BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, Jan. 30 -- Bowling Green State University issued the following news: * * * BGSU sees largest spring enrollment in nearly 20 years, with record number of students continuing their education at the University Overall Spring 2026 enrollment at BGSU stands at 19,484 students, with a record-breaking 93% retention rate among first-year students * Known and recognized nationally for its student experience and learning opportunities, Bowling Green State University is seeing its largest spring enrollment in nearly two decades.  more PR

BINGHAMTON, New York, Jan. 29 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * ECE Department celebrates 2025 successes in research, student achievement By Chris Kocher The spring 2026 semester at Binghamton University has just started, and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science is excited to share its achievements in education and research over the past year. New ECE chair Professor Indranil Bhattacharya, the new department chair, joined Watson Col more PR

BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Jan. 29 -- Bryn Mawr College posted the following news: * * * Black History Month Programming Begins Feb. 4, Keynote Feb. 27 * Kenyette Tisha Barnes will give Bryn Mawr College's annual Black History Month keynote address at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27, in the Great Hall of Old Library. Barnes is a political strategist, lobbyist, public speaker, trainer, mother, CEO of Nia Vizyon, LLC, a social justice, consulting, and political strategy lobbying firm, and the national co-founder of #MuteRKelly. Barnes is also kno more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Jan. 29, 2026: * * * The Battle to Maintain Ukraine's Water Supplies Moscow's onslaught is depriving Ukrainians of water as well as heat and light. Post-war rebuilding will have to include massive investment in pipes and processing plants. By Pippa Crawford Russia's winter wave of strikes on Kyiv and other cities has left swathes of Ukraine without power as temperatures plunge, and the attacks are also taking out the water supply by cutting el more PR

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 29 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Could learning about happiness improve economics education? * In a bold shift from traditional economics teaching, a group of researchers is calling on universities to bring happiness into the classroom. Ori Heffetz, professor of economics at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, part of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, and his coauthors argue that economics students shouldn't focus only on GDP and unemployment as economic indica more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 [Category: Medical] -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, posted the following news release: * * * Optica Publishing Group Announces New Editors-in-Chief for Four Journals * 29 January 2026 WASHINGTON -Optica Publishing Group is pleased to announce that Peter E. Andersen, Thomas F. Krauss, Curtis R. Menyuk, and Carsten Rockstuhl have been appointed as the new editors-in-chief of Applied Optics, Optica, Advances in Optics and Photonics, and Optics Letters, respectively. Peter E. Andersen, Applied Optics Andersen lea more PR

TURLOCK, California, Jan. 30 -- California State University Stanislaus issued the following news: * * * Stanislaus State Online MBA Program Recognized by U.S. News & World Report National Ranking Highlights Academic Quality and Flexibility for Working Professionals * Stanislaus State has been recognized in the 2026 Best Online Programs rankings released Tuesday, Jan. 27, by U.S. News & World Report. The University's online Master of Business Administration (MBA) program was ranked No. 136 nationally among more than 300 programs evaluated  more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 30 (TNSjou) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Older Adults Who are Afraid of Falls Use Protective Strategies When Turning to Keep Their Balance They may appear to move slower or hesitantly, but new research shows it's a smart adaption to keep steady * About one in three older adults fall each year, which often leads to broken bones, hip fractures and other injuries, that can contribute to a marked decline in their quality of life and leads to over $50 billion in medical costs annu more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, Jan. 29 -- The University of Birmingham posted the following news: * * * City REDI at 10: What a Decade of Place Based Research Means for the UK's Evidence System Professor Anne Green writes about how research centre City-REDI shows how universities can influence the evolving infrastructure for evidence-based policy * The UK's research and innovation system is increasingly defined by the need for clearer regional intelligence, stronger civic engagement and more direct links between academic insight and policy action. O more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Wyden, Colleagues Probe Collapse in IRS Investigations of Wealthy Tax Cheats Under Trump * IRS investigations into abusive tax schemes plummeted 63 percent last year to a level well below every other year in the past decade Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Angus King (I-ME), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Bernard Sanders (I-VT) sent a l more PR