MGM Resorts names new president and CEO of Empire City Casino
MGM Resorts International
announced that it has
appointed Uri Clinton president
and chief operating offi -
cer of Empire City Casino in
Yonkers, New York.
In his new role, Uri will
oversee daily operations at
Empire City and provide strategic
direction and leadership
for the property. For the past
several years, Uri has managed
MGM Resorts’ efforts to
explore development opportunities
in Connecticut and New
York, and he will maintain an
active role in these development
efforts.
Uri joined MGM Resorts
as Vice President and Deputy
General Counsel in 2014 and
was promoted to Senior Vice
President and Legal Counsel
in 2016. During this time,
he provided legal advice and
counseling on gaming jurisdictions
before transitioning
to Global Development in 2018.
Prior to joining the Company,
Uri held leadership roles in legal
affairs with several companies,
including Baha Mar,
Ltd., Multimedia Games, Inc.
and Caesars Entertainment
Corporation.
Uri holds a bachelor’s degree
in political science from
the University of Nevada, Las
Vegas, received a juris doctorate
from Gonzaga University
School of Law and received a
master’s degree in Management
from Vanderbilt University.
Uri will assume his new
role at Empire City in January,
upon closing of acquisition
and completion of licensing
requirements.
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Lehman College English
professor Siraj Ahmed is the
recipient of the Modern Language
Association of America’s
26th annual Aldo and
Jeanne Scaglione Prize for
Comparative Literary Studies
for his book “The Archaeology
of Babel: The Colonial Foundation
of the Humanities.”
The prize, which is
awarded annually for an outstanding
scholarly work, will
be presented in January at the
organization’s annual convention
in Chicago, where Ahmed
will also discuss the book during
a session. Ahmed’s second
published book, “The Archaeology
of Babel” posits that the
methods used in contemporary
humanities have colonial
origins, and that an individual’s
concept of literature must
be understood as the product
of colonization.
Ahmed, a member of Lehman’s
Department of English
since 2011, is one of the leading
scholars of postcolonial studies
working in North America.
“The Archaeology of Babel”
was developed from his article
“Notes from Babel,” published
in 2013 in the journal Critical
Inquiry, as well as from a
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Lehman College Multimedia Center
chapter on British Orientalist
Sir William Jones in Ahmed’s
fi rst book, “The Stillbirth of
Capital: Enlightenment Writing
and Colonial India.”
Since the book’s publication,
Ahmed has also been
invited to speak at Duke University
in Durham, North
Carolina, Wesleyan University
in Middletown, Connecticut,
Northwestern University
in Chicago, Vanderbilt University
in Nashville, Tennessee,
Clemson University in
Clemson, South Carolina, and
Columbia University’s Paris
campus.
In his classes, Ahmed lectures
on contemporary novels
that refl ect upon the civil
wars in the Middle East, the
international war on terror,
or the ongoing refugee crises
around the globe. Some of the
ideas he is sharing with his
students, Ahmed said, will be
included in his third book, entitled
“Politics of the Refugee,”
which he is now writing.
Ahmed, who is also a professor
at The Graduate Center,
City University of New York,
was born in Manhattan to
immigrants living in Brooklyn.
His family returned to
India before settling in upstate
New York. Now residing
again in the borough of
his birth, Ahmed has been
awarded several fellowships,
including support from the
National Endowment for the
Humanities, Mellon Foundation,
and Whiting Foundation.
He has been the recipient of a
Scholar Incentive Award, four
PSC-CUNY Research Awards,
a CUNY Book Completion
Award, and a Shuster Award
since arriving at Lehman.
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Lehman College president
José Luis Cruz has recommended
the appointment
of Peter Nwosu, Ph.D., to the
role of provost and senior vice
president of academic affairs
and student success at Lehman
College of the City University
of New York, effective
spring 2019.
Nwosu, an American
Council on Education Fellow
and Fulbright Scholar, is
a nationally recognized academic
leader whose experience
includes the collaborative
design, development, and
implementation of initiatives
ranging from curricular modernization
and innovation, to
guiding faculty and staff development,
expanding opportunities
for faculty and student
research and activities,
aligning academic and student
life, fostering partnerships,
and improving student
success outcomes.
Nwosu currently serves
as provost and executive vice
president for academic affairs
at Clark Atlanta University,
which has been ranked as the
leader in economic mobility
among Atlanta-area schools.
Nwosu also served as associate
vice president for academic
programs and accreditation
liaison offi cer at California
State University, Fullerton.
Nwosu is the author of
three books and over 90 scholarly
writings, and he is on
the editorial board of several
peer-reviewed journals. He
currently serves on the executive
board of the American
Council on Education Fellows
Program, the board of directors
of the California Urban
Partnership, and the board of
directors of the Association of
Chief Academic Offi cers.
A native of Nigeria, Nwosu
earned his bachelor’s degree
in mass communication and
journalism from the Institute
of Management and Technology
in Enugu, a master’s degree
from Towson University
near Baltimore, and a doctorate
in communications studies
from Howard University in
Washington. He is also a graduate
of the Institute of Higher
Education at Harvard University
in Boston.
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Dr. Daniel Weiser, pediatric
oncologist at the Children’s
Hospital at Montefi
ore, received a $198,000
research grant from The New
York Community Trust to further
develop a novel new ‘liquid
biopsy’ test that can detect
cancer in the blood of patients
with osteosarcoma, an aggressive
bone cancer that is diffi
cult to treat. Traditionally,
patients’ tumors are detected
and monitored pre, during
and post treatment by x-rays,
CT scans and MRIs, however
these tests cannot detect cancer
that is circulating in the
blood and as a result may not
be seen or treated effectively.
The liquid biopsy test, a noninvasive
blood test developed
by Dr. Weiser and his team,
aims to identify when even
a small amount of tumor is
present and not yet evident
through radiologic imaging.
The new funding will enable
Dr. Weiser to enroll more patients
in the clinical study
with the goal of improving
diagnoses, treatment and outcomes
for children with osteosarcoma.
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Con Edison is mobilizing
to respond to any service
problems caused by the strong
winds and pelting rain expected
to reach the New York
area starting tonight.
The company reminds
customers to stay away from
downed wires and report any
power outages to receive restoration
times and updates.
The Nor’easter’s strong
winds could knock trees into
overhead power lines, causing
customers to lose service.
The strongest winds are forecasted
to begin on Friday and
continue into Saturday.
Crews will give priority to
restoring service lines that
will provide power to the most
customers quickly, then restore
smaller groups and individual
customers who are
without power.
Customers can report
downed power lines, outages
and check service restoration
status at www.conEd.com or
by calling 1-800-75-CONED
(1-800-752-6633). When reporting
an outage, customers
should have their Con Edison
account number available, if
possible, and report whether
their neighbors also have lost
power.
Con Edison also urges customers
to sign up for text notifi
cations at conEd.com/text.
Customers can also text REG
to OUTAGE (688243) to sign
up for text notifi cations, and
follow the prompts. You will
need to enter your Con Edison
account number to complete
the registration process. Once
you’ve registered, you will not
need your account number to
report or check the status of a
power problem.
Customers who report
their outages will be contacted
with restoration times and updates.
Con Edison offers the following
storm tips:
· Do not go near downed
wires. Never attempt to move
them or touch them with
any object. Be mindful that
downed wires can be hidden
from view by snow, tree limbs,
leaves or water. Downed lines
could be live.
Report downed wires to
Con Edison and your local police
department immediately.
If a power line falls on your
car while you’re in it, stay inside
the vehicle and wait for
emergency personnel.
If your power goes out, disconnect
or turn off appliances
that would otherwise turn on
automatically when service is
restored. If several appliances
start up at once, the electric
circuits may overload.
Make sure your fl ashlights
and any battery-operated radios
or televisions are working.
Have a supply of extra batteries.
Weather updates and
news on electrical service can
be heard on local radio and
television stations.
For more storm tips and
preparation, or to view the
company’s online outage map,
go to Con Edison storm safety.
Customers can follow Con
Edison on Twitter or like us
on Facebook for general outage
updates, safety tips and
storm preparation information.
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Stop by City Island and enjoy
the exciting programs offered
at the PSS City Island Center,
which is located at 116 City Island
Avenue, Monday Through
Friday From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Experience
The Exercise Classes
From Gentle Yoga Stretch, Balance
Class, Arthritis Workshop
and Tai Chi as well, as the Fit For
Life and Cardio Fit. They also offer
acrylic painting, calligraphy,
canasta, health presentations,
nutritional information, and parties.
Lunch is served from noon
to 1pm. Suggested donation is $2.
They go on shopping trips every
day; i.e. Shop Rite, Dollar Tree,
Target, Kmart, as well as theatre
excursions, boat trips, special
luncheons and more.
Upcoming special events
will be held Monday, December
31, closing early at 1 p.m.,
lunch served 11:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m..; Tuesday, Januawry 1,
closed for New Year’s Day.
It’s free to become a member,
but you must be 60 years
or above. For more information
contact Patty at (718) 885-
0727 or email pattis@pssusa.
org.
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The spirit of giving continues
to abound as State Employees’
Credit Union (SECU)
employees once again step
up in a big way for the State
Employees Combined Campaign
(SECC) by providing fi -
nancial support for hundreds
of charitable causes. SECU
staff donated over $87,000 to
local and national non-profi ts
and charities through pledges
and donations. The memberfunded
SECU Foundation also
provided fi nancial support to
cover the cost of creating the
SECC Giving Guide – the offi -
cial charity listing.
State employees and government
retirees have been
supporting charities and nonprofi
ts through the SECC program
since 1985, donating
more than $107 million to benefi
t citizens and communities
throughout the state and beyond.
Although the 2018 Campaign
tally is not yet complete,
this year’s contributions are
expected to add over $3 million
to the cumulative total.
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