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April 14, 2021 Colin Parrish, Ph.D. ’84, the John M. Olin Professor of Virology at the Baker Institute for Animal Health, part of the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, has been elected president of the American Society for Virology (ASV). Parrish will take office in July 2021 at the annual meeting and serve a three-year term, first as president-elect, then president, then past-president. The ASV was founded in June 1981 with 500 virologists as charter members, and the first annual ...

Las Vegas Sands’ Asian Bet Facing Economic and Political Risks: Expert As Las Vegas Sands Corp. eyes Macau and Singapore for future growth, an expert warned that this move will likely be entangled with economic and political risks. The upscale resort and casino company announced on March 3 that it has reached an agreement to sell its Las Vegas real property and operations, including The Venetian Resort Las Vegas and the Sands Expo and Convention Center, for an aggregate sale price of approxi...

SolarWindow Promotes Mr. John Rhee, President March 10, 2021 08:30 ET | Source: SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. New York, New York, UNITED STATES NEW YORK and SEOUL, South Korea, March 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. (Symbol: WNDW), developer of transparent electricity-generating coatings and processes which generate electricity on plastics and glass, today announced the planned appointment o...

Renowned economist Walter E. Williams (1936 – 2020) Argued Immigration Should Benefit American People 12:00 pm EST  by  Lisa Irving VenusEconomist Walter E. Williams, the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics and department chair at George Mason University, died December 1st on the Universitys campus at age 84. Economist Thomas Sowell eulogized his "best friend for half a century" in a Northern Virginia Daily column recounting Williamss love of teaching. Sowell wrote: "Walter ...

Economist Walter Williams preached the "morality of the marketplace," a perspective that will be missed following his recent death, columnist Star Parker writes.

Sometimes, the legacy of great men is that the world doesn’t realize how great they were until they are gone.

Walter Williams became one of the nation's most articulate advocates of American-style liberty and American-style capitalism.

Nash: The world loses an iconic thinker Timothy G. Nash FacebookTwitterEmail Timothy G. Nash On the morning of Dec. 2, 2020, the world lost an icon with the passing of Dr. Walter E. Williams at age 84. Dr. Williams, born in Philadelphia in 1936, was fond of mentioning in speeches that his younger cousin growing up was none other than Julius “Dr. J” Erving, the legendary hall of fame basketball player. Though Williams reveled in the boast that he schooled Erving on the court, he always smile...