CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 10 -- The Illinois Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * $76 Million in Philanthropic Commitments to Advance Illinois Tech's Academic Transformation Illinois Tech has announced $76 million in recent philanthropic commitments to invest in students and advance the university's student-first academic transformation. Led by a landmark $25 million commitment from University Regent Craig Duchossois and his wife, Janet, the collective support from alumni, trustees, foundations, and corporations st more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 10 -- Yale Law School posted the following news: * * * Abbe R. Gluck Named Chair of Yale's Women Faculty Forum * Back to News Abbe R. Gluck '00; Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law and founding faculty director of the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy, Yale Law School; and Professor of Internal Medicine (General Medicine), Yale School of Medicine; will become the chair of Yale University's Women Faculty Forum (WFF). She follows, among others, Professors Naomi Rogers, Judith Resnik, Claire Bowern, and seni more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 10 -- Tulane University Law School posted the following news: * * * Eight Faculty Appointments at Tulane Law Add Expertise, Leadership * Tulane Law School begins the new academic year with a distinguished chair appointment and a group of new scholars, practitioners and a visiting professor whose expertise ranges from artificial intelligence and intellectual property to environmental law, criminal defense, tax policy and international law. Professor Ronald J. Scalise Jr. (L'00) has been named the Eason-Weinmann more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 10 -- Vanderbilt University School of Engineering posted the following news: * * * Fall faculty assembly celebrates research, service awards * Vanderbilt faculty filled the Student Life Center for the 2026 Fall Faculty Assembly on Sept. 3, listening as Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Provost C. Cybele Raver celebrated their achievements and their dedication to students. Faculty Senate Chair and Principal Senior Lecturer of Classical and Religious Studies Jason Harris opened this year's assembly, encouraging the more PR

OLYMPIA, Washington, Sept. 9 -- Gov. Bob Ferguson, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Ferguson appoints Bree Black Horse to Yakima County Superior Court * Black Horse joins Yakima County Bench in first expansion in nearly 20 years OLYMPIA - Today Governor Bob Ferguson announced the appointment of Bree Black Horse to the position of Yakima County Superior Court Judge. Black Horse's appointment, effective today, fills the new position created by a law signed by Governor Ferguson earlier this year. This is the f more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 10 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * How VCU's pioneering homeland security and emergency preparedness program is evolving with changing times - and new threats More than two decades after its founding, the program that helped define an academic field is reshaping its curriculum around a profession whose boundaries have largely disappeared. By Julia Carey Twenty-five years ago, the Sept. 11 attacks transformed the nation's understanding of security and preparedness. In the years  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Nutter, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * John Hartog and Susan von Herrmann Recognized Among the Daily Journal's 2026 Top Estate & Wealth Management Lawyers * John Hartog and Susan von Herrmann, partners in Nutter's Private Client Department, have again been selected as Top Estate & Wealth Management Lawyers by the Daily Journal, earning places on the publication's 2026 list. The annual list highlights the California attorneys shaping how families plan for and t more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 9 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Haynes Boone, a law firm, posted the following news: * * * Nichols in the Houston Business Journal: Diesel Prices Reach Records Highs, Could Get Worse * September 9, 2026 Diesel prices have reached record highs, driving up costs across the economy and adding pressure to already strained supply chains. Haynes Boone Energy Partner Jeff Nichols spoke with the Houston Business Journal about the market forces behind rising diesel prices, the impact on inflation and why relief may not come anyt more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 [Category: Media] -- The National Press Club posted the following news release: * * * Rebecca Ellis of the Los Angeles Times honored with the Institute's Sheehan Award for Investigative Journalism * WASHINGTON, D.C.-Rebecca Ellis, a Los Angeles Times staff writer whose work focuses on government accountability, investigations and legal affairs, will receive the National Press Club Journalism Institute's 2026 Neil and Susan Sheehan Award for Investigative Journalism. Ellis's reporting uncovered evidence that people may  more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Sept. 9 [Category: Media] -- The Society of Professional Journalists posted the following news: * * * SPJ selects six journalists for 2026 Dori Maynard Diversity Leadership Program * The Society of Professional Journalists has selected six journalists as the 2026 fellows for the Dori Maynard Diversity Leadership Program. Jolene Almendarez, Ebony Curry, Idris Mohammed, Damilola Oduolowu, Morgan Shay and Tiffany Tan will participate in the program, which connects journalists from underrepresented backgrounds with indust more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 10 -- Tulane University Law School posted the following news: * * * Tulane Law Welcomes New Forrester Fellows * Tulane Law School is welcoming two new Forrester Fellows whose scholarship spans tax policy, poverty, feminist legal theory and international law. Marilyn Hajj and Ashita Alag join Tulane as the law school's newest Forrester Fellows, becoming part of a program that for more than two decades has helped prepare emerging legal scholars for careers in academia. "We are delighted to welcome these schola more PR

BRONX, New York, Sept. 11 -- Fordham University School of Law issued the following news: * * * Twenty-Five Years Later: Fordham Law Faculty Reflect on 9/11 and Its Legacy By Josh Friedland on September 10, 2026 This year marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, which took the lives of four Fordham Law School alumni: Kevin F. Cleary '91 JD; Dwight D. Darcy '67, '71 JD; Linda C. Lee '94 JD; and FDNY Battalion Chief John M. Moran '94 JD. Twenty-five years after September 11, Fordham Law News asked members of the Law  more PR

DOVER, Delaware, Sept. 11 (TNSjou) -- The University of Delaware issued the following research news: * * * Cannabis users in focus UD epidemiology study takes closer look at medicinal, recreational use Article by Amy Cherry September 10, 2026 With recreational cannabis now legal in 24 states, including Delaware, the number of users is rising. But not all cannabis users look alike or face the same health concerns. Most published research compares cannabis users to non-users. Tarang Parekh, assistant professor of epidemiology at the Univer more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 11 -- Vanderbilt University Peabody College issued the following news: * * * Fall faculty assembly celebrates research, service awards Faculty theme for 2026-27 revealed: "Let us serve so that all may flourish." Sep 10, 2026, 11:04 AM Vanderbilt faculty filled the Student Life Center for the 2026 Fall Faculty Assembly on Sept. 3, listening as Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Provost C. Cybele Raver celebrated their achievements and their dedication to students. Faculty Senate Chair and Principal Senior Lectur more PR