MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 9 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Samantha Sorenson shows off her graduation cap in front of Bascom Hall. Photo: Bryce Richter Editor's note: This story contains references to sexual assault. Two years ago, as a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Samantha Sorenson worked with classmates in a psychology course to design and distribute flyers about sexual violence and the resources available to survivors. The flye more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Dec. 9 [Category: National Defense] -- The Air and Space Forces Association issued the following news release: ARLINGTON, Va. The Air & Space Forces Association (AFA) is pleased to announce the opening of its 2024-2025 scholarship application cycle, offering more than $100,000 in educational funds to support, Airmen, Guardians, their spouses, and their children in pursuing higher education. Applications for all 11 scholarships are now open and will be accepted through Apr more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 9 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: "Our faculty have such an immensely positive impact on everything we do here at Vanderbilt--faculty success is vital to our university's mission," Provost C. Cybele Raver said. "We are deeply committed to supporting this vibrant community through a leadership team that is largely comprised of faculty. In their new appointments as associate provosts, I am confident Alan Wiseman and Catherine Gavin Loss will work tir more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The American Society of Hematology issued the following news release: * * * Advances across continuum of care show promise and hope for patients * * * (SAN DIEGO--Dec. 8, 2024) -- Studies being presented at the 66th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition highlight progress in preventing and treating blood cancers. "It's very encouraging to see advances being made across the continuum of care for blood cancers," said Surbhi Sidana,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2024: Faculty members and coaches at the Bloomsburg campus of Commonwealth University are slated to take a no-confidence vote on University President Bashar Hanna in early February. The Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties' Bloomsburg chapter executive council on Thursday determined it would send the vote to chapter members. "AP more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Dec. 9, 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced ways that the Biden-Harris Administration is delivering on Tribal requests to empower Tribal Nations, citizens, and organizations. Secretary Vilsack made the announcements at the 2024 White House Tribal Nations Summit, the foremost government-to-government gathering between the U.S. Government and the 574 federally r more PR

BEREA, Ohio, Dec. 10 -- Baldwin Wallace University issued the following news: For six straight years, the State of Ohio has awarded Baldwin Wallace with "Choose Ohio First" (COF) grant funding in recognition of the University's ongoing accomplishments in educating the next generation of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) leaders. In late November, BW was awarded approximately $780,000 of COF funding for fiscal year 2025 to bolster success for transfer students enrolled in  more PR

HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, Dec. 10 -- Centenary University issued the following news release: * * * Agreement allows for the national high school boys basketball powerhouse The Patrick School (TPS) to relocate to Centenary University's campus. * * * Centenary University has announced a historic agreement with the nationally ranked high school basketball powerhouse The Patrick School (TPS). In this agreement, TPS will relocate to the Centenary University campus in Hackettstown, NJ. TPS, a priv more PR

SAN MARCOS, Texas, Dec. 10 -- Texas State University issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the College of Education at Texas State University the Augustus F. Hawkins Center of Excellence grant. The five-year, $2.74 million grant will establish the Hawkins Center of Excellence in Educator Preparation at TXST. The new center will house Project ADAPT (Accelerated Development of Aides into Professional Teachers), a new innovative grow-your-own teacher cer more PR

BANGOR, Maine, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- Husson University issued the following news release: Husson University's College of Science and Humanities Professor Dr. Clifton Guthrie has been accepted to a fellowship program at the University of Birmingham in England and received a grant of $26,000 through the Templeton Foundation to fund his research. Through the fellowship, New Perspectives on Social Psychology and Religious Cognition for Theology, Guthrie will learn social science methodologies and pu more PR

LEEDS, England, Dec. 10 -- The Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers higher education teaching, learning, curriculum, assessment, policy, management, leadership and related areas, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 16, Issue 5 edition: * "Open access and without fees": Arab university professors' views on the journal access types * A cross-national study of the emotional intelligence of young adults in the Midd more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The Journal of Marketing, a part of the American Marketing Association, issued the following news release: Researchers from University of California-Irvine published a new Journal of Marketing study that finds Republicans spread more misinformation than Democrats and explains the reasons behind this behavior. The study, forthcoming in the Journal of Marketing, is titled "Political Polarization Triggers Republicans' Misinformation Spread to Attain Ingroup  more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following report on December 5th, 2024 by Shannon Watkins entitled "Protecting the Liberal Arts and Humanities in American Higher Education." Here is the executive summary: * * * The liberal arts,[1] particularly the humanities,[2] are far from thriving on most college and university campuses. Shifting market demands, financially wary stakeholders, and rampant politicization pose an immediate threat to the humanities. This is bad more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Dec. 10 -- The Minnesota Office of Higher Education issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: In an effort to increase opportunities for all Minnesotans, the Office of Higher Education (OHE) has awarded Lake Superior College with a 2024 Inclusive Higher Education Grant. The $200,000 grant will help college staff develop new or enhance existing initiatives with the purpose of increasing overall enrollment and access for students with an intellectual and developmenta more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on Dec. 9, 2024: New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced the appointment of Kate Smith as the executive director of the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City. A seasoned leader in nonprofit development, Smith brings a wealth of experience in strategic fundraising, community engagement, and organizational growth. With a career dedicated to advancing the missions of a wide array of impactful organizations, Smith' more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- The National Association of College and University Business Officers issued the following news: More than one third of NACUBO members surveyed said their institutions are already using artificial intelligence (AI) to support business and finance functions, according to an informal flash poll NACUBO conducted in October 2024. Results of the poll are nonscientific, but they do provide some insight about how college and university business offices are using artifici more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 9 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: There is never a lack of exceptional Badgers just look at any University of Wisconsin-Madison commencement ceremony. Each graduating class contains thousands of accomplished, impressive students. They've tackled consequential research projects, started campus organizations, made their communities better and won esteemed scholarships and fellowships. Here are just a few of the remarkable tales beh more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- President Biden issued the following proclamation on Dec. 9, 2024, on the establishment of the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument: * * * For a century and a half spanning the early 19th and mid- 20th centuries, the Federal Government removed American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children (Native children) from their families, Tribes, and homelands, often by force or coercion, and transported them to institutions across the United Stat more PR

BRISBANE, Australia, Dec. 10 -- The Queensland University of Technology issued the following news: Combining modern education with cultural knowledge is crucial for Australia's younger generations, says QUT's first Indigenous Australian graduate. Robert Vincent Anderson OAM, known as Uncle Bob, a Ngugi Elder from Mulgumpin (Moreton Island), graduated in 1949 after enrolling in carpentry at the Central Technical College (which later became QUT) at the age of 15. 75 years after his graduation,  more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 9 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Being a student at Virginia Tech is not just about academics and obtaining a degree. It's also about learning experiences and social activities and drawing lessons from all of these. Similarly, paying for college is not just about tuition, it's also about housing and food expenses and handling emergent costs when they arise. Scholarships can go a long way to ease the challenge of college for students looking for a world-c more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Greenwich issued the following news: As part of the London Interdisciplinary Doctoral training consortium (LIDo) group of universities, PhD bioscientist students at the Natural Resources Institute at the University of Greenwich will get funding. The new award for LIDo, a UCL-led consortium that has been training PhD students since 2012, will fund PhDs combining bioscience with artificial intelligence and advanced computation. Science and T more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 10 -- The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School issued the following news: * * * With an estate gift of more than $42 million, William J. Levy, a graduate of the Wharton School and Penn Carey Law School, has contributed $50 million in support of undergraduate students in the College. * * * Throughout his lifetime, and now through an estate gift of over $42 million, Penn alumnus William J. Levy has contributed $50 million in support of undergraduate stu more PR

CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, Dec. 10 -- Western Carolina University issued the following news: By Julia Duvall Western Carolina University's College of Engineering and Technology recently received a $524,000 grant from the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation to fund a computer numerical control (CNC) machining program. This CNC machining program is available through an America's Cutting Edge initiative to restore prominence of the U.S. machine tools sector. "This partner more PR

EL PASO, Texas, Dec. 10 -- The University of Texas's El Paso campus issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: UTEP announced today that the Woody and Gayle Hunt Family Foundation has pledged $2.5 million to support UTEP Athletics as the university prepares to transition to the Mountain West Conference in July 2026. This transformative gift will play a pivotal role in ensuring UTEP's competitiveness on and off the field as it enters a new era of regional rivalries and athletic excellenc more PR