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'Growing Impact' explores role coal could play in difficult-to-recycle plastics (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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'Growing Impact' explores role coal could play in difficult-to-recycle plastics
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A new approach to plastic recycling being explored at Penn State could make the process more efficient by using tiny particles of coal, according to researchers. On the latest episode of "Growing Impact," researchers discussed how the technique uses laser light to generate heat at the molecular scale, potentially allowing plastics to more PR
'Let me explain': Corporate disclosures can take a circuitous route (10)
ITHACA, New York, Oct. 6 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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'Let me explain': Corporate disclosures can take a circuitous route
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The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, but sometimes taking the long way home can have advantages.
In financial disclosures, particularly by companies that are coming out of tough times, a firm's verbal circuitousness - sharing of information contextualized in multiple ways - can paint a fuller picture of a company's prospects, a Cornell research group found.
"CEOs shou more PR
10 UH Manoa Subjects Ranked in Nation's Top 27 (10)
MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 7 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release:
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VNR: 10 UH Manoa subjects ranked in nation's top 27
Oct 6, 2026
The University of Hawaii at Manoa ranked in nearly 20 academic subjects in the 2026 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects released in September 2026, including four subjects that placed among the top 16 in the country and another six placed in the nation's top 27.
Oceanography ranked No. 4 in the U.S. and No. 6 globally, while atmospheric science ranked No. 9 in the U.S. and N more PR
2026-27 Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee named (10)
MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg campus posted the following news:
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2026-27 Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee named
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT), part of Penn State University Libraries, has announced the members of the Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee for the 2026-27 academic year.
The faculty advisory committee brings together faculty from across Penn State to guide the integration of technolo more PR
41st Great Sports Legends Dinner Supports Neuroscience Research at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis (10)
MIAMI, Florida, Oct. 6 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine posted the following news:
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41st Great Sports Legends Dinner Supports Neuroscience Research at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
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The 41st annual event honored 11 sports legends and announced a $1 million gift establishing the Marc A. Buoniconti Drug Discovery Program in support of research at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.
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* The 41st Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner honored 11 leading athletes.
* A $1 million gift will establish the more PR
A $5M Gift From the Mario Lemieux Foundation Will Support Microbiome Research at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center (10)
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- The University of Pittsburgh issued the following news:
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A $5M gift from the Mario Lemieux Foundation will support microbiome research at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
October 6, 2026
The University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center received a $5 million gift from the Mario Lemieux Foundation to launch of the Mario Lemieux Microbiome Innovation Center, a pioneering initiative designed to advance research into the role of the microbiome in cancer prevention, treatment response and patient out more PR
A CWRU Entrepreneur Studied Invisibility Cloaks. Now He's Working to Cut AI's Energy Use (10)
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 7 -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news:
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A CWRU entrepreneur studied invisibility cloaks. Now he's working to cut AI's energy use
A conversation with entrepreneur Nathan Kundtz, PhD (CWR '04), chief technology officer of Neurophos
October 06, 2026 | Story by: Katie Critchett
Every answer an artificial intelligence model gives uses electricity. Nathan Kundtz, PhD (CWR '04), is trying to cut that cost with light.
Kundtz is chief technology officer (CTO) of Neurophos--an Austin, Texas-based more PR
Academic profile of incoming UNC Charlotte students reaches new highs (10)
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 7 -- The University of North Carolina Charlotte campus posted the following news release:
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Academic profile of incoming UNC Charlotte students reaches new highs
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UNC Charlotte is enrolling larger and more academically accomplished incoming classes than ever before.
Since 2022, the University has grown its first-year class from 4,157 students to a record 5,165 in 2026, an increase of approximately 25%, while continuing to raise key academic measures.
The average weighted high school GPA of incoming fir more PR
Active Girls Healthy Women hosting coffee talk on staying strong while aging (10)
LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Oct. 7 -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news:
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Active Girls Healthy Women hosting coffee talk on staying strong while aging
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The University of Kentucky's Active Girls Healthy Women Program is hosting a Coffee Talk session 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, on Zoom. These events are free and open to the university and public.
As part of the Sports Medicine Research Institute in the UK College of Health Sciences, the Active Girls Healthy Women Program is a group of researchers, clinicians and professionals more PR
AI chatbots are overconfident - like humans (10)
BERKELEY, California, Oct. 5 -- The University of California Haas School of Business posted the following news release:
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AI chatbots are overconfident--like humans
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New UC Berkeley Haas research testing 11 leading large language models--including models from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and Meta--found they were overconfident on average: the models reported 88% confidence but were correct only 79% of the time, a nine-point overconfidence gap.
Like humans, the models grew more overconfident as questions got harder and underconfident on more PR
As AI Transforms Education, Penn GSE Launches a Living Laboratory to Keep Humans at the Center (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education issued the following news:
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As AI Transforms Education, Penn GSE Launches a Living Laboratory to Keep Humans at the Center
The new research and learning network brings together educators, researchers, and school system and industry partners to guide the future of AI in education.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA -- [October 6, 2026] -- As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes teaching and learning, educators, schools, and policymakers are grappling more PR
Ask the expert: Why gas prices have risen and what's ahead (10)
EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 7 -- Michigan State University posted the following news:
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Ask the expert: Why gas prices have risen and what's ahead
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Gas prices remain high across the country, with prices in Michigan well above $4 per gallon at the pump. As higher fuel costs put additional pressure on many families, it is critical for consumers, businesses and policymakers to understand the factors driving these prices.
Antonio "Tony" Doblas-Madrid is an associate professor in the Department of Economics at Michigan State University's more PR
Associate professor of psychology brings evidence-based mental wellness support directly to college students (10)
CLEMSON, South Carolina, Oct. 7 -- Clemson University posted the following news:
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Associate professor of psychology brings evidence-based mental wellness support directly to college students
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Kaileigh Byrne, Wallace R. Roy Distinguished Associate Professor of psychology in the College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences (CBSHS), has developed a mobile application, MyAtlasU, to deliver evidence-based strategies derived from cognitive behavioral and acceptance-based approaches to support college students' well-being, resilience an more PR
Astronauts to test USF students' wound-healing research aboard the International Space Station (10)
TAMPA, Florida, Oct. 7 -- The University of South Florida posted the following news:
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Astronauts to test USF students' wound-healing research aboard the International Space Station
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Spacesuits protect astronauts from the harsh conditions of space, but their bulky design can restrict movement and increase the risk of cuts and abrasions. To improve wound care in microgravity, a team of University of South Florida undergraduate students developed a wound-healing hydrogel that will soon be tested in space.
On Oct. 13, their project is sc more PR
Baruch College Awarded Major Federal Grant to Advance AI Literacy and Applied Learning (10)
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 -- Baruch College posted the following news:
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Baruch College Awarded Major Federal Grant to Advance AI Literacy and Applied Learning
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Baruch College has been awarded $776,033 in first-year (FY 2026) funding through the federal Title III, Part A Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP). The program is administered by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education.
The award will accelerate the Baruch AI Leadership Initiative, the College's coordinate more PR
Bat beat: URI wildlife researcher Patrick Bailey answers questions about fall's favorite winged mammal (10)
KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Oct. 7 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news:
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Bat beat: URI wildlife researcher Patrick Bailey answers questions about fall's favorite winged mammal
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KINGSTON, R.I. - Oct. 6, 2026 - Patrick Bailey, a Ph.D. candidate in the Comparative Ecophysiology of Animals Lab at the University of Rhode Island, is drawn to the animals that populate our landscape each fall. He's studied some of the quintessentially 'scary' Halloween animals, including wolves -- though not the were- variety -- as well as more PR
Beyond the Bookshelves: How Librarians Turned Storytelling into Street-Level Play (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The American University School of Communication posted the following news:
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Beyond the Bookshelves: How Librarians Turned Storytelling into Street-Level Play
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Photos courtesy of the Playful City Lab.
An American University research project has challenged assumptions about who can be a game designer by encouraging longstanding neighborhood anchors to embrace playfulness.
This summer, a team from the Playful City Lab (PCL) published a peer-reviewed article in Proceedings of the Digital Games Research Association more PR
Big Table aims to strengthen Ohio State's community bonds (10)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 7 -- Ohio State University posted the following news:
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The Big Table aims to strengthen Ohio State's community bonds
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The Ohio State University Office of Student Life hosted The Big Table at The 'Shoe on Sept. 29 at Ohio Stadium to facilitate conversation among students, faculty, staff and community members.
Launched in 2016 by the Columbus Foundation, the Big Table is an annual community conversation held citywide in Columbus. Participants share stories about acts of kindness and discuss how to foster a sense of more PR
Binghamton University: Boubin Named First Geraldine Knoll MacDonald Endowed Professor in Computer Science (10)
BINGHAMTON, New York, Oct. 7 -- Binghamton University issued the following news:
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Boubin named first Geraldine Knoll MacDonald Endowed Professor in Computer Science
Gift from internet pioneer Geraldine MacDonald '68, MS '73, LittD '17, to fund School of Computing assistant professor's research
By Chris Kocher
October 06, 2026
While most Binghamton University researchers investigate strictly earthbound topics, Assistant Professor Jayson Boubin has his eyes on the skies.
Boubin -- a faculty member at the Thomas J. Watson College of En more PR
Book bans are surging. So are efforts to 'let books be' (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 7 -- The University of Chicago posted the following news:
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Book bans are surging. So are efforts to 'let books be'
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Dulcey Hunter first read Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye (1970) in her 11th-grade English class. The harrowing story of Pecola Breedlove, a young girl from an abusive home who longs for blue eyes, is one of the most challenged books ever published.
"It's not only a literary masterpiece, but one of the most haunting yet powerful books that I have read," said Hunter, the University of Chicago's inau more PR
Bowdoin College: Art of Real Thinking in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (10)
BRUNSWICK, Maine, Oct. 7 -- Bowdoin College issued the following news:
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The Art of Real Thinking in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
By Rebecca Goldfine
In a series of stories over the next few months, we'll be visiting courses in economics, English, philosophy, computer studies, and digital and computational studies that approach AI not as a tool to learn, but as a subject for inquiry.
About thirty minutes into economist Martin Abel's ECON 2225: AI and Economics, the conversation shifted into a debate about whether AI companions--f more PR
Caltech Biologists Receive High-Risk, High-Reward Grants From the NIH (10)
PASADENA, California, Oct. 7 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news:
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Caltech Biologists Receive High-Risk, High-Reward Grants from the NIH
October 06, 2026
Caltech faculty members Mitchell Guttman and Markus Meister (PhD '87) have been selected to receive "high-risk, high-reward" grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for cutting-edge work in biomedical science and neuroscience. Guttman's funded work could enable new methods to produce antibodies for any possible protein--a development with im more PR
Campbell University: Law Professor Gregory Wallace Featured in Best-selling Author Malcolm Gladwell's New Book (10)
BUIES CREEK, North Carolina, Oct. 7 -- Campbell University issued the following news:
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Law Professor Gregory Wallace featured in best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell's new book
October 6, 2026
RALEIGH - Campbell Law School Professor Gregory Wallace is featured in a chapter in best-selling author and podcaster Malcolm Gladwell's newest book, "The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic, which was released Sept. 29.
The book, which investigates the roots and persistence of America's gun violence epidemic, puts into print t more PR
Cape May County Campus' New Small Animal Science Degree Program Offers Pathway to Exciting Career Possibilities (10)
MAYS LANDING, New Jersey, Oct. 6 -- Atlantic Cape Community College posted the following news:
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Cape May County Campus' New Small Animal Science Degree Program Offers Pathway to Exciting Career Possibilities
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MAYS LANDING - Atlantic Cape Community College's Associate in Science Small Animal Science degree program at the Cape May County campus offers students the opportunity to acquire foundational knowledge of animal care and management through proven methods that prepares them for worthwhile careers in animal health, welfare and scie more PR
Catalytic confessions and a quest for Matt Damon: PodCAT puts science on mic (10)
HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 7 -- Rice University posted the following news release:
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Catalytic confessions and a quest for Matt Damon: PodCAT puts science on mic
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PodCAT began, as many consequential academic endeavors presumably do, over beers at a conference.
Thomas Senftle of Rice University, Marc Porosoff of the University of Rochester and Ezra Clark of Penn State University were swapping stories at a conference happy hour about the sometimes grueling process of becoming professors -- the interviews, applications, unwritten rules and, es more PR
Celebrating 20 years of undergraduate research and discovery (10)
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Oct. 6 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news:
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Celebrating 20 years of undergraduate research and discovery
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Event highlights undergraduate, faculty-mentor collaborations
For two decades, Wake Forest students have had opportunities to work with faculty on mentored undergraduate research, scholarship and creative projects across all academic disciplines.
From chemistry to engineering to biology to Spanish to math to theatre--more than 100 students had an opportunity to present at Wake Fore more PR
Chicago is the world's most climate-resilient city. Loyola helped it get there (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 7 -- The Loyola University Chicago issued the following news release:
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Chicago is the world's most climate-resilient city. Loyola helped it get there
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Chicago topped the list of the world's most climate-resilient cities, as evaluated by AlphaGeo, a Singapore-based company that ranked 72 of the world's largest cities based on their exposure to climate risks and ability to reduce adverse impacts from extreme weather events.
"The good news is they call us out and highlight what we have here in Chicago, which is p more PR
Childhood abuse leaves a scar on the brain, study finds (10)
LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 7 -- The University of California posted the following news release:
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Childhood abuse leaves a scar on the brain, study finds
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* A study of a diverse, global sample of people found different cortical thickness, surface area and subcortical volume in some regions of the brain in people who had experienced childhood abuse.
* More severe abuse correlated with more dramatic changes in the brain. The effects were more pronounced in women than in men or children.
* The findings suggest that distinct types of more PR
Civil rights activist Cleveland Sellers brings history to life for SC State students (10)
ORANGEBURG, South Carolina, Oct. 7 -- South Carolina State University posted the following news:
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Civil rights activist Cleveland Sellers brings history to life for SC State students
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Orangeburg Massacre survivor shares lessons of activism, courage and responsibility with University 101 students
ORANGEBURG, S.C. -- A group of freshman students at South Carolina State University recently received a living history lesson from civil rights activist and educator Dr. Cleveland L. Sellers Jr.
The Denmark, South Carolina, native spoke to a more PR
Clarkson Students Selected to Lead National Arnold Air Society, Silver Wings Conclave (10)
POTSDAM, New York, Oct. 7 -- Clarkson University issued the following news:
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Clarkson Students Selected to Lead National Arnold Air Society, Silver Wings Conclave
October 6, 2026
A team led by Clarkson University students will take center stage during the Arnold Air Society's 80th anniversary, organizing a five-day national conclave expected to bring approximately 1,000 students, military leaders and aerospace industry professionals together near Washington, D.C.
Clarkson's Arnold Air Society and Silver Wings team earned the opportuni more PR
Clemson to invest in faculty research through new grant funding (10)
CLEMSON, South Carolina, Oct. 7 -- Clemson University posted the following news:
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Clemson to invest in faculty research through new grant funding
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Clemson University is investing $500,000 in research funding to help faculty develop promising ideas, build interdisciplinary collaborations, and pursue larger externally funded opportunities.
Through funding directed to the Division of Research by President Ben Ayers this fall, faculty will have access to additional resources to strengthen early-stage research projects and build the colla more PR
Clinical Research Trials Bring Innovative Women's Healthcare to Southern Nevada (10)
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Oct. 7 -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus posted the following news:
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Clinical Research Trials Bring Innovative Women's Healthcare to Southern Nevada
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Two clinical trials advancing women's health are bringing national attention to the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV -- and to its mission of increasing the number of physicians and medical specialists serving Nevada.
Led locally by Drs. Nadia Gomez and Yarini Quezada of the department of gynecologic surgery & obstetrics, the studies demonstrate ho more PR
CMU Researchers Working To Lower Home Energy Costs for Consumers (10)
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 6 -- Carnegie Mellon University posted the following news:
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The CMU Researchers Working To Lower Home Energy Costs for Consumers
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The rising costs of energy bills can be a monthly stressor for homeowners and renters and utility bills soared higher than ever this summer(opens in new window). Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have been tackling the problem from multiple angles, developing technology that makes homes use heating and cooling systems more efficiently, and proposing new rate structures more PR
Columbia Climate School: September Research Roundup - Select Papers (10)
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 -- The Columbia Climate School issued the following news:
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September Research Roundup: Select Papers
By Francesco Fiondella
October 6, 2026
Every month, researchers at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and other parts of the Columbia Climate School publish work that deepens our understanding of the planet.
This month, we wrote about the impact of livestock on Madagascar's native animals, robot sailboats in the Southern Ocean, New York City's $300 million methane problem and how extreme heat is spreading beyond summer. more PR
Columbia: Anthropology Department at Columbia Has a New Chair (10)
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 -- Columbia University issued the following news:
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The Anthropology Department at Columbia Has a New Chair
Rosalind Morris wants to build on the department's impressive history by preparing its students for the future.
October 06, 2026
Columbia University's Department of Anthropology, established by Franz Boas in 1902, is the oldest in the United States, and remains a center of disciplinary innovation and theoretical leadership. The department's faculty members are actively engaged in research and writing about issues more PR
Congrats to UW-Madison's newest Nobel laureate: Francis Halzen (10)
MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 7 -- The University of Wisconsin posted the following news:
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Congrats to UW-Madison's newest Nobel laureate: Francis Halzen
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A message from interim Chancellor Eric M. Wilcots.
Dear campus community,
I could not be more thrilled today to share extraordinary news: Francis Halzen, professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics for his pioneering contributions to our understanding of neutrinos, the elusive particles produced by some of the most energ more PR
Contrary to Fears, Psilocybin Users with Depression Continue to Seek Treatment (10)
LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 6 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news:
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Contrary to Fears, Psilocybin Users with Depression Continue to Seek Treatment
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New data finds that people who use psilocybin still pursue conventional mental health care, but are more likely to perceive an unmet gap in available services
In a nationally representative study on psilocybin use and mental health treatment, researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have found that among people with dep more PR
Cornell University Industrial and Labor Relations School: Private Equity Ownership Results in Poor Working Conditions in NYS Home Care (10)
ITHACA, New York, Oct. 7 -- The Cornell University Industrial and Labor Relations School issued the following news:
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Private equity ownership results in poor working conditions in NYS home care
By Julie Greco, ILR School
October 6, 2026
Private equity firms in New York state promise their investments in home care agencies will improve the industry.
But in reality, they perpetuate poor working conditions for workers by continuing the exploitation that is prevalent across the industry, from low wages and wage theft to managerial negl more PR
Creighton research seeks ways to prevent sudden deaths from epilepsy (10)
OMAHA, Nebraska, Oct. 6 -- Creighton University posted the following news:
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Creighton research seeks ways to prevent sudden deaths from epilepsy
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Kristina Simeone, PhD, professor and director of the Master of Science in Neuroscience Program, has received a five-year, $2.45 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to examine how chronic stress may affect the risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, known as SUDEP. has received a five-year, $2.45 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to examine how chronic more PR
CREO Brings AI, Health, National Defense Into Focus for Cybersecurity Awareness Month (10)
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Oct. 7 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University posted the following news:
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CREO Brings AI, Health, National Defense Into Focus for Cybersecurity Awareness Month
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EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Oct. 5, 2026) - An artificial intelligence assistant that turns against the people it serves. A voice recording that reveals more about its speaker than they ever intended. A drug discovery model that becomes a target. These are not distant scenarios, and this October, North Carolina Agricultural and Tec more PR
CSUSB Receives $4.9 Million for Childcare, Career Pathways (10)
SAN BERNARDINO, California, Oct. 7 -- California State University San Bernardino campus issued the following news:
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CSUSB receives $4.9 million for childcare, career pathways
Federal grants announced by U.S. Rep. Pete Aguilar will help CSUSB student parents pursue degrees and expand STEM and health care opportunities for low-income and rural students.
October 6, 2026
Cal State San Bernardino will expand affordable childcare for student parents and develop new pathways to STEM and health care careers with nearly $4.9 million in federal more PR
Dance Lessons for AI? VCU's Kate Sicchio Links Choreography and Computers (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 7 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news:
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Oct. 6, 2026
Dance lessons for AI? VCU's Kate Sicchio links choreography and computers
The VCUarts professor and two partners are using a Convergence Team Planning Grant to explore how bodily movement can be expressed in algorithms that drive technology.
By Liz DeFluri
Kate Sicchio may never have discovered her love and talent for integrating dance with technology had an injury not sidelined her.
She was pursuing a bachelor's degree in dance a more PR
Dartmouth College: Study Finds Alpine Peaks Are Greening in Northeast U.S., Canada (10)
HANOVER, New Hampshire, Oct. 7 (TNSjou) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news:
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Study Finds Alpine Peaks Are Greening in Northeast U.S., Canada
Satellite imagery shows the impact of wind above the tree line.
10/6/2026
Written by Amy Olson
In northeastern North America, a 500-mile-long stretch of mountains runs from the Adirondacks in New York to the Gaspe Peninsula in eastern Quebec.
Nearly 70 million people live within a day's drive of one of the alpine zones, the area above tree line where trees don't grow due to the hars more PR
Data science professor awarded grant to support partnership with Internet Archive, preserve digital history (10)
WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 7 -- William and Mary posted the following news:
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Data science professor awarded grant to support partnership with Internet Archive, preserve digital history
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The following story originally appeared on the website for William & Mary's School of Computing, Data Sciences & Physics. - Ed.
We've all heard that what goes on the internet lasts forever, but what does that really mean? In reality, much of the internet quietly disappears over time, vanishing into a digital abyss of broken links, deleted pages and more PR
Delaware State University 2026 Coronation (10)
DOVER, Delaware, Oct. 7 -- Delaware State University posted the following news:
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Delaware State University 2026 Coronation
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DSU celebrated its annual Coronation Ceremony on October 4, officially crowning Nia Dooley and Awasung Nkwa Moma as the 2026-2027 Miss and Mister DSU.
The coronation recognized Dooley and Moma alongside the students who will represent their respective classes as members of the 2026-2027 Royal Court.
Dooley, an elementary education major from Indianapolis, Indiana, has built a strong record of leadership, schola more PR
Diving for Research: How UPenn Scientists and Archaeologists Are Unlocking Mysteries Beneath the Waves (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 6 -- The University of Pennsylvania posted the following news:
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Diving for research
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Beneath the cobalt waters of the Great Barrier Reef, schools of bluestripe snappers move in unison while sea anemones billow below. A wrasse with a striking green and pink head appears close enough to photograph. Here, a moment spent framing that photograph requires recreational divers to be mindful of their position in the water column, depth, and the amount of air remaining in their cylinders.
But for researchers do more PR
Does birth order shape our health? UChicago scientists analyze 5 million families to understand (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 7 -- The University of Chicago posted the following news:
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Does birth order shape our health? UChicago scientists analyze 5 million families to understand
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Anyone who has a brother or sister knows that siblings raised under the same roof can show stark dissimilarities when it comes to everything from favorite colors to food allergies.
But for Andrey Rzhetsky, the Edna K. Papazian Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago, those everyday observations turned into a scientific hunch.
"I have casually ob more PR
Dr. Hall Signs Contract for New Book (10)
CLARKSVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 6 -- The University of the Ozarks posted the following news:
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Dr. Hall Signs Contract for New Book
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This September, Dr. Chris Hall, assistant professor of English at University of the Ozarks, received a contract for his first scholarly monograph from the University of South Carolina Press. The book, which is entitled "The Biopolitics of Global Modernism: Vital Hospitality in Twentieth-Century Literature," is scheduled for publication in fall 2027.
The project has its roots in Hall's Ph.D. research into how more PR
Dr. Sherree R.B. Davis Named Interim Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Education (10)
HAMPTON, Virginia, Oct. 7 -- Hampton University posted the following news:
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Dr. Sherree R.B. Davis Named Interim Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Education
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Hampton alumna brings more than two decades of experience in academic leadership, student success and community engagement to the deanship
Hampton, Va. - A Hampton education helped shape Dr. Sherree R.B. Davis' career as an educator and administrator. Now, the Hampton University alumna will help guide the academic experiences of a new generation of students as Interim Dean more PR
Earhart expedition update: Crew arrives at Tarawa, prepares for departure (10)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Oct. 7 -- Purdue University posted the following news release:
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Earhart expedition update: Crew arrives at Tarawa, prepares for departure
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TARAWA, Kiribati -- Fourteen members of the Taraia Object expedition -- the Archaeological Legacy Institute, Purdue Research Foundation and Purdue University's joint expedition to explore a Pacific island lagoon for Amelia Earhart's missing plane wreckage -- arrived Tuesday (Oct. 6) at Tarawa, Kiribati, the expedition's staging area. After linking up with the expedition's t more PR
Engineering student awarded highly competitive STEM Scholarship (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 6 -- Mercer University posted the following news:
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Engineering student awarded highly competitive STEM Scholarship
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MACON, Ga. -- Mercer University's Robert Delgado, EGR '27, was awarded the highly competitive Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship to support him in pursuing his engineering degree and career.
SMART is a Department of War (DoW) Scholarship Program for STEM students that provides merit-based scholarships to bachelor's, master's and doctoral students pursuing STEM more PR
EPIC Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Program Welcomes Class of 2028 (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 7 -- The University of Chicago Energy Policy Institute issued the following news:
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Oct 5, 2026
EPIC Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Program Welcomes Class of 2028
The early-career researchers will join an immersive two-year program working on research with EPIC faculty.
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EPIC is thrilled to welcome the newest class of researchers to its Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Program. The competitive program allows early-career researchers to work full-time alongside EPIC faculty mentors conducting energy and environmental economics more PR
Ethan Claire reflects on his time as an undergraduate researcher (10)
RENO, Nevada, Oct. 7 -- The University of Nevada posted the following news:
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Ethan Claire reflects on his time as an undergraduate researcher
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In this first-person narrative, Ethan Claire, a recent graduate from the computer science and engineering department, discusses his research, which spans from website accessibility to the physics behind black holes. Claire received his bachelor's degree in spring 2026. He is currently a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania and will begin developing software with the intent of acce more PR
Expert Insights: Would a diesel export ban lower prices? (10)
ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 7 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus posted the following news release:
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Expert Insights: Would a diesel export ban lower prices?
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As oil prices climb amid disruptions in global energy markets, some U.S. lawmakers are calling for a ban on the U.S. export of diesel fuel.
But would that actually translate to lower prices? And how would it affect the North Texas region?
Bill Crowder, professor and chair of The University of Texas at Arlington College of Business Economics Department, said a proposed ban more PR
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers develop wave-shaped wall and roof designs that protect against hurricane-force winds (10)
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 6 -- Florida State University posted the following news:
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FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers develop wave-shaped wall and roof designs that protect against hurricane-force winds
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* Researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering found that wave-shaped walls and roofs could make buildings more resistant to hurricane-force winds, reducing the strongest wind pressures by as much as 40% to 60%.
* The design works by disrupting the way wind flows around a building, helping prevent damaging pressure f more PR
FAU Receives NIST Grant to Build Quantum Cybersecurity Workforce (10)
BOCA RATON, Florida, Oct. 7 -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news:
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FAU Receives NIST Grant to Build Quantum Cybersecurity Workforce
By Gisele Galoustian | 10/6/2026
Grant Snapshot: Florida Atlantic University's College of Engineering and Computer Science has received a $200,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) through its Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships to Sti more PR
Finding Transformative Teaching in Baltimore's Midtown (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 7 -- The University of Baltimore posted the following news:
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Finding Transformative Teaching in Baltimore's Midtown
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Article by Julia Goffredi, Educational Developer, Bank of America Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Technology
Most days when I'm on campus, I take a midday walk. Nothing ambitious; just enough time to clear my head before heading back to my desk. Some afternoons I'll follow the Jones Falls to see what birds are roosting along the water. Other days I'll check what's brewing at th more PR
Florida State University retail expert says early holiday sales could test consumer affordability (10)
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 6 -- Florida State University posted the following news:
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Florida State University retail expert says early holiday sales could test consumer affordability
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* Florida State University Assistant Professor Carl-Philip Ahlbom believes this year's early holiday sales, starting in October through Black Friday, can provide a barometer for consumer affordability heading into the heaviest season for consumer spending.
* Professor Ahlbom is available to speak to media on the topic of how the beginning of the Q4 fina more PR
Forum promotes collaboration to address impacts of wildfire in the Eastern US (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Forum promotes collaboration to address impacts of wildfire in the Eastern US
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa -- Historically, wildfire research has focused on the western United States. However, changing climate conditions, increasing drought severity and dense development patterns are rapidly altering wildfire risk across the Eastern United States. Penn State hosted the Eastern Wildfire Forum in September to address the growing challenge of wildf more PR
From Community Partnerships to AI Innovation: Dr. Ruby Natale's Vision for the Future of Developmental Disabilities Research (10)
MIAMI, Florida, Oct. 6 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine posted the following news:
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From Community Partnerships to AI Innovation: Dr. Ruby Natale's Vision for the Future of Developmental Disabilities Research
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As research director at the Mailman Center for Child Development, pediatric psychologist Ruby Natale, Ph.D., Psy.D., is advancing community-engaged research, interdisciplinary collaboration and responsible uses of technology to help more children and families access developmental and mental health support.
K more PR
From Farm Waste to Sustainable Plastic: Fulbright Fellow Spends Year at South Dakota Mines Developing Sustainable Alternatives (10)
RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Oct. 7 -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release:
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From Farm Waste to Sustainable Plastic: Fulbright Fellow Spends Year at South Dakota Mines Developing Sustainable Alternatives
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Lata Pawar grew up visiting her grandparents in the hillsides of India, where people lived off the land surrounding them, making ropes from hemp fibers and baskets woven from bamboo. Her grandfather farmed using wood ash as a natural source of nutrients for the soil.
"There was a strong sen more PR
From mountains to molecules: Laura Bohn's pursuit of safer pain relief (10)
TAMPA, Florida, Oct. 7 -- The University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine posted the following news:
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From mountains to molecules: Laura Bohn's pursuit of safer pain relief
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In a small Western Maryland mining town, nestled in the rural shadows of the Allegheny and Appalachian Mountains, Laura Bohn spent her childhood chasing butterflies and grasshoppers, or fishing near her home just north of Cumberland and south of the Pennsylvania state line.
Her father worked in a factory that made acetate fibers while her mother staye more PR
FSU brings entrepreneurship educators from around the world to Tallahassee for training (10)
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 7 -- Florida State University posted the following news:
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FSU brings entrepreneurship educators from around the world to Tallahassee for training
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* FSU's Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship hosted the 26th Experiential Classroom, drawing entrepreneurship educators and leaders from six countries, 21 U.S. states and Puerto Rico to Tallahassee for professional development.
* The immersive program provides hands-on training, classroom demonstrations and experiential learning techniques that participants can more PR
FSU Discovery Days invites the community to explore breakthrough ideas, innovation and creativity (10)
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 6 -- Florida State University posted the following news:
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FSU Discovery Days invites the community to explore breakthrough ideas, innovation and creativity
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Forty free events include community health experiences, technology competitions, startup showcases, performances and family programming
Florida State University will open its research and creative enterprise to the community Oct. 17-24 during its fourth annual FSU Discovery Days, featuring 40 free events, from community health experiences and innovation more PR
Genetic time capsule helps researchers rewrite the bat family tree and trace the origins of flight, echolocation (10)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 6 -- Texas A&M University posted the following news:
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Genetic time capsule helps researchers rewrite the bat family tree and trace the origins of flight, echolocation
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By combining genomes from every living bat family with fossil evidence, researchers found that bats -- and powered flight -- likely originated in Europe and that echolocation emerged before modern bats began to diversify.
Bats have mastered feats that set them apart from nearly every other mammal, including powered flight, echolocation, exc more PR
Get to Know Wofford's Newest Faculty Members (10)
SPARTANBURG, South Carolina, Oct. 6 -- Wofford College issued the following news:
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New faces on campus
Get to know Wofford's newest faculty members
2026-10-05
Riley Coonan '21, assistant professor of accounting, knows the power of a great professor.
"At Wofford, I experienced the impact that professors can have when they take the time to know their students and invest in their success," says Coonan. A former student-athlete on the volleyball team, she earned a master's in professional accountancy from Clemson University and built a c more PR
Harvard Medical School Researchers Win NIH Director's New Innovator Awards (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 7 -- Harvard Medical School issued the following news:
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Harvard Medical School Researchers Win NIH Director's New Innovator Awards
High-Risk, High-Reward Research program backs bold projects in biology
October 6, 2026
Four Harvard Medical School researchers have been awarded research grants by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as part of their High-Risk, High-Reward Research program. In this year's round, the NIH will provide approximately $237.5 million in funding to 58 investigators pursuing bold id more PR
How McCourt Students Are Helping Reduce Youth Violence in the Nation's Capital (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy issued the following news:
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How McCourt Students Are Helping Reduce Youth Violence in the Nation's Capital
October 6, 2026
Student teams in the McCourt School's Policy Innovation Lab partner with local organizations to shape equitable public policy.
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Rooted in a commitment to serving Washington, DC's most marginalized residents, Georgetown McCourt's Policy Innovation Lab (PIL) offers hands-on experiences that help students develop the skills to create po more PR
HPU Poll Finds Most North Carolina Adults Recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month (10)
HIGH POINT, North Carolina, Oct. 6 -- High Point University issued the following news release:
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HPU Poll Finds Most North Carolina Adults Recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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HIGH POINT, N.C., Oct. 6, 2026 - A new High Point University(r) Poll finds that most North Carolina adults are aware October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Nearly three-quarters (74%) said they were aware of the observance, while 22% said they were not aware.
North Carolinians reported relatively high familiarity with breast cancer compared with other can more PR
Illinois Institute of Technology: Third Federal Judge Cites Law Professor's Research in Legal Ruling (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 7 -- The Illinois Institute of Technology issued the following news release:
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Third Federal Judge Cites Law Professor's Research in Legal Ruling
10/06/2026
Innovative research by Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor Sarah Fackrell is proving helpful to federal judges who are adjudicating new types of intellectual property infringement cases in the internet era.
"Schedule A" cases involve one plaintiff who sues multiple defendants for infringement in a single lawsuit. Attorneys for patent holders lump the alleg more PR
IMMCG researcher awarded prestigious NIH Director's Award (10)
AUGUSTA, Georgia, Oct. 7 -- Augusta University posted the following news release:
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IMMCG researcher awarded prestigious NIH Director's Award
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Marco Orecchioni, PhD, a researcher with Immunology Center of Georgia, part of the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, has been awarded the prestigious NIH Director's New Innovator Award by the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.
The grant, which is classified as high-risk, high-reward, is for nearly $3.66 million over the next five years, and wil more PR
Inaugural UNL-UNMC Summit Explores Opportunities (10)
LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 7 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news:
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October 6, 2026
Inaugural UNL-UNMC summit explores opportunities
Colleagues, leaders identify ways to work more closely following move to joint accreditation
By John Keenan and Troy Fedderson
One hundred faculty and staff from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska Medical Center, University of Nebraska system and Nebraska Medicine gathered Sept. 30 for the inaugural UNL-UNMC Summit. The discussions focused on identifying ways the more PR
Investiture Celebrates Inaugural Endowed Dean Derek McLean and Supporting Foundations (10)
LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 5 -- Utah State University posted the following news:
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Investiture Celebrates Inaugural Endowed Dean Derek McLean and Supporting Foundations
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Leading a college with the breadth and impact of the S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Agriculture and Natural Resources takes remarkable leadership -- someone who can see connections and build on them, who can help students to build judgment and discover how their strengths complement the world around them, according to Provost Chris Corcoran during the investiture of the more PR
ISU Researchers Looking Into Foundations of Autoimmune Disease Development, May Yield New Treatments (10)
POCATELLO, Idaho, Oct. 7 -- Idaho State University posted the following news:
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ISU Researchers Looking Into Foundations of Autoimmune Disease Development, May Yield New Treatments
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We've all heard their names: multiple sclerosis, Type 1 diabetes, Crohn's disease, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, to name a handful. Now, an Idaho State University biologist and her students are exploring new ways to fight the autoimmune diseases afflicting millions.
"Normally, our immune system makes antibodies that target pathogens for destructi more PR
IU Students Explore a More Accessible Future for Orange County Community Gardens (10)
BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, Oct. 7 -- Indiana University issued the following news:
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IU students explore a more accessible future for Orange County Community Gardens
Through Sustaining Hoosier Communities, graduate students from the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington partnered with Orange County Community Gardens in Paoli to explore designs for a more accessible path into the garden, bringing together community priorities, universal design, and hands-on learning.
Oct 6, 2026
By Sarah Duis and Sofia Gruionu
At the Orang more PR
IUP College of Osteopathic Medicine Founding Dean Honored as Trailblazer in Healthcare by City & State (10)
INDIANA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- Indiana University of Pennsylvania posted the following news:
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IUP College of Osteopathic Medicine Founding Dean Honored as Trailblazer in Healthcare by City & State
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania's College of Osteopathic Medicine Founding Dean Miko Rose has been selected as a "Trailblazer in Healthcare 2026" by City & State Pennsylvania.
Rose received the honor at a September 30 event in Philadelphia featuring Secretary of Human Services Valerie Arkoosh as the keynote speaker. The awards recogni more PR
K-State Expands Regenerative Agriculture Impact (10)
MANHATTAN, Kansas, Oct. 7 -- Kansas State University issued the following news:
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K-State expands regenerative agriculture impact
Through partnership with King Arthur Baking Co., university also joins 1% for the Planet network
By Jennifer Tidball, Division of Communications and Marketing
Oct. 6, 2026
A next-generation partnership at Kansas State University shows that when a land-grant university, farmers and a food company work together, good things happen.
One of those good things: Through its partnership with King Arthur Baking Co. more PR
Kassidi Thompson Witnesses Justice in Action at Massachusetts Courthouse (10)
WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Oct. 7 -- Bentley University posted the following news:
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Kassidi Thompson Witnesses Justice in Action at Massachusetts Courthouse
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As she walked into the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts in Boston for the first day of a summer fellowship, Kassidi Thompson '27 felt both empowered and at ease.
"I was sure that I was in the right place," she recalls of joining seven other fellows to meet their summer mentors. "The first conversation we had with Judge Angel Kelley was about the importance of taking a leap of f more PR
Kean Researcher Studies How Workplace Technology Shapes Cognitive Aging (10)
UNION, New Jersey, Oct. 7 -- Kean University issued the following news release:
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Kean Researcher Studies How Workplace Technology Shapes Cognitive Aging
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As technology continues to reshape the workplace, older employees may experience its effects in very different ways. New digital tools can provide opportunities to learn and stay mentally engaged, while rapidly changing job demands may make it more difficult for some workers to remain employed.
Kean University Assistant Professor Eli Kochersperger, Ph.D., is studying how those exper more PR
Kean Study Finds Age-Biased Language in Nearly 1 in 10 Job Ads (10)
UNION, New Jersey, Oct. 7 -- Kean University issued the following news release:
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Kean Study Finds Age-Biased Language in Nearly 1 in 10 Job Ads
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A job advertisement seeking a "digital native" or a "high energy" employee may communicate more than the qualities an employer values. For Kean University researcher Gata Goumou '26, those phrases were part of a study into how seemingly ordinary language can signal preferences for younger or older workers.
Goumou and his collaborators found age-biased language in nearly 10% of the 4,369 job more PR
Kelp Help: Meet the Scientists Working to Restore Our Underwater Forests (10)
LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 6 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news:
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Kelp Help: Meet the Scientists Working to Restore Our Underwater Forests
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Scripps marine biologist Jennifer Smith and her team ramp up efforts to understand and restore San Diego's threatened kelp forests
Ask any scuba diver what it's like to experience a kelp forest underwater, and they're likely to wax poetic about the magic found beneath the canopy.
"Diving in a kelp forest is unlike any other experience you could have on the more PR
Kelsey Klein connects research and clinical care to support children with hearing loss (10)
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Oct. 7 -- The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences posted the following news:
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Kelsey Klein connects research and clinical care to support children with hearing loss
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Kelsey Klein (AuD '20, PhD in speech and hearing science '20) has spent much of her career thinking about what happens after the earliest years of intervention for children who are deaf and hard of hearing.
Now a research scientist at the House Institute Foundation in Los Angeles, Klein studies listening and spoken-language outcomes, more PR
Kutztown University: Vogel to Host Fall 2026 Chambliss Faculty Lecture Oct. 21 (10)
KUTZTOWN, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- Kutztown University issued the following news release:
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Vogel to Host Fall 2026 Chambliss Faculty Lecture Oct. 21
October 06, 2026
KUTZTOWN, Pa. - Kutztown University is proud to host an engaging and interactive lecture by Dr. Andrew Vogel, professor of English, for Kutztown University's Fall 2026 Chambliss Faculty Lecture 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, 183 McFarland Student Union.
Vogel has been a professor at KU since 2007, was chair of the English department from 2012-20 and became the KU Honors Pro more PR
La Louisiane podcast: Building a path to student success with Dr. Andy Benoit (10)
LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Oct. 7 -- The University of Louisiana Lafayette campus posted the following news:
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La Louisiane podcast: Building a path to student success with Dr. Andy Benoit
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In her first interview as La Louisiane Podcast host, Marcelle Fontenot sits down with Dr. Andy Benoit to talk about student experience at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. As UL Lafayette's vice president for Student Success, Benoit's focus is helping students at every stage of their academic journeys--from recruitment to graduation and into the more PR
Lafayette College: Leisure After the Last Shift (10)
EASTON, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- Lafayette College issued the following news:
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October 6, 2026
Leisure after the last shift
Prof. Chu Chu and EXCEL Scholar Julia Mudry '27 are designing a mixed-methods study to understand how retirees spend their golden years
By Brianna Miron '26
People spend decades saving up for retirement, but give far less thought to what they'll actually do with it.
Beyond income, work can provide individuals with a sense of purpose, structure, and community. Without a job to fill their hours or a career to def more PR
Linse to retire after 20 years leading Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 6 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Linse to retire after 20 years leading Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- After two decades of dedication to teaching excellence at Penn State, Angela Linse will retire in December as associate dean for teaching and executive director of the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, Penn State's University-wide teaching center. An interim leader for the Schreyer Institute will be named in the coming wee more PR
Listen: UB expert Yini Zhang discusses social media's broken promise (10)
BUFFALO, New York, Oct. 7 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) posted the following news release:
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Listen: UB expert Yini Zhang discusses social media's broken promise
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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- When social media first began taking off, Yini Zhang was admittedly starry-eyed. A college student at the time, she thought this emerging technology could give voice to the voiceless, expose corruption and help people coordinate action together.
Now, as an associate professor in the University at Buffalo Department of Communicat more PR
Longtime Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute director receives University System Leadership Excellence Award (10)
FARGO, North Dakota, Oct. 6 -- North Dakota State University posted the following news:
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Longtime Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute director receives University System Leadership Excellence Award
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Denver Tolliver, the director of the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at NDSU, recently received the University System Leadership Excellence Award from the State Board of Higher Education, a new program initiated by the NDUS in partnership with the SBHE this year. The award recognizes the dedication to advancing organiza more PR
LSU New Orleans: Exploring the Connection Between Reproduction and Healthy Aging (10)
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 7 -- LSU New Orleans (formerly the University of New Orleans) issued the following news release:
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October 6, 2026
Exploring the Connection Between Reproduction and Healthy Aging
Cheng Shi, Ph.D., received a five-year, $1,862,500 award through the R35 "Maximizing Investigators' Research" program for his project, "Investigating the role of lipid metabolism in germline-soma interactions and stress responses." His research will explore how high levels of reproductive activity affect the health and lifespan of t more PR
LSUS herpetologist part of groundbreaking research published in renowned journal (10)
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 7 -- Louisiana State University Shreveport campus posted the following news:
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LSUS herpetologist part of groundbreaking research published in renowned journal
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SHREVEPORT - An LSU Shreveport herpetologist is part of ground-breaking research in the gecko world.
Dr. Stuart Nielsen, assistant professor of biology, was part of a team that established nearly 20 new genomes for geckos, publishing the research in the journal "Science."
A genome is an organism's complete set of genetic instructions, made up of a more PR
Lu receives NIH Director's New Innovator Award (10)
CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, Oct. 7 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus posted the following news:
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Lu receives NIH Director's New Innovator Award
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Xiaotang Lu, a professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has received the National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award from the NIH Common Fund's High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.
The New Innovator awards, given to "unusually innovative research from early career investigators" for up to five years, "support more PR
Manna University: Some Decisions Don't Have a Good Option (10)
FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina, Oct. 7 -- Manna University issued the following commentary on Oct. 6, 2026, by President Carlo A. Serrano:
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Some Decisions Don't Have a Good Option
October 6, 2026
Although I've never been much of a puzzle guy, I like solving problems.
Give me enough information, enough time to think, and a whiteboard (and someone else's handwriting), and I genuinely enjoy working through complexity. I want to understand the variables, identify the risks, consider alternatives, and make the best decision possible.
Easi more PR
Matthew Corrigan Appointed to Board of MHAOC (10)
SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. 6 -- Seton Hall University posted the following news:
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Matthew Corrigan Appointed to Board of MHAOC
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Matthew Corrigan Appointed to Board of Mental Health Association in Orange County
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Matthew Corrigan, Ph.D., professor of Social Work in the Department of Social Work and Public Administration at Seton Hall University, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Mental Health Association in Orange County (MHAOC), a private nonprofit organization that works to expand mental more PR
Mattocks honored with Wilks Award for excellence in simulation education (10)
MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Oct. 5 -- The West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing issued the following news:
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Mattocks honored with Wilks Award for excellence in simulation education
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Alma Mattocks, Ph.D., ATC, CHSE, director of the West Virginia University School of Medicine Athletic Training Program, was named the 2026 recipient of the David H. Wilks Memorial Award for Excellence in Simulation.
"I am humbled and honored to be selected as the recipient of the David H. Wilks Memorial Award for Excellence in more PR
Media Tip Sheet: GW Nursing Shapes the Future of Maternal Health with Midwifery Program (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- George Washington University posted the following news:
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Media Tip Sheet: GW Nursing Shapes the Future of Maternal Health with Midwifery Program
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As conversations around maternal health grow particularly in the face of rising U.S. maternal mortality rates and during National Midwifery Week, the George Washington University School of Nursing is stepping up with innovative training and research that put midwives at the forefront of solutions.
GW's Midwifery Program is one of the few in the nation preparing nurses more PR
Media Tip Sheet: GW Researchers Identify a Potential "tipping point" That Can Cause AI to Shift from Helpful to Harmful (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- George Washington University posted the following news:
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Media Tip Sheet: GW Researchers Identify a Potential "tipping point" That Can Cause AI to Shift from Helpful to Harmful
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What if an AI chatbot's shift from a helpful answer to a harmful one isn't random but follows a predictable tipping-point dynamic buried within the model's attention mechanism?
New research from George Washington University researchers Neil Johnson and Frank Yingjie Huo proposes a mathematical framework for understanding and potentially more PR
Meet a PhD Student Writing Children's Books to Help Kids Understand Their Medical Diagnoses (10)
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 7 -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news:
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Meet a PhD student writing children's books to help kids understand their medical diagnoses
October 06, 2026
Sasha Alexander may have just arrived at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine this fall as a PhD student in the Clinical and Translational Science program, but her commitment to improving patient care is already tangible.
Before CWRU, Alexander worked at Stanford University School of Medicine as a clinical research coordinator i more PR
Michigan Medicine: Many Hospitals Still Don't Do Enough to Prevent UTIs From Catheters (10)
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 7 (TNSjou) -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release:
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Many hospitals still don't do enough to prevent UTIs from catheters
Despite 20 years of effort, surveys show room for improvement; a free site with evidence-based resources could help improve care further
October 6, 2026
No hospitalized patient loves getting a urinary catheter.
But if they must have one, the last thing they want is a urinary tract infection caused by bacteria that s more PR
Midterm Elections: U-M Experts Available to Discuss (10)
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 7 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news:
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Midterm elections: U-M experts available to discuss
October 5, 2026
EXPERTS ADVISORY
As voters prepare to head to the polls for the 2026 midterm elections, University of Michigan experts are available to navigate the issues, political dynamics and key questions shaping the race.
From voter behavior, campaign strategies and election laws to the economy, public opinion and the broader political landscape, U-M faculty offer research-based insights and more PR
Miller School's Dr. Leor Weinberger Earns NIH's Most Prestigious Award (10)
MIAMI, Florida, Oct. 6 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine posted the following news:
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Miller School's Dr. Leor Weinberger Earns NIH's Most Prestigious Award
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After decades developing a therapy designed to evolve alongside HIV, Leor Weinberger, Ph.D., is applying the same concept to some of the deadliest cancers, with support from the NIH Director's Pioneer Award.
Key Takeaways
* Viruses and cancer cells can mutate in ways that allow them to escape treatment.
* Leor Weinberger, Ph.D., is investigating therapies des more PR
Missouri Producers Explore Practical Resources at Regional Conferences (10)
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Oct. 7 -- Lincoln University posted the following news:
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Missouri Producers Explore Practical Resources at Regional Conferences
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Lincoln University of Missouri's (LU) Horticulture Program brought practical, research-based education to farmers through a recent series of regional conferences. The Southwest Farmers and Producers Conference on Aug. 27 in Springfield served as part of the series, offering agricultural education to Missouri producers closer to home. This year's conferences share a focus on regenera more PR
MIT announces the MIT for America initiative, to strengthen STEM education across the country (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 7 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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MIT announces the MIT for America initiative, to strengthen STEM education across the country
The effort aims to help U.S. learners from kindergarten to community college, with an emphasis on math, making, and the constructive use of AI.
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MIT is launching a new strategic initiative today: MIT for America, which seeks to strengthen STEM education nationally, at many levels of learning.
Addressing a critical national need, the in more PR
Montana State's Jason Bolte to kick off Provost's Distinguished Lecturer Series (10)
BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 4 -- Montana State University posted the following news:
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Montana State's Jason Bolte to kick off Provost's Distinguished Lecturer Series
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BOZEMAN -- One may find Jason Bolte below ground, sampling the acoustics of the Lewis and Clark Caverns near Whitehall. Or perhaps on stage in Reynolds Recital Hall at Montana State University, plucking cactus spines like the strings of an instrument. Or, what he says is the most rewarding of all, in the classroom as director of MSU's School of Music in the College of Arts an more PR
New $4.8 million initiative to transform how educators support young English learners (10)
TAMPA, Florida, Oct. 7 -- The University of South Florida posted the following news:
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New $4.8 million initiative to transform how educators support young English learners
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The University of South Florida's College of Education has received a $4.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to strengthen how educators across Tampa Bay are prepared to support young English learners.
The five-year initiative, STEEPLE-EL: Strengthening the Training of Early Education Professionals to Enhance the Learning Environment for English more PR
New awards honor faculty and staff serving graduate students (10)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 7 -- The University of Texas-San Antonio posted the following news:
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New awards honor faculty and staff serving graduate students
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Longtime UT San Antonio faculty and leaders John Kaulfus, EdD '17, associate vice president and vice provost for Health, Academic and Student Affairs at the UT San Antonio Health Science Center, and Janis Bush, BS '81, MS '83, professor emeritus in the UT San Antonio College of Sciences, are furthering their commitment to graduate education at UT San Antonio through a $25,000 endow more PR
New Geospatial Science Program Builds on Established Strengths (10)
TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 7 -- The University of Toledo posted the following news:
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New Geospatial Science Program Builds on Established Strengths
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Geographers have long been asking questions about the complex relationships between humans and their world: Why do asthma rates worsen in one region while they improve in another? Why do harmful algal blooms develop in western, but not eastern, Lake Erie? Where should cities invest in roads so they and their neighbors can reach jobs?
Answers to these and other questions are closer than ever as t more PR
New leadership program trains scholars to move special education research into action (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 7 -- Vanderbilt University posted the following news release:
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New leadership program trains scholars to move special education research into action
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How can research guide policymakers in selecting effective models of service delivery in early intervention? How can essential special education knowledge and best practices be integrated into juvenile court systems? And how can we better support the educational and developmental experiences of children and youth in foster care as they move across home, school, more PR
New Research Pathway Helps M.D./Ph.D. Trainees Become Physician-Scientists (10)
MIAMI, Florida, Oct. 6 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine posted the following news:
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New Research Pathway Helps M.D./Ph.D. Trainees Become Physician-Scientists
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A new Miller School pathway integrates residency, fellowship and dedicated research time, helping M.D./Ph.D. trainees sustain scientific momentum while developing as clinicians and investigators.
Key Takeaways
* The Miller School pathway integrates research with residency and fellowship training.
* Participants receive dedicated research time, mentorship more PR
New U of I degrees prepare students to lead the future of smart manufacturing and AI (10)
MOSCOW, Idaho, Oct. 7 -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release:
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New U of I degrees prepare students to lead the future of smart manufacturing and AI
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State's first bachelor's and master's degrees in industrial and systems engineering (ISE) to support Idaho's evolving workforce needs and long-term economic growth
October 5, 2026
MOSCOW, Idaho -- University of Idaho has launched the state's first bachelor's and master's degrees in industrial and systems engineering (ISE) to support Idaho's evolving workforce needs more PR
Newest MSU Institute for the Humanities Fellows explore language, literature, philosophy (10)
STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Oct. 7 -- Mississippi State University posted the following news:
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Newest MSU Institute for the Humanities Fellows explore language, literature, philosophy
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STARKVILLE, Miss.--Three Bulldog instructors are the latest Mississippi State Institute for the Humanities Faculty Fellows, and their scholarship explores communication across languages, ancient literature's influence on sources and quotations, and the contributions of Greek and Roman women philosophers.
Awarded annually for research support, the fellowsh more PR
Newly Available Satellite Data Shows Just How Flawed Some River Models Can Be (10)
AMHERST, Massachusetts, Oct. 7 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news:
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Newly Available Satellite Data Shows Just How Flawed Some River Models Can Be
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"Is there enough water? What's happening with climate change? How do I operate my hydro plant? In a world of water problems, there are problems that we need a good model to solve," says Colin Gleason, a hydrologist in the Riccio College of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. But the models are only as good as the math that they're based on, and, more PR
NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management Introduces Three-Year Degree Pathway (10)
NEWARK, New Jersey, Oct. 7 -- The New Jersey Institute of Technology issued the following news:
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NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management Introduces Three-Year Degree Pathway
October 6, 2026
Students pursuing a business degree at NJIT will soon have a new option to complete the same 120-credit bachelor's degree in three years, giving them a faster path to the workforce without sacrificing academic experience.
The Martin Tuchman School of Management will launch its accelerated B.S. in Business pathway in fall 2027. The program uses a more PR
Northwestern University: Years of Opioid Use Do Not Improve Chronic Pain, Study Finds (10)
EVANSTON, Illinois, Oct. 7 (TNSjou) -- Northwestern University posted the following news release:
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Years of opioid use do not improve chronic pain, study finds
Comparing brain scans of patients on and not on opioids reveals clues that could lead to new treatments
October 6, 2026
* Seventy back pain patients on opioids were compared to 70 similar patients not on opioids
* After nearly eight years of use, opioid patients saw no benefits in pain reduction
* Brain scans of all patients showed differences between the groups in brain acti more PR
NYMC Expands Emergency Preparedness Training to More Than 300 Yonkers Public School Staff (10)
VALHALLA, New York, Oct. 7 -- New York Medical College issued the following news:
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NYMC Expands Emergency Preparedness Training to More Than 300 Yonkers Public School Staff
The Center for Disaster Medicine Brings Life-Saving Skills to School Administrators, Teaching Assistants, and Nursing Staff
October 06, 2026
New York Medical College (NYMC) has its expanded partnership with the Yonkers Public School District, bringing hands-on, life-saving training to all Yonkers school professionals including teachers, school officials, administra more PR
Ohio State professor named Blavatnik National Awards laureate (10)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 7 -- Ohio State University posted the following news:
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Ohio State professor named Blavatnik National Awards laureate
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Chemist David Nagib honored for accelerating pharmaceutical research
David Nagib, a researcher at The Ohio State University who is well-known for his passion for "radical" medicinal chemistry, has been named a laureate of the 2026 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists.
A professor of chemistry and biochemistry, Nagib is the first Ohio State faculty member to receive a Blavatnik National more PR
Penn State CTSI launches four fellowship opportunities for 2027-28 (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Penn State CTSI launches four fellowship opportunities for 2027-28
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HERSHEY, Pa. -- Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) is inviting applications for four fellowship opportunities designed to help faculty, researchers and staff develop the skills, mentorship and protected time needed to advance clinical and translational science.
The 2027-28 opportunities include two new programs -- the Administrative Faculty F more PR
Pitt Public Health Researchers Bring Youth Perspectives to Social Media Research (10)
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health issued the following news:
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Pitt Public Health researchers bring youth perspectives to social media research
October 6, 2026
Pitt Public Health researchers bring youth perspectives to social media research
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Young people are often the primary audience for social media content, yet they are rarely included as research partners when that content is analyzed.
A team of Pitt Public Health researchers in the Department of Behavioral and Comm more PR
Popular TikTok Docs Have Big Influence on Gen Z Followers, New VCU Research Finds (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 7 (TNSjou) -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news:
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Oct. 6, 2026
Popular TikTok docs have big influence on Gen Z followers, new VCU research finds
School of Business marketing professor Suzanne Makarem says physician-influencers may carry more impact than a follower's own doctor, and 'that should give us pause.'
By Laura Stassi
Young adults following physicians on TikTok consider them more accessible, credible and altruistic than their own doctors, even when the physician-influencers ar more PR
Pres. Mortensen Shares New Mission Statement, Higher Ed Updates, Feedback Survey (10)
LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 5 -- Utah State University posted the following news:
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Pres. Mortensen Shares New Mission Statement, Higher Ed Updates, Feedback Survey
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Editor's note: This message from USU President Brad L. Mortensen was sent to all employees Monday afternoon.
Dear Utah State Family,
With so much happening across Utah State this fall, I want to take a few minutes to update you on several important efforts. Last Friday, the Utah Board of Higher Education (UBHE) meeting included several actions that support our pillars. We are also more PR
Princeton School of Public & International Affairs: School Choice and the Rationing of Educational Opportunity (10)
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 7 -- Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news:
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October 6, 2026
School Choice and the Rationing of Educational Opportunity
Princeton SPIA Researcher Examines How School Choice Reshapes Access to Scarce Educational Opportunities in new book
By Tom Durso
Title: "The Scarcity Loop: How School Choice Reshapes the Rationing of Public Education (https://www.russellsage.org/publications/book/scarcity-loop)"
Authors: Jennifer L. Jennings | Class of 1988 Professor o more PR
Private equity ownership results in poor working conditions in NYS home care (10)
ITHACA, New York, Oct. 7 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Private equity ownership results in poor working conditions in NYS home care
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Private equity firms in New York state promise their investments in home care agencies will improve the industry.
But in reality, they perpetuate poor working conditions for workers by continuing the exploitation that is prevalent across the industry, from low wages and wage theft to managerial negligence and unsustainable work hours, according to a new study from the Worker Institut more PR
Prized 'Dune' book gets a day outside the University Library vault (10)
SAN DIEGO, California, Oct. 7 -- California State University San Diego State University posted the following news:
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Prized 'Dune' book gets a day outside the University Library vault
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A screening of a documentary on the "Dune" film that never was gives fans a chance to see an ultra-rare volume of its storyboards and artwork.
There may be only ten copies of it in the Known Universe. The San Diego State University Library owns one of them, and your chance to see it comes this Thursday.
It's the massive storyboard book for what would h more PR
Research Starts Here: Sharing discoveries and exploring its impact (10)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Oct. 6 -- Purdue University posted the following news release:
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Research Starts Here: Sharing discoveries and exploring its impact
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Over the past six weeks, the Research Starts Here campaign has introduced the people, training, services and tools available throughout Purdue's research community. For the final installment, Purdue's Office of Research looks ahead at where a researcher's work could go next, including helping them share discoveries, explore applications and advance their careers.
Share your disco more PR
RIT Announces New Biological Sciences Master's Program (10)
ROCHESTER, New York, Oct. 7 -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release:
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October 6, 2026
RIT announces new biological sciences master's program
Rochester Institute of Technology will launch a new master's degree in biological sciences in fall 2027.
The program prepares students to solve complex scientific problems by integrating biological knowledge with computational, analytical, laboratory, and field-based approaches. Students can select one of four specialized tracks: bioinformatics; environmental scienc more PR
Rutgers-Newark Receives National Recognition as an Institution of the Year (10)
NEWARK, New Jersey, Oct. 7 -- Rutgers University issued the following news:
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Rutgers-Newark Receives National Recognition as an Institution of the Year
October 6, 2026
Rutgers University-Newark was named an Institution of the Year by the EDU Ledger, which launched its inaugural IMPACT Awards to recognize colleges and universities that have made a measurable difference in higher education.
The honor names schools that demonstrate institutional transformation through degree production, student success, research growth, access and social more PR
Rutgers: MRI Scans Link Eye Microvascular Health to Early Signs of Cognitive Decline (10)
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 7 -- Rutgers University issued the following news:
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MRI Scans Link Eye Microvascular Health to Early Signs of Cognitive Decline
October 6, 2026
Rutgers researchers use advanced neuroimaging to explore how abnormalities in the eye's blood vessels may indicate early brain changes linked to dementia
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What if the eye were a window to the brain?
A Rutgers study led by Gina Roslan, a doctoral candidate, and Joshua W. Miller, professor and chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences within the School o more PR
Rutgers: On This Farm in Freehold, the Grass Is Always Greener by Design (10)
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 7 -- Rutgers University issued the following news:
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On This Farm in Freehold, the Grass Is Always Greener by Design
By Mike Lucas
October 6, 2026
Honors College students visit the Rutgers Plant Science Research and Extension Farm to learn about the university's turfgrass-breeding program
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Standing in a plot of soil dotted with nearly equally spaced tufts of green and not-so-green grass, Stacy Bonos spelled out the scope of Rutgers University's turfgrass-breeding program for a dozen Honors College st more PR
Rutgers: Study of Sickle Cell Pain Finds Unexpected Biological Differences (10)
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 7 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news:
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Study of Sickle Cell Pain Finds Unexpected Biological Differences
By Andrew Smith
October 6, 2026
A small pilot study led by a Rutgers researcher has found differences in blood proteins between people experiencing high and low levels of pain from sickle cell disease, findings that may inform research on new treatments and better pain management.
Their paper in Medical Sciences analyzed samples from 16 adult patients and found the unexpected s more PR
SCI and Dietrich School Student Build New Student Performance App (10)
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- The University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information issued the following news:
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SCI and Dietrich School Student Build New Student Performance App
Oct. 6, 2026
Through a mixture of their experiences and abilities, Elias Hadjipanayis (SCI '28) and Owen Levy (A&S '28) built Apex Student, an app aimed at helping all students stay organized and successful.
Apex Student works to keep students on an efficient schedule. Users input class times, work, and other responsibilities which the app's more PR
Science Spotlight: Blue Fish Rewrite the Rules (10)
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 -- The City University of New York Graduate Center posted the following news:
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Science Spotlight: Blue Fish Rewrite the Rules
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Professor Sebastian G. Alvarado and his lab overturn long-held assumptions about color-changing fish and reveal how the environment can shape biology and behavior.
Professor Sebastian G. Alvarado (GC/Queens College, Biology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience) and members of his lab can learn a surprising amount about a fish simply by looking at its color, especially when studying male Asta more PR
Second Pikal Symposium held in honor of the late Professor Michael J. Pikal (10)
STORRS, Connecticut, Oct. 6 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news:
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Second Pikal Symposium held in honor of the late Professor Michael J. Pikal
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Michael J. Pikal was a professor at the UConn School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SoPPS) and a world expert in Pharmaceutical freeze-drying. UConn hosted the second biennial symposium last month, following the first in 2024, in Pikal's honor and to celebrate his groundbreaking research on freeze-drying.
The symposium started with a Hands-on Basic Lyophilizati more PR
SIUE's Howard Rambsy II, PhD, Chronicles 20 Years of Learning with Black Men Students in New Book (10)
EDWARDSVILLE, Illinois, Oct. 6 -- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville campus posted the following news:
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SIUE's Howard Rambsy II, PhD, Chronicles 20 Years of Learning with Black Men Students in New Book
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When Howard Rambsy II, PhD, Distinguished Research Professor in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Department of English Language and Literature, began working at the university in 2003, Earleen Patterson, PhD, Associate Vice Chancellor and director of Student Opportunities for Academic Results (SOAR), invited him to ma more PR
South Dakota State honors nine newest endowment holders (10)
BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Oct. 7 -- South Dakota State University posted the following news:
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South Dakota State honors nine newest endowment holders
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South Dakota State University recently paid tribute to the university's newest endowment holders.
The fifth annual University Leadership Honors investiture ceremony -- honoring nine holders of endowed positions across five different colleges and programs -- was held Sept. 24 in Founders Recital Hall in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.
Four of the endowed positions are new and w more PR
Stanford University Community Celebrates Long-awaited Nobel Prize for Deisseroth (10)
STANFORD, California, Oct. 7 -- Stanford University School of Medicine issued the following news:
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Stanford University community celebrates long-awaited Nobel Prize for Deisseroth
By Nina Bai
Collaborators and colleagues of Karl Deisseroth's come out to raise a glass of champagne to the Nobel Prize laureate Monday on the Stanford University campus.
October 06, 2026
The Deisseroth Lab's Monday morning meeting took place at the same time and in the same seminar room in the Clark Center, with the usual coffee, juice and hot breakfast of more PR
Stanford University Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies: Poland's Informal Civic Groups Offer Lessons in Democratic Resilience (10)
STANFORD, California, Oct. 7 -- Stanford University Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies issued the following news:
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October 6, 2026
Poland's Informal Civic Groups Offer Lessons in Democratic Resilience
Research by CDDRL's Einstein-Moos Postdoctoral Fellow Frances Cayton shows how threats to civil society in Poland strengthened the independence and pluralism of groups the regime overlooked.
Nensi Hayotsyan
In Brief
* Einstein-Moos Postdoctoral Fellow Frances Cayton argues that informal, apolitical groups such as bikin more PR
Stanford University School of Medicine: How Opsins Became Traffic Signals for Nerve-cell Production - and Brain Research (10)
STANFORD, California, Oct. 7 -- Stanford University School of Medicine issued the following news:
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How opsins became traffic signals for nerve-cell production -- and brain research
By Bruce Goldman
Light-activated proteins can be activated or inhibited with pulses of laser light. It was a challenge to make it all work -- but it did, and it led to a Nobel Prize.
October 05, 2026
Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, has devoted the better part of two decades of his career to the development and promulgation of optogenetics, which has immeasurably more PR
Statistics professor receives national award (10)
SEASIDE, California, Oct. 7 -- California State University Monterey Bay campus posted the following news:
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Statistics professor receives national award
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Alana Unfried was honored by the American Statistical Association at its annual conference in August.
By Mark Muckenfuss
Even as a kid, Alana Unfried was fascinated with organizing things based on numbers.
"My parents have this picture of me with my penny collection," the Cal State Monterey Bay statistics professor said. "I would organize them all by date and put them in columns."
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Stern's two-year Full-time MBA Program is highlighted: "What are the Best MBAs for Finance Careers in 2027?" (10)
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 -- The New York University Stern School of Business posted the following news:
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Stern's two-year Full-time MBA Program is highlighted: "What are the Best MBAs for Finance Careers in 2027?"
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Excerpt from GMAC -- "Located in the heart of Manhattan, NYU Stern offers close access to one of the world's top financial centers. In 2026, 84 Stern MBA grads from the most recent graduating class are working in finance, earning a median salary of $175,000.
"Stern's finance program is consistently ranked among the best in the wor more PR
Stevens Research Enterprise Sets New Records (10)
HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Oct. 7 -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news:
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Stevens Research Enterprise Sets New Records
October 05, 2026
Record research funding, conferred Ph.D.'s and major faculty awards reflect the university's growing research momentum and high-impact work
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Stevens Institute of Technology's research enterprise reached new heights in Fiscal Year 2026 with $87 million in externally sponsored research funding and a record 92 Ph.D. degrees awarded -- milestones that reflect the university's sustained more PR
Student Success Expanded Through Stay the Course Partnership (10)
STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Oct. 7 -- Tarleton State University posted the following news:
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Student Success Expanded Through Stay the Course Partnership
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FORT WORTH, Texas -- Tarleton State University and Catholic Charities Fort Worth (CCFW) formalized a new partnership Tuesday, Oct. 6, marking a shared commitment to removing barriers that prevent students from completing their education and reaching their full potential.
At the center of the partnership is Stay the Course(r), CCFW's evidence-based student success model. Built on a simple b more PR
Study reveals how individual experiences shape the brain's wiring (10)
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Oct. 7 -- The University of Alabama issued the following news:
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Study reveals how individual experiences shape the brain's wiring
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A new study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham suggests that, while each brain is wired differently, the portions used for demanding, attention-heavy tasks may become the most distinctly personal. The study, led by Pinar Demirayak, Ph.D., a researcher in the UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, explores the idea that experience reshapes neural connections, making the br more PR
Survey Finds K-12 Educators Self-Censor to Avoid Controversy over Book Selections (10)
STORRS, Connecticut, Oct. 6 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news:
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Survey Finds K-12 Educators Self-Censor to Avoid Controversy over Book Selections
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Elementary school teachers often put such care into creating their classroom libraries: shelving multiple copies of each book, stringing fairy lights around them to set the mood, situating beanbag chairs and magic carpet squares strategically to encourage students to settle in.
Now imagine that cozy nook turned into a battleground - parents squabbling over the appr more PR
Syracuse University: A&S Researcher Shares Indigenous Perspectives on the Nation's Founding (10)
SYRACUSE, New York, Oct. 7 -- Syracuse University issued the following news:
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A&S Researcher Shares Indigenous Perspectives on the Nation's Founding
Professor Scott Manning Stevens is helping ensure Indigenous histories are part of the story America tells about its origins.
Dan Bernardi
Oct. 6, 2026
As the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, historians and scholars are working to broaden public understanding of the Revolutionary era by centering the perspectives of Indigenous peoples whose nations were de more PR
Syracuse University: Maxwell Advisory Board Welcomes Six Accomplished Alumni (10)
SYRACUSE, New York, Oct. 7 -- Syracuse University issued the following news:
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Maxwell Advisory Board Welcomes Six Accomplished Alumni
Their expertise spans a range of fields, and they play a vital role in advising the dean and school leadership.
Oct. 6, 2026
The Maxwell School is pleased to welcome six accomplished alumni to its advisory board: John R. Bass, Dr. Evelyn C. Granieri, Phil Porter, Ian Schuman, Hailey Williams and Dan Zhang.
They represent a range of fields across sectors and join a distinguished group of entrepreneurs, more PR
Temple engineering researcher develops breakthrough criteria to predict when EV batteries could fail (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- Temple University posted the following news:
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Temple engineering researcher develops breakthrough criteria to predict when EV batteries could fail
For the first time, researchers can determine the amount of damage electric vehicle (EV) batteries can sustain before becoming a fire risk, thanks to research led by Elham Sahraei, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Temple University's College of Engineering and director of both the Electric Vehicle Safety Lab and the Center for Battery Safe more PR
Texas A&M Engineering: Aggie Engineers Recognized at 2026 Outstanding Engineering Awards (10)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 7 -- The Texas A&M University College of Engineering issued the following news:
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Aggie engineers recognized at 2026 Outstanding Engineering Awards
Six former students and seven current students were honored at this year's Outstanding Engineering Awards, coinciding with Texas A&M University's sesquicentennial.
Oct. 5, 2026 By Kamryn Chapman, Contributor
At the Outstanding Engineering Awards, 13 Aggie engineers were recognized with the college's highest honor -- an award that represents the utmost standard more PR
Texas A&M Engineering: Okoroafor Earns NSF CAREER Award for Work in Hydrogen Generation (10)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 7 -- The Texas A&M University College of Engineering issued the following news:
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Okoroafor earns NSF CAREER Award for work in hydrogen generation
Dr. Rita Esuru Okoroafor received the National Science Foundation's highest honor for early-career faculty for her research on understanding and sustaining hydrogen generation from reactive rocks deep beneath the Earth's surface.
Oct. 6, 2026 By Kendra Bolin, Contributor
Dr. Rita Esuru Okoroafor, assistant professor in Texas A&M University's Harold Vance Departm more PR
Texas Tech Researcher Phillips Explores How Genetics and Microbes Impact Chronic Wound Healing (10)
LUBBOCK, Texas, Oct. 7 -- Texas Tech University posted the following news:
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Rise & Research
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Caleb Phillips on genetics, wound healing and community collaboration.
Welcome to Rise & Research where cutting-edge discoveries are made as accessible as your morning coffee. This monthly feature offers a closer look at the transformative research happening on our campus. Pull up a chair as we talk with faculty who are pushing boundaries while creating opportunities for the next generation.
In this installment, Jacob Gordon sits down with C more PR
The techniques AI uses to create images can help predict floods, researchers say (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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The techniques AI uses to create images can help predict floods, researchers say
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A flash flood can devastate a community for years in a matter of minutes. These disasters account for roughly 85% of floods and cause thousands of deaths annually worldwide, with water levels capable of shooting up 30 feet and receding back to normal levels in the span of a single, unpredictable day, according to the National Weather more PR
Tracing the history of the powerful forces behind live entertainment (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 7 -- The Loyola University Chicago issued the following news release:
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Tracing the history of the powerful forces behind live entertainment
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When concert ticket prices skyrocket, there's often a complicated web of business dealings driving high costs--and a history that can be traced back as far as the Gilded Age.
In his new book, Power and Greed: Monopolies, Mergers, and Cartels on the American Stage (Bloomsbury, 2026), Spencer Weber Waller details how powerful business cartels and monopolies have affe more PR
Trauma-Informed AI Persistence Study (10)
PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 6 -- The University of Phoenix issued the following news release:
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Trauma-Informed AI Persistence Study
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Peer-reviewed study of 45 online working adult undergraduates introduces a model linking course design, psychological safety and guided AI use.
University of Phoenix researchers have published a new peer-reviewed study examining how stress, self-regulation, resilience, belonging, psychological safety and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) interact in the experiences of non-traditional online students more PR
Two FSU graduate students awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships (10)
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 6 -- Florida State University posted the following news:
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Two FSU graduate students awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
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Two Florida State University graduate students, Chloe Britton Naime and Ana Julia Ferrugini Souza, have been awarded the 2026 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP). The five-year program supports students pursuing research-focused graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and math.
Designed to boost the quality and rea more PR
Two UConn Alumni to Speak at 2026 Professionalism Ceremonies (10)
STORRS, Connecticut, Oct. 6 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news:
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Two UConn Alumni to Speak at 2026 Professionalism Ceremonies
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The UConn School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Professionalism Ceremonies are held every year to mark milestones in Pharm.D. students' educational journey. This year, UConn Alumni and successful pharmacy professionals, Sam Abdelghany and Valentino Caruso, will serve as honoree speakers for the ceremonies.
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Sam Abdelghany, the speaker for the third year Pharm.D. more PR
Two URI physics professors receive NSF awards to further study science behind black holes (10)
KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Oct. 7 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news:
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Two URI physics professors receive NSF awards to further study science behind black holes
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KINGSTON, R.I. - Oct. 6, 2026 - Black holes and their complexity continue to fascinate astrophysics researchers around the world, including those at the University of Rhode Island.
Researchers are drawn to how these massive, dense concentrations of energy affect their surroundings and want to learn more about how the universe as a whole was shaped by th more PR
U of A Professor Named to World Agriculture Forum's U.S. Country Council for Work on Food System Resilience (10)
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 7 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news:
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U of A Professor Named to World Agriculture Forum's U.S. Country Council for Work on Food System Resilience
Oct. 06, 2026
Marty Matlock, a professor in the U of A's Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, has been named a founding member of the World Agriculture Forum's U.S. Country Council, joining a national group of leaders tasked with translating global agricultural solutions into local action.
The U.S. Country Council was laun more PR
UAMS Receives Grant to Provide Telehealth Nutrition Services, Remote Monitoring in Clinics in Batesville, El Dorado (10)
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 7 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release:
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UAMS Receives Grant to Provide Telehealth Nutrition Services, Remote Monitoring in Clinics in Batesville, El Dorado
By David Wise
Oct. 6, 2026 | LITTLE ROCK -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will integrate telehealth nutrition services and remote patient monitoring at two of its clinics to help patients better manage their diabetes and chronic health conditions.
Funded by a five-year, $1.5 millio more PR
UC Emergency Physician Receives $2.5 Million NIH Research Grant (10)
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 7 -- The University of Cincinnati posted the following news:
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UC emergency physician receives $2.5 million NIH research grant
Clinical trial to test caregiver wellness program for families after traumatic brain injury
By Megan Burgasser, burgasma@ucmail.uc.edu
October 6, 2026
A University of Cincinnati College of Medicine physician-researcher has received a five-year, $2.5 million R01 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Hea more PR
UC Merced Sociologist Assembles Global Handbook on Climate Action (10)
MERCED, California, Oct. 7 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news:
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UC Merced Sociologist Assembles Global Handbook on Climate Action
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Climate change is a global crisis and the search for solutions is increasingly technological. A new, 700-page volume edited by a UC Merced sociologist demonstrates that moving people, institutions and communities to act may be just as consequential.
Sociology and environmental systems Professor Paul Almeida has edited "The Oxford Handbook of Climate Action," a fundamental ref more PR
UC-San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography: Kelp Help - Meet the Scientists Working to Restore Our Underwater Forests (10)
LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 7 -- The University of California-San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography issued the following news:
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Kelp Help: Meet the Scientists Working to Restore Our Underwater Forests
Scripps marine biologist Jennifer Smith and her team ramp up efforts to understand and restore San Diego's threatened kelp forests
Author: Brittany Hook
Ask any scuba diver what it's like to experience a kelp forest underwater, and they're likely to wax poetic about the magic found beneath the canopy.
"Diving in a more PR
UConn 4-H Shares Ongoing Success with Board of Trustees (10)
STORRS, Connecticut, Oct. 6 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news:
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UConn 4-H Shares Ongoing Success with Board of Trustees
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UConn 4-H, administered by UConn Extension in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR), has been serving Connecticut residents since 1913.
A presentation at a Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting on Sept. 23 highlighted the value of the program for participants and the University.
"From robotics to biotechnology, agriculture, financial literacy, and environmental conserv more PR
UConn Study Strongly Links Blood Prestin with Tinnitus (10)
STORRS, Connecticut, Oct. 6 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news:
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UConn Study Strongly Links Blood Prestin with Tinnitus
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When Dr. Kourosh Parham conceived a first-of-its-kind blood test for tinnitus, he knew further research was needed to confirm a link between a unique ear protein and the common hearing disorder. To validate his theory, the professor of surgery at UConn Health (UCH), Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, teamed up with fellow UCH physician-scientists to conduct two clinical trials.
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UCSF Health Reaches 25,000 Robotic Surgeries (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 7 -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release:
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October 6, 2026
UCSF Health Reaches 25,000 Robotic Surgeries
The health system's new robotic devices and expanded offerings, place UCSF at the forefront of innovation in the use of robotic surgical technology.
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Surgeons at the UC San Francisco have performed over 25,000 robotically assisted minimally invasive surgeries, making it the first University of California health center to reach this milestone. UCSF Heal more PR
UD Researchers Evaluate Cell-to-cell Signals That Help Plants Mount Defenses (10)
DOVER, Delaware, Oct. 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Delaware issued the following research news:
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Communicating plant stress
Article by Katie Peikes October 06, 2026
UD researchers evaluate cell-to-cell signals that help plants mount defenses
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When a person falls and gets a cut or a scrape, they often use hydrogen peroxide to clean the wound. This molecular compound is also produced within our cells, helping our immune system build its defenses against bad bacteria or other pathogens.
Hydrogen peroxide is produced inside plants, more PR
UL Lafayette hosts inaugural StateChain Summit, drawing leaders from more than 20 states (10)
LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Oct. 7 -- The University of Louisiana Lafayette campus posted the following news:
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UL Lafayette hosts inaugural StateChain Summit, drawing leaders from more than 20 states
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The University of Louisiana at Lafayette welcomed more than 60 government, policy, research and technology leaders from over 20 states for the inaugural StateChain Summit. The two-day gathering focused on turning emerging technologies and ideas into practical solutions for state and local governments.
"The University ranks No. 4 in the nation more PR
UMaine study explores whether music can help older adults maintain brain health (10)
ORONO, Maine, Oct. 7 -- The University of Maine posted the following news release:
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UMaine study explores whether music can help older adults maintain brain health
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University of Maine researchers are studying whether listening to music or learning to play an instrument could help older adults maintain cognitive function as they age.
The three-year study, led by Rebecca MacAulay, an associate professor of psychology at UMaine, is funded by the National Institute on Aging and will compare two 12-week music programs for adults with nor more PR
UMass Law Welcomes Six Faculty Members With Experience in Scholarship, Technology, and Practice (10)
DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, Oct. 7 -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news:
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UMass Law welcomes six faculty members with experience in scholarship, technology, and practice
New faculty expand expertise in technology, criminal justice, health law, advocacy, legal skills, and academic success
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From artificial intelligence and data privacy to criminal justice, health law, and courtroom advocacy, six faculty members are bringing new areas of scholarship, teaching, and professional experience to the Uni more PR
UMF and Northeastern University Create Pathway to a Master's Degree in Biotechnology at the Roux Institute to Help Students Advance Their Careers (10)
FARMINGTON, Maine, Oct. 7 -- The University of Maine Farmington campus issued the following news:
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UMF and Northeastern University create pathway to a Master's degree in Biotechnology at the Roux Institute to help students advance their careers
By April Mulherin
FARMINGTON, ME (October 6, 2026)-- The University of Maine at Farmington and Northeastern University have created an accelerated pathway for full-time UMF undergraduate students majoring in biology to earn their master's in biotechnology.
Beginning in Fall 2026, UMF students more PR
UNC Health Begins Construction of West Cary Campus (10)
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Oct. 7 -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news:
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UNC Health Begins Construction of West Cary Campus
A medical office building and parking deck will open in 2028, followed by a hospital in 2032.
* UNC Health has begun construction of a new medical campus in West Cary. The location will be anchored by a medical office building, opening in 2028, and a community hospital, which is expected to open in 2032.
* The 48-acre campus is expected to eventually employ about 1,0 more PR
UNE Advances Food-allergy Safety With Rollout of Emergency Epinephrine Lockers at Community Awareness Event (10)
BIDDEFORD, Maine, Oct. 7 -- The University of New England issued the following news:
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UNE advances food-allergy safety with rollout of emergency epinephrine lockers at community awareness event
The first-annual Food Allergy Awareness Event on UNE's Biddeford Campus educated members of the community about food safety and allergy-response preparedness
Story by Deirdre Fleming Stires - Biddeford, Maine - October 6, 2026
UNE's first Food Allergy Awareness Event held in the Danielle N. Ripich Commons on Friday, Oct. 2, drew together and in more PR
University of Arkansas: History Professor Publishes 'Cool' New Book (10)
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news:
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History Professor Publishes 'Cool' New Book
Oct. 06, 2026
A new volume, co-edited by Distinguished Professor of History Trish Starks, explores the idea and experience of cold throughout Russian history and culture, showing how Russia's cold was interpreted as everything from enemy to opportunity and adventure to metaphor.
The essays in A Frozen State: Experiencing Cold in Russian History and Culture regale with tales Russia's ice hills, more PR
University of Arkansas: I3R Welcomes Elisa Castagnola, Neural Interface Researcher Building Next-Generation Tools for Brain Research (10)
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 7 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news:
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I3R Welcomes Elisa Castagnola, Neural Interface Researcher Building Next-Generation Tools for Brain Research
Oct. 06, 2026
The Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research (I3R) at the University of Arkansas has welcomed Elisa Castagnola as an associate professor and its first faculty member jointly appointed with the Department of Physics. Castagnola, an NSF CAREER Award recipient, brings $1.25 million in active research funding to advance i more PR
University of Arkansas: Researcher Develops Faster Terahertz Imaging for Medicine, Aerospace, Art (10)
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 7 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news:
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Researcher Develops Faster Terahertz Imaging for Medicine, Aerospace, Art
Oct. 06, 2026
One day, terahertz cameras could scan an airplane wing made of fiber-reinforced composite material and detect damage caused by repeated stress. A terahertz camera could be used by doctors to look inside the body without the ionizing radiation risks associated with X-ray imaging. It could even detect skin cancer before any visual evidence appears.
Junliang Don more PR
University of Georgia: From Discovery to Art - Bringing a Prehistoric Whale Mandible to Life (10)
ATHENS, Georgia, Oct. 7 -- The University of Georgia issued the following news:
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October 6, 2026
From discovery to art: Bringing a prehistoric whale mandible to life
By Olivia Randall
Last spring, Scott Noakes approached student Grace Maavere with a special project.
Maavere, an undergraduate majoring in marine science, had earned a fine arts degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design before coming to UGA. Noakes thought she was a perfect fit to realistically paint a cast of a 36,000-year-old gray whale mandible at the Univers more PR
University of Hawaii Manoa: New Framework Developed for Moving Endangered Species to Safer Locations (10)
MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release:
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New framework developed for moving endangered species to safer locations
Oct 6, 2026
A new framework designed to guide one of the hardest decisions in conservation--whether to move a species outside its historical range to save it from extinction--has been published in Conservation Science and Practice, capping a multi-year, Pacific-wide effort in which the University of Hawaii at Manoa played a central supporting role.
The fram more PR
University of Michigan-Dearborn: Preserving 60-plus Years of History (10)
DEARBORN, Michigan, Oct. 7 -- The University of Michigan Dearborn Campus issued the following news:
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Preserving 60-plus years of history
October 5, 2026
The new UM-Dearborn Student Publication Database is online. The digitized collection, which includes 1,335 issues of The Michigan Journal, spans from 1962 to 2024.
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Stacks of yellowed newsprint on a table in the Mardigian Library archive show what made front-page news at UM-Dearborn in 1972. There's a 156-pint Red Cross blood drive, record enrollment of 4,300 students and the triump more PR
University of Michigan: Abortion Bans Make Healthcare More Expensive (10)
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 7 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news:
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Abortion bans make healthcare more expensive
October 5, 2026
Research finds abortion bans are associated with higher out-of-pocket health insurance premium costs for women, particularly among Black and Hispanic women.
A new University of Michigan preliminary study shows that state abortion bans implemented following the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, in June 2022, are associated with women paying more for health insurance, adding to the financial pr more PR
University of Minnesota-Duluth: How early curiosity about the natural world shaped one student's path in environmental science (10)
DULUTH, Minnesota, Oct. 7 -- The University of Minnesota Duluth Campus issued the following news:
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Core experiences
How early curiosity about the natural world shaped one student's path in environmental science.
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Whenever Izzy Xiong's high school English teacher let her choose a topic to write about, she says she always chose something about the environment or global issues surrounding climate change. Over time, her desire to learn more about the natural world grew, leading her to the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) to study Ear more PR
University of Missouri Kansas City: Can AI Predict Who Will Be Rearrested? (10)
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 7 -- The University of Missouri Kansas City campus issued the following news:
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Can AI Predict Who Will Be Rearrested?
New research suggests large language models can rival specialized statistical models, but their reasoning raises questions about transparency
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New research from University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law associate professor Ryan Copus, J.D., Ph.D., and University of California, Davis researcher Hannah Laqueur, Ph.D., suggests artificial intelligence could improve predictions of who wi more PR
University of Nebraska's Agricultural Influence Reaches Far Beyond the Cornhusker State (10)
LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 7 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news:
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October 6, 2026
Nebraska's agricultural influence reaches far beyond the Cornhusker State
By Geitner Simmons, IANR Communications
Just as agriculture has shaped Nebraska, notable figures from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have shaped agricultural science and policymaking on a national scale.
The contributions by alumni and faculty over the years have impacted a wide range of fields, including agronomy, animal science, agricultural engineering, e more PR
University of Nebraska's Tractor Test Lab Has Helped Shape Global Ag for More Than a Century (10)
LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 7 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news:
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October 6, 2026
Nebraska's Tractor Test Lab has helped shape global ag for more than a century
America 250 -- Nebraska's impact on the American story
By Geitner Simmons, IANR Communications
To most, the sight may look innocuous -- a tractor going round a huge oval track on the north side of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's East Campus. This familiar activity at the Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory looks quite simple. In reality, it's not.
The te more PR
University of Oklahoma Health: Residents Honored With Lloyd Rader Award (10)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Oct. 7 -- The University of Oklahoma Health campus issued the following news:
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Residents Honored With Lloyd Rader Award
October 6, 2026
The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine has honored two residents with the Lloyd Rader Award, which recognizes outstanding clinical and research achievements in residency. Named for the director of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services from 1951 to 1982, the award comes with a $500 cash prize.
Ganesh Prasanna, M.D., was honored in the category of residency programs more PR
University of Pittsburgh: Meet Rory Cooper, a Hall of Fame Innovator Who's Been Harnessing Tech to Build Better Wheelchairs for Three Decades (10)
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- The University of Pittsburgh issued the following news:
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Meet Rory Cooper, a Hall of Fame innovator who's been harnessing tech to build better wheelchairs for three decades
October 5, 2026
Rory Cooper, director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL) and Distinguished Professor of Rehabilitation Science and Technology at the University of Pittsburgh, deserves his flowers.
And there are many to point to.
Cooper and his team at HERL are designing a wheelchair that can navigate curbs, l more PR
University of Richmond's Bonner Center for Civic Engagement Welcomes 2026-27 Community Partners-in-Residence (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 7 -- The University of Richmond issued the following news release:
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University of Richmond's Bonner Center for Civic Engagement Welcomes 2026-27 Community Partners-in-Residence
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND -- The Bonner Center for Civic Engagement at the University of Richmond has announced it's 2026-27 Community Partners-in-Residence.
Elvatrice Belsches is an author, researcher, and public historian interested in chronicling the experiences of African-Americans. Her latest book is Richmond, Virginia, part of the more PR
University of Southern California Pullias Center for Higher Education: Royel Johnson Receives Prestigious 2026 ASHE Mid-Career Award (10)
LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 7 -- University of Southern California Pullias Center for Higher Education issued the following news:
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Royel Johnson receives prestigious 2026 ASHE Mid-Career award
October 6, 2026
The higher education research association recognizes a significant body of scholarship from members who earned their doctorates seven to 12 years ago.
By Ellen Evaristo
Royel M. Johnson, USC Rossier associate professor and co-director of the Pullias Center of Higher Education, has been selected to receive the 2026 Mid-Career more PR
University of Tampa: Catching Up With the Fulbrighters (10)
TAMPA, Florida, Oct. 7 -- The University of Tampa issued the following news:
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Catching Up with the Fulbrighters
Cultural exchange took them to different countries. They all credit UTampa for helping them get there.
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Earlier this year, the University of Tampa was named a top producer of Fulbright awardees for the second time in a row when three Spartans were selected to participate in the U.S. government's top international exchange program.
We caught up with them to hear about their experienc more PR
University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Francis Halzen named 2026 Nobel laureate in physics (10)
MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 7 -- The University of Wisconsin posted the following news:
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Francis Halzen named 2026 Nobel laureate in physics
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Halzen is the principal investigator of the NSF IceCube Neutrino Observatory, the world's largest telescope.
Today, Francis Halzen, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of physics, was named the recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden.
The prize was conferred for Halzen's contributions t more PR
Unlocking value from silicon-rich waste with help from biology (10)
FAIRFAX, Virginia, Oct. 5 -- George Mason University issued the following news:
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Unlocking value from silicon-rich waste with help from biology
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URI astrophysics student earns coveted Association for Computing Machinery's SIGHPC fellowship (10)
KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Oct. 7 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news:
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URI astrophysics student earns coveted Association for Computing Machinery's SIGHPC fellowship
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KINGSTON, R.I. - Oct. 6, 2026 - Ever since she was young, Genevieve Payne has always had a deep interest in nature and understanding hidden systems and patterns within it, hoping to one day study some of the universe's most extreme and least-understood phenomena.
This interest developed into a focus on gravitational wave and high-energy astrophysic more PR
USU Research Challenges the Accepted Paradigm for Pregnancy Recognition in Ruminants (10)
LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 6 -- Utah State University posted the following news:
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USU Research Challenges the Accepted Paradigm for Pregnancy Recognition in Ruminants
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New research from Utah State University has transformed biologists' understanding of pregnancy recognition in ruminants, invalidating a key theory that had gone unchallenged for over 40 years.
A paper describing this research, Pregnancy in type I interferon receptor (IFNAR2) knockout sheep challenges the accepted paradigm for pregnancy recognition in ruminants, was published in more PR
UT Alumni Bigelow, Ewart, Mayfield Honored at Ag Day 2026 Ceremony (10)
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 7 -- The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release:
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UT Alumni Bigelow, Ewart, Mayfield Honored at Ag Day 2026 Ceremony
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Annual awards highlight day-long festivities celebrating the impact of agriculture in Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture honored alumni and supporters at Ag Day 2026, an expanded reimagining of the annual fall event celebrating the economic, education and human impacts of agriculture on the state of Te more PR
UTulsa expands AI education from campus to Oklahoma classrooms (10)
TULSA, Oklahoma, Oct. 6 -- The University of Tulsa posted the following news:
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UTulsa expands AI education from campus to Oklahoma classrooms
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Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming how people learn, work and solve problems. The University of Tulsa is helping prepare Oklahoma for that future by building an AI education pipeline that extends from K-12 classrooms through undergraduate education, research and workforce development.
As part of this commitment, UTulsa recently launched new Bachelor of Science degrees in artificia more PR
UVA Law School: Duffy Named General Counsel and Acting Solicitor of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (10)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Oct. 7 -- The University of Virginia School of Law issued the following news:
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Duffy Named General Counsel and Acting Solicitor of US Patent and Trademark Office
October 6, 2026
Mike Fox
Professor John F. Duffy of the University of Virginia School of Law, a leading intellectual property law scholar, has been appointed general counsel and acting solicitor of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
In these positions, Duffy will serve as the principal legal adviser and counsel to the undersecretary of commerce more PR
UW Professor Leads Study Advancing High-Performance Membranes for Precise Separations (10)
LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 7 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news:
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UW Professor Leads Study Advancing High-Performance Membranes for Precise Separations
October 06, 2026
The production of many everyday essentials -- including fuels, chemicals and medicines -- depends on the ability to separate desired products from the mixtures in which they are produced. However, many conventional separation methods are energy-intensive and costly. Membrane-based separation offers a promising alternative that can significantly reduce en more PR
UW Tacoma faculty design AI-enabled training system to help interdisciplinary students combat cybercrime (10)
TACOMA, Washington, Oct. 7 -- University of Washington-Tacoma posted the following news:
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UW Tacoma faculty design AI-enabled training system to help interdisciplinary students combat cybercrime
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In 2025 alone, more than $8.6 billion was lost due to cybercrime, and at least 7% of the funds lost are attributed to AI-assisted fraud, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. These record-setting numbers reflect the newfound ease with which criminals can run fraud operations, in large part because of emerging AI tools.
But just a more PR
UW's WORTH Institute Wins $2.5M Federal Grant to Build Rural Career Pathways in Outdoor Recreation, Tourism, Hospitality (10)
LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 7 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news:
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UW's WORTH Institute Wins $2.5M Federal Grant to Build Rural Career Pathways in Outdoor Recreation, Tourism, Hospitality
October 06, 2026
The University of Wyoming's Jay Kemmerer Wyoming Outdoor Recreation, Tourism and Hospitality (WORTH) Institute has received a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education to launch the Wyoming Rural Pathways Initiative (WRPI). The four-year project runs t more PR
Vanderbilt researchers reimagine early autism intervention for Spanish-speaking families (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 7 -- Vanderbilt University posted the following news release:
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Vanderbilt researchers reimagine early autism intervention for Spanish-speaking families
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Studies show that autism is now diagnosed more often among Latino children than their white counterparts. Yet few Spanish-speaking, autistic toddlers receive linguistically appropriate communication and language interventions. In general, the Latino population is more likely to miss out on crucial early-childhood therapies due to language, structural or cult more PR
Vanderbilt Researchers Reimagine Early Autism Intervention for Spanish-speaking Families (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 7 -- Vanderbilt University Peabody College issued the following news:
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Vanderbilt researchers reimagine early autism intervention for Spanish-speaking families
Oct 6, 2026
By Jennifer Kiilerich
Studies show that autism is now diagnosed more often among Latino children than their white counterparts. Yet few Spanish-speaking, autistic toddlers receive linguistically appropriate communication and language interventions. In general, the Latino population is more likely to miss out on crucial early-childhood ther more PR
Virginia Tech: John Seiler Honored With Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus Status (10)
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 7 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
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John Seiler honored with Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus status
6 Oct 2026
John Seiler Ph.D. '84, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Forest Biology and expert in tree physiology in the College of Natural Resources and Environment at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title of Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
The emeritus title may be conferred on retired faculty members who are specially recommended to the more PR
WashU research helped shape important step with Trump Accounts (10)
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Oct. 6 -- Washington University in St. Louis posted the following news:
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WashU research helped shape important step with Trump Accounts
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* Center for Social Development research provided evidence supporting automatic enrollment in the federal child account policy.
* Researchers translated that evidence into policy recommendations that helped inform Trump Accounts' design.
* Automatic account creation is a milestone, but ensuring families can access accounts and federal funds remains unfinished work.
Research fr more PR
Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences: Dr. Olivier Elemento Wins NIH Director's Pioneer Award (10)
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 -- Cornell University - Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences posted the following news:
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Dr. Olivier Elemento Wins NIH Director's Pioneer Award
October 6, 2026
Dr. Olivier Elemento, the director of the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been awarded an NIH Director's Pioneer Award to build an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to accelerate cancer research, starting with lung cancer.
Part of the Common Fund's High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the award supports more PR
Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences: Dr. Samie Jaffrey Receives NIH Director's Transformative Research Award (10)
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 -- Cornell University - Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences posted the following news:
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Dr. Samie Jaffrey Receives NIH Director's Transformative Research Award
October 6, 2026
Dr. Samie Jaffrey, the Greenberg-Starr Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Weill Cornell Medicine, has received a five-year, $5.5 million NIH Director's Transformative Research Award for the comprehensive study of how messenger RNAs are regulated in cells by small molecules called metabolites.
The NIH Director's Transfor more PR
West Liberty University Students and Faculty Present Research at 11th International Conference on Tularemia (10)
WEST LIBERTY, West Virginia, Oct. 7 -- West Liberty University posted the following news:
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West Liberty University Students and Faculty Present Research at 11th International Conference on Tularemia
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WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. -- West Liberty University students and faculty presented their research alongside scientists from around the world at the 11th International Conference on Tularemia, held Sept. 27-30 at the Portofino Hotel & Marina in Redondo Beach, California.
Representing WLU were Joseph Horzempa, Interim Dean of the College of Sci more PR
Western Carolina University: A 467-year-old Hemlock Has a Song to Sing (10)
CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, Oct. 7 -- Western Carolina University issued the following news:
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Shane Ryden October 6, 2026
A 467-year-old hemlock has a song to sing
For 467 years, an eastern hemlock in the mountains of Western North Carolina has counted the seasons ring by ring. Now, Highlands Biological Station scientist Liam Stiefel has translated those rings into music, allowing us to listen to the tree's centuries-old record.
By translating measurements of its growth into musical notes, and by combining its tune with those of three more PR
Westmont College: National Grant Aims to Deepen Student Character Development (10)
SANTA BARBARA, California, Oct. 7 -- Westmont College issued the following news:
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National Grant Aims to Deepen Student Character Development
By Scott Craig
October 6, 2026
Westmont College has received a $457,745 grant to expand its efforts to integrate intellectual, moral and spiritual formation directly into classroom instruction and campus culture. Administered through the Educating Character Initiative, a project of the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University, which aims to catalyze a national movement plac more PR
Why some people are good at math while others struggle (10)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 6 -- Texas A&M University posted the following news:
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Why some people are good at math while others struggle
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Research identifies the cognitive skills that are strong indicators of math ability, providing a possible blueprint for better instruction techniques.
Why do some students dread math class while others look forward to it? New research offers a closer look at the thinking skills that may help explain differences in math ability.
Dr. Daniel Hajovsky, associate professor in the Department of Educati more PR
World-expanding Stories From Pitt's Nationality and Heritage Rooms (10)
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 7 -- The University of Pittsburgh issued the following news:
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World-expanding stories from Pitt's Nationality and Heritage Rooms
October 6, 2026 By Donovan Harrell
Kati Csoman was still an undergraduate at the University of Pittsburgh when she lived in Hungary for the first time.
She spent the summer of 1988 in the rural northeastern village where her father had grown up. She slept in cousins' homes, some of which didn't have indoor plumbing. She picked up Hungarian with a village accent and, for the fi more PR
WVU School of Pharmacy and AESARA expand fellowship, welcome two new fellows (10)
MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Oct. 5 -- The West Virginia University's Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing issued the following news:
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WVU School of Pharmacy and AESARA expand fellowship, welcome two new fellows
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A collaborative fellowship at the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy is expanding in its second year, welcoming a new fellow to its pre-doctoral fellowship program and launching a PharmD fellowship with its inaugural fellow.
The AESARA Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, a collaboration between the West Virginia University S more PR
Yale Pilots Genomic Screening Through Primary Care (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 7 -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news:
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Yale Pilots Genomic Screening Through Primary Care
By Emily Niemitz Forrest, PhD
October 06, 2026
Genetic screening for common, treatable hereditary conditions is expanding into primary care, and Yale University is at the forefront of this effort.
Yale researchers are part of the new Population Genomic Screening Network (PGSN), a National Institutes of Health-funded program piloting community-level testing for actionable genetic condi more PR
Yale School of Environment: 2026 Switzer Fellows Demonstrate Environmental Leadership Through Community Conversations (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 7 -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news:
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2026 Switzer Fellows Demonstrate Environmental Leadership Through Community Conversations
From urban food insecurity to Montana ranching, YSE students Destiny Treloar and Jackson Newman say the best environmental solutions are shaped by communities themselves.
By Peter Jurich
PhD candidate Destiny Treloar '23 MESc and Jackson Newman '27 MEM have been awarded 2026 Switzer Environmental Leadership Fellowships.
The fellowship is awarded to graduate more PR
Yale School of Environment: From Forest Data to Forest Policy (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 7 -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news:
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From Forest Data to Forest Policy
A four-decade career spent rebuilding the nation's forest census and building the science-policy bridges around it has earned Richard Guldin '76 MFS, '79 PhD the Yale School of the Environment 2026 Distinguished Alumni Award.
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By the mid-1990s, the numbers didn't add up. Forest inventories collected state by state and region by region across the U.S. relied on different statistical designs, producing figures that more PR
Yale School of Environment: Karen Seto Honored With Geography's Top Prize (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 7 -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news:
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Karen Seto Honored With Geography's Top Prize
A pioneer of satellite analysis of urbanization and global environmental change, Seto is the first U.S. woman to win the Vautrin Lud Prize. She champions the field of geography as more important than ever.
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In 1507, in a small French mountain town, a group of scholars led by Vautrin Lud sat down with travelers' accounts of a world they would never see and drew a map that named a continent for the firs more PR
Yale School of Medicine: 'A Strong Future for Pediatric Medicine'-A Q&A With Tara Henderson (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 7 -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news:
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'A Strong Future for Pediatric Medicine'--A Q&A with Tara Henderson
By Mallory Locklear, PhD
October 05, 2026
Tara Henderson, MD, MPH, took the helm of Yale School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics on Oct. 1. A pediatric oncologist, she has spent her career caring for children with cancer and studying the effects those early-life experiences have on her patients' future health.
As chair, she aims to inspire the next generation of more PR
Yale School of Medicine: Antimalarial Drugs Can Persist in Mosquitoes, Potentially Exposing Malaria Parasites, Study Finds (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 7 (TNSjou) -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news:
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Antimalarial Drugs Can Persist in Mosquitoes, Potentially Exposing Malaria Parasites, Study Finds
By Janice Hur
October 05, 2026
Antimalarial drugs are designed to protect people from malaria, but they may also affect the mosquitoes exposed to them during blood meals. A new Yale study, published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, investigates the impact of these medications on mosquitoes, laying the groundwork for future r more PR
Yale School of Medicine: Hidden Part of the Brain Controls How We Prepare for Uncertainties (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 7 (TNSjou) -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news:
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Hidden Part of the Brain Controls How We Prepare for Uncertainties
By Kristel Tjandra
October 06, 2026
The claustrum is a thin sheet of neurons buried deep within the cerebral cortex. The structure is so small and hidden that neuroscientists once found it very difficult to access, let alone investigate. Now, researchers at Yale School of Medicine have not only found a way to peer into this enigmatic structure but have also dis more PR
Yale School of Medicine: How Your Brain Keeps Learning While You Rest (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 7 (TNSjou) -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news:
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How Your Brain Keeps Learning While You Rest
By Sean McCabe
October 05, 2026
When you're stuck on a tough problem, it's not uncommon to take a walk or give your brain a break, only to gain that sudden flash of inspiration or insight you were looking for.
"You have a problem to solve; you cannot really find the right solution. Then you take a nap or do something restful, and it clears up," says George Dragoi, PhD, professor of more PR
Yale School of Medicine: Kuan Wins NIH New Innovator Award to Map Brain Connections (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 7 -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news:
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Kuan Wins NIH New Innovator Award to Map Brain Connections
By Sophia Ramirez
October 06, 2026
Aaron Kuan, PhD, assistant professor of neuroscience at Yale School of Medicine, has been awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director's New Innovator Award. The award recognizes Kuan as an early career innovator in his field, and provides his lab with $475,000 per year for the next five years to support his work in advanced brain ma more PR
Yale School of Medicine: Nicoli Wins NIH Pioneer Award to Develop a New Kind of MRNA Therapy (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 7 -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news:
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Nicoli Wins NIH Pioneer Award to Develop a New Kind of mRNA Therapy
By Isabella Backman
October 06, 2026
Most of what we know about mRNA fits a single job description: Carry genetic instructions to the cell's machinery so it can build proteins. That is how mRNA vaccines work, and it is the basis of nearly every mRNA therapy in development.
But in her research, Stefania Nicoli, PhD, found mRNA doing something else entirely.
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Yale School of Medicine: Preventing Buildup of a Toxic Protein in Parkinson's Disease (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 7 (TNSjou) -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news:
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Preventing Buildup of a Toxic Protein in Parkinson's Disease
October 06, 2026
Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease. Over the last 30 years, studies have shown that a protein called alpha-synuclein abnormally aggregates in people with Parkinson's disease, becoming toxic to neurons in a region of the brain that controls movement. This leads to tremor, rigidity, and slowness of movement.
Now, in more PR
Yale School of Medicine: Shining a Light on Autistic Girls and Women (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 7 -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news:
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Shining a Light on Autistic Girls and Women
By Sean McCabe
October 05, 2026
More than 80 years since autism's first clinical description, researchers have built a wealth of information and scientific consensus around boys on the autism spectrum--but comparatively little is known about autistic girls.
It's a matter of statistics, says James McPartland, PhD, Harris Professor in Yale Child Study Center and director of the Yale Center for more PR
Your immune system is amazing. A physician-scientist wants you to know why (10)
ITHACA, New York, Oct. 6 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Your immune system is amazing. A physician-scientist wants you to know why
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COVID turned "antibodies," "T cells" and "antigen tests" into dinner-table vocabulary, but the popular literature hasn't kept pace. Few recent books explain the immune system to general readers, in part because immunology is dense, fast-moving and has a language of its own.
Dr. Gary Koretzky '78, vice provost for research, a professor emeritus of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and more PR
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