ITHACA, New York, April 4 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Cornell Tech Professor Daniel D. Lee wins competition matching fruit fly brain maps Daniel D. Lee, Tisch University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell Tech, has won the FlyWire Ventral Nerve Cord (VNC) Matching Challenge award for a competition that tasked researchers with creating a method to align the connectomes -- aka neural connection maps -- of male and female fruit flies, represent more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 4 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Forty-two graduate students recognized with University awards UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State recognized 42 graduate students with annual University awards that celebrate students' impact in research, scholarship, teaching, outreach, mentoring and more. The students are being recognized at a special lunch on April 21. The annual recognition awards are sponsored by the Office of the Pres more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, April 7 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Kyle Stephan appointed as Steven and Lisa Munster Tananbaum Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Block Museum of Art EVANSTON, Ill. --- Kyle Stephan has been appointed Steven and Lisa Munster Tananbaum Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University. She will begin her tenure in August 2025. Stephan's breadth of experience as a curator, schola more PR

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, April 4 -- Oklahoma State University posted the following news: * * * OSU physicists demonstrate how quantum systems don't always melt Media Contact: Elizabeth Gosney | CAS Marketing and Communications Manager | 405-744-7497 | egosney@okstate.edu In a recent theory-experiment collaboration, two Oklahoma State University Department of Physics groups demonstrated the generation of quantum many-body scars, or QMBSs. Dr. Yingmei Liu's experimental quantum physics group a more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 4 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Penn State to launch new National Security Institute UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State is launching the National Security Institute, a new research institute aimed at enhancing contributions to defense and national security. An internal search for a director to lead the new institute is underway. For decades, Penn State has been a trusted partner in defense research, and the National Se more PR

ITHACA, New York, April 4 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Reprogramming gut cells to treat short bowel syndrome Knocking out a single gene reprograms part of the large intestine to function like the nutrient-absorbing small intestine. In a preclinical study, Weill Cornell Medicine investigators showed that the technique reversed the malnutrition that results when most of the small intestine is removed. The successful demonstration suggests that a similar strategy coul more PR

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, April 4 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * Symphony orchestras should be playing video game music, here's why Gaming continues to grow among people of all ages and backgrounds and represents (as of 2022) a $85 billion industry in the U.S. alone. It is projected to reach a worldwide revenue of $533 billion by 2027. Related Event: April 17-19, 2025 "We Play Together: Music & Gaming" A three-day event blending music, gaming, and acade more PR