ADRIAN, Michigan, Sept. 9 -- Adrian College issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2025: * * * Berryman talks about 'Taking the Next Step' at AC convocation Former Michigan state senator and Adrian mayor Jim Berryman gave a speech titled "Taking the Next Step" at Adrian College's Opening Convocation in the Dr. James Borland Convocation Series on Wednesday, Sept. 4, in Herrick Chapel. Faculty members were also recognized and honored with teaching awards. Berryman has taken many steps i more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 8 -- Vanderbilt University posted the following news: * * * AI requires responsible stewardship. Peabody's new online hub guides the way. * By Jennifer Kiilerich Generative AI is ubiquitous these days, but its use tends to raise as many questions--from practical to ethical--as it answers. A Vanderbilt website launched this spring, the Peabody Hub for Mindful AI Innovation, provides a space for users to take a breath and reflect on what it really means to create  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Christopher Pilkerton, President Trump's nominee to be assistant secretary of the Treasury for investment security, from a Sept. 4, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Warren and distinguished members of the Committee, it is an honor to be nominated for this role and a privilege to be before you today. I would like to thank President Trump and Secretar more PR

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, Sept. 9 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * At Bryant, AI summer campers learn to play with robots, Python, and more By Bob Curley While most high school students were out basking in the last rays of summer, a group of young women spent a week at Bryant University soaking up knowledge of artificial intelligence (AI) and data science (DS). From interacting with robots to learning how to code in Python, the Future InnovateHERs program was a bit dif more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept. 8 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson declares victory as Judge throws out NAACP lawsuit * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson today announced a major legal victory after a federal judge threw out the NAACP's challenge to South Carolina's classroom standards, ruling the group had no legal basis to sue. "The court got it right today," said Attorney General Wilson. "This case  more PR

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, Sept. 9 -- Augustana College issued the following news: * * * With a boost from faculty, students go abroad to do research Three students who were in France and Sweden this past summer certainly put the "study" in study abroad. Karla Collazo '27 (career goal: high school French teacher) spent six weeks living in Dijon with a host family and taking university language classes. Madelyn Garrigan '26 (career goal: public health) worked as an intern with a nonprofit in Sto more PR

BAYREUTH, Germany, Sept. 8 -- The University of Bayreuth issued the following news release: * * * Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities and University of Bayreuth Collaborate Internationally The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW) and the University of Bayreuth (UBT) are joining forces in international cooperation. Through targeted support for young researchers from the University of Dar es Salaam within the framework of the Tanzanian-German Centre for Eastern African Leg more PR

FAYETTEVILLE, Georgia, Sept. 9 [Category: BizHealth Care] -- Piedmont posted the following news release on Sept. 8, 2025: * * * Couple Continues Support of Piedmont Fayette with Golf Cart Donation Evelyn Rogers worked as a nurse at Piedmont Fayette Hospital from 2002 to 2025, and her husband, Philip, joined the hospital's Auxiliary in 2019, volunteering as a courtesy cart driver around the campus, after a career as a businessman and middle school math teacher. The couple has deep ties to the  more PR

PARIS, France, Sept. 9 -- The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development issued the following news release: * * * Educational attainment at an all-time high but barriers to access and low completion rates must be addressed, says OECD Educational attainment is at an all-time high, with around half (48%) of young adults in OECD countries now completing tertiary education, up from just 27% in 2000. These graduates tend to enjoy higher earnings, more stable employment and better healt more PR

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Sept. 5 -- The Educational Institute of Scotland issued the following news: * * * EIS Joins Other Teaching Unions in Calling for Pension Age Review The EIS has joined with education unions across the UK in calling for the UK Government to review the link between Normal Pension Age (NPA) and State Pension Age (SPA). Normal Pension Age is the age at which employees normally become eligible to access their occupational pension, while State Pension Age is the age at which in more PR

ITHACA, New York, Sept. 8 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Ethnomusicologist Martin Hatch, professor of music emeritus, dies at 83 * Martin F. Hatch Jr., Ph.D. '80, professor of music emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), died Aug. 23 in Ithaca, New York. He was 83. From 1980 until his retirement in 2011, Hatch taught in the Department of Music and the Department of Asian Studies, specializing in the musical traditions of Africa and Asia, music theory, t more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Sept. 8 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Falk College Graduate Justy Carruthers Plays Key Role in Syracuse Football's Recruiting Success * Justy Carruthers '25 was so impressed with the sport management program in the David B. Falk College of Sport that she moved across the country from San Diego to enroll here. But after just one day in her first sport management class, she was ready to fly back to the West Coast. Carruthers met with her instru more PR

GLASGOW, Scotland, Sept. 8 -- The University of Glasgow issued the following news: * * * Five UofG social scientists welcomed as Academy of Social Science Fellows Five UofG social scientists have been welcomed to the Academy of Social Sciences Fellowship. Joining an outstanding community of 63 leading social scientists this autumn are Graeme Roy, Professor of Economics and Assistant Vice Principal; Nicola McEwen, Professor of Public Policy and Governance and Director of the Centre for Public more PR

BRONX, New York, Sept. 9 -- Fordham University School of Law issued the following Q&A on Sept. 8, 2025, by Anna Currell with Professor Adam Orford: * * * Big Idea: All Lawyers Should Be Climate-Informed Lawyers Professor Adam Orford, joining the Fordham Law faculty this year, is an expert on climate change, clean energy, and environmental law and policy. His interdisciplinary research focuses on legal strategies for deep decarbonization of the global industrial economy, with work examining cl more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Balint Joins Steil to Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Protect Kids' Mental Health Online * Washington, D.C. - Last week, Rep. Becca Balint (VT-AL) and Rep. Bryan Steil (WI-01) introduced the Protecting Young Minds Online Act, which requires the Center for Mental Health Services to develop and disseminate a strategy to address the effects of new technologies, like social media, on children's ment more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Moolenaar Holds Education Roundtable with Secretary McMahon * Today, Congressman John Moolenaar held a roundtable discussion at the Pembrooke Academy in Detroit between Michigan charter school leaders and Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon. The group discussed the state of education in Michigan, and how the schools are addressing educational challenges, including learning loss students  more PR

BRIGHTON, England, Sept. 9 (TNSrep) -- The Institute of Development Studies, an organization that conducts research, learning and teaching that aims to transform the knowledge, action and leadership needed for equitable and sustainable development globally, issued the following news on Sept. 8, 2025: * * * Women from religious minorities groomed for sexual exploitation and conversion Women from religious minorities across different faiths and countries are being groomed under the guise of lov more PR

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Sept. 9 -- KnowledgeWorks issued the following article on Sept. 8, 2025: * * * Lead Education Change and Action Across Time Horizons By Katherine Prince KEY TAKEAWAYS: * Education leaders are faced with navigating present educational realities, preparing for the mid-term and anticipating long-term possibilities. * Inspired by the Three Horizons Tool, KnowledgeWorks helps people consider three horizons of change and action: what is and is not working today, what the future more PR

PALO ALTO, California, Sept. 8 (TNSLrpt) -- The Learning Policy Institute issued the following research brief on September 4, 2025, by Linda Darling-Hammond, Matt Alexander, Laura E. Hernandez, and Cheryl Jones-Walker entitled "Redesigning High School: 10 Features for Success." Here are excerpts: * * * Summary It is increasingly clear that the factory-model secondary schools we inherited from a century ago are not designed to educate the next generation to face today's challenges. Many educa more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 9 -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following Q&A on Sept. 8, 2025, by Serena Crawford, associate director of communications with Wolfram Goessling, chief of Internal Medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital, and physician-in-chief for Medicine across the Yale New Haven Health System: * * * Meet Wolfram Goessling, New Chair of the Yale Department of Internal Medicine On Sept. 1, Wolfram Goessling, MD, PhD, assumed the role of chair of the Department more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- National Education Policy Center Commercialism in Education Research Unit Co-Directors Alex Molnar and Faith Boninger submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education cautioning against the encouragement of widespread AI adoption in schools before a robust regulatory framework is established. The letter highlights concerns that early integration of AI applications in teaching, learning, and administrative practices poses a threat to democratic civil so more ST

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Sept. 9 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2025: * * * Drummond comments on OMES Director's resignation days after allegations of improper conduct In the wake of OMES Director Rick Rose's resignation announcement, Attorney General Gentner Drummond is revealing allegations of improper conduct by Rose which Drummond reported in a letter to Gov. Kevin Stitt. The letter was delivered to Gov. Stitt's official email a more PR

TORONTO, Ontario, Sept. 3 -- Toronto Metropolitan University issued the following news release: * * * Orlando Corporation pledges $25 million to match community support for TMU School of Medicine Orlando Corporation commits to doubling the value and doubling the impact of community giving in support of the new medical school's drive to train more doctors in the underserved GTA and Ontario region. * Today, the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) School of Medicine--as it officially welcome more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Cleo Fields, D-LA, has introduced the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Enhancement Act to provide significant financial relief for public school teachers by offering undergraduate student loan forgiveness after eight years of consecutive teaching service. The bill aims to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, creating a pathway for qualifying teachers to have their federal undergraduate loans forgiven. This legislative initiative responds to the ongoing teacher shortages f more ST

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 9 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Nickelodeon Is Turning Alum Dan Gutman's My Weird School Series Into a TV Movie The prolific writer shares the story of his transformation from psychology major to popular children's book author By Andrea Alexander When the question first came up, Dan Gutman didn't think he had much of a Rutgers story to share. He graduated with a degree in psychology in 1977 and dropped out of graduate school at Rut more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Sept. 8 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary: * * * Salary perks amid dropping test scores: Minnesota's school superintendent salaries don't match their performance * Recently, KSTP's 5 INVESTIGATES published an explosive report detailing the contracts for every superintendent in Minnesota's 30 largest school districts. The 5 more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Sept. 8 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Sci-Fi, Afrofuturism Expert, Author Named Newest University Professor * Syracuse University's newest University Professor takes a "Renaissance Man" approach to scholarship. Isiah Lavender III, an expert in the field of 20th-century literature, science fiction and Afrofuturism, says his work is informed by everything from his personal experiences as a child in Buffalo, New York, to 18th- and 19th-century Afric more PR

MONTREAL, Quebec, Sept. 4 (TNSjou) -- McGill University issued the following news release: * * * Students with overprotective parents are more vulnerable to anxiety during their transition to university, researchers find Researchers focused on how first-year undergraduates handled stressors and compared students who had been subject to different parenting styles * First-year undergraduates who grew up with overly cautious or controlling parents tend to experience increased anxiety when face more PR

GENESEO, New York, Sept. 9 (TNSjou) -- The State University of New York's Geneseo Campus issued the following news: * * * SUNY Geneseo Researchers Name Three New Species of Deep-sea Fishes A team of researchers at SUNY Geneseo has led the description and naming of three newly discovered species of deep-sea fishes from the eastern Pacific Ocean. The study was led by associate professor of biology Mackenzie Gerringer and features the work of six undergraduate co-authors who collected and analyz more PR

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Sept. 8 -- Fairfax County Public Schools issued the following news: * * * Superintendent's Weekly Reflections * Hello Team FCPS, What a beautiful September weekend we have enjoyed and what interesting and exciting times we are experiencing in our many and varied schools and departments. We are truly well connected and making a difference for tens of thousands - transforming the future in so many ways... Learning happens best in community and our community continues  more PR

VICTORIA, Australia, Sept. 9 -- The Australian Education Union issued the following news release: * * * Original text here: TEACHING AND LEARNING COMMISSION PROPOSAL MUST HAVE TEACHERS AT ITS CORE The Australian Education Union has welcomed today's proposal by Education Minister Jason Clare for the establishment of a new Teaching and Learning Commission as an opportunity for a national discussion about how to strengthen the national education architecture for the teaching profession. However more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 9 -- Texas A&M University, a component of the public university system in Texas, issued the following news from its agriculture program: * * * Texas A&M meat science program adds three team members New Department of Animal Science faculty, staff bring expertise in enhancing meat quality and value By Kay Ledbetter Three new members joined the meat science program in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Animal Science on Aug. 1. Jerrad Leg more PR

TROY, Alabama, Sept. 9 -- Troy University issued the following news: * * * TROY alumna, global tech leader establishes technology scholarship Troy University alumna Wendy McGhee, one of Georgia's 100 Women of Excellence and a leader in technology for nearly 30 years, has established an endowed scholarship for TROY students majoring in technology fields. Named the Wendy McGhee Endowed Scholarship for an Outstanding Computer Science Student, the scholarship aims to support students pursuing te more PR

MERCED, California, Sept. 9 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * Research into Hidden Chemistry Shaping Future Air Quality Earns Zhang an NSF Award By Lorena Anderson, UC Merced As nations cut emissions that once fueled urban smog, scientists are discovering unexpected chemistry taking place in the atmosphere. UC Merced Professor Xuan Zhang is leading a project to uncover how these chemical shifts could affect the air we breathe and the climate. The projec more PR

SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 8 (TNSjou) -- The University of Technology Sydney issued the following news: * * * The hidden burden on teachers supporting students with chronic pain A new study from UTS highlights the emotional and mental toll on teachers managing student pain in classrooms and calls for systemic change to better support both educators and students. * Chronic pain affects around one in five children and adolescents at some point in their lives, disrupting their education, social  more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Sept. 9 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * UNM Digital Accessibility Committee works to support compliance with new Title II ADA rule By Sarah Carsrud Digital accessibility is no new practice for The University of New Mexico, and now a federal ruling is bringing positive change to public universities nationwide. On April 24, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) published a new rule on digital accessibility under Title II of the America more PR

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 9 -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * UTIA Hosts Workshops for Value-Added Producers Workshops Will Be Held in Murfreesboro, Camden and Greeneville in October * Farmers who plan to apply for grants, cost-share programs and loans to support their value-added enterprises are welcome to attend workshops held across the state in October by the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture's Center for  more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Sept. 9 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * College of Engineering welcomes 15 new faculty in fall 2025 By Melody Warnick With expertise in autonomous robots, railroad engineering, artificial intelligence, and much more, Virginia Tech's newest engineering faculty are driving innovation in fields that shape the future. This fall, 15 new tenured and tenure-track faculty have joined the College of Engineering, along with a number of instructors, collegiate f more PR

LONDON, Canada, Sept. 5 -- Western University issued the following news: * * * Ivey uses innovative virtual reality project to build business skills Simulations help students understand perspectives in team settings * Ivey professor Shannon Rawski is leading a first-of-its-kind initiative at the business school to develop leaders who don't just think strategically, but lead with empathy. She's introducing a tool rarely found in business schools: virtual reality. With its immersive and low- more PR