NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following agency statement on Jan. 22, 2025: * * * Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act, a draconian bill that requires the mandatory detention of a noncitizen accused of a theft-related crime. The bill now awaits the signature of President Donald Trump before becoming law. The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund released the following statement in response to the pass more PR

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 22 -- The Alliance for Quality Education issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2025: * * * While Gov. Hochul's proposed changes to Foundation Aid would drive bigger-than-expected increases to many high need school districts, NYC schools would get $400 million less * * * In response to Governor Hochul's executive budget announcement, the public education advocacy organization Alliance for Quality Education released the following statement: "In her addresses tod more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 22 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * An open invitation: AAP's spring 2025 semester highlights From new classes and exceptional faculty to special exhibitions, field trips, and events, the upcoming semester at Cornell's College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) offers myriad opportunities to explore new possibilities and expand horizons. Whether you're based in Ithaca, New York City, or Rome this semester, you have an open invitation to explo more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Jan. 22 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: * * * Andrew Joncas Appointed as Inaugural Assistant Vice President for Enterprise Data and Artificial Intelligence Information Technology Services (ITS) has announced the appointment of Andrew Joncas as the division's first assistant vice president for enterprise data and artificial intelligence (AI). Joncas will report to Jeff Rubin, senior vice president for digital transformation and chief digital officer. And more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 [Category: Sociological] -- Everytown for Gun Safety issued the following news release: * * * As Lawmakers Return to the Round House, New Mexico Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Renew Calls to Ban Assault Weapons SANTA FE, N.M -- The New Mexico chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety's grassroots network, issued the following statement as lawmakers gavel-in the 2025 legislative session. During the 2024 Bud more PR

HAMILTON, New York, Jan. 22 -- Colgate University issued the following news: * * * Career Services Hosts 13th Annual Sophomore Connections The 13th annual Sophomore Connections, Jan. 17-18, introduced 462 second-year students to 147 alumni representing various industries. Through workshops, panels, and networking events, the program fostered interactions to help sophomores identify and explore potential career paths. The two-day program began as Milone Family AVP for Career Initiatives Tere more PR

HAMILTON, New York, Jan. 22 -- Colgate University issued the following news: * * * Catch up with 13 Catch up with 13, Colgate's award-winning podcast, as we begin the spring 2025 semester. The H-1B Visa Debate Professors Chad Sparber and Rishi Sharma talk about the H-1B Visa program in the United States. Sparber and Sharma recently co-authored an op-ed for the Washington Post, offering an alternative option for how the visas are currently awarded. A Colgate Day Conversation with Presi more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 22 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Concerto Competition announces three winners, Click to open gallery view Credit: Provided Black The Annual Cornell Concerto Competition looked a little bit different this year; the contest was broadened to include opportunities for multiple winners to perform not only with the Cornell Symphony Orchestra, but also with the Chamber Orchestra and the Barbara and Richard T. Silver Wind Symphony. Competition orga more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2025: * * * In partnership with the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum, with the support of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the patronage of UNESCO, and in collaboration with architect Daniel Libeskind, the Commandant's House will be opened in honor of the survivors and families of Holocaust victims on the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. * * * (Oswiecim, Poland) -- Today, Co more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release: The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists and terrorist groups on the Internet to spread propaganda and incite violence. Last week, white supremacist Telegram channels noted the U.S. State Department's designation of the Terrorgram Collective as Specially Designated Global Terrorists, posting that it was necessary to find alternative communication platforms and offeri more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 [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: * * * Court Rules Warrantless Section 702 Searches Violated the Fourth Amendment BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- In a long-awaited ruling in United States v. Hasbajrami, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York last night held that warran more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 22 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association issued the following news release: * * * Discover Boating New York, Louisville, Minneapolis Shows Return This Week with More Boats, New Innovations 2025 winter boat show momentum continues this week with the return of the Discover Boating New York Boat Show, in partnership with Progressive Insurance, and Discover Boating Louisville Boat, RV & Sportshow, in partnership with Progressive Insurance, o more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release: * * * Energy Emergency Declaration Won't Fix Cost or Reliability Concerns (WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 21, 2025) On his first day in office, President Trump issued a flurry of executive orders that, among other things, declared a national energy emergency, suspended implementation of essential health and safety protections and directed federal agencies to ignore costs to communities a more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 22 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Energy Warriors program provides paths to green jobs, and hope When Zutiyah Graham moved to upstate New York in 2021, she found herself in the same employment rut she'd been in back in North Carolina. She was in and out of an automotive training program in Oneonta and worked briefly at McDonald's and then at Walmart, where she was frequently assigned to supervise self-checkout. For someone who likes to stay act more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release: * * * Executive Orders Undo Generational Progress, Threaten Rights of Millions (Washington, D.C. - January 22, 2025) In his first three days in office, President Trump issued executive orders eliminating federal environmental justice programs and directed his administration to place employees who work on diversity, equity, and inclusion on leave. "The new administration has moved t more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 22 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Foster named 2024 ACM Fellow The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named Nate Foster, professor of computer science in the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, a 2024 Fellow for his "contributions to applications of programming languages to networking." Foster is among 55 fellows who ACM selected from its membership this year. His research focuses on developing languag more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 22 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: * * * Groups File Lawsuit Against NYS-DEC and Caithness Gas Plant for CLCPA Violations NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK -- Today, Brookhaven Landfill Action and Remediation Group (BLARG), Long Island Progressive Coalition (LIPC), and the Sierra Club represented by Earthjustice filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York-Nassau County against the NYS-Department of Environmenta more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 22 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * How to craft effective policy messages to advance equity In our politically charged climate, advocates have often raised concerns that messages describing racial disparities in social outcomes can reduce or polarize support for public policies to address inequality. Cornell researchers tested this theory on one of recent history's biggest success stories: the pandemic-era Child Tax Credit expansion, which reduc more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 [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 Fast-Track Deportation Policy WASHINGTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of the District of Columbia, and the New York Civil Liberties Union today sued the Trump admin more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The International Refugee Assistance Project issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2025: * * * IRAP Releases New Explainer of EO's Significance * * * Today, multiple media outlets reported that the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) has indefinitely suspended new applications and case processing, including cancelling planned travel for refugees already approved for resettlement, effective immediately. The news follows President Trump's signing of multiple ex more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 [Category: International] -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: * * * IRC urges US government to make America's asylum system safe, fair and organized New York, NY, January 22, 2025 -- The International Rescue Committee (IRC) reiterates that a safe, fair and organized asylum system should be a priority. The actions invoked by Executive Order, including the suspension of entry of asylum seekers, ending the use of the CBP One app to schedule  more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship issued the following news: Our latest policy brief in the NFTE Nexus series addresses Equity Through Entrepreneurship: NFTE's Approach to Education and Inclusion. This brief examines the work of our founder, Steve Mariotti, in creating an entrepreneurship education nonprofit that centers its work on students, equity and inclusion and provides best practices other nonprofits can use in centering their own work in this way. At NFTE, more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2025: President Trump announced on Tuesday that he is revoking protections barring ICE enforcement actions at schools, hospitals, churches, and other "sensitive areas". In light of this news LatinoJustice released the following statement that can be attributed to Lourdes M. Rosado, President and General Counsel, LatinoJustice PRLDEF: "These spaces have long been recognized as safe havens where children c more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Jan. 22 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: * * * Lender Global Program Recruiting Students for Next Research Fellowships in Santiago, Chile Syracuse University's Lender Center for Social Justice and Syracuse Abroad have chosen the Santiago, Chile, program as the next location to host a new globally focused student research initiative. The Lender Global program was launched last year to offer students innovative research opportunities to examine social just more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Jan. 22 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: * * * Maxwell School Professor Elected President of International Studies Association Audie Klotz, professor of political science, has been elected president of the International Studies Association (ISA), one of the oldest and largest interdisciplinary associations dedicated to understanding international, transnational and global affairs. Audie Klotz Founded in 1959, the ISA is comprised of more than 7,000 mem more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 [Category: Health Care] -- The New York Health and Hospitals issued the following news release: * * * Michelle McMacken, MD, FACP, DipABLM and Talya Schwartz, MD Recognized as 2025 Trailblazers in Healthcare by City & State Dr. McMacken has overseen the creation and expansion the health system's Lifestyle Medicine Program, among the largest lifestyle medicine programs in the country, and during Dr. Schwartz's tenure at MetroPlusHealth, the organization has seen a 35% growth  more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The Insurance Information Institute issued the following news release: MALVERN, Pa., Jan. 22, 2025 - Legislative reforms made in 2024 are a positive first step toward repairing Louisiana's insurance market, which has long suffered from excess claims litigation and attorney involvement that drives up costs and, ultimately, premium rates. But more work is needed by state lawmakers, according to the new report Trends and Insights: Louisiana Insurance Market published by the In more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- The Motion Picture Association issued the following statement on Jan. 21, 2025: * * * New York Governor Kathy Hochul today unveiled her budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year, which included an enhancement of the New York State Film Production Tax Credit program. The following is a statement from Motion Picture Association Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin: "Governor Hochul is a champion for New York State's creative community. She recognizes that when a movie or series more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- The National Association of Scholars issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2025: On Tuesday, January 14, the Republican-led House of Representatives passed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 (H.R. 26) by a vote of 219 to 203. The bill amends Title IX to clarify that it is violated when a school "permits a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls." It then defines sex in the more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The National Minority Supplier Development Council issued the following statement on Jan. 21, 2025: * * * As we reflect on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his fight for economic equity, NMSDC reaffirms our commitment to fostering the growth and success of minority business enterprises (MBEs). In this pivotal year, we have an unparalleled opportunity to position NMSDC as the premier business advocacy organization championing the economic contributions of MBEs.  more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following news release: ALBANY, NY - As part of her Executive Budget released today, Governor Hochul did not include a promised cap-and-invest program or the NY HEAT Act, which would reduce greenhouse gas and air pollution emissions, limit potential costs for New Yorkers, and invest in programs that drive emission reductions and improve energy affordability, especially for disadvantaged communities. In 2024 alone, ten extreme more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following statement on Jan. 21, 2025: * * * The Trump administration announced a new executive order to push drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The following is a statement from Garett Rose, senior attorney at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council): "The Arctic Refuge is no place for drilling. The oil industry itself recognized this when they failed to show up for the lease sale less than two weeks ago. The more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- The CFA Institute, an association of investment professionals, issued the following news release: * * * Regulatory uncertainty, investor education, and cybersecurity risks remain key challenges to tokenization's development. * * * New York, 23 January 2025--New research issued today by the CFA Institute Research and Policy Center reviews the use of distributed ledger technology to tokenize financial and real-world assets. The first of a two-par more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 22 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * New telescope to set sail for monthlong journey to Chile The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) will be loaded onto a transatlantic shipping vessel in Antwerp, Belgium, at the end of January for a month-long voyage by sea to its home: Chile, just below the summit of Cerro Chajnantor where, at 18,400 feet, it will be the second-highest telescope in the world. "This is a huge milestone for the project and  more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 21 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: * * * New York Governor Hochul Releases SFY2026 State Executive Budget Proposal Albany, NY -- New York Governor Hochul released her SFY2026 Executive Budget proposal. The following statement can be attributed to Liz Moran, New York policy advocate for Earthjustice : "Governor Hochul missed a key opportunity to 'set the standard for the nation' on climate and environment as she p more PR

CANTON, Ohio, Jan. 22 -- The National Football League issued the following news on Jan. 21, 2025: By Coral Smith, Digital Content Producer The New York Jets appear to have zeroed in on their first choice to be their next head coach, and they're not planning on wasting an in-person opportunity. Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn is visiting the Jets on Tuesday, with the goal for New York being to not let him leave the building, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported, per sources. Rapo more PR

BUFFALO, New York, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: To better understand how climate change may impact Buffalo and New York State in the years to come, it makes sense to study a part of the country where those effects are already occurring. That's what researchers from the University at Buffalo are doing with community partners in Alaska as part of a $300,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administr more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 22 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Professor reimagines the Psalms, with the Holocaust in mind Menachem Rosensaft is many things: an adjunct professor of law at Cornell Law School, a poet, a genocide scholar, a lawyer, a historian, former general counsel of the World Jewish Congress, a grandfather. But at his core, he is the son of two survivors of the Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. He tapped into that fundamental identity to more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Public Knowledge issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2025: Today, the New York Times reported that the Trump administration has threatened the independence of a bipartisan agency - the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - by ordering the three Democratic-picked members to either resign or be fired by close of business on Jan. 23. Without at least three members on the board, the independent agency tasked with investigating national security activities t more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- The Radio Advertising Bureau issued the following news release: RAB is pleased to present the first in a series of live online presentations focused on the opportunities that Nielsen Audio's shift to the 3-minute qualifier brings to radio and its advertising partners. "Better Together in 2025: A Unified Approach to Nielsen's Measurement Modernization," will set the stage and introduce resources to empower the radio industry to seize this pivotal moment to convey radio's gr more PR

ROCHESTER, New York, Jan. 22 (TNSres) -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * Scott Bukofsky brings extensive experience to the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Semiconductor Technology Center * * * Scott Bukofsky has seen the evolution of the semiconductor industry and his own career in it. As a scientist, new business developer, and as a researcher, Bukofsky, '92 (microelectronic engineering) brings more than 30 years of experience to his newest more PR

ROCHESTER, New York, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * RIT's Cory Merkel joins peers in definitive document on advances in high tech processing * * * A human's way of processing information can be used as a model to train next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) systems, according to research published Jan. 22 in Nature. Cory Merkel, an associate professor of computer engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology, was one o more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- The Rockefeller Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Rockefeller Foundation Invests in TNFD's Efforts To Scale Adoption of Nature-Related Disclosure $500,000 grant will enable TNFD to establish market practices for corporate reporting of nature-related risks DAVOS, SWITZERLAND | January 22, 2025 -- Today, at the 55 th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, The Rockefeller Foundation announces $500,000 in grant funding to the Taskforce on Nature-relat more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (TNSjou) -- Rockefeller University issued the following news: * * * What they learned could help treat cancer * * * Some of the body's cells stay put for life, while others are free to roam. To move, these migratory cells rely on filopodia--sensitive, finger-like protrusions that reach out from the cell membrane into the local environment. In a healthy cell, this can be a lifesaver: say, when an immune cell is speeding to the site of an infection. But filopodia can also wre more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Jan. 22 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: * * * Special Collections Research Center Awards Two Faculty Fellows Grants for 2025-26 Syracuse University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) recently awarded its two Faculty Fellows grants for the 2025-26 academic year. Arun Brahmbhatt, assistant professor in the Department of Religion in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Zeke Leonard, associate professor and associate director in the School more PR

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 23 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2025: Today, the New York State Legislature passed the New York Health Information Privacy Act, legislation that would give New Yorkers control over their electronic health data and make it harder for law enforcement to prosecute those who provide, receive, or help others seeking access to care. In response, the New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement, attributable to  more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 [Category: International] -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: * * * Statement by Sita Conklin, Director of the Syria Resilience Initiative, on the Future of Syria's Recovery January 22, 2025 -- "Syria's need for large-scale recovery is too great to ignore - the time for decisive action is now. Steps must be taken urgently to dismantle the barriers to early recovery efforts across the country and to invest more in the resilience of the Syr more PR

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 22 -- Environmental Advocates of New York issued the following statement on Jan. 21, 2025: * * * "President Trump began his second term by waging an assault on public health, environmental justice, endangered species, and all of us who breathe and drink water. New York has a clear choice: protect our communities and economy or allow corporations to profit by making our air, water, and shared environment dirtier and less healthy. Governor Hochul's budget is her opportunit more PR

POTSDAM, New York, Jan. 23 -- The State University of New York Potsdam campus issued the following news: SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music is proud to announce a new Bachelor of Science degree track for its rigorous program in music business. This non-audition program offers flexibility for students demonstrating musicality beyond traditional classical performance, and is designed to provide additional options beyond Crane's longstanding Bachelor of Music degree in the same field. "The Bac more PR

STONY BROOK, New York, Jan. 23 (TNSjou) -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook University issued the following news release: * * * Study published in Science identifies Australopithecus as a plant eater, narrowing the scope on when regular animal consumption increased and brains grew * * * An international team of researchers including Dominic Stratford, PhD, of Stony Brook University and the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, have discovered that an ancient human a more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- Teach For America issued the following statement on Jan. 21, 2025: * * * Teach For America Chief Executive Officer Elisa Villanueva Beard released the following statement on the nomination of Penny Schwinn as Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. "I congratulate Teach For America alumna, Penny Schwinn, on her nomination as Deputy Secretary of Education. During her tenure as Tennessee Commissioner of Education, we worked successfully together on our shared  more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: * * * The Conference Board Leading Economic Index(r) (LEI) for the US Decreased in December 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. * * *  more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 [Category: International] -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: * * * The IRC says 'Follow the Evidence' * End to programs that provide access to safe pathways to protection could exacerbate pressure on the border; harm families and the economy. New York, NY, January 22, 2025 -- The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is concerned about the implications of the Trump Administration's decision to limit the use of humanitarian parole, incl more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The National Employment Law Project issued the following statement on Jan. 22, 2025: * * * Following is a statement from Judy Conti, government affairs director of the National Employment Law Project: "Since 1965, presidents from both parties have embraced the principle that our tax dollars should not subsidize illegal and discriminatory hiring and employment practices. "For six decades, Executive Order 11246 protected federal contract workers from workplace discriminati more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 21 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release: * * * Trump Executive Orders Attacking Vehicle Pollution Standards Would Harm Economy, Jobs, Affordable Choices for Consumers (Washington, D.C. - January 21, 2025) On his first day in office, President Trump issued executive orders attacking the nation's clean vehicle pollution standards, California's bedrock Clean Air Act legal authority to set its own vehicle emission standards, an more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2025: President Trump yesterday signed an executive order instructing his attorney general not to enforce the federal TikTok ban for 75 days to provide his administration "an opportunity to determine the appropriate course of action." The ban had already taken effect on Sunday after the Supreme Court upheld the law late last week. The following can be attributed to Ram more PR

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 23 -- SUNY University at Albany issued the following news on Jan. 21, 2025: By Bethany Bump On Election Night 2024, a handful of UAlbany journalism students gathered at a watch party in Albany to interview the winning candidates of state and local elections for the Spotlight News in Delmar. "I feel like local elections are very much overlooked when it comes to politics," said J.T. Stone, a senior journalism major. "A lot of my friends on Election Night were staying at h more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- United Against Nuclear Iran issued the following statement on Jan. 21, 2025: * * * United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace issued the following statement today on the platforming of Iran's regime's Vice President for Strategic Affairs Javad Zarif at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos this week. Last week, UANI wrote to WEF Chairman Klaus Schwab and President Borge Brende, urging them not to invite Iranian regime officials. Ambassador Wallace  more PR

BUFFALO, New York, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2025: * * * Marcelle Nascimento focuses on critical need of fluoride for all ages, especially in underserved communities, and science behind how the mineral works * * * In 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan, became the first city in the world to add fluoride to its drinking water. Five years later, U.S. federal officials endorsed water fluoridation, with man more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Jan. 22 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: * * * University Announces 2025 MLK Unsung Heroes The 40th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Planning Committee is proud to announce the 2025 Unsung Hero Award winners: Andrea-Rose Oates '26, James K. Duah-Agyeman G'99, Student Coalition on Race and Equity (SCORE), Laurence Segal and Jamie Jackson (posthumously). The Unsung Hero Award is given to community members, students, faculty and staff who  more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- The U.S. Council for International Business issued the following news: Former United States Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai and Colombia's Minister of Trade, Industry, and Tourism Carlos Alberto Zuluaga recently signed Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Decision No. 9, interpreting key provisions of the US-Colombia Trade Agreement's investment chapter. Unfortunately, this decision introduces challenges for USCIB members with operations in Colombia by narrowing investm more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- The Vera Institute of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2025: WASHINGTON, DC - Late Monday, after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, he and his new administration signed a slew of executive orders as part of their "Day One" promises. Included in the orders were dozens of immigration measures that close off access to asylum, put an end to birthright citizenship, undermine due process, and pave the way for mass detention, more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- The Women's Refugee Commission issued the following statement on Jan. 21, 2025: * * * As we enter this new era, the Women's Refugee Commission remains committed to our mission to improve the lives and protect the rights of women and girls who are displaced by conflict and crisis, in the United States and around the world. WRC works for a world where all people displaced by conflict and crisis are welcomed with dignity; are safe, healthy, and self-reliant; have their human more PR