RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 22 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * 43rd annual Faculty Convocation celebrates seven VCU educators and researchers Honorees represent the School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, College of Humanities and Sciences, and University College. * By Amelia Heymann Seven standouts in the classroom, in the research lab and in their fields of expertise were celebrated Wednesday at Virginia Commonwealth University's 43rd annual Faculty Conv more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 22 [Category: National Defense] -- The Association of the U.S. Army posted the following news: * * * Aviation Center Launches Lethal Drone Operator Course * A new course underway at the Army Aviation Center of Excellence trains soldiers on the lethal employment of drones. The inaugural Unmanned Advanced Lethality Course at Fort Rucker, Alabama, is designed to rapidly train soldiers to employ small unmanned aircraft systems, including first-person view, or FPV, dro more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2025: * * * Chairman Walberg Presses Largest Teachers Union over Pattern of Antisemitism Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) sent a letter to National Education Association (NEA) President Rebecca Pringle demanding answers for the union's antisemitic positions. In the letter, Chairman Walberg writes: "The  more PR

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Aug. 22 -- Oklahoma State University posted the following news: * * * College of Education and Human Sciences presents 2025 faculty, staff awards * Media Contact: Kirsi McDowell | Communications Coordinator | 405-744-8320 | kirsi@okstate.edu The Oklahoma State University College of Education and Human Sciences recognized faculty and staff who showed exemplary leadership, mentorship, research, teaching and innovation, and more on Wednesday, August 13. There were a to more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Deluzio Hosts Bipartisan Roundtable Discussion on Smartphones in Classrooms * SEWICKLEY BOROUGH, PA - Today, as students and teachers start a new school year, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) moderated a bipartisan roundtable conversation with PA State Senator Devlin Robinson (SD-37) and Western PA educators, a student, and a parent to discuss the impact of smartphones in classroo more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 22 -- Education International issued the following news on Aug. 21, 2025: * * * Education leaders call for urgent action to address global crisis in the teaching profession SANTIAGO, CHILE - As ministers and education leaders prepare to convene for the World Summit on Teachers (WST) on 28-29 August 2025, the global teaching profession faces an unprecedented recruitment and retention crisis. The world needs 50 million more teachers by 2030 across early childhood, primar more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Files Subpoena Enforcement Action Against Gallup-Mckinley County Schools * Federal agency seeks court order compelling GMCS to provide testimony related to its hiring and employment practices ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today a federal court filing to enforce two administrative subpoenas it issued during its investigation more PR

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida, Aug. 23 -- The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations issued the following news: * * * Expanding Reach of Educational Podcasts: The Terrestrials Model In the United States, podcast consumption by younger audiences is increasingly common. Approximately 48% of children aged 3-12 listen to podcasts weekly and 67% listen at least monthly. Yet only 2.7% of podcasts produced are aimed at the "Kids & Family" market. To address this content gap, AVDF recently launched an effort  more PR

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Aug. 21 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * Gift of Longtime Professor Maria Luisa Crawford '60 Supports Women in Geology * Crawford teaching students. The National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) recently received a substantial gift from the estates of longtime, beloved geology professors Maria Luisa "Weecha" Crawford '60 and William Crawford. The nearly $1 million gift marks the culmination of the Crawfords' support of the organizati more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Whitehouse Spotlights GOP Sneak Attacks on Social and Security and Medicare in New Op-Ed * Washington, DC - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, published an op-ed on Thursday in MSNBC Digital highlighting Republicans' deceptive, destabilizing attacks on Social Security, Medicare and the entire American heal more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, Aug. 22 -- The United Nations International Labour Organization posted the following news: * * * ILO/China Partnership Programme on Skills Development supports emerging industry needs in Cambodia * Phnom Penh (ILO News) - A new milestone in Cambodia-China skills collaboration has been reached with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening Cambodia's technical and vocational education and training (TVET) system to better respond to the evol more PR

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, Aug. 23 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff issued the following news: * * * Join Drs. Finney and Davis for A Special Talk On the Legacy of UAPB Professor Joseph Carter Corbin Little Rock, AR - Join Dr. Gladys Turney Finney in conversation with Dr. Kimberley Davis, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) School of Education, Dean and Professor, to commemorate Professor Joseph Carter Corbin and the opening of Branch Normal College (now UAPB) in Pine Bluff, Ark more PR

MANHATTAN, Kansas, Aug. 23 -- Kansas State University issued the following news: * * * A commitment to collaborate At the One Health Ag Tech Summit in Ireland, K-State, Iowa State and University College Dublin sign veterinary medicine partnership. By Jennifer Tidball Kansas State University, Iowa State University and University College Dublin are building veterinary medicine partnerships and creating global academic and research collaborations among the three organizations. The presidents  more PR

MUNICH, Germany, Aug. 22 -- The Max Planck Society issued the following news: * * * Victims database goes online First results from the research project "Brain research at Institutes of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society in the context of National Socialist injustices" * It is the world's first online database to systematically record the victims of unethical medical research under National Socialism, documenting their fates for research and investigation. It was established within the framework of more PR

SAN JOSE, California, Aug. 23 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- Cadence Design Systems, a provider of electronic design automation and semiconductor intellectual property, issued the following news release: * * * MSU Leveraging Intel 16 and the Cadence Tool Flow for Academic Chip Tapeout Morgan State University (MSU) recently received an Apple Innovation Grant, designed to support engineering schools as they develop their silicon and hardware technologies. The New Silicon Initiative (NSI) more PR

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 22 -- The New York State Education Department issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2025: * * * NEW YORK STATE ARCHIVES AWARDS $4.9 MILLION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS MANAGEMENT GRANTS The New York State Archives today announced that $4.9 million has been awarded to 80 local governments, school districts, and educational institutions across the state to improve records management systems, better preserve documents, and serve the public. The Local Government Rec more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: * * * NSF announces new funding opportunities to advance AI education and build the STEM workforce of the future The U.S. National Science Foundation has announced two new Dear Colleague Letters (DCL) and one program solicitation that implement key elements of the Trump administration's executive order, "Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth." The new opportunities will take deci more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 [Category: Health Care] -- The New York Health and Hospitals posted the following news release: * * * NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Receives Reverification as a Level 1 Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) * The hospital's reverification as a Level 1 Trauma Center confirms its status as a regional leader in trauma care Aug 22, 2025 NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County has once again been verified as a Level 1 Trauma Center by the American College more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- America First Policies issued the following news release: * * * The One Big Beautiful Bill Delivers for Georgia's Working Families Rebecca Yardley August 22, 2025 Here in Georgia, we know the value of hard work. From the fields of South Georgia to the small businesses along our Main Streets, it's working families who keep our state strong. But too often, those same families have watched Washington bureaucrats take a greedy bite out of their paychecks while giving lit more PR

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Aug. 22 -- Oklahoma State University posted the following news: * * * OSU Symphony Orchestra and director earn national recognition for innovation and excellence * Media Contact: Elizabeth Gosney | CAS Marketing and Communications Manager | 405-744-7497 | egosney@okstate.edu The Oklahoma State University Symphony Orchestra is hitting the right note. OSU is one of only five college orchestras named a national finalist for the Vytautas Marijosius Memorial Award in Orc more PR

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Aug. 23 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: * * * Penn College Math Professional Day draws 30 attendees The Pennsylvania College of Technology School of Business, Arts & Sciences recently held an Active Thinking & Learning Math Professional Day for full-time and adjunct math faculty. Local high school math teachers also were in attendance for the workshop, which was led by Trey Cox, a veteran mathematics educator with 39 years of te more PR

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, Aug. 23 -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news: * * * Research Payload by National STEM Scholar Students, WKU Faculty to Launch to Space By Lacey Bell A team led by Dr. Kerrie McDaniel, Professor in the WKU Department of Biological Sciences, Rico Tyler, retired Master Teacher from WKU SKyTeach, and Liam Seymore, a WKU School of Engineering and Applied Sciences alum, and made up of students from the National STEM Scholars (NSS) program, is sending a  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Here are awards announced by colleges, public policy organizations and government agencies - Aug. 22, 2025: * * * Los Angeles Area Emmy Award GOOD DOCS, a subsidiary of Sage, was honored with the Los Angeles Area Emmy Award for Independent Programming for its educational film Possible Selves. The film, directed by filmmaker Shaun Kadlec, tells the story of two Los Angeles teens who overcome the challenges of foster care to graduate from college, a milestone achieved by  more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Personnel changes in public policy organizations, colleges and government agencies - Aug. 22, 2025: * * * LEVI STRAUSS AND CO.: Chris Callieri has been named senior vice president and chief supply chain officer, where he will oversee the global supply chain for the Levi's(R) brand. Before this role, Callieri served as the chief supply chain officer at Victoria's Secret & Co., and was previously a key figure in supply chain transformation at Tory Burch. His experience spa more ST

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 23 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * UA Little Rock to Host 2025 CBHHS Research Symposium Featuring Author Daniel Susskind By Angelita Faller The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host the 2025 College of Business, Health, and Human Services (CBHHS) Research Symposium Sept. 4-5, bringing together faculty, students, and community members to explore cutting-edge research and the impact of artificial intelligence on education and more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Aug. 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * AI can imitate morality without actually possessing it, new philosophy study finds Can artificial intelligence truly exhibit morality? Currently, the field of AI ethics is debating whether these machines should be treated as moral agents capable of making ethical decisions. "We are now asking, 'If these systems can act like human beings who are moral agents, then maybe these systems are moral age more PR

CALLAGHAN, Australia, Aug. 22 -- The University of Newcastle issued the following news: * * * University recognised at AFR Higher Education Awards University of Newcastle's researcher Professor Matt Dun and the Wollotuka Institute were recognised at last night's Australian Financial Review Higher Education Awards, which highlight the contribution that the Higher Education sector makes to Australian life. The awards are the pinnacle awards for the higher education sector, with the University  more PR

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, Aug. 22 -- The University of Otago issued the following news release: * * * Human vaccination focus of Rift Valley Fever research Global health researchers at the University of Otago - Otakou Whakaihu Waka have been called on to help combat a major epidemic-prone disease. Researchers in the Otago Global Health Institute are part of an international consortium recently awarded a Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) grant for its work on Rift Valley Feve more PR

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, Aug. 22 (TNSjou) -- The University of Otago issued the following news release: * * * Improved sexual and reproductive healthcare needed for wahine Maori - research New research from the University of Otago, Christchurch, has highlighted gaps in the quality of sexual and reproductive healthcare services delivered to wahine Maori in Aotearoa New Zealand. Two papers, both published in the online Journal of Primary Healthcare, report findings from a study which interviewed  more PR

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 23 -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * UT Beef and Forage Systems and PLF Technologies in Focus in September Learn More about Farming for the Future September 23 and 24 * SPRING HILL, Tenn. - Beef cattle producers and those interested in the industry, as well as those interested in poultry production, are welcome to visit the University of Tennessee Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center on S more PR

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 23 -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * UT Extension Releases Grain Marketing Contract Video Series New Educational Resources Support Tennessee Grain Producers * Navigating the complexities of grain marketing is a critical part of farm profitability and risk management. Understanding marketing contracts and how they can be used to manage price risk is essential for corn, soybean and wheat producers in T more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 23 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Computing Resource Fair to Showcase Campuswide Digital Innovation The University of Wyoming will host a Computing Resource Fair Wednesday, Sept. 3, from 3-5 p.m. in the Information Technology Center atrium, 1710 E. Sorority Row. The event is open to all UW students, faculty, staff and research professionals interested in exploring the information technologies and tools, computational resources, and col more PR