SAN DIEGO, California, June 19 -- The University of San Diego issued the following news release: * * * 'The Common Thread': USD Partnership Builds Network for Community Engagement Substantive community engagement is part of the University of San Diego identity. As a Laudato Si' university, USD programs are engrained with the idea to "care for our common home." Its mission, vision and values repeatedly return to a commitment to take the knowledge and resources of our campus beyond its grounds to help the communities and world around us. And more PR

ADRIAN, Michigan, June 19 -- Adrian College issued the following news release: * * * Adrian College and Clarke International University Establish Memorandum of Understanding to Explore Adrian College and Clarke International University (CIU) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a framework for collaborative activities related to education, entrepreneurship, innovation, and the professionalization of Uganda's coffee value chain. The agreement outlines areas of mutual interest through which the two institutions m more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 18 -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Athira Suresh Named 2026 Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow *. Athira Suresh. Photo courtesy of Athira Suresh. All News The recent MPH graduate will report on maternal mental health care in the southern Indian state of Kerala, with interviews of health providers, patients, and families in three urban centers and their rural outskirts. Athira Suresh, a recent graduate of the on-campus Master of Public Health program at the Sc more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 19 -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news: * * * CWRU receives highest possible ranking in Forbes' 'America's College Financial Grades' report Across the United States, headlines tell the story of tumultuous economic circumstances impacting many private higher education institutions. While the challenges are pressing, Case Western Reserve University is among the best-positioned to face them, according to Forbes. In its recently released report on "America's College Financial Grades," Forbes gave Ca more PR

ROCHESTER, New York, June 19 -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * Donors commit $24 million to advance AI leadership, faculty excellence, and student success at RIT Gift establishes endowed directorship for a new AI Institute and expands support for students and faculty - Rochester Institute of Technology has received a $24 million commitment to advance artificial intelligence leadership, faculty excellence, and student success. The gift from Board of Trustees member and immediate past chair Jeff H more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, June 18 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Growing interest in religious literacy brings educators, community leaders to Rice * As people increasingly interact with individuals from different faith traditions at work, in school and throughout their communities, interest in religious literacy is growing. That growing interest was evident at Rice University's 2026 Religious Literacy Series, hosted by the Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance. This year's program welcom more PR

HEMPSTEAD, New York, June 19 -- Hofstra University issued the following news: * * * Hofstra's Jason Williams Awarded a 2026 Species Discovery Award Ginny Greenberg Jason Williams, PhD, Hofstra University's Donald E. Axinn Endowed Distinguished Professor in Ecology and Conservation Professor of Biology and Graduate Program Director for Biology and Urban Ecology, has been awarded a 2026 Species Discovery Award from The Nippon Foundation - Nekton Ocean Census. This award includes a $5,000 grant to support Dr. Williams' research of parasitic i more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 19 -- The Illinois Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * Andrew Carnegie Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to Chicago-Kent College of Law to Expand Civic Mission Schools Network Across Three States Grant marks Carnegie's first investment in Illinois Tech and will bring the proven Illinois Democracy Schools model to Indiana and Wisconsin, while expanding into middle schools for the first time - The Andrew Carnegie Foundation, formerly known as Carnegie Corporation of New York, has awarded $1.5 more PR

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, June 19 -- Lycoming College issued the following news on June 18, 2026: * * * Lycoming College launches exercise science program, expanding health and human performance offerings Lycoming College today announced the launch of a new academic program in exercise science, a dynamic and growing field at the intersection of biology, health, and human performance. The program was created in response to strong national demand for trained professionals in healthcare, rehabilitation, fitness, and athletic settings -an area more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 19 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * QS ranks MIT the world's No. 1 university for 2026-27 * MIT has again been named the world's top university by the QS World University Rankings, which were announced today. This is the 15th year in a row MIT has received this distinction. The full 2027 edition of the rankings -published by Quacquarelli Symonds, an organization specializing in education and study abroad -can be found at TopUniversities.com. The QS rankings are ba more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 19 -- Washington University in St. Louis posted the following news: * * * Sam Fox School announces new Carmon Colangelo award program * Trustee and WashU alumna Vicki Match Suna has made a pledge to establish and endow the Carmon Colangelo Award for Creative Research and Innovation at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. Colangelo, the school's Ralph J. Nagel Dean and the E. Desmond Lee Professor for Collaboration in the Arts, will step down as dean June 30, after 20 y more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 18 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * With college readiness boot camp, veterans and service members take on a new mission at Brown * For some military veterans and active-duty service members considering college, the biggest challenge is not getting admitted -it's believing that they belong.  For a week in mid-June, 11 Warrior-Scholar Project participants came to Brown University to strengthen confidence and skills and discover their place in higher education. This summer marks the fourth more PR