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Released: 3-May-2022 5:15 PM EDT
Nolan Hotel School to commemorate 100th anniversary
Cornell University

A yearlong celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration kicked off at the 97th annual Hotel Ezra Cornell, the school’s signature student-run conference and hospitality event, which was held April 21-24.

Newswise: Which Municipal Bond Issuers Have the Speediest Audit Times?
Released: 3-May-2022 4:50 PM EDT
Which Municipal Bond Issuers Have the Speediest Audit Times?
University of Illinois Chicago

Median audit times for municipal bond issuers have generally been increasing since 2009

Released: 3-May-2022 3:20 PM EDT
Pandemic Worsened Inequality for Migrant Fishers
Cornell University

The pandemic has exacerbated inequalities in the international fishing industry, according to a new report from Cornell University researchers and the International Labour Organization (ILO), who presented their findings at a virtual webinar April 27.

Released: 3-May-2022 3:00 PM EDT
The latest expert commentary on the U.S. Supreme Court
Newswise

Are you looking for expert commentary on the leaked opinion draft that appears to overturn Roe v. Wade? Newswise has you covered! Below are some of the latest headlines that have been added to the U.S. Supreme Court channel on Newswise.

       
Newswise: One Year Since Groundbreaking, SafeSource Direct and Ochsner are Improving America’s PPE Supply Resiliency
Released: 3-May-2022 2:00 PM EDT
One Year Since Groundbreaking, SafeSource Direct and Ochsner are Improving America’s PPE Supply Resiliency
Ochsner Health

Ochsner Health, Louisiana’s leading healthcare system, partnered with Trax Development on a joint venture to create SafeSource Direct, making it the only U.S. provider-owned PPE manufacturer with U.S. provider-owned quality control.

Released: 3-May-2022 12:35 PM EDT
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Names Ann R. Stroink, MD, FAANS, as the Organization’s President
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)

Ann R. Stroink, MD, FAANS, has been named president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Stroink is a board-board certified neurosurgeon based in Illinois and will serve as the organization's president for the next 12 months.

   
Released: 3-May-2022 12:35 PM EDT
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Names Anthony L. Asher, MD, FAANS, as the Organization’s President-elect
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)

American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Names Anthony L. Asher, MD, FAANS, as the organization’s president-elect. The Charlotte-based neurosurgeon will serve as president-elect of the association for the next 12 months.

   
Released: 3-May-2022 7:05 AM EDT
Study: ‘Tax Haven’ Companies May Be Less Risky Than Investors Think
North Carolina State University

Companies incorporated in tax havens are often considered more opaque regarding their finances, which could make them risky investments. But a recent study finds that many of these companies are actually more transparent than their counterparts in countries that are not tax havens.

Newswise:Video Embedded live-event-for-april-28th-the-tuskegee-syphilis-study-50-years-later-why-it-still-matters
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Released: 28-Apr-2022 4:05 PM EDT
VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT of Live Event for April 28th: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study 50 Years Later. Why It Still Matters
Newswise

It’s been 50 years since the Tuskegee Study was disclosed to the American public. In May, a new riveting account of the Study, when government doctors intentionally withheld effective therapy for syphilis for 40 years in 400 African American men, will be published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. The article explains the deeper everlasting lessons of the study.

       
Released: 28-Apr-2022 6:05 AM EDT
What Elon Musk's Move Means for Stakeholders
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Maryland Smith's David Kass gives three takes on what Elon Musk's Twitter deal means for stakeholders of Twitter and Tesla.

Newswise: Asian American / Pacific Islander Nurses Association and JMIR Publications Announce New Partnership to Publish Asian / Pacific Island Nursing Journal
Released: 26-Apr-2022 3:45 PM EDT
Asian American / Pacific Islander Nurses Association and JMIR Publications Announce New Partnership to Publish Asian / Pacific Island Nursing Journal
JMIR Publications

Dr. Gunther Eysenbach, founder and CEO of JMIR Publications, says, “Asian / Pacific Island Nursing Journal is an important addition to what we can offer as a publisher. I am thrilled to support the important voices and issues highlighted in the journal, and look forward to working with the Editor-in-Chief and editorial board to propel the title to the forefront of research on health disparities in minority patients.”

   
Released: 26-Apr-2022 2:45 PM EDT
Social Capital is a Key Driver of Small Business: New Study
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Why do small businesses exploit business opportunities better in some areas than others? Maryland Smith researchers show that local social capital (trust, cooperation level among residents) strongly predicts loan uptake after controlling for close-by bank branches, income and education.

   
21-Apr-2022 11:05 PM EDT
Meazure Learning’s Online Exam Proctoring Service, ProctorU, Releases The 2021 Exam Integrity Report
Meazure Learning

Exam data from 3 million proctored exams show 13x more test rule violations in 2021 compared with 15 months prior to the pandemic surge to online learning and testing.

Released: 25-Apr-2022 11:05 AM EDT
Why Employees Quit and Start Their Own Business
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

SMLR’s Scott Seibert, Jie (Jasmine) Feng, and Maria Kraimer studied why some workers choose to become their own boss

   
Newswise: Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards additional funding to PAIR-UP network for Black imaging scientists
Released: 25-Apr-2022 9:15 AM EDT
Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards additional funding to PAIR-UP network for Black imaging scientists
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

PAIR-UP has received additional funding of $675,000 over three years from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund to include dedicated postdoctoral fellows to guide three of the five research teams, also known as Peer Imaging Clusters (PICs).

Released: 22-Apr-2022 2:05 PM EDT
Why is there no Uber for live music?
Cornell University

While digital platforms like Uber continue to proliferate and expand the gig economy into new sectors of work, new Cornell University research shows some industries, such as live music, have structural features that keep them from adapting well to online platforms.

Newswise: Henry Ford Health Earns Top Ratings from Human Rights Campaign for LGBTQ+ Healthcare, Equity
Released: 20-Apr-2022 1:05 PM EDT
Henry Ford Health Earns Top Ratings from Human Rights Campaign for LGBTQ+ Healthcare, Equity
Henry Ford Health

All five hospitals within Henry Ford Health have been recognized as an "LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader" by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) in its 2022 Healthcare Equality Index, which is a tool that evaluates healthcare facilities on policies and practices dedicated to the equitable treatment and inclusion of their LGBTQ+ patients, visitors and employees.

Released: 20-Apr-2022 1:05 PM EDT
Women’s Earnings Drop After Childbirth
Cornell University

When U.S. couples have their first child, mothers’ earnings still drop substantially relative to fathers’, and new Cornell University research demonstrates the stubborn, decades-old pattern isn’t changing despite broad increases in other aspects of gender equality.

   
Newswise: PeerRef Joins Plan P Community as a Trusted Partner in Delivering Rapid Peer Review of Preprints, Increasing the Speed and Rigor of Emerging Scientific Research
Released: 20-Apr-2022 6:05 AM EDT
PeerRef Joins Plan P Community as a Trusted Partner in Delivering Rapid Peer Review of Preprints, Increasing the Speed and Rigor of Emerging Scientific Research
JMIR Publications

Plan P is offering institutional, departmental, and individual memberships to academic institutions, departments, funders, and individual researchers that enable them to receive a rapid peer-review of a preprint from a Plan P partner journal or from an independent peer-review service like PeerRef. As multisided platform and matchmaker sitting between preprint servers, peer-review services, and journals, Plan P offers a true transformation to open access and open science, while supporting traditional journals and journal publication pathways. For publishers, Plan P is providing tools to supplement traditional manuscript submission workflows with an editorial prospecting platform.

     
Released: 19-Apr-2022 2:50 PM EDT
Is data Analytics the key to curing the “The Great Resignation”?
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

“The Great Resignation: How Analytics Can Help,” the 11th annual Conference on Human Capital Innovation in Technology & Analytics, co-sponsored by Johnson & Johnson and Accenture, will examine the role of data analytics in tackling the current challenges of critical shortages in the workforce resulting from record numbers of workers leaving their jobs.

Newswise: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Announces The Starr Foundation Program for Discovery Science
Released: 19-Apr-2022 9:00 AM EDT
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Announces The Starr Foundation Program for Discovery Science
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) today announced the establishment of The Starr Foundation Program for Discovery Science, a pioneering new initiative made possible by a generous $50 million gift from The Starr Foundation.

Released: 18-Apr-2022 3:10 PM EDT
Variable Schedules Harm Workers and Businesses
Cornell University

Variable work schedules – which employers increasingly use to maximize profits amid unpredictable market conditions – can actually undermine organizational performance, especially in crisis periods such as the pandemic, according to Cornell University research.

Newswise: Cheers to five more years
Released: 15-Apr-2022 3:25 PM EDT
Cheers to five more years
Sandia National Laboratories

An initiative that helps businesses transform New Mexico national laboratories’ technologies into viable products and services will continue driving innovations to market into 2027.

Released: 14-Apr-2022 11:35 AM EDT
On-Demand Warehousing Holds Powerful Potential for Supply Chains
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

New research from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows that innovative business models that tap into extra warehouse space can be a potential solution for companies with changing demand requirements or tight fulfillment windows.

Released: 13-Apr-2022 12:30 PM EDT
GW’s Milken Institute School of Public Health Receives Largest Gift by Faculty to Fund Unique Center for Community Health for Caribbean and Latin America
George Washington University

The Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University announced it has received a record setting donation from a faculty member, which will establish the Gill-Lebovic Center for Community Health in the Caribbean and Latin America. The gift, from Holly Gill and her husband, GW political science professor James Lebovic, will work to improve health outcomes, focusing on the region’s most vulnerable and marginalized groups, including women and families, mobile and migrant populations, and impoverished communities.

Released: 13-Apr-2022 11:05 AM EDT
Larry Summers to be featured at Kellogg’s annual Real Estate Conference and Venture Competition
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management

Lawrence H. Summers will be the keynote speaker at the Kellogg School of Management’s 8th annual Real Estate Conference and Venture Competition, to be held in-person and virtually on April 20 at the Kellogg Global Hub.

Released: 7-Apr-2022 10:05 AM EDT
3 Keys to Addressing Bias in Health Data and Algorithms and Why it Matters
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Health IT expert Ritu Agarwal at the University of Maryland describes three paths for medical students and physician-scientists toward health equity in terms of race, gender, ethnicity, geographic location and income.

     
Released: 7-Apr-2022 9:50 AM EDT
Companies That Are Aggressive on Taxes Fall Short at Managing Their Workforce
North Carolina State University

A new study finds companies that are more aggressive in their tax planning tend to do a worse job of managing their workforce. Specifically, these companies were more likely to be “underemployed,” meaning they hadn’t hired enough staff to operate efficiently.

Released: 6-Apr-2022 5:05 PM EDT
Cornell College and ISU's business college partner for streamlined process to enroll in graduate programs
Iowa State University

Cornell College and the Debbie and Jerry Ivy College of Business at Iowa State University are teaming up in a new partnership that streamlines the acceptance process for Cornell students interested in enrolling in one of three Ivy master’s programs offered.

Released: 6-Apr-2022 4:25 PM EDT
Data on Fired Managers’ Performance May Improve Investments
Cornell University

Professional investors shouldn’t ignore the performance of terminated fund managers – the “non-decisions” – when developing confidence in their strategies, says Cornell University’s Scott Stewart.

Released: 6-Apr-2022 2:05 PM EDT
18 Public Companies Headline Annual Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference
Tulane University

Tulane University's A. B. Freeman School of Business will present the 25th Annual Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference on Friday, April 29, at the Westin Hotel in New Orleans. The annual event gives institutional investors and members of the public an opportunity to hear presentations from executives from public companies headquartered in six Southern states.

Released: 6-Apr-2022 10:35 AM EDT
AOSSM Unveils New Website: www.sportsmed.org — with Powerful OnePlace™ Search Function
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)

The American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine today unveiled its new website—www.sportsmed.org—a dynamic and modern website experience combining state-of-the-art technology with enhanced functionality that will improve access to sports medicine research and information.

Newswise: IU awarded $1.2M to develop first-of-its-kind rotavirus-norovirus vaccine for infants
Released: 6-Apr-2022 10:25 AM EDT
IU awarded $1.2M to develop first-of-its-kind rotavirus-norovirus vaccine for infants
Indiana University

Indiana University will further develop a new technology for a combination oral rotavirus-norovirus vaccine for infants, thanks to a $1.2 million grant from venture capital firm GIVAX Inc.

     
Newswise: Johns Hopkins Researcher Elana Fertig Named to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows
Released: 6-Apr-2022 9:00 AM EDT
Johns Hopkins Researcher Elana Fertig Named to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Cancer researcher Elana Fertig, Ph.D., has been elected by her peers as a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), a nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., representing the most accomplished individuals in the fields of medical and biological engineering.

Newswise: Loud and clear: High-energy ads keep viewers tuned in, study shows
Released: 5-Apr-2022 4:00 PM EDT
Loud and clear: High-energy ads keep viewers tuned in, study shows
University of Notre Dame

More energetic commercials are likely to be tuned in more or avoided less by viewers, according to research from Joonhyuk Yang, assistant professor of marketing at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.

Released: 5-Apr-2022 3:55 PM EDT
The latest news on clinical trials is here on Newswise
Newswise

Here are some of the latest articles that have been added to the Clinical Trials channel on Newswise.

       
Released: 5-Apr-2022 9:45 AM EDT
The Private Equity Business is “Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be”
Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School

Institutional investors in private equity are getting shortchanged, says Jeff Hooke, a Johns Hopkins Carey Business School senior lecturer and expert in finance and investment banking.

Released: 5-Apr-2022 9:00 AM EDT
UAlbany, FIU Researchers Team Up to Launch $1.5 Million Virtual Cybersecurity Institute
University at Albany, State University of New York

The institute will help train the next generation of cybersecurity professionals for future military and civilian leadership positions.

Released: 5-Apr-2022 4:05 AM EDT
Company Tax Dodging Has Devastating Effect on Developing World
University of Portsmouth

Billion-pound tax dodging companies behave like ‘parasites’, robbing from the poor on a grand scale, according to new research.

Newswise: UF, Scripps Florida Complete Integration to Create Science Research Powerhouse
Released: 4-Apr-2022 3:30 PM EDT
UF, Scripps Florida Complete Integration to Create Science Research Powerhouse
University of Florida

Two of the nation’s most respected research institutions have closed their transaction that adds a Florida powerhouse meant to accelerate the pace of biomedical discoveries that benefit patients.



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