grantee of the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation. The university received an $80,000 grant from the Cabrini Foundation to create specialized training for healthcare professionals and to continue its training in partnership with the New York State Office of Probation and Correctional Alte more PR

NIAGARA FALLS, New York, Jan. 22 -- Niagara University issued the following news: By Lisa McMahon Niagara University is honored to announce that it has been selected as a 2024-2025 grantee of the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation. The university has received a $90,000 grant from the Cabrini Foundation to expand initiatives by its College of Nursing to foster nurse resilience, effectively bridge the transition from student to healthcare professional, and decrease turnover and departure from the nursing profession by improving personal wellness, more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Packed house for inaugural Farm to School Summit In November, more than 500 stakeholders gathered at the OnCenter in Syracuse for the 2024 New York Farm to School Summit, where they exchanged innovative ideas, explored best practices and formed new partnerships. Cohosted by the New York State Department of Education and Cornell Cooperative Extension's Harvest New York team, the summit brought together educators, farmers, food producers, food service profession more PR

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Jan. 22 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: Pennsylvania College of Technology's Construction Management Association returned victorious from the recent Associated Schools of Construction Region 1 Conference & Competition in Albany, New York, where two student teams tested their skills and received valuable industry feedback. The college's teams competed in the heavy civil and pre-construction categories. After teams were briefed on the construction projects they would "manage," the more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Ready to inspire: Fellowship program turns students into educators Rebecca Irwin, Ph.D. '20, is dialed in. The first-time professor has designed and taught course modules, figured out how to make complex engineering concepts accessible, and developed a philosophy that now shapes her approach to education - yet, her first official class doesn't start until this fall., Click to open gallery view Credit: Provided Postdoc Rebecca Irwin, Ph.D. '20, is set to be more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release: * * * Recent U.S. Climate and Clean Energy Actions Will Save Tens of Thousands of Lives, Deliver Trillions of Dollars in Health and Climate Benefits (Washington, D.C. - January 21, 2025) Environmental Defense Fund released a new fact sheet today on the cumulative benefits of U.S. climate and clean air actions over the last four years - and found enormous benefits. EDF looked at 11 federal actions along with some impacts of the Inf more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Researchers put the shine on digitally rendered feathers Computer animators and video game designers may soon have a better way to create the purple-green sheen of a grackle's wing, or the pink flash on a hummingbird's throat, thanks to a new method for rendering iridescent feathers. Researchers in the lab of Steve Marschner, professor of computer science in the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, in partnership with technology  more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Six Cornell faculty win White House early career awards The White House has recognized six Cornell faculty members - Andrew Hein, Tashara M. Leak and Zhiting Tian from the Ithaca campus, and Steven Josefowicz, Ekta Khurana and Kristen Pleil from Weill Cornell Medicine - with 2025 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The awards were announced Jan. 14. The award is the highest honor bestowed by the federal government to scienti more PR

ST. BONAVENTURE, New York, Jan. 22 -- St. Bonaventure University issued the following news release: St. Bonaventure University has received a $1 million gift from Matt Davis, '87, and his wife, Laura. The Davises have earmarked $600,000 of their gift for the Athletic Performance Center, $300,000 for an endowment to benefit the School of Business, and $100,000 to the Bonaventure Fund annual appeal. The gift will count toward the $125 million goal of the university's Bolder Bonaventure Campaign, which ends May 31. "The desire of Matt and Laur more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 -- The Rockefeller Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Statement by Elizabeth Yee, Executive Vice President of The Rockefeller Foundation, on Paris Agreement At a time when climate change is impacting every community and country, the U.S. decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement is disheartening. Amid global and domestic political changes, The Rockefeller Foundation remains committed to expanding access to opportunity -- including by scaling advances that save lives, support jobs, strengthen communities more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- The Vera Institute of Justice issued the following statement on Jan. 21, 2025: * * * In response to the executive orders on immigration signed by President Donald Trump on inauguration day, Nicholas Turner, president and director of the Vera Institute of Justice and president of Vera Action, released the following statement: "Whether we were born in this country or came here in search of a better life, we all want safety, security, and stability. The current immigration system has long failed at ensuring a fair and huma more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * The Annual XR Access Symposium: Shaping the Future of Accessible Extended Reality The 2024 XR Access Symposium, held at Cornell Tech in New York City, brought together industry leaders, researchers, and advocates to discuss the role of extended reality (XR) in fostering digital accessibility. Under the theme "Insights from XR Assistive Technology," the sixth annual event explored new developments in XR that hope to enhance inclusivity for people with disabilit more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: * * * The LEI for Germany Declined in November For Release 9:30 AM ET, January 21, 2024 Using the Composite Indexes: The Leading Economic Index (LEI) provides an early indication of significant turning points in the business cycle and where the economy is heading in the near term. The Coincident Economic Index (CEI) provides an indication of the current state of the economy. Additional details are below. * * * This month's release of the composite economic inde more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Jan. 21 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: * * * The Whitman School Publicly Launches Whitman Leadership Circle Merit scholarships that retain top first-year students. Fellowships that allow faculty to pursue their interests and bring emerging knowledge back into the classroom. Physical improvements to the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, including Flaum Grand Hall, a centralized gathering place welcoming students and the entire Whitman community. These are some examples of the impact made by the n more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Weaver democratizes data for communities in NYS and beyond As research director at the ILR School's Buffalo Co-Lab, Russell "Rusty" Weaver builds tools to help communities, policymakers and individuals make informed decisions about issues such as child care, wage inequality, evictions and broadband access. His collaborations with colleagues across ILR include New York at Work reports and a Feb. 6 webinar on how privatization and budget cuts have impacted New Y more PR

BINGHAMTON, New York, Jan. 21 (TNSjou) -- Binghamton University issued the following news: Managers at every company -- especially big corporations -- face a similar conundrum: What's the ideal way to organize employees to generate the best ideas? Is it better to work in large groups? Smaller ones? With other people who are similar or different? New research from Binghamton University offers insight into these questions -- and some of the results are not what you'd expect. For nearly 20 years, Professor Shelley D. Dionne -- now dean of Bing more PR