ALBANY, New York, July 1 -- Albany Law School issued the following news: * * * Albany Law School Pioneers Mandatory Legal Tech Competency Course for First-Year Students Celebrating its 175th year, with its very creation an act of innovation, Albany Law School is poised to serve as a pioneer in legal education again, becoming one of the first law schools in the country to require first-year law students to take a course in legal technology competence. Starting this academic year, all incoming first-year law students will take "Introduction t more PR

ALMA, Michigan, July 1 -- Alma College issued the following news: * * * Alma College Bog Event Connects Generations of Student Researchers Author: Tim Rath, Director of College Communications Alumni, current student researchers and prospective students recently gathered at the Alma College Bog, where they explored ongoing research projects and shared experiences at one of the College's longtime field research sites. The event brought together students participating in Alma's CORE Summer Research Program, prospective students enrolled in t more PR

ANGOLA, Indiana, June 30 -- Trine University posted the following news: * * * As it was during our founding, higher education is important to our nation today * By Earl D. Brooks II, Ph.D. As we prepare to celebrate the 250 th anniversary of our great nation's independence, it's helpful to look at the role higher education played in our founding and reaffirm how it helps us continue to thrive as a nation. Higher education was established in the United States more than 100 years before the United States formed, when the Massachusetts Bay more PR

WACO, Texas, June 30 -- Baylor University issued the following news: * * * The Visionaries Who Built America Baylor research explores the entrepreneurs whose ideas transformed industries, reshaped society and fueled economic growth over America's 250 years By Kelly Craine, Media & Public Relations From Henry Ford's assembly line to Steve Jobs' smartphone, entrepreneurs have played a defining role in shaping the American story. Their innovations helped transform the United States into the world's largest economy, creating new industries, ex more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 30 -- Spelman College issued the following news: * * * Bridging the Digital Divide: Spelman Alum Earns Fulbright Award for Research in Kenya Journei Ferguson's Summer in Kenya Inspired a Fulbright-Funded Year of Research and Community Impact - More than 8,000 miles from Spelman College's campus in Nairobi, Kenya, Journei Ferguson, C'2026, spent her summer teaching middle and high schoolers their first lines of code. Ferguson was named a recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Program Research Award, which will fund a more PR

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, June 29 -- Samford University issued the following news release: * * * Christian Scholar's Review: Imago Dei and Christian Formation in Healthcare Education * The atrium inside Samford University's School of Health Sciences. This article originally appeared in June in Christian Scholar's Review. God invites us to participate in his grand plan of reconciliation through the vocation of restoration in a broken world. This vocation is a call to shine a light in the darkness. Like a jeweler who holds a diamond up against more PR

HANOVER, New Hampshire, July 1 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * Arts and Sciences Faculty Receive Tenure and Promotions Fourteen faculty were promoted to full professor this year, and 14 were promoted to associate professor and granted tenure. - The Dartmouth Board of Trustees approved promotions for faculty across the Arts and Sciences on June 12. This year, 14 faculty members were promoted to full professor, and 14 were promoted to associate professor and granted tenure. "I'm delighted to congratulate these excepti more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 30 -- Duquesne University posted the following news release: * * * Director of Gormley Law Library Welcomed * The Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University welcomed Julie Graves Krishnaswami as assistant professor of law and director of the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University's Gormley Law Library, effective July 1, 2026. In this role, Krishnaswami oversees the operations and strategic direction of the Gormley Law Library and will foster the robust research and instructional progr more PR

HAMPTON, Virginia, June 30 -- Hampton University posted the following news: * * * Hampton University Mourns the Loss of Tony Brown, Dean Emeritus of the Scripps Howard School of Journalism & Communications * A giant of Black journalism, education, and truth-telling, dies at 93. Hampton, Va. (June 30, 2026) -Hampton University mourns the passing of Tony Brown, Dean Emeritus of the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications, who passed away on June 17, 2026, at the age of 93. A pioneering broadcaster, educator, author, and civil  more PR

OLIVET, Michigan, June 30 -- The University of Olivet posted the following news: * * * How to Prepare for Nursing School while in High School * If nursing is on your radar, high school is the right time to start preparing. The students who plan early usually have a smoother path because they understand the coursework, gain healthcare exposure, and know what programs expect before they apply. Whether you are aiming for an ADN or a BSN, or specifically looking at pre-licensure programs, the steps you take now can make a big difference later.  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 30 -- The Illinois Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * Global Impact: Architecture Faculty Present Their Research Around the World A host of Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture faculty have been presenting research papers at international conferences over the past year. First, Assistant Professor Il Hwan Kim presented his project, "Inflatable Formwork: Self-Erecting Pneumatic Formwork for Vertical Concrete Elements," at the 45th annual conference for the Association  more PR

VALHALLA, New York, July 1 -- New York Medical College issued the following news: * * * The Inquiring Minds of Student Research A thriving culture of student-driven science builds skills from coding to communication, analyzing the tiniest cellular changes--and broadest swaths of data--to improve health outcomes. - As an undergraduate logging time in the lab, Jason Jin's first taste of research was "rote and scripted, just going through the motions for each particular experiment," he recalls. But later in his research career, including at N more PR

VALHALLA, New York, July 1 -- New York Medical College issued the following news: * * * NYMC Faculty Undertake Medical Missions to Improve Global Health New York Medical College (NYMC) faculty provide care, free of charge, for the professional and personal satisfaction of giving back - Over mud-packed roads in Yantalo, Peru, on motor taxis and bicycles, parents ferry their children to and from pediatric surgical care. In Lusaka, Zambia, patients line the halls of the country's largest hospital for stroke evaluation or treatment. In Puerto  more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 30 -- The University of Phoenix issued the following news release: * * * Online Course Rigor * Published in the Journal of Educators Online, the literature review examines teaching, grading, course management and faculty support in online learning environments for nontraditional students. University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies announces the publication of a new article by scholars Jennifer L. James, Ph.D., Karen Myers, DNP, and Olivia Miller, M.A., in the Journal of Educators Online. The article, "Studyin more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 30 -- The University of Pennsylvania Annenberg Public Policy Center posted the following news release: * * * Penn Professor Dolores Albarracin Is New Director of Annenberg Public Policy Center * In June 1993, publisher, philanthropist, and ambassador Walter H. Annenberg announced what was then the largest gift to private education in U.S. history, $365 million, to several institutions. The gift included $120 million to his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania - $100 million to endow the Annenberg Schoo more PR

ROCHESTER, New York, June 30 -- The University of Rochester posted the following news: * * * Recent awards recognize faculty achievements * URochester faculty have received national honors for accomplishments in research, healthcare, and mentorship. Share your updates Know of a faculty member receiving an award or honor? Contact us so we can help share the news. University of Rochester faculty regularly earn regional, national, and international awards and honors for their professional contributions to research, scholarship, educatio more PR

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, June 29 -- Samford University issued the following news release: * * * Samford's School of Education Earns Top Marks from National Council on Teacher Quality * Once again recognized among the nation's leaders in teacher preparation, Samford University's Orlean Beeson School of Education earned an A+ rating for its undergraduate programs and an A rating for its graduate programs by the National Council on Teacher Quality's (NCTQ). The ratings reflect the school's commitment to preparing future educators in the science  more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, June 29 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering posted the following news: * * * The Exit Interview: Dean Yannis C. Yortsos * Twenty-one years cannot be captured in a single interview. Fortunately, they don't have to be. Before diving into the conversation that follows, we invite you to explore two remarkable tributes created in honor of Dean Yannis C. Yortsos ' tenure as dean of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. USC Viterbi Professor Salman Avestimehr and his company, Teami more PR

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, June 30 -- The University of Notre Dame posted the following news: * * * Tracy Weber appointed vice president and chief information officer at Notre Dame * Tracy Weber has been appointed vice president and chief information officer at the University of Notre Dame, effective July 1, following an extensive national search. She will lead the Office of Information Technology (OIT), one of higher education's most respected and forward-looking IT organizations, and play a key role in defining how technology can contribute to  more PR

DUBUQUE, Iowa, June 30 -- The University of Dubuque posted the following news release: * * * UD Professor Develops Ethics Module for an International Antibiotic Discovery Research Curriculum * DUBUQUE, Iowa - Undergraduate student researchers collecting soil samples worldwide to unearth new antibiotics can now examine the ethics of such collection thanks to recently developed curricular resource created by a University of Dubuque professor. Adam Kleinschmit, PhD, professor of biology, was partially inspired by conversations and values wit more PR