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

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 10 (TNSjou) -- The American College of Surgeons issued the following news release: * * * Current Blood Pressure Thresholds May Miss Critically Injured Children National study of more than 230,000 injured children finds that signs of dangerous instability may appear earlier than current standards indicate Key Takeaways * Blood pressure thresholds commonly used to identify dangerously unstable vital signs in children may not signal trouble soon enough after a traumatic injury, according to a national study of more th more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (TNSjou) -- The American Geophysical Union issued the following news release: * * * Mercury is shrinking more than we thought A rough, impact debris-covered surface has buried the signs of a shrinking world, leading scientists to underestimate contraction by up to 30%. - WASHINGTON -- Mercury's surface is riddled with wrinkles, evidence of a once-larger planet that has shrunk over time. A new study finds that Mercury may have contracted 10% to 30% more than previously thought -- a loss of up to 14.5 miles (23 kilometer more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2026: * * * Twenty-Five Years After 9/11 -- Lessons from the World Trade Center Health Program Paper examines 9/11-related health outcomes and lessons learned in the quarter century since the disaster. WASHINGTON -- The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) today published "Twenty-Five Years After 9/11 -- Lessons from the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Progr more PR

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

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

NEW YORK, Sept. 9 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mount Sinai Health System posted the following news release: * * * Eva A. Mistry, MBBS, MSCI, FAHA, Appointed Mount Sinai Health System Chair of Neurology * The Mount Sinai Health System has appointed Eva A. Mistry, MBBS, MSCI, FAHA, an internationally recognized vascular neurologist and clinical investigator, as Chair of the Department of Neurology. Dr. Mistry will lead neurological care, research, and medical and graduate medical education across the Mount Sinai Health System and the Icahn Scho 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

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Sept. 10 [Category: Insurance] -- The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors posted the following news release: * * * Four NAIFA Legends to Be Honored as Hall of Fame Inductees * The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) is pleased to announce four new inductees into the NAIFA Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame to recognizes and celebrates NAIFA members whose extraordinary service and contributions represent the legacy of the most accomplished, impactful, and inspirational mem more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 11 (TNSjou) -- Georgia State University issued the following news: * * * New MRI Agent Detects Lung Cancer, Hidden Metastases Earlier Than Current Scans September 9, 2026 ATLANTA -- A multi-institutional research team led by Georgia State University Regents' Professor Emerita of Biochemistry and Biophysical Chemistry Jenny J. Yang has developed a new class of protein-based MRI contrast agent that detects invasive lung cancer and metastatic disease at earlier stages than conventional imaging approaches. Results of th more PR

LONDON, England, Sept. 11 -- GSK (formerly GlaxoSmithKline), a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2026: * * * GSK's Shingrix (Recombinant Zoster Vaccine) prefilled syringe presentation approved in Japan * Over one million people develop shingles in Japan each year/1,2 * New presentation offers convenient administration of GSK's shingles vaccine - GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) today announced Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved a prefilled syringe presentation of Shingrix (GSK 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

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 9 -- Huston-Tillotson University posted the following news: * * * Huston-Tillotson President Named to Austin Business Journal's 2026 Power Players List * Austin, TX - Huston-Tillotson University President and CEO Dr. Melva K. Wallace has been named to the Austin Business Journal's 2026 Power Players list, which recognizes individuals whose leadership and influence are helping shape Austin and their respective industries. Wallace joins fellow honorees including billionaire Robert F. Smith and actor Matthew McConaughey.  more PR

KENNESAW, Georgia, Sept. 10 -- Kennesaw State University posted the following news release: * * * Kennesaw State student publishes study on alcohol's impact on Ugandan women Few undergraduates can add "lead author in a peer-reviewed journal" to their list of accomplishments. Kennesaw State University student and Harry S. Truman Scholarship finalist Allisa George is one of them. George, an Honors student double majoring in public health and biology, is the first author of a National Institutes of Health-funded study examining alcohol and men more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Sept. 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release: * * * Mizzou researcher describes two previously unknown insect species Sites' work adds to decades of research at the university documenting Earth's biodiversity through taxonomy and field exploration. - An entomologist at the University of Missouri has discovered two saucer bug species previously unknown to science, adding to our understanding of Earth's biodiversity. For nearly four decades, Robert Sites, director of Mizzou's Enns Ent more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Sept. 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Penn State, Kurt J. Lesker Company partner to advance atomic-scale processing * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -Penn State and Kurt J. Lesker Company (KJLC) are launching a strategic partnership to develop new ways to create and shape the extremely thin layers of specialized materials that form critical parts of semiconductor, advanced packaging, quantum, photonic and other next-generation technologies. As these technologies become smaller and mo more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 11 -- Princeton University issued the following news: * * * In banner ACS year for chemistry department, MacMillan and Chirik receive awards By Wendy Plump, Department of Chemistry on Sept. 10, 2026 David MacMillan, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and a winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has been awarded the prestigious 2027 Arthur C. Cope Award by the American Chemical Society (ACS) in recognition of extraordinary achievement and contributions to the field of ca more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 10 [Category: Medical] -- The American Association for Cancer Research posted the following news release: * * * Response to Neoadjuvant Immunochemotherapy May Allow for Surgical De-escalation in Head and Neck Cancers Surgery often results in organ dysfunction and facial disfigurement - Patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) whose tumors responded to neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy (ICT) and who underwent less extensive surgery had high disease-free survival and organ pr more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 10 -- Southern Methodist University posted the following news: * * * Sand could be key to safer, stronger civil infrastructures * In brief: * Pressurized sand-filled dampers could be a cheaper and more environmentally friendly alternative to traditional oil-filled dampers. * Unlike conventional silicon oil dampers, which can leak and require costly replacement, sand dampers were shown to remain effective under extreme temperatures and moisture conditions. * Researchers plan to further test sand-filled dampers, thi more PR

ALBANY, New York, Sept. 11 -- SUNY University at Albany issued the following news: * * * Living in Languages Explores Translation Across Literature, Culture and Identity By Michael Parker ALBANY, N.Y. (Sept. 10, 2026) -- Translation is often understood as the act of carrying words from one language into another. The newest volume of Living in Languages, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal invites readers to think more broadly about how translation can carry memory, identity, culture and meaning across languages. Collaboratively managed  more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 9 -- Michigan State University College of Natural Science posted the following news: * * * These bacteria change their diet to survive inside the body * The human body fights staph infections by starving it of essential nutrients. Staph, it turns out, is remarkably good at changing what's on the menu. Staphylococcus aureus -the infamous agent behind MRSA and most staph infections -needs sulfur to build proteins and other materials essential for survival. In a new Michigan State University study, now published  more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * Tight light helps quantum sensing get ready for the field * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -Within tiny halos of light clinging to a vanishingly thin wisp of optical fiber, scientist Jongmin Lee guides atoms like marbles through a narrow pipe. Rock the fiber and the atoms shift side by side; they just don't fall off. But don't be deceived by the seemingly delicate nature of his experiment. Lee is exploring how to measu more PR

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Sept. 9 -- University of Virginia Health posted the following news release: * * * Trial Testing Out-of-Body Experiences Yields Unexpected Twist * A test to determine if people who report out-of-body experiences could identify objects in another room produced results no better than chance, but afterward something strange happened: Two participants described, unprompted, researchers' locations and activities behind closed doors. The participants' unexpected observations were not part of the trial's predefined outco more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 11 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * Brain aging may be detected decades before symptoms appear, with links to gut health UCLA study finds 'brain aging index' ties early signs of brain aging to thinking skills, depression and gut biology - A new UCLA study has found a connection between how quickly the brain ages and the bacteria and chemical byproducts found in the gut, offering a fresh clue into what drives brain aging long before symptoms appear. Researchers have long us more PR

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Sept. 11 -- The University of Iowa College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Ziqing Lu honored with Best Thesis Award for research on building more reliable reinforcement learning models Thursday, September 10, 2026 Ziqing Lu has received the Best Thesis Award from the University of Iowa's Program of Applied Mathematics and Computational Science (AMCS) for her dissertation, "Adversarial Robustness of Reinforcement Learning Systems." Lu conducted her research under the mentorship of Weiyu Xu, professor of elect more PR

MANCHESTER, England, Sept. 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * "Peculiar" new species of Jurassic squid found in Wyoming * Researchers have identified a new species of Jurassic squid-like animal from 160-million-year-old fossils * CT scanning showed it belongs to an ancient branch of belemnites thought to have disappeared much earlier, making the discovery exceptionally rare. * The new species, Wyoteuthis linsterorum, is the "chunkiest" belemnite ever found, with a skeleton far broader than  more PR

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, Sept. 11 -- The University of Scranton issued the following news: * * * Economist Nicholas Bloom to Deliver Henry George Lecture "How Working from Home Reshaped America" to be discussed at the University's Henry George Lecture on Nov. 11. - Nicholas Bloom, Ph.D., the William D. Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University, will deliver The University of Scranton's 40th Henry George Lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 11, in the McIlhenny Ballroom of the DeNaples Center. Dr. Bloom's lecture, "How Working from Home Res more PR

TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 10 -- The University of Toledo issued the following news: * * * UToledo Herpetologist Tracks Turtles Amid Harmful Algal Bloom * Harmful algal blooms pose serious threats to people, animals and the environment. So The University of Toledo's Dr. Jeanine Refsnider counts it as a positive discovery that northern map turtles tend to steer clear, as she and an undergraduate collaborator recently reported in the peer-reviewed Journal of Great Lakes Research. Dr. Jeanine Refsnider, a professor of ecology, utilized acoustic and 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

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, Sept. 9 -- Western Kentucky University posted the following news: * * * WKU Meteorology Student Awarded Prestigious Hollings Scholarship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration * Zachary Fuquay, a junior majoring in Meteorology in the WKU Department of Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences (EEAS), was recently awarded a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship. The Hollings Scholarship will support Fuquay's academic studies for the more PR