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Pittsburgh – September 21, 2026 -- Allegheny Health Network (AHN) will pay up to $110,000 toward student loans for nurse anesthesia students who commit to joining the health system as Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs), under a new national recruitment program launched in partnership with Boston-based fintech Clasp.

AHN structures payments across three years to lock in early-career commitments

Under the program, AHN will pay up to $20,000 toward eligible loans after 12 months of full-time employment, up to $30,000 after 24 months, and up to $60,000 after 36 months, with payments made directly to loan servicers through the Clasp platform. Employees retain every dollar contributed toward principal, with no claw-back provisions if they leave after milestones are met.

New York – September 21, 2026 -- NYU Langone Health's Perlmutter Cancer Center has appointed Rutika Mehta, MD, MPH, as director of upper GI medical oncology, expanding its clinical and research programs for esophageal and stomach cancers.

Mehta brings a clinical trials portfolio built at two prior academic centers

Mehta joins from Weill Cornell Medicine, where she established an Upper GI Working Group to advance clinical and research collaboration. She previously helped build the Upper GI Malignancies Program at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, developing a clinical trials portfolio that gave patients access to new treatment options.

Phoenix – September 21, 2026 -- SWCA Environmental Consultants has launched Regulatory Radar, a subscription-based intelligence platform designed to help project teams anticipate environmental regulatory changes before they disrupt budgets, permitting timelines and compliance obligations.

Platform targets power, energy and infrastructure compliance teams

Regulatory Radar currently supports audiences focused on power and energy, infrastructure and construction compliance. Subscribers receive portal access and targeted alerts when regulatory developments may affect inspections, permits, schedules, budgets or compliance obligations.

Las Vegas – September 21, 2026 -- IGT will install Jamie Knight as Chief Studios Officer on Jan. 1, 2027, succeeding Jean Venneman, who retires Dec. 31, 2026, after more than three decades in the gaming industry.

Venneman rebuilt IGT's global studio operations into a 1,200-employee organization

Venneman began her career at IGT in the early 1990s, held senior roles across product development, licensing, technology and operations, and rejoined the company in 2024 to rebuild its global studio function from the ground up. Under her leadership, IGT assembled a studio team exceeding 1,200 employees and standardized best practices across studio cultures, work the company says now positions IGT and Everi for accelerated growth.

Oak Brook, Ill. – September 21, 2026 -- David Glawe will step down as President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) in October, concluding a six-year tenure leading the insurance industry's anti-fraud nonprofit.

Board Chairman Confirms Departure and Thanks Glawe for Six Years of Service

Nick Seminara, Chairman of the NICB Board of Governors, confirmed the departure and credited Glawe's contributions to the organization's mission over the past six years.

Glawe Cites Collaboration With Insurers, Law Enforcement as Key Achievement

Glawe said the work brought together the insurance industry, law enforcement, and partners to fight insurance fraud and crime while protecting the public.

SAN FRANCISCO – September 21, 2026 -- Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana will deliver a keynote at CES 2027, with the company's autonomous vehicles now completing over 500,000 rides every week, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced.

Mawakana will address international expansion and fleet evolution on Jan. 6, 2027

The keynote is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. PST in the Palazzo Ballroom at the Venetian, part of the CES 2027 event running Jan. 6-9 in Las Vegas. CTA President and CEO Kinsey Fabrizio said Waymo is integrating frontier AI and robotics to build the future of mobility.

Waymo frames its mission around a 1.19 million annual global traffic death toll

The company positions its autonomous "Driver" -- described as never tired, distracted or impaired and available 24/7 -- as a response to global road safety. Mawakana said the company is scaling a service designed to give riders a safer, more reliable transportation option.

Romeo, Mich. – September 21, 2026 -- L&L Products has released Toughened T-Link®, a fully amorphous thermoplastic adhesive that delivered a 66% increase in compressive strength after impact under ASTM D7137 testing versus panels made with epoxy prepreg alone.

New adhesive targets ductility gaps in layered carbon-fiber composites

The technology extends L&L Products' existing T-Link® platform, adding enhanced impact resistance while retaining the dry-to-the-touch handling, room-temperature storage, and fast consolidation properties that define thermoplastic adhesive processing. Internal testing also showed a considerable increase in short beam shear performance under ASTM D2344 for panels incorporating Toughened T-Link® film between epoxy prepreg layers.

San Francisco – September 21, 2026 -- Whipsaw, the design and innovation firm behind Tonal, Owala, and Brita, has launched a new 10-week cohort of The Workshop, its accelerator for early-stage hardware founders, with a Demo Day set for December 2026.

New cohort targets health, wellness, and home hardware startups

The program, which kicked off earlier this month, brings together early-stage founders building products across health, wellness, and home categories. Unlike traditional accelerators built on lectures and pitch competitions, The Workshop pairs founders directly with Whipsaw's multidisciplinary team of industrial designers, experience designers, engineers, strategists, and brand experts.

Washington – September 21, 2026 -- The Teamsters Union has endorsed a settlement agreement announced by California Attorney General Rob Bonta that clears a path for the pending merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery.

Bonta brokers deal covering unions and employers in entertainment merger

Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien credited Attorney General Bonta for coordinating unions, employers, and other stakeholders to reach terms on the merger. The union identified worker protections embedded in the agreement as the central issue for its 1.3 million members across the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico.

West Chicago, Illinois – September 21, 2026 -- Titan International (NYSE: TWI) has agreed to sell its Italtractor ITM undercarriage business to Italy's USCO S.p.A. in a deal set to deliver up to $285 million in total cash value to the wheel and tire manufacturer.

Deal structure delivers up to $285 million across multiple payment streams

Titan will receive an initial purchase price of $207 million, plus up to $6 million in earnout proceeds tied to ITM's 2026 performance targets. Customary net-asset adjustments at closing are expected to add roughly $23 million in additional value. Titan has also received or expects to receive $49 million in dividends from ITM, including $38 million collected in recent years and $11 million anticipated before closing.