CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 5 -- The University of Chicago posted the following news: * * * 32 UChicago faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships in 2026 * Thirty-two members of the University of Chicago faculty have received distinguished service professorships or named professorships, effective Jan. 1. Profs. James Conant, Margaret Gardel, Christopher Kennedy, Peter Littlewood, Thomas J. Miles, Shigehiro Oishi and Judith Zeitlin have been named distinguished service more PR

MERCED, California, Jan. 5 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * Astronomers Reveal Hidden Activity in the Early Universe's Most Massive Galaxies * An international team of astronomers has studied ultramassive galaxies - galaxies containing more than 100 billion stars - as they existed when the universe was less than 2 billion years old. The results show that while some of these ultramassive galaxies, or UMGs, had already shut down star formation and become  more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 5 -- Carnegie Mellon University posted the following news: * * * Junior Physics Major Helps Rubin Observatory Find Elusive Stars * Through Carnegie Mellon University's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program, junior physics major Joao Passos is learning how stars and solar systems form by studying brown dwarfs objects bigger than planets but smaller than stars. New telescopes, like those in the Vera C. Rubin Observatory (opens in new window), are cap more PR

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Jan. 5 -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: * * * SDSU to begin testing for 'forever chemicals' in surface water By Addison DeHaven Researchers in South Dakota State University's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics will soon begin testing surface water samples for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are known as "forever chem more PR

STONY BROOK, New York, Jan. 6 -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook University posted the following news: * * * Stony Brook University Distinguished Professor George Sterman Awarded Honorary Doctorate at ETH (University) Zurich in Switzerland Stony Brook University SUNY Distinguished Professor and Director of the C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics George Sterman, PhD, was recently awarded an honorary doctorate at the ETH (University) Zurich in Switzerland. ETH Zurich aw more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Jan. 3 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * Turning discovery into impact: UNM's 2025 Research Year-in-Review * In this 2025 Research Year-in-Review, compiled by University Communication and Marketing (UCAM), scientists at The University of New Mexico addressed some of the most pressing issues facing New Mexico and the nationfrom analyzing a massive landslide in the Grand Canyon and documenting record-level PFAS contamination, to examining more PR

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Jan. 6 -- The University of Colorado issued the following news release: * * * Event Recap: 17th Annual Mountain Lion Research Day 2025 Faculty and student researchers brought their findings - and their research posters -- to the Gallogly Event Center on December 12, 2025 for the 17th annual Mountain Lion Research Day. Mountain Lion Research Day is an opportunity for the UCCS campus to experience high-caliber research conducted by members of the UCCS community. It  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 6 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * What it takes to bring semiconductor manufacturing back to the US Rather than playing catch-up in manufacturing today's most advanced chips, U-M researchers advocate preparation to build those of tomorrow By Katherine McAlpine Michigan is poised to lead in automotive chip manufacturing, with the chip development talent from the University of Michigan and major automakers down the road in Detroit, acco more PR