Tempe – September 11, 2026 -- Institute for Supply Management (ISM), the world's largest professional association for supply chain and procurement, has appointed Neal J. Couture, CAE, FASAE, as its next president and chief executive officer, effective October 1, 2026.

Bethesda, Md. – September 11, 2026 -- EPS Learning has secured SOC 2 Type II attestation for its EPS Connect platform following an independent audit by SC&H Attest Services, P.C., providing school and district partners formal assurance over student data protections.

Orlando, Fla. – September 11, 2026 -- Backswing Ventures, an early-stage defense venture capital firm, is underwriting every investment in its portfolio for an independent 3-5x return rather than betting the fund on a single breakout winner.

New York – September 11, 2026 -- Mancini, a 110-year-old national architecture and design firm, has secured the No. 69 spot on Fast Company's 2026 list of the 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators, joining honorees including Anthropic, Chipotle, Morgan Stanley, and GE.

Locust Valley – September 11, 2026 -- TraderMade Systems Ltd, a foreign exchange market data provider, has agreed to supply real-time and historical FX data to EntangleX, part of the QuantumX Group of Two Hands Corporation (OTCID: TWOH), for testing artificial intelligence, machine learning and quantum computing-based financial prediction models.

Hartford – September 11, 2026 -- Shipman & Goodwin LLP has expanded into Dallas, Texas, adding restructuring partners Rachael L. Smiley and Megan F. Clontz to its Workout, Restructure and Bankruptcy Practice Group.

Firm Adds Dallas Office to Strengthen National Bankruptcy Practice

The move follows Shipman's recent expansion into Boston and gives the firm a physical presence in one of the busiest U.S. jurisdictions for bankruptcy filings. The Northeast-based full-service firm now operates offices throughout the region plus Dallas.

Austin, Texas – September 11, 2026 -- Humann, the Austin-based cardiovascular supplement maker behind SuperBeets, has formed a research partnership with the University of California, Davis and appointed Dr. Harold Schmitz, Ph.D., as Chair of its Science Advisory Board to lead the collaboration.

Salt Lake City – September 11, 2026 -- A decade-long study by ARUP Laboratories found that 50% of pregnancies with atypical prenatal cell-free DNA (cfDNA) screening results carried at least one clinically significant abnormality confirmed by follow-up testing, reshaping how providers should respond to inconclusive genetic screens.

San Francisco – September 11, 2026 -- Arkestro has been identified as a Sample Vendor for Supplier Discovery in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Multienterprise Solutions, 2026, marking the company's continued presence in Gartner's procurement technology research.

New York – September 11, 2026 -- Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC has filed a class action lawsuit against Unicycive Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: UNCY) and certain of its officers, alleging violations of federal securities laws tied to the company's handling of a third-party manufacturing vendor's compliance issues.