GARDEN CITY, New York, Sept. 19 -- Adelphi University issued the following news: * * * Adelphi University Welcomes New Faculty for 2026-2027 September 18, 2026 - by Laura Mroz, director of academic communications Adelphi University enters the 2026-2027 academic year with a wave of new faculty joining its colleges and schools, bringing decades of combined experience in health education, the arts, nursing, environmental policy, physician assistant studies and creative writing. Below is an introduction to this year's class of new professors a more PR

MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia, Sept. 18 -- Georgia College posted the following news: * * * AJC chief political reporter to students: Be active, be informed * By Gil Pound W ith the 2026 election cycle driving towards its peak, Atlanta Journal-Constitution chief political reporter Greg Bluestein this week gave Georgia College & State University students ways to be active and informed leaders on the Georgia political landscape. Speaking at Georgia College's Usery Forum on Leadership Tuesday, Sept. 15, the veteran journalist reminded attendees t more PR

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Sept. 18 -- The University of Iowa College of Education posted the following news: * * * Alumni Class Notes 2025-2026 * #1980s Chief Warrant Officer 2 Greg Clark (MA '85) received a 2025 Hawkeye Distinguished Veterans Award from the University of Iowa. The award, established in 2015, honors members of the armed forces with a strong UI connection who demonstrated exceptional service to the United States military, their communities, and the university. Their leadership, service, and continued impact exemplify the Hawkeye spi more PR

BEIJING, China, Sept. 18 (TNSjou) -- The Chinese Academy of Sciences issued the following news: * * * New Genus and Species of Twining Herb Found in Dry-Hot Red River Valleys of Yunnan Editor: ZHANG Nannan | Sep 17, 2026 Researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have identified a new genus and species of flowering plant in the dry-hot valleys of the Red River basin in southwest China's Yunnan Province. Morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses c more PR

BEIJING, China, Sept. 18 (TNSjou) -- The Chinese Academy of Sciences issued the following news: * * * Study Reveals Early Effects of Tree Species Diversity on Soil Fungal Necromass Sep 16, 2026 Scientists have revealed that tree species diversity affects microbial necromass before changes become detectable in total soil carbon and nitrogen during temperate afforestation. The findings suggest that fungal necromass may serve as a sensitive indicator of early belowground carbon changes. Afforestation is an important strategy for restoring deg more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 18 -- Washington University in St. Louis posted the following news: * * * Clearing the way for renewable carbon fiber production * #In Brief * WashU engineers developed new design principles for carbon fiber manufacturing. * The process makes use of waste material, greatly reducing the costs of production and carbon emissions. * This research has potential to improve the performance of carbon fiber in the aerospace, energy and automobile industries. Carbon fiber is a key component in automobile manufacturin more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary: * * * The AI Industry Is Coalescing on "Pacing the Frontier." Will It Actually Change Anything? Commentary by Aalok Mehta September 17, 2026 On September 12, 2026, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei issued a bleak 3800-word essay titled "We Must Pace the Frontier." The essay outlines fears of catastrophic risks from AI and announced that the company would take unilateral action to embed third-party evaluators (such as the organization METR)  more PR

SANTA BARBARA, California, Sept. 19 -- Fielding Graduate University issued the following news: * * * Fielding's 2026 Orlando L. Taylor Award Recipients By Catherine Ryan September 18, 2026 Honoring outstanding scholarship and research that advance knowledge, equity, and meaningful social change. Fielding Graduate University's Marie Fielder Center for Democracy, Leadership, and Education has named the first two recipients of the Orlando L. Taylor Award. Established and funded following the passing of Dr. Taylor, who ranked among Fielding's  more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 18 -- The University of Phoenix issued the following news release: * * * Generative AI and Online Student Success * Peer-reviewed research challenges assumptions that students primarily use generative AI to compensate for academic difficulty or time pressure. University of Phoenix scholars have published new peer-reviewed research examining how non-traditional undergraduate students use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in online higher education. The study found that more frequent GenAI use was significan more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions released the following written testimony by Adam Dean, associate professor of political science at George Washington University, from a Sept. 15, 2026, hearing entitled "Out of Touch: When Union Politics Leave Workers Behind": * * * Thank you, Subcommittee Chair Allen, Subcommittee Ranking Member DeSaulnier, and Members of the Subcommittee. I am honored to join you today to share some of my research on labor unions. I am an associa more PR

WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania, Sept. 19 -- King's College issued the following news: * * * King's College Health Sciences Dean Elected to ASAHP Board of Directors Kaitlin Hall 18 September 2026 Christopher W. O'Brien, Ph.D., LAT, ATC, FASAHP, FNAP, Dean of Health Sciences at King's College, has been elected to serve a three-year term on the Board of Directors for the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP). O'Brien will begin his first term on Oct. 29, 2026, following the conclusion of ASAHP's Annual Conference in Nashvi more PR

KUTZTOWN, Pennsylvania, Sept. 18 -- Kutztown University issued the following news release: * * * Greenwood and McGeehan Recipients of 2026 Chambliss Faculty Research Awards September 18, 2026 KUTZTOWN, Pa. - Dr. Joleen Greenwood, professor, Society, History, and Culture, and Dr. Catherine McGeehan, professor, Elementary, Middle Level, Library and Technologies Education, have been awarded Kutztown University's 2026 Chambliss Faculty Research Awards for their extraordinary research and scholarship endeavors. The awards were presented during t more PR

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Sept. 18 -- Marshall University posted the following news release: * * * Marshall University to host 5th International Conference on Statistical Distributions and Applications * Marshall University's Department of Mathematics and Physics will host the fifth International Conference on Statistical Distributions and Applications (ICOSDA 2026) Oct. 8-10 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in downtown Huntington. ICOSDA 2026 will bring together statisticians, data scientists, mathematicians and researchers from around  more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 18 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * New Material Is an Extreme Thermal Insulator September 18, 2026 Researchers have engineered a new material that is an extreme thermal insulator, is exceptionally stiff, and can be printed as a thin film at large scales. The material has one of the lowest thermal conductivity profiles of any dense, or non-porous, material - approaching the theoretical limit of how good a material can be as a thermal insulator. "Stiff materi more PR

LONDON, England, Sept. 18 -- The National Union of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Workers to strike for first time in The Lancet's 200-year history 17 Sep 2026 NUJ members working at The Lancet, one of the world's leading medical journals, are set to go on strike next week following a long-running dispute over pay. The strike action will take place for one day on Tuesday 22 September outside The Lancet's London office - the first time a walkout has been staged by staff in the publication's 200-year history. Workers at The La more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 18 [Category: BizPharmaceuticals] -- Novartis, a pharmaceutical company, posted the following news release: * * * Novartis receives positive CHMP opinion for Cosentyx(r) in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) * * If approved, Cosentyx (secukinumab) will be first IL-17A inhibitor licensed in Europe for adults with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), providing new treatment option after steroids1 * Recommendation based on data showing Cosentyx doubled sustained remission rates and delivered steroid sparing effects vs placebo;  more PR

RESTON, Virginia, Sept. 18 [Category: Medical] -- The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging issued the following news release: * * * Proven Radiotracer Highly Effective in Detecting Rare, Aggressive Kidney Cancer * Media Contact: Rebecca Maxey (703) 652-6772 rmaxey@snmmi.org QUESTION: Does 18F-FDG PET/CT have a role in assessing disease burden and guiding treatment planning in patients with renal medullary carcinoma (RMC)? PERTINENT FINDINGS: 18F-FDG PET/CT detected lesions in 98 percent of RMC patients. In 65 percent  more PR

DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 18 -- The University of Dayton issued the following UD in the News wrap up for Sept. 12-18: * * * UD in the News Sept. 12-18 * WDTN-TV highlighted the University's remembrance of 9/11. The Academic Minute, AFP in France, Our Sunday Visitor News, Vox, Statehouse News Services, Spectrum News 1 Ohio and Catholic World Report also tapped faculty expertise. Campus tradition honors lives lost on 9/11 WDTN-TV Gabrielle Davis, student government association Why deleting cookies doesn't end online tracking The Academic M more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Sept. 19 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Osman Balci honored with emeritus status A member of the Virginia Tech community for 45 years, Balci has made significant research, teaching, and leadership contributions in engineering. By Anne Kroemer Hoffman 18 Sep 2026 Osman Balci, professor of computer science in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title of professor emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors. The emeritus title may be conferred on retired faculty m more PR