WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- American University issued the following AU in the News: Week of Aug. 14, 2026: * * * AU in the News: Week of August 14 Your weekly roundup of faculty expertise, student achievements, leadership perspectives, and top campus initiatives. By Jack Frederick Research * Naomi Baron, professor emerita in the College of Arts and Sciences, joined The Report Card podcast to discuss how artificial intelligence is altering the ways students work and read. * Interim President David Marchick and Christina Eid, Kogod/BSBA '26,  more PR

LOUGHBOROUGH, England, Aug. 18 -- Loughborough University issued the following news release: * * * New study raises concerns over use of weight-loss drugs in elite sport * Researchers surveyed 114 sports medicine physicians from 38 countries, covering 93 different sports, to explore their views on the use of GLP-1 drugs by athletes. Twelve per cent said they were aware of athletes using the medications despite having no medical need for them. Physicians most frequently indicated that they believed athletes would consider using GLP-1 drugs  more PR

ELON, North Carolina, Aug. 18 -- Elon University posted the following news release: * * * Princeton Review ranks Elon among nation's best in 15 categories, including 'Best Classroom Experience' * By University Communications, staff August 18, 2026 The 2027 edition of "The Best 392 Colleges" ranks Elon University among the nation's best in multiple categories, including #1 Best College Theater and #4 Best Classroom Experience. The Princeton Review has again featured Elon University in a popular college guide that annually recognizes excel more PR

PARIS, France, Aug. 18 [Category: Business] -- The International Chamber of Commerce posted the following news: * * * Prolonged Hormuz shock could push cereal prices up by more than 80% * ICC-commissioned modelling finds that severe and sustained disruption could also contribute to around one million additional diet-related deaths in 2030 and leave 67 million more people underweight. Coordinated public and private sector action is needed to keep fertilisers and agricultural inputs flowing and prevent disruptions from deepening food insecuri more PR

PARIS, France, Aug. 18 [Category: Business] -- The International Chamber of Commerce posted the following news: * * * Safeguarding food security amid the Hormuz crisis * The closure of the Strait of Hormuz in February 2026 severed a critical chokepoint for fertiliser and agricultural input trade. New research reveals the severity of this compound crisis spanning physical supply, commercial viability and farm-level demand. This ICC policy brief outlines key priorities for policy and industry action to safeguard global food security. # Cho more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 18 -- The University of Pennsylvania posted the following news: * * * Supersonic whale calls and special relativity * Standing on the sandy, windswept shores of Provincetown, Massachusetts, people may find themselves squinting at the horizon, waiting for a whale to make its grand entrance with a spectacular breach. On a good day, they might spot a couple. But for a more precise and consistent way to detect the presence of whales, oceanographers like John Spiesberger, a visiting scholar in the Department of  more PR

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Aug. 19 -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release: * * * Search in Strange Quark Sector Reveals New Particle Possibilities Despite science's best efforts to classify the vast menagerie of subatomic particles discovered over the past few decades, some exotic varieties defy explanation. Now, nuclear physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility have found evidence of two unexpected structures that could help better more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 19 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * How supermassive black holes feed themselves An international research team using the JWST has found 'photographic evidence' that brings astronomers a step closer to solving a longstanding mystery about black holes - An international research team, including an astronomer from the University of Michigan, have revealed how certain black holes manage to eat and grow while simultaneously flinging their food across galaxies. "We've found this  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: * * * WTAS: HHS Releases Report Exposing Fraudulent Insurance Coding For Sex-rejecting Procedures On Minors * WASHINGTON, D.C. -August 18, 2026 -The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday released a report Wolves in White Coats: How Doctors and Hospitals Pushed and Profited from the Fraud of "Gender Medicine," a commissioned report examining insurance coding practices, perverse financial incentives, and the prov more PR