ITHACA, New York, Aug. 10 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * 7 guidelines for leading open organizations * John Meluso, assistant teaching professor in the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering's Systems Engineering Program, is lead author on a new perspective paper discussing the history of "openness" and offering guidance on how organizations and researchers can use and manage open practices effectively. Published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, Meluso and eight collaborators from institutions in the U.S., U. more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Aug. 11 -- Florida International University, a component of the public university system in Florida, issued the following news: * * * Advancing brain research: FIU medical student earns national recognition By Brianchelis Hernandez Third-year medical student Eric Kunz didn't always plan on becoming a doctor. But looking at the work he's doing now, it's clear he chose the right path. At FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (FIU Medicine), Kunz has quickly built a reputation as a student researcher focused on helping phys more PR

TEMPE, Arizona, Aug. 11 -- Arizona State University issued the following news: * * * ASU reaches milestone enrollment After enrolling more than 200,000 students this past year, ASU continues to redefine what opportunities a public university can create By Kevin Kovaleski Arizona State University enrolled more than 200,000 students during the 2025-26 school year, surpassing that enrollment milestone for the first time in university history. ASU's growth reflects more than two decades of reimagining what a public university can be and who  more PR

ATCHISON, Kansas, Aug. 11 -- Benedictine College issued the following news: * * * Benedictine's first Fall Symposium to feature "the Church in an Algorithmic Age" Benedictine College is preparing for its annual Symposium on Transforming Culture, which is transitioning from a spring event to a fall event for the first time. The first fall date is set for September 4-5, 2026, on the Benedictine campus in Atchison, Kansas. The event features top Catholic speakers as well as dozens of additional papers and presentations from professors, field pr more PR

SAN BERNARDINO, California, Aug. 11 -- California State University San Bernardino campus issued the following news: * * * CSUSB alumni-led 'Education Insight' expands to national public radio distribution The award-winning radio program and podcast begins a new season with PRX distribution, which means "Education Insight" will be heard on additional stations across the nation. - "Education Insight," an award-winning weekly public radio program and podcast produced by the nonprofit Growing Inland Achievement, is expanding its reach through  more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 10 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering posted the following news: * * * Can AI Read the Room? USC Study Finds AI Is Better at Reading Than Listening * Can AI Read the Room? (Credit: Midjourney) Today, users can do more than exchange text with artificial intelligence (AI). From holding conversations and asking questions aloud to sending voice messages, AI can now process audios and respond in real time. But can AI really listen as well as it can read? A new study led by USC more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Aug. 10 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * Doctoral Oral Exams for Aug. 17-21, 2026 * The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows: Yan Wu, Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Monday, Aug. 17, 10 a.m., Herter 301. Dissertation: "Translating Chineseness: The Interpreter in the Chinese Diaspora." Moira Inghilleri, chair. Luke Arieta, Ph.D., Kinesiology, Monday, Aug. 17, 1 p.m., SPHHS Hub Room 240. Diss more PR

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 11 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * DOE Funds U of A Research to Safeguard the AI Behind America's Electric Grid America's electric grid increasingly relies on artificial intelligence to detect problems, respond to disruptions and help keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses. But those same AI systems can become targets for cyberattacks that cause them to misread data and make costly mistakes. To help address that threat, Qinghua Li, professor of electrical engineering and  more PR

BOCA RATON, Florida, Aug. 11 -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news: * * * Dolby Laboratories Acquires FAU Video Compression Tech Portfolio Announcement Snapshot: Florida Atlantic University has announced that a video-compression technology portfolio developed through a long-standing research partnership with OP Solutions, LLC (OPS) has been acquired by Dolby Laboratories, a global leader in audio and visual technologies. The acquisition highlights the success of the F more PR

MADISON, New Jersey, Aug. 10 -- Drew University posted the following news: * * * Drew University Announces Launch of The Drew School * #The groundbreaking grade 1-8 school is in partnership with 2HR Learning August 2026 - Drew University is proud to announce the launch of The Drew School in partnership with 2HR Learning, the AI-driven curricular platform that powers the revolutionary Alpha School, as a key building block in its innovative reimagining of education over a lifetime. The Drew School, opening fall 2026 on the campus of Drew Uni more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Aug. 10 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * Eye-tracking Study Reveals Where Human and AI Language Processing Converge--and Diverge * Anyone who has stumbled over a sentence and had to reread it has experienced one of the human brain's most remarkable features-the ability to recognize that it misunderstood what it just read and reconstruct the sentence's meaning. Researchers at New York University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst have shown that this moment of rereading mar more PR

SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia, Aug. 10 -- St. Petersburg State University posted the following news: * * * The fourth summer school for Russian language teachers from around the world at St. Petersburg State University * St. Petersburg State University has opened a summer school for teachers of Russian as a foreign language. It is part of the non-degree professional development programme 'Specifics of Teaching Russian as a Foreign or Second Language and Russian Literature in School and at University'. Now in its fourth year, the project brings t more PR

BOWIE, Maryland, Aug. 10 -- Bowie State University posted the following news release: * * * From Bowie to the Big Screen: Alum Tico Wells Comes Full Circle * Nearly four decades before he picked up an iPhone to direct a documentary about first-generation college students, Tico Wells was trying to navigate his own college experience. He didn't know what FAFSA (the Free Application for Federal Student Aid) was, let alone how to spell it. He'd been turned down by the University of Maryland, Howard University, The Catholic University and New  more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, Aug. 10 -- Le Moyne College issued the following news release: * * * From Inspiration to Impact: Meet Collin Faulkner PA '26 * Collin Faulkner PA '26 knew from an early age that he wanted to build a career that would both challenge him and allow him to help others, and zeroed in on the healthcare field fairly quickly. However, from there things grew more nebulous. There were so many options from which to choose. A Central New York native, Faulkner considered becoming a dietician, a physical therapist and a physician. The more PR

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Aug. 10 -- The George Mason University College of Public Health posted the following news: * * * George Mason University's Injury Analytics Lab receives patent for AI bruise detection system * Newly patented AI technology helps get bruise detection tools into the hands of clinicians, law enforcement, and researchers Can new technology make it easier to understand bruises? That's the question researchers at George Mason University's Injury Analytics Lab (IAL) are answering with a patented technology that combines artific more PR

WENHAM, Massachusetts, Aug. 10 -- Gordon College posted the following news: * * * Data Science Careers in High Demand Across Every Industry * Explore in-demand data science careers from data scientist to ML engineer. Learn which industries are hiring and how to prepare for this growing field. Data touches nearly every decision an organization makes, from predicting which patients are most at risk to detecting fraud in real time. Behind those decisions are data science professionals whose work shapes outcomes across healthcare, finance, tec more PR

AMES, Iowa, Aug. 7 -- Iowa State University's College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Industrial design students help shape aerospace innovations through M:2:I collaboration Author: Sky Wilson Last semester, Iowa State University industrial design students looked to the stars, helping envision how humans might one day live and work beyond Earth. Vyankatesh "Vee" Chinchalkar's junior studio class worked at the intersection of design and engineering: interviewing astronauts, collaborating with aerospace engineers, testing dro more PR

RIVERDALE, New York, Aug. 11 -- Manhattan University issued the following news: * * * Manhattan University Offers New Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity Degree The new program, beginning fall 2026, provides a dedicated path into one of the fastest-growing and most in-demand fields, combining technical depth with hands-on experience. Manhattan University has established a new Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity, housed within the Computer Science Department in the Kakos School of Arts and Sciences. The 128-credit program has been approved more PR

PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand, Aug. 11 -- Massey University issued the following news release: * * * Researcher awarded Explorer Grant to improve sleep and mental wellbeing for new mothers Dr Ying Jin has received a Health Research Council Explorer Grant to investigate how wearable technology and artificial intelligence could improve sleep, mental wellbeing and postnatal care for new mothers in Aotearoa New Zealand. - Dr Jin, an early career researcher from Te Kunenga ki Purehuroa Massey University, has been awarded $150,000 in funding for more PR

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 11 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * NIH Awards U of A $2.16 Million to Study Heart Scarring Imagine the heart like a balloon, expanding as it fills with blood and then contracting as it pushes that blood out to the body. If someone's heart muscle gets weak and cannot pump as much blood, they suffer from heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, also known as systolic heart failure. The National Institutes of Health awarded a $2.16 million grant to Will Richardson, University of more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (TNSjou) -- New York University issued the following news: * * * Why Do We Labor When Reading Some Words But Not Others? AI Offers a Partial Answer New study shows that language models explain some--but not all--of this phenomenon, underscoring where human and AI language processing converge and diverge - Why do we breeze through some sentences in a book or article but have to reread others to comprehend their meaning? A team of linguists and data scientists has found a partial answer in AI--some of this processing para more PR

STOKE-ON-TRENT, England, Aug. 10 -- Staffordshire University issued the following news: * * * Omnia Training and University of Staffordshire team up to deliver digital skills for pound sterling2bn AI-powered British Army training programme New partnership will help strengthen the British defence forces talent pipeline in digital, data and project management disciplines - The University of Staffordshire and Omnia Training, a Raytheon UK-led consortium transforming training for the British Army, have announced a new partnership that will del more PR

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Aug. 11 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: * * * Penn College honors Griegel with alumni award Pennsylvania College of Technology bestowed its Distinguished Alumni Award to Stephen E. Griegel during the Summer 2026 Commencement ceremony, held Aug. 8 at the Journey Bank Community Arts Center in Williamsport. Griegel, of Ellijay, Georgia, graduated from Penn College in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in information technology: security specialist concentration. He also earned two IT more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 11 -- The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education issued the following news: * * * Penn GSE and Milken Family Foundation Announce Finalists for Prestigious Global Education Venture Competition Seven finalists will compete at the live pitch event on Monday, September 14, at the University of Pennsylvania, marking the first year the competition finals and Catalyst Innovation Summit join together. - Catalyst @ Penn GSE--a global center for education innovation and impact at the University of Pe more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 11 -- Trevecca Nazarene University issued the following news: * * * Pleasants Set to Bring Cybersecurity Perspective to Trevecca Students For Scott Pleasants, cybersecurity is not just a technical field. It's also about people: what they share online and who they can trust. "Cyber threats are exploiting the human element," Pleasants said. "It creates unrest." Pleasants is joining Trevecca as director of strategic initiatives for cyber security, AI and information sciences to educate and equip students about the g more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Aug. 10 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * School of Computing Builds the Next Generation of Innovators * Artificial intelligence is a technology that enables computers to learn from data and perform tasks like recognizing images, understanding language, and making predictions. But for one week this summer, UConn faculty, graduate and undergraduate students worked with a group of curious campers to bring AI to life. Hosted by the School of Computing (Soc) in partnership with the Vergnano  more PR

HILLSBORO, Missouri, Aug. 11 -- St. Louis University issued the following news: * * * SLU, NGA to Host Geo-Resolution Conference September 10 By Maggie Rotermund ST. LOUIS - Saint Louis University and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency will co-host the 2026 Geo-Resolution conference, "Securing the Future with Geospatial," at SLU's Busch Student Center on Sept. 10. Geo-Resolution is designed to provide participants -- especially students -- access to geospatial experts from government, academia, innovation hubs, start-up companies  more PR

SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia, Aug. 10 -- St. Petersburg State University posted the following news: * * * St. Petersburg State University trains specialists with additional Chinese language proficiency * St. Petersburg State University currently offers over 90 degree programmes with a Chinese component. They cover a range of subjects, including: economics, politics, culture, law, and many other areas of knowledge. Sergey Andryushin, Vice-Rector for International Affairs at St. Petersburg State University, has repeatedly pointed out that the U more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 10 -- The University of Pennsylvania posted the following news: * * * Thinking outside the bot * When associate professor Seiji Isotani-a leading expert in intelligent tutoring systems and educational technology-arrived at Penn's Graduate School of Education (GSE) last summer, he was met by a campus that was already deeply invested in understanding, creating, and leveraging AI. Faculty members like associate professor Bodong Chen were creating web applications, curricula, guidelines, research, and practical  more PR

MUNICH, Germany, Aug. 10 -- The Technical University of Munich issued the following news: * * * TUM launches program for experienced leaders * Engagement for society instead of retirement How can decades of leadership experience be used for new social tasks? With LifeLong Leadership, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is launching an executive impact program for experienced leaders who want to start something new after their operational careers and commit themselves to society. In brief * Use leadership experience for social proj more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 10 -- The University of Texas-San Antonio issued the following news: * * * UT San Antonio brings stronger Wi-Fi to campuses * UT San Antonio students, faculty and staff returning to the university this semester will experience a stronger and more secure AirRowdy Wi-Fi network. Over the summer, University Technology Solutions (UTS) replaced hundreds of network switches and wireless access points across buildings on the Main Campus and Downtown Campus. Where the new hardware is in place, users can expect faster speeds more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 11 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Mining and minerals engineering takes national stage as White House pushes to grow talent pipeline Virginia Tech had a seat at the table as Donald Trump announced a $100 million federal investment aimed at doubling graduates in mining engineering and securing America's critical mineral supply chain. By Melody Warnick In an effort to boost domestic mining of critical minerals and rare earth elements that are essential to U.S. economic resilience, the White Hous more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 11 (TNSjou) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Rivers are moving sediment in intense bursts, a worrisome new pattern uncovered by AI By Courtney Sakry After a heavy rain, rivers often turn brown with sediment, sand, silt, and soil washed from the landscape that play a vital role in shaping rivers. But after modeling nearly 40 years of sediment movement from 175 rivers across the United States, Admin Husic, associate professor in civil and environmental engineering, and Nishchal Sigdel M.S. '26 ha more PR

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 10 -- The University of Texas-San Antonio issued the following news: * * * A winning combination: Connecting the university's data science expertise and UTSA Athletics * A collaboration between the UT San Antonio College of AI, Cyber and Computing and UTSA Athletics is turning sports data into actionable insights while giving students the opportunity to tackle real-world challenges. While Roadrunner student-athletes focus on home runs, stolen bases and preparing for game-day, data science students are analyzing eve more PR