BIRMINGHAM, England, May 1 -- Aston University issued the following news: Aston University civil engineering experts are teaming up with construction and surfacing company Miles Macadam to help make road surfaces more sustainable. The University has entered a knowledge transfer partnership (KTP) with the Cheshire-based firm, which manufactures and installs 'grouted macadam', an asphalt and cement-based material for road and industrial surfacing. A KTP is a three-way collaboration between a bu more PR

BINGHAMTON, New York, May 1 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: By Shawn Ammann Food access is a serious problem that affects all kinds of communities, including the Binghamton region. Using data science, Binghamton University students are doing what they can to help. The digital and data studies program at Binghamton University has teamed up with a local organization to address food insecurity. The mutually beneficial connection has helped make great strides in improving food more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, April 30 -- Birmingham Newman University issued the following news: Birmingham Newman University's School of Nursing and Allied Health in partnership with University Hospital's Birmingham and the University of Birmingham have won the Student Nursing Times Awards in the category for Nursing Times Student Placement of the Year: Hospital category for our Dedicated Education Hubs - A New Approach to Practice Learning for Part 1 Students at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Fo more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 30 -- Brown University issued the following news: Through the installation of educational public art in urban neighborhoods, the Brown sophomore hopes to inspire mutual understanding of the blind and visually impaired community. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- When most people meet Daniel Solomon, they don't assume he's blind. "They look at me and say, 'Well, you don't look blind," he said. "And my answer is, 'OK, so what exactly does a blind person loo more PR

LONDON, Ontario, May 1 -- Fanshawe College issued the following news: Fanshawe College has announced a strategic partnership with TechAlliance, aimed at expanding work-integrated learning (WIL) opportunities for students. This collaboration is made possible in conjunction with the Business + Higher Education Roundtable (BHER) and receives valuable support from the Government of Canada. Mary Pierce, dean of Fanshawe's Faculty of Business, Information Technology & Part-time expressed excitement  more PR

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, May 1 -- Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue issued the following news on April 30, 2024: WEST LAFAYETTE, IN & WASHINGTON, D.C.--Today the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue unveiled its Tech Diplomacy Academy, the world's first and only online education platform poised to revolutionize how government, business, technology and citizen leaders are trained at scale about critical and emerging technologies, and how to compete and lead in a contested tech more PR

LEEDS, England, May 1 -- Leeds Beckett University issued the following news: Leeds Beckett University is leading a new project to develop ways of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support the diagnosis of ADHD and autism in adults, and to help with prioritisation of services. In partnership with South-West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SWYPFT), computing experts at Leeds Beckett aim to digitise the Trust's adult ADHD and Autism service. Led by Grigoris Antoniou, Professor of  more PR

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, May 1 -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news: The presence of Lawrence Technological University is growing in Iraq, as evidenced by a recent agreement with the American University of Iraq-Baghdad--and a meeting between LTU President Tarek M. Sobh and the Prime Minister of Iraq, Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani during the prime minister's recent visit to the Detroit area. "This pivotal encounter underscores Lawrence Technological University's commitment to  more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, May 1 -- Portland Community College issued the following news: By James Hill Portland Community College Legal Resource Center has signed an agreement to partner with the City of Portland's Office of Community & Civic Life to provide free legal support for immigrants and refugees in Portland. Civic Life's Immigrant & Refugee Program and the PCC Legal Resource Center plan to offer free help on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) renewals, work permit applications, im more PR

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, May 1 -- Southeast Missouri State University issued the following news: Southeast Missouri State University's hospitality management program has received accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration (ACPHA). ACPHA is the accrediting commission providing and maintaining standards for hospitality administration and management programs. The organization provides public assurance that programs are of acceptable quality, provid more PR

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, May 1 (TNSres) -- Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: Ten young researchers will be awarded an KNAW Early Career Partnership this year. They will have the opportunity to organise an interdisciplinary meeting and will receive the sum of EUR 10,000 to do so. Awards in 2024 * Julia Berezutskaya, Utrecht University Medical Centre: STIM-ASSIST Forum: First transdisciplinary forum on enabling communication with stimulation in people  more PR

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas, April 30 -- Texas State Technical College issued the following news: Texas State Technical College's New Braunfels location will offer two new technical programs this fall. Certificates of completion will be available there in Industrial Systems Mechanic - Electrical and in Structural Welding. "The main excitement is getting out in the community and promoting the programs," said Mike Anderson, TSTC's vice president of operations at the New Braunfels location. "We see a l more PR

MANCHESTER, England, May 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: The University of Manchester, Queen Mary University London, the University of Glasgow and a number of industry partners are to take part in an exciting new MRC-funded medicines career development partnership lead by The University of Liverpool. The Medical Research Council (MRC) Medicines Development Fellowship Programme will strengthen interactions between academia and industry to deliver wo more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, April 30 -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: The University of Nottingham has announced that they have selected the suppliers they will work with to design and build the UK's most powerful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, that will give researchers and doctors unprecedented insights into brain function and the mechanisms of human disease. Tesla Engineering Ltd and Philips UK and Ireland have been selected to constru more PR

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, May 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Otago issued the following news release: The University of Otago's HDGC Research Group has received the Te Puiaki Putaiao Matua a Te Pirimia Prime Minister's Science Prize for 2023. The group, known for discovering the gene which causes inherited stomach cancer, was recognised for the significant impact it has had on the treatment and management of the disease, both in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally. In 1995, a partnership wa more PR

GALLATIN, Tennessee, May 1 -- Volunteer State Community College issued the following news on April 30, 2024: Volunteer State Community College and Amesite, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMST), a leading artificial intelligence (AI) software company offering a cloud-based learning platform for business and education markets, announced today the launch of non-degree AI and technical training programs for industry certification and workforce development. Technology upskilling is no longer an option; it's necessar more PR