ITHACA, New York, Jan. 27 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * 'Embodied energy' powers modular worm, jellyfish robots In the same way that terrestrial life evolved from ocean swimmers to land walkers, soft robots are progressing, too, thanks to recent Cornell research in battery development and design. A modular worm robot built by the Organic Robotics Lab and a jellyfish that was a collaboration with the Archer Group, both in Cornell Engineering, demonstrate the benefits more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 27 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Access to opioid meds tougher for communities of color Non-white communities had significantly less access to opioid medications commonly prescribed for moderate to severe pain than white communities over the decade beginning in 2011, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. The findings, published Jan. 21 in the journal Pain, stretched across all socioeconomic groups, and suggest that commun more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 [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: * * * ACLU Blasts Trump Administration Threats Against State and Local Officials WASHINGTON -- The Department of Justice's memo threatening local officials with criminal prosecution for refusing to carry out the Trump administration's mass depo more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 27 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Activist, writer Angela Davis to deliver annual MLK Lecture Civil rights activist, writer and lecturer Angela Davis will speak on "The Struggle for Liberation Today" in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. in Bailey Hall. Davis is a professor emerita of history of consciousness and feminist studies at University of California, Santa Cruz., Click to open gallery view Credit more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Jan. 27 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: * * * Call for Submissions for the 2025 Veterans Writing Award Syracuse University Press, in cooperation with the D'Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), is accepting manuscripts for consideration for the 2025 Veterans Writing Award. Submissions should be sent to vwasubmissions@syr.edu by Feb. 15, 2025. The award includes a $1,000 cash prize and a publication contract with Syracuse Universit more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: * * * CED Maps Out 2025 Policy Plan for New President and Congress The Committee for Economic Development (CED), the public policy center of The Conference Board, has issued a new Solutions Brief, America in Perspective: Policy Priorities for 2025. The report outlines the most pressing policy challenges before the nation this year and includes recommendations for strengthening US global leadership and fostering wides more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 27 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Cornell Cinema preview: Vampires, courtroom drama, animation and more The spring season of films at Cornell Cinema has begun and this semester's lineup includes everything from vampires in cinema to a stop-motion animation lineup to courtroom dramas to a celebration of British filmmaking duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. "Now, more than ever, we need spaces where we can come together to empathize with  more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, issued the following news release: * * * Egypt: Joint submission to the UPR on the crackdown on dissent and violations of freedom of expression PEN International, English PEN, and PEN America have contributed a joint submission on Egypt as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process in advance of its upcoming review on 2 more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 28 -- The International Refugee Assistance Project issued the following news release on Jan. 27, 2025: Eight years ago today, on January 27, 2017, a newly-inaugurated President Donald Trump signed his infamous Muslim ban executive order, affecting thousands of travelers whose permission to enter the United States was revoked while they were already on airplanes and in transit. The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) was proud to be at the forefront of the fight agai more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 27 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Floating solar increases greenhouse gas emissions on small ponds While floating solar - the emerging practice of putting solar panels on bodies of water - is promising in its efficiency and its potential to spare agricultural and conservation lands, a new experiment finds environmental trade-offs. In the first manipulative field study examining the environmental impacts of floating solar, published Dec. 6 in En more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 -- The Rockefeller Foundation issued the following news release: * * * GEAPP and Rockefeller Foundation Advance New Energy Access Projects in More than a Dozen African Countries Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | January 28, 2025 -- During the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit, the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) and The Rockefeller Foundation introduced nearly two dozen new energy access projects in 11 African countries and across the Common Market for Eastern an more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 28 -- The Interactive Advertising Bureau issued the following news on Jan. 26, 2025: * * * Alison Levin, President of Advertising and Partnerships, NBCUniversal, Will Serve as Vice Chair of the IAB Board * * * The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), the digital media and marketing trade association, today appointed Shenan Reed, Global Chief Media Officer, General Motors, as the new Chair of the trade organization's Board of Directors. Reed previously served as Vice Chair and more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 28 (TNSres) -- The Interactive Advertising Bureau issued the following news: * * * 80% of U.S. consumers prefer free internet access supported by ads and over 70% are willing to share data to enable it * * * According to a new IAB study, consumers value both the laws protecting data privacy and the free and open internet. "This study validates and builds upon what we heard from consumers during our 2024 survey. Personalization and privacy can co-exist and benefit both consume more PR

HAMILTON, New York, Jan. 27 -- Colgate University issued the following news: * * * Interfaith Retreat Brings Students Together at Silver Bay Jan. 10-13, Colgate University students embraced an opportunity to connect, recharge, and explore spirituality in the serene setting of Silver Bay, N.Y., during a retreat organized by the Office of the Chaplains and hosted at the Silver Bay YMCA. Corey MacPherson, Colgate's university chaplain and Protestant campus minister, explained the retreat's goa more PR

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, Jan. 27 [Category: Science] -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Janowitz elected to ASCI Read time 1 minute | Monday, 27 January 2025 email envelop icon twitter icon share button facebook icon share button linkedin icon share button Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Associate Professor Tobias Janowitz has been elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). Janowitz is recognized for his outstanding scholarly r more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 [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: * * * Landmark Settlement Secures Fair Voting Maps in Nassau County NASSAU COUNTY, NY - Today, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), Steptoe LLP, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and the Asian American Legal De more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news: * * * LDF Condemns President Trump's Executive Order Expanding the Federal... This week, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled "Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety," which contains multiple provisions on the use of the federal death penalty. The order urges the U.S. Attorney General to pursue the death penalty for individuals who murder a law enfor more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news: * * * LDF Raises Alarm Over Mass Clemency of Insurrectionists This week, President Trump issued a sweeping series of pardons and commutations to roughly 1,500 individuals who participated in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. This misuse of clemency powers includes leaders of anti-government groups with white nationalist ties: Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, the leader of th more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: * * * LEI for China Inched Down in December For Release 9:00 AM ET, January 27, 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 more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 -- The Conference Board issued the following news release: * * * LEI for India Increased in December For Release 9:00 AM ET, January 22, 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 m more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (TNSres) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following issue brief on January 14, 2025 by John Ketcham and Jesse Arm entitled "Model Legislation to Restrict Smartphone Use in K-12 Public Schools." A new report from the Manhattan Institute proposes model legislation to restrict smartphone use in K-12 public schools across the United States. The report, "Model Legislation to Restrict Smartphone Use in K-12 Public Schools," by John Ketcham and Jesse Arm, argues that unrestricte more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (TNSres) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following issue brief on January 27, 2025 by Leor Sapir, John D. Sailer and Joseph Figliolia entitled "Reform Proposals for the National Institutes of Health (NIH)." A memo from the Manhattan Institute criticizes the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for incorporating "social justice" ideas into its work. The memo says that the NIH has become too focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and that this focus has taken awa more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (TNSres) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following issue brief on January 16, 2025 by Terrell Dunn entitled "When the Exception Becomes the Norm: The Rise of Nontraditional Students in Higher Education." A new report from the Manhattan Institute, "When the Exception Becomes the Norm: The Rise of Nontraditional Students in Higher Education," by Terrell Dunn, emphasizes the growing importance of nontraditional students in higher education. The report defines nontraditiona more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (TNSres) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following report on January 23, 2025 by David Rozado entitled "Measuring Political Preferences in AI Systems: An Integrative Approach." New Report Finds Left-Leaning Bias in Many AI Systems A new report from the Manhattan Institute finds evidence of a left-leaning political bias in many popular AI systems, particularly in their generated text. The report, "Measuring Political Preferences in AI Systems: An Integrative Approach," b more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (TNSres) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following report on January 21, 2025 by Nicole Stelle Garnett, Tim Rosenberger and J. Theodore Austin entitled "The Persistence of Religious Discrimination in Publicly Funded Pre-K Programs." New Report Highlights Religious Discrimination in Publicly Funded Pre-K Programs A new report from the Manhattan Institute finds widespread religious discrimination in publicly funded pre-K programs across the United States. Despite Supreme  more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 28 (TNSjou) -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society issued the following news: * * * A new study of nearly 900,000 Canadian women shows that depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues affected women with MS more than those with other or no disorders - both during pregnancy and the year after childbirth. Get information below on screening for and managing mental health issues. * * * Background: Depression and anxiety commonly occur during pregnancy, according to the more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 27 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * New research project investigates U.S./U.K. LGBTQ data In a new project, researchers from Cornell and the University of Edinburgh are investigating how data about LGBTQ communities is used (and misused) by governments, companies and community organizations. The project, "Gay Numbers: The Use and Misuse of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data in the U.K. and U.S." will also explore how many people identif more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 23 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association issued the following news release: * * * NMMA, Progressive Insurance(r) Ring The Closing Bell(r) at NYSE to Celebrate Opening of New York Boat Show Yesterday, NMMA and Progressive Insurance (r) (NYSE: PGR) rang the Closing Bell (r) at The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to mark the opening day of the 2025 Discover Boating New York Boat Show, in partnership with Progressive, and highlight the recrea more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 28 -- The Paley Center for Media issued the following news release: * * * 2025 Festival Selections Include: Severance, Cobra Kai, Agatha All Along, Matlock, The Handmaid's Tale, Hacks, Poker Face, and Gilmore Girls, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Etoile: The Amy Sherman-Palladino Multiverse Celebrating Television's Brightest Stars Including: Ben Stiller, Adam Scott, Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Kathryn Hahn, Jac Schaeffer, Kathy Bates, Skye P. Marshall, Jason Ritter, Elisabeth more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, issued the following news release: * * * PEN America Files Amicus Brief on New Hampshire Legal Challenge to a "Banned Concepts" Law in Schools (BOSTON)-- PEN America, the free expression and writers group, has filed an amicus brief with the First Circuit Court of Appeals, urging the court to stop enforcement of a New Hampshire " more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, issued the following news release: * * * PEN America Responds to Passage by Knesset of Law Criminalizing Minimization, Denial, or Celebration of October 7 Attack In response to the passage by the Israeli Knesset of a law criminalizing minimization, denial, or celebration of Hamas' attack on October 7th, 2023, PEN America issued  more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, issued the following news release: * * * President Trump's Executive Orders Raise Red Flags for Free Expression (WASHINGTON)- PEN America, the free expression and writers' organization, issued the following comments in response to President Trump's executive orders, including one titled "Restoring Freedom of Speech." Hadar Har more PR

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Jan. 28 -- Oregon State University issued the following news release: Nicholas Kristof, an opinion columnist for the New York Times and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, will deliver the commencement address at Oregon State University's 156th commencement ceremony at 10:30 a.m. June 14 at Reser Stadium. "Nicholas Kristof's extensive writing and television commentary on human rights, conflict, global health, education, rural communities and many other topics continue to inspire more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (TNSres) -- The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft issued the following brief (No. 88) on January 3, 2025 by Ben Freeman and Nick Cleveland-Stout entitled "Big Ideas and Big Money: Think Tank Funding in America." A new report by the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft analyzes funding sources for think tanks. The report finds that many think tanks are not transparent about their funding, and that some receive funding from foreign governments, defense contracto more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (TNSres) -- The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft issued the following white paper (No. 77) on January 7, 2025 by Steven Kosiak entitled "The Fiscal Implications of a Major Increase in U.S. Military Spending." The Fiscal Implications of a Major Increase in U.S. Military Spending A growing number of influential Washington commentators are calling for a massive increase in military spending. This paper examines the dangerous fiscal implications if that increase occurr more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (TNSres) -- Resources for the Future issued the following report (No. 25-01) on January 13, 2025 by Molly Robertson, Alan Krupnick, Wesley Look, Eunice Ko, Conor Bambrick, Celeste Perez and Eddie Bautista entitled "Analyzing Affordability: Supporting Households under New York's Cap-Trade-and-Invest Policy". A report by Resources for the Future (RFF) and the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA) found that affordability concerns may not be as large as some p more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 28 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release on Jan. 27, 2025: Today, the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy and civil rights group, expressed concern at New York Governor Hochul's call for $400 million in expanded prison surveillance cameras, particularly $18.4 million for prison guard body cameras. The civil rights group warned that law enforcement-controlled surveillance cameras give officers  more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 23 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release: * * * Sabin Center, EDF Re-Launch IRA Tracker with Tools for a New Administration (January 23, 2025) Columbia Law School's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Environmental Defense Fund are jointly re-launching their Inflation Reduction Act Tracker with new functionality to track rollbacks, legal action, and other threats and changes to the IRA following the end of the Biden admi more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news: * * * South Carolina Educators, Students and Renowned Author Challenge State's... Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and Tyler Bailey of Bailey Law Firm, LLC filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, South Carolina educators, students, and author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi to challenge South Carolina Budget Proviso 1.79's censors more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 27 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Spent brewers' grain could be big business as chicken feed Chicken consumption has doubled in the U.S. since 1980, breezing past beef in 2010. But nearly three-quarters of production costs in the industry are bound up in what the birds eat. Spent grain from the brewing industry offers a huge opportunity for animal agriculture, with about 36.4 million tons produced as waste annually. Brewers' spent grain (BSG) i more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 27 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Spotted lanternflies could cost NYS grape industry millions Researchers estimate that, if left unchecked, the spotted lanternfly - which decimated vineyards in Pennsylvania when it arrived in 2014 - could cause significant economic losses to the New York state grape industry. Using data from two key regions - the Lake Erie region, the largest Concord grape producer in the world, and the Finger Lakes region, the more PR

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 28 -- The State University of New York issued the following statement on Jan. 27, 2025: "Today, SUNY solemnly commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. SUNY stands with our Jewish community and the Jewish community around our state, nation, and world in remembering the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the millions of other victims of the Nazis who perished, and in honoring the sur more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Jan. 28 (TNSjou) -- The State University of New York Upstate Medical University campus issued the following news: A new study has shown that automated insulin delivery systems, especially hybrid closed-loop technologies, can reduce the risk of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia in older adults with type 1 diabetes. The randomized trial, conducted at 4 centers, including The Joslin Diabetes Center at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y., highlights ways of improving diabe more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, issued the following news release: * * * Supreme Court to Hear Case Involving Parents' Objections to LGBTQ+ Children's Books (NEW YORK)--PEN America, the free expression and writers' group, issued the following comment today in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's agreement to hear a case about whether a Maryland school district more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Jan. 27 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: * * * Syracuse Symposium Creates Community, Broadens Perspectives A key aspect of preparing students to become engaged global citizens is exposing them to new perspectives. According to a study from the National Humanities Alliance, humanities public programming is one effective way to achieve this, as it "equips students with essential skills that are transferable to many areas of life and work, making them more th more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 27 -- The University of Baltimore issued the following news release: Curtis Sittenfeld, best-selling author of several acclaimed novels and a writer and editor for The New York Times, The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, and other leading publications, as well as a guest on public radio's This American Life, will discuss her newly released collection of short stories, Show Don't Tell, on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m., in a co-presentation of The University of Baltimore's MFA in C more PR

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 [Category: Sociological] -- Everytown for Gun Safety issued the following news release: * * * VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Everytown for Gun Safety Statement on Governor Whitmer Signing Three Critical Gun Violence Prevention Bills Into Law LANSING, Mich. -- Today, Everytown for Gun Safety, and its grassroots network, Michigan chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, released the following statements after Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed into law three  more PR