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The Paley Center for Media Announces Upcoming PaleyImpact Events at The Paley Museum

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Monday, September 18, 2023
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NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Paley Center for Media announces two groundbreaking PaleyImpact events as part of the season's exciting October lineup. The first event, taking place on Thursday, October 5 at 6:30 pm, is part of this year's much-anticipated James P. Jimirro Media Impact Series, Social Media and the Public Square: Balanced or Biased? It will be followed by another installment of the PaleyImpact series exploring Media's Role in Combating Antisemitism, David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count on Wednesday, October 25 at 6:30 pm. Each PaleyImpact event taking place at The Paley Museum, 25 West 52 Street between 5th and 6th Avenues, promises to provide attendees with exclusive insight into some of the most important topics today, including the fight against the rising tide of antisemitism and social media's impact on conversations in the public square.

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  • NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Paley Center for Media announces two groundbreaking PaleyImpact events as part of the season's exciting October lineup.
  • The insightful James P. Jimirro Media Impact Series event Social Media and the Public Square: Balanced or Biased?
  • The Paley Center is gathering a group of journalists and experts encompassing the political spectrum to debate these questions and more.
  • "The PaleyImpact series continues to highlight some of the most pressing issues at the intersection of media and culture today," said Maureen Reidy, President and CEO of The Paley Center for Media.

AntChain Launches New Privacy-Preserving Computing Platform, Providing Data Privacy Protection Solution for AI Machine Learning

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Monday, June 5, 2023
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AntChain announced a new collaboration with Intel to launch AntChain Massive Data Privacy-Preserving Computing Platform (MAPPIC), a new privacy-preserving computing (PPC) platform that brings a data privacy protection solution for large-scale AI machine learning.

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  • AntChain announced a new collaboration with Intel to launch AntChain Massive Data Privacy-Preserving Computing Platform (MAPPIC), a new privacy-preserving computing (PPC) platform that brings a data privacy protection solution for large-scale AI machine learning.
  • As a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, MAPPIC is based on the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) technology and provides petabyte-scale AI training data protection capability.
  • Looking ahead, AntChain plans to deploy more trusted hardware, such as Intel® Trust Domain Extensions (Intel® TDX) for virtual machine isolation and heterogeneous hardware accelerators with MAPPIC.
  • In April 2023, Ant Group also partnered with Tsinghua University's Institute of Advanced Studies to launch the Joint Research Center for Privacy-Preserving Computation and Blockchain.

National Press Club Leadership Signs Open Letter On Chinese Journalist Yuyu Dong

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023
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WASHINGTON, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Following is a statement from Eileen O'Reilly, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on an open letter signed by leading journalists in support of Chinese journalist Yuyu Dong.

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  • WASHINGTON, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Following is a statement from Eileen O'Reilly, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on an open letter signed by leading journalists in support of Chinese journalist Yuyu Dong.
  • Mr. Dong is well known to western media and scholars, and this is also not a crime under Chinese law.
  • We encourage other journalists to also sign the attached letter which was drafted by some of Mr. Dong's Nieman colleagues."
  • On Feb. 21, 2022 Mr. Dong was detained by Chinese law enforcement officials while having lunch with an officer from the Japanese embassy.

2023 International Forum on Consciousness to Explore Nature, Earth and Humanity: Evolution of Connection

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
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Now in its 13th year, the annual Forum is dedicated to information-sharing and discussion regarding important—and often challenging—topics related to the exploration of consciousness.

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  • Now in its 13th year, the annual Forum is dedicated to information-sharing and discussion regarding important—and often challenging—topics related to the exploration of consciousness.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230320005669/en/
    The 2023 International Forum on Consciousness will explore relationships of human society to the planetary environment and to the larger dimension of time and space.
  • The annual Forum brings together experts, practitioners and the interested public to explore diverse perspectives on truth and reality.
  • How can we foster a culture of consciousness that respects all living beings and natural resources, and, possibly, is restorative?

David Nirenberg Named 10th Director of the Institute for Advanced Study

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Monday, November 1, 2021
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PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Institute for Advanced Study has appointed David Nirenberg as its 10th Director andLeon Levy Professor, effective July 1, 2022.

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  • PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Institute for Advanced Study has appointed David Nirenberg as its 10th Director andLeon Levy Professor, effective July 1, 2022.
  • At UChicago, Nirenberg was also founding director of the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, Dean of the Social Sciences, and Executive Vice Provost.
  • Earlier, Nirenberg spent a year as a Visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study.
  • The Institute for Advanced Study is one of the world's foremost centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry.

David Nirenberg Named 10th Director of the Institute for Advanced Study

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Monday, November 1, 2021
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PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Institute for Advanced Study has appointed David Nirenberg as its 10th Director andLeon Levy Professor, effective July 1, 2022.

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  • PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Institute for Advanced Study has appointed David Nirenberg as its 10th Director andLeon Levy Professor, effective July 1, 2022.
  • The Institute for Advanced Study has appointed David Nirenberg as its 10th Director, effective July 1, 2022.
  • At UChicago, Nirenberg was also founding director of the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, Dean of the Social Sciences, and Executive Vice Provost.
  • Earlier, Nirenberg spent a year as a Visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study.

Institute for Advanced Study Partners with Redaptive To Achieve Significantly Reduced Carbon Emissions

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Thursday, October 21, 2021
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Through the partnership, Redaptive is installing a geothermal system demonstrating the company's aggressive expansion of its holistic, multi-faceted Energy-as-a-Service offering.

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  • Through the partnership, Redaptive is installing a geothermal system demonstrating the company's aggressive expansion of its holistic, multi-faceted Energy-as-a-Service offering.
  • As part of the efficiency measures, Redaptive has installed LED lighting, a hot water recovery system, and variable-frequency drives (VFDs).
  • That is equivalent to 3,200 metric tons of CO2 emissions or the greenhouse gas emissions from 696 passenger or 385 homes' energy use.
  • IAS' work with Redaptive also further demonstrates the partners' emphasis on reducing emissions rather than offsetting them as many corporations do, according to a recent UN report .

National Humanities Center Announces 2021-22 Fellows

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Wednesday, April 21, 2021
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b'DURHAM, N.C., April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The National Humanities Center is pleased to announce the appointment of 36 Fellows for the academic year 202122.

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  • b'DURHAM, N.C., April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The National Humanities Center is pleased to announce the appointment of 36 Fellows for the academic year 202122.
  • Each Fellow will work on an individual research project and will have the opportunity to share ideas in seminars, lectures, and conferences at the Center.\nThe National Humanities Center is pleased to announce the appointment of 36 Fellows for the academic year 202122.\nThese newly appointed Fellows will constitute the forty-fourth class of resident scholars to be admitted since the Center opened in 1978.
  • Robert D. Newman, president and director of the National Humanities Center, said, "We are proud to support the work of these exceptional scholars.
  • "\nThe National Humanities Center will award nearly $1,500,000 in fellowship grants to enable scholars to take leave from their normal academic duties and pursue research at the Center.

National Humanities Center Names Fellows for 2019-20

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Tuesday, April 16, 2019
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., April 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --The National Humanities Center is pleased to announce the appointment of 37 Fellows for the academic year 2019-20.

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  • RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., April 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --The National Humanities Center is pleased to announce the appointment of 37 Fellows for the academic year 2019-20.
  • The National Humanities Center will award a total of $1,400,000in fellowship grants to enable scholars to take leave from their normal academic duties and pursue research at the Center.
  • The National Humanities Center is a privately incorporated institute for advanced study in the humanities.
  • The Center also sponsors programs to strengthen the teaching of the humanities in secondary and higher education and to promote public understanding of, and advocacy for, the humanities.