LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 20 -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * 3 UCLA faculty members elected to the National Academy of Medicine UCLA neurologist S. Thomas Carmichael, lung specialist Paul W. Noble and public health pioneer Ninez A. Ponce have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, the academy announced today. The three faculty members join 97 other members from across the U.S. and the world elected this year. One of the highest honors  more PR

LONDON, England, Oct. 20 [Category: Education] -- The Association of Colleges issued the following news: * * * AoC submits STRB evidence for second year, urging action on FE pay * David Hughes, Chief Executive, Association of Colleges, said: "This week, for the second year in a row, AoC has submitted an evidence-based report to the School Teachers' Review Body. We are grateful for the opportunity to contribute again, and we see this as a sign of growing recognition of the college sector's cr more PR

BETHLEHEM, Pennsylania, Oct. 21 -- Lehigh University issued the following news on Oct. 20, 2025: * * * Astronaut Jared Isaacman at Lehigh's Inaugural Future Makers Speaker Series: Space is "the greatest adventure in human history" The astronaut, pilot and entrepreneur visited Lehigh for the inaugural Future Makers Speaker Series event on Oct. 14th. * Jared Isaacman, entrepreneur and commander of Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn space missions, brought his passion for exploration and entreprene more PR

AUGUSTA, Georgia, Oct. 21 -- Augusta University issued the following news release: * * * Dedicated educator, researcher, student advocate honored with scholarship For decades, the best way to find the lab of Thomas Abney, PhD, was to follow the laughter that echoed the halls of the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. "He made science fun," recalled his wife and scholarship donor, Eugenie (Jeanie) Abney. "He believed it was serious work and was always very thorough and organized more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 20 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus posted the following news: * * * Author Percival Everett to deliver Go Big Read keynote on Nov. 4 * "In language, and in ownership of language, there resides great power, and resides an avenue to any kind of freedom that we're going to have." For author Percival Everett, this is not an abstract statement. It is the engine of his novel, James, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and this year's Go Big Read selection. Evere more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 20 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Brown professor emerita Dr. Maureen Phipps elected to the National Academy of Medicine * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- The National Academy of Medicine has elected Dr. Maureen Phipps, a professor emerita of obstetrics and gynecology at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, a member of its 2025 class. Phipps is one of 100 new members invited to join this year's class, which the ac more PR

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Oct. 21 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Oct. 20, 2025: * * * Will the government shutdown affect Minnesota's schools? The recent government shutdown, which began twenty days ago on October 1st, has not yet significantly impacted Minnesota's educational system and is unlikely to do so, assuming that the shutdown length does not stretch for sev more PR

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Oct. 20 -- Oklahoma State University posted the following news: * * * College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology announces 2025 Hall of Fame inductees and Lohmann Medal recipient * Media Contact: Kristi Wheeler | Manager, CEAT Marketing and Communications | 405-744-5831 | kristi.wheeler@okstate.edu The College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology at Oklahoma State University has announced the 2025 Hall of Fame and Hall of Fame with Lohmann Medal induct more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 21 -- Columbia University issued the following news: * * * How Your Smartphone's Camera Got So Good A Columbia scientist's lab revolutionized digital photography with a new kind of imaging now used in more than a billion smartphones. * Did you know that the technology that powers more than a billion smartphone cameras worldwide was developed at Columbia? Professor Shree Nayar's work has changed the way visual information is captured and used by both machines and humans. Naya more PR

TROY, Alabama, Oct. 21 -- Troy University issued the following news: * * * Five named as Chancellor's Fellows at Troy University Five Troy University employees are taking part in a fellowship program designed to increase their understanding of the University and enhance their knowledge of higher education in Alabama and beyond. Dr. Chris Boyd, Dr. Natalie Bryant, Dr. Joe Johnson, Dr. Teresa Law and Christopher Stagl are the latest class of the Chancellor's Faculty and Staff Fellows Program a more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 21 -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: * * * Forging the Future: CMU, Pitt Co-Host Summit on Health, AI and Technology By Lucy Perkins and Kelly Saavedra Carnegie Mellon University's leadership in artificial intelligence, robotics and health care took center stage during a global innovation summit held this week at the University of Pittsburgh. Organized in partnership with the Council on Competitiveness and the Global Federation of Compet more PR

DANVILLE, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 [Category: BizHospital] -- Geisinger Health posted the following news release: * * * Geisinger Foundation Gala raises more than $400,000 to advance healthcare and education * DANVILLE, Pa- The Geisinger Health Foundation is proud to announce that they raised more than $400,000 during their recent 2025 Geisinger Gala. These funds will benefit medical student scholarships at Geisinger School of Medicine and to support vital programs and services at Geisinger's H more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Graphic design students earn national honors in 2025 UCDA Design Awards * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State graphic design students in the College of Arts and Architecture's Stuckeman School earned national recognition in the University and College Designers Association's (UCDA) 2025 Design Awards Competition, which celebrates outstanding work by designers, educators, photographers and i more PR

WOOD DALE, Illinois, Oct. 21 -- HMH Education, a company that says it creates K-12 learning solutions, issued the following news release: * * * HMH Celebrates Five Years of Leading Educator Support Platform Teacher's Corner Innovative Professional Learning Hub Connects Thousands of Teachers Nationwide * BOSTON, MA -- HMH, an adaptive learning company, marks the five-year anniversary of Teacher's Corner, its flagship educator support platform that has redefined professional learning for teac more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer Joins Representative McBath, House Democrats in Condemning Trump Administration's Latest Attacks on Special Education * WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined Representative Lucy McBath (GA-06) alongside Representatives Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), Lateefah Simon (CA-12), and 144 House Democrats in sending a letter to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and White House Offi more PR

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 21 -- KnowledgeWorks issued the following article on Oct. 20, 2025: * * * Seeing with the Heart in the Age of AI Lessons from The Little Prince for Nevada learners By Shelby Taylor, Katie King KEY TAKEAWAYS: * KnowledgeWorks and the Center for the Future of Learning present a design framework based off the prince's dispositions from The Little Prince, in alignment with the Nevada Portrait of a Learner * Three fictional education "planet" scenarios capture the tensio more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 21 -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: * * * Kurt Vonnegut's Little-Known Carnegie Mellon Connection "Then you'll do it brilliantly, darling. You'll get to Pittsburgh yet." - Kurt Vonnegut Jr., "Player Piano" By Michael Henninger Kurt Vonnegut Jr. took the stage in Pittsburgh to crescendoing applause on Nov. 17, 1971. Inside the freshly unveiled Heinz Hall, adorned with plush red velvet accents and tall marble columns, the renowned America more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Media Tip Sheet: What's at Stake as RFK Jr. Orders First Baby Formula Overhaul in 30 Years * For the first time in nearly three decades, the federal government is reevaluating what goes into the baby formula that feeds three out of four American infants. Under "Operation Stork Speed," HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ordered the FDA to review the ingredients, nutrient requirements, and contaminant t more PR

WEST LONG BRANCH, New Jersey, Oct. 21 (TNSjou) -- Monmouth University issued the following news: * * * Fitzgerald Co-Authors National Study on Action Civics and Adolescent Well-Being Jason Fitzgerald, Ph.D., associate professor of curriculum and instruction at Monmouth University, has co-authored a new peer-reviewed study examining how classroom-based civic engagement programs influence adolescent well-being. The article, "The I-ACTED Study (Investigating Action Civics Training Through an Exp more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2025: * * * Murray, Schumer, Sanders, Baldwin, Colleagues Lay Out How New Mass Firings at Department of Education Will Hurt Students Nationwide 31 Democratic senators blast Trump and McMahon's latest steps to hurt students and families, dismantle the Department of Education * Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appr more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The National Academy of Medicine issued the following news: * * * National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members * WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) today announced the election of 90 regular members and 10 international members during its annual meeting. Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and co more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Oct. 20 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * Faculty Spotlight: Matthew Sievert, College of Arts and Sciences Matthew Sievert joined the faculty in New Mexico State University's Department of Physics in 2020. He is an associate professor specializing in both experimental and theoretical high-energy nuclear physics. Prior to joining NMSU, Sievert was a postdoc at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He completed previous postd more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 21 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party issued the following news: * * * North Carolinians Facing "Empty Shelves, Higher Prices" Thanks To Whatley's Trade War North Carolinians are facing skyrocketing grocery prices thanks to Michael Whatley-backed tariffs. Whatley has called the chaotic trade war "record setting in terms of [...] effectiveness" and has supported it "wholeheartedly." Read More: The Guardian: 'Empty shelves, higher prices': Americans tell of co more PR

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Oct. 21 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: * * * Zines take the stage Sometimes the smallest pages carry the loudest voices. In an era dominated by digital media, handmade zines are making a comeback. These small booklets started as fan-made publications in the 1930s and evolved into a favored medium for countercultural movements in the 1970s, '80s and '90s. Now, they've made their way into classrooms at NAU, where professors are using them to give more PR

LONDON, England, Oct. 20 [Category: Union] -- The University and College Union issued the following news: * * * Post-16 white paper poor substitute for proper public funding * Responding to the government's post-16 white paper, UCU general secretary Jo Grady today said: 'This white paper presented a massive opportunity to properly invest in our great universities, which contribute PS265 billion to the economy. Labour has instead double downed on the disastrous tuition-fees funding model, w more PR

NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands, Oct. 20 -- Radboud University issued the following news: * * * How the media changed Dutch democracy: from educating to debating Opinion polls, election debates and street interviews with ordinary citizens: with only a few weeks to go until 29 October, television, radio and other media are once again going all out for the elections. Many of these new media practices originated between 1945 and 1980, according to Solange Ploeg's thesis "Burgers in beeld". She will de more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * Representative McBath Leads House Democrats in Condemning Trump Administration's Latest Attacks on Special Education * Atlanta, GA - Representative Lucy McBath (D-GA-06), alongside Representatives Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10) and Lateefah Simon (CA-12), led House Democrats in sending a letter to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought st more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Representatives DeSaulnier, McBath, and Simon Lead House Democrats in Condemning Trump Administration's Latest Attacks on Special Education Representatives Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), Lucy McBath (GA-06), and Lateefah Simon (CA-12) led 117 House Democrats in sending a letter to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought strongly con more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 21 -- The Southern Poverty Law Center issued the following news on Oct. 20, 2025: * * * SPLC and GAE File Federal Lawsuit for Georgia Educator Facing Termination for Protected First Amendment Speech Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Georgia Association of Educators (GAE) filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Georgia educator Michelle Mickens against her employer, the Oglethorpe County School System, which unconstitutionally punished her for exercising more PR

STONY BROOK, New York, Oct. 21 -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook University issued the following news release: * * * Stony Brook University Professor Neelima Sehgal Named as 2025 APS Fellow The State University of New York at Stony Brook University Professor of Physics and Astronomy Neelima Sehgal in Stony Brook's College of Arts and Sciences was recently named a 2025 American Physical Society (APS) Fellow. The APS Fellowship recognizes members for their outstanding efforts t more PR

ANGOLA, Indiana, Oct. 21 -- Trine University issued the following news: * * * Trine's Rentz publishes article on assessment strategies in AI era A Trine University faculty member has authored an article for The Teaching Professor newsletter addressing one of higher education's most pressing questions: How do we ensure students are truly earning their degrees in an era of artificial intelligence? Jeremy Rentz, Ph.D., Schantz Distinguished Professor in the Allen School of Engineering and Compu more PR

LONDON, England, Oct. 20 -- The British Department for Education issued the following news release: * * * Universities to deliver better outcomes in return for full fees * Bold plans to break down barriers to opportunity, hold universities to account, and put the post-16 education system on a firmer financial footing have been unveiled as part of the government's plan for national renewal. Higher education reforms in the landmark Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper will ensure disadva more PR

LONDON, England, Oct. 20 -- The British Department for Work and Pensions issued the following news release: * * * Universities to deliver better outcomes in return for full fees * Bold plans to break down barriers to opportunity, hold universities to account, and put the post-16 education system on a firmer financial footing have been unveiled as part of the government's plan for national renewal. Higher education reforms in the landmark Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper will ensure more PR

LONDON, England, Oct. 21 -- The University College London issued the following news: * * * Pioneering academic awarded Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Professor Philippe Aghion, former Professor of Economics at UCL, has been awarded The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025. Professor Aghion, who is currently based at the London School of Economics, the College de France and INSEAD, was Professor of Economics at UCL from 1996-2002. He shares the presti more PR

DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 21 -- The University of Dayton issued the following news: * * * University of Dayton spaces to train 5G broadband infrastructure workforce A new interactive 5G broadband teaching lab in the University of Dayton School of Engineering, funded in part by $4.26 million from the state of Ohio, will help train a workforce to develop a 5G broadband infrastructure in 12 Ohio counties. "Our vision for the next three to five years, with Sinclair Community College, the Miami Valley C more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 21 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: * * * BRAVE Lab leads in bullying intervention and research By Kelcey Buck, Education and Human Sciences Each October, National Bullying Prevention Month serves as a reminder of the importance of fostering safe, inclusive spaces for all students. For researchers at the BRAVE Lab, that mission is year-round work. With 58% of middle school students reporting they've been cyberbullied and one in four admittin more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Oct. 21 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * UNM anthropology professor's dilemma of portraying fact versus fiction By Megan Borders Emily L. Jones is a seeker of truth and a discoverer of human evolution. By day, she is a professor of anthropology at The University of New Mexico and director of UNM's Zooarchaeology Lab. In her free time, she writes and publishes novels. Most recently, she published her first young adult novel, Nahia. As  more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Oct. 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of Virginia issued the following research news: * * * UVA-led national study finds Montessori preschool boosts learning, cuts costs By Jane Kelly, jak4g@virginia.edu New findings from the University of Virginia show children who attended public Montessori preschool demonstrated better reading ability, executive function, short-term memory and social understanding in kindergarten than children who did not have an early Montessori  more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 21 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW's Hand Selected for Reciprocal Exchange to Indonesia The program manager and lecturer in the University of Wyoming's Learning Resource Network (LeaRN) has been selected to represent UW as part of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Professional Fellows Program Reciprocal Exchange, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and administered by American Councils for International Educatio more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 21 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * The therapeutic farrier returns to teach By Andrew Mann As Jamie Secoura watched the surgical team remove a growth buried deep inside the horse's hoof, she knew this wasn't the kind of case most farriers would ever encounter in routine practice. But here in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, surrounded by veterinarians sharing radiographs and planning therapeutic approaches together, she was seeing the future of more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 21 -- Yale University issued the following news release: * * * For this new architecture project, a key design element was dignity As part of the annual Vlock Building Project, Yale architecture students designed and built a home that will provide rent-free housing for early childhood educators in New Haven. * The tenant of a newly built residence on a woodsy ridgeline in New Haven's Fair Haven Heights neighborhood will sleep in the treetops. A picture window in more PR