DANVILLE, Kentucky, Sept. 11 -- Centre College issued the following news: * * * Centre College welcomes new faculty members for 2026-27 September 10, 2026 Centre is excited to welcome 11 new professors and instructors to teach full-time at the College for the 2026-27 school year. These new faculty include tenure-track professors in Economics and Business, Engineering, and Theatre, along with visiting professors who bring their expertise to Centre while faculty are on sabbatical leave or teaching our students abroad. "This group brings expe more PR

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 -- Clark University posted the following news: * * * Clark announces new faculty, administrators * Clark University welcomed several new faculty members and administrators this semester, and also announced that several current faculty are taking on administrative roles. #Undergraduate scholarship Cyril Ghosh, professor of political science and the Lloyd B. Politsch '33 Chair of Law, has been named interim associate dean of undergraduate scholarship, a new part-time position. In this role, Ghosh will pr 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

SCHENECTADY, New York, Sept. 10 -- Union College posted the following news: * * * For the record: Week of September 11, 2026 * Claire Bracken, professor of English, has recently published the foreword of a new book of essays on the contemporary novelist Sally Rooney (Bucknell University Press, 2026). In June 2026, she also received a book contract from Cambridge University for a co-edited collection on the award-winning fiction writer Anne Enright (publication in 2028). This book will be published in Cambridge's Literature in Context series more PR

HEMPSTEAD, New York, Sept. 11 -- Hofstra University issued the following news: * * * Kristin Weingartner Takes on New Role as Vice Provost 2026/09/10 Andy Kissoon Hofstra University Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Charlie Riordan announced the appointment of Kristin Weingartner as vice provost for undergraduate education and student success, effective September 15, 2026. The position is a recasting of an existing role within the Provost's Office, reflecting the University's continued commitment to the quality of the  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

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 10 -- Ohio State University posted the following news: * * * Kids' brains are built for distraction. Sometimes that's a good thing. * Parents often learn the hard way that to make it anywhere on time, they should calculate how much time they think they need to get ready -and double it. It's hard enough for adults with deep-rooted mental checklists to make it out the door. For young children, such lists give way to treasure maps. Everything from clothing choices to snacks and toys for the car require diplomatic negoti more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education released the following written testimony by Hanna Melnick, director of early learning policy at the Learning Policy Institute, from a Sept. 1, 2026, hearing entitled "Supporting Working Families: State-Led Child Care Solutions": * * * Chair Kiley, Ranking Member Bonamici, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for your invitation to participate in this important hearing. My name is Hanna Melnick, and I am the Dire 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

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Sept. 10 -- Saint Mary's University posted the following news: * * * Welcoming our newest professors in the Faculty of Science * With the excitement of a new academic year, Saint Mary's is pleased to welcome new professors to the Faculty of Science who bring research expertise in psychology, biology, earth science, environmental science, mathematics, and computing science. Read below to meet our new faculty members! Dr. Mark Bowler Department: Psychology Specialty: Industrial/Organizational Psychology Classes: Gra more PR