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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 meeting was held at Cornell in 1982. The ASV has since grown to a membership of over 2,500 members, ...

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 approximately $6.25 billion. Meanwhile, the company plans to continue its business in Asia. The move marks ...

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 of Company Director, Mr. John Rhee, to President of SolarWindow. Mr. Rhee additionally continues to s...

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 University's campus at age 84. Economist Thomas Sowell eulogized his "best friend for half a century" in a Northern Virginia Daily column recounting Williams's love of teaching. Sowell wrote: "Walter Williams loved teaching. Unlike too many other teachers today, he made it a point never to impose ...

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