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'Civic Laboratories': How online spaces are reshaping civic engagement among Gen Z (10)
PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 19 -- Portland State University posted the following news release:
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'Civic Laboratories': How online spaces are reshaping civic engagement among Gen Z
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Even before they are old enough to vote, some young people are finding ways to make a difference. Civic engagement among youth ages 15 to 25 can range from volunteering in the community and joining a protest march to signing a petition or expressing political views on social media, according to Portland State University researcher Yue Ni.
Ni, an assistant profes more PR
'Lincoln's Peace' (10)
DELAWARE, Ohio, Oct. 20 -- Ohio Wesleyan University issued the following news release:
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'Lincoln's Peace'
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Civil War Expert to Discuss Lincoln's Efforts to End the Civil War on Nov. 9 at Ohio Wesleyan
DELAWARE, Ohio - Brown University historian Michael Vorenberg will discuss the challenges President Abraham Lincoln faced in his efforts to end the American Civil War and reconcile the United States when he speaks at Ohio Wesleyan University.
Vorenberg will present "Lincoln's Peace: Struggling to Find the End of a War" at 7 p.m. Nov. 9 more PR
'Move the horizon': USC celebrates Beong-Soo Kim's investiture as the university's 13th president (10)
LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 20 -- The University of Southern California Gould School of Law posted the following news:
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'Move the horizon': USC celebrates Beong-Soo Kim's investiture as the university's 13th president
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The Trojan Family came together Friday for the official investiture of Beong-Soo Kim as USC's 13th president in a ceremony steeped in tradition and USC pageantry.
A member of USC Gould's faculty, Kim spoke of his unwavering belief in USC's power and potential before an audience of about 4,500 people. He outlined an a more PR
'ROOTED+RISING' to spotlight APSU's Department of Art + Design at Customs House (10)
CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 20 -- Austin Peay State University posted the following news:
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'ROOTED+RISING' to spotlight APSU's Department of Art + Design at Customs House
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The logo for the Department of Art + Design's "ROOTED + Rising" exhibition, designed by APSU student Lily Goodowens.
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- Austin Peay State University's Department of Art + Design, in collaboration with the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts and the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, will present ROOTED+RISING from Oct. 30 to Jan. 7 more PR
10 Things to Know About This Very Strong El Nino (10)
LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 20 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news:
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10 Things to Know About This Very Strong El Nino
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Experts from UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography weigh in on what to know about this event
You've likely heard about El Nino, but what does that mean?
El Nino is a climate pattern that is declared when monthly sea-surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean are measured above normal, for consecutive overlapping three-month periods. In ea more PR
2026 midterm elections: University of Kansas experts available to comment (10)
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 19 - The University of Kansas School of Law posted the following news:
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2026 midterm elections: University of Kansas experts available to comment
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LAWRENCE -- From artificial intelligence to tariffs to the administration of elections, University of Kansas scholars from a variety of disciplines are available to speak with news media on some of the topics at hand in the 2026 midterm elections.
Electoral process
Zach Mohr, professor of public affairs & administration, can speak about the business of elections, el more PR
5 El Nino myths, busted. Here's what the 'Godzilla' El Nino could really mean for Colorado (10)
BOULDER, Colorado, Oct. 20 -- The University of Colorado Boulder campus posted the following news:
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5 El Nino myths, busted. Here's what the 'Godzilla' El Nino could really mean for Colorado
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Snow on Star Dune and Crestone Peaks in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.
As a record-breaking El Nino continues to strengthen in the Pacific Ocean, the world is entering uncharted territory.
The weather phenomenon, marked by warming of surface temperatures across the tropical Pacific, is very likely to become the strongest El Nino i more PR
A visit to a cow farm led her to the top of Scottish politics (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 20 -- Northeastern University posted the following news:
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A visit to a cow farm led her to the top of Scottish politics
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How hairy Highland cows led this Northeastern student to the frontlines of Scottish politics
A conversation about Brexit on a farm outside Inverness sparked a Northeastern student's co-op in the office of Scottish Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie.
LONDON - For Northeastern political science major Kayla Ruggiero, inspiration for her "dream" co-op placement arrived on a cattle farm in more PR
Achievement awards honor postdoctoral researchers and faculty mentors (10)
ITHACA, New York, Oct. 20 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Achievement awards honor postdoctoral researchers and faculty mentors
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Eight postdoctoral researchers and two faculty mentors were honored with Postdoc Achievement Awards as part of Cornell's participation in National Postdoc Appreciation Week, celebrated Sept. 21-25.
Postdoctoral researchers were honored with awards recognizing outstanding community engagement, leadership and mentoring. A newly established award recognizes faculty members for providing outst more PR
ACPHS Announces the 2026 Preceptor Recognition in Mentorship Excellence Awards (10)
ALBANY, New York, Oct. 19 -- The Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences posted the following news:
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ACPHS Announces the 2026 Preceptor Recognition in Mentorship Excellence Awards
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Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences proudly announces the 2026 Preceptor Recognition in Mentorship Excellence (PRIME) awards.
Preceptors play an integral role by helping to shape a student's professional identity and launch their careers. There are more than 500 ACPHS preceptors supporting our experiential rotation sites, modeling profess more PR
AI and the Economy Initiative to host fall workshop (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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AI and the Economy Initiative to host fall workshop
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State's AI and the Economy Initiative brings together policymakers, practitioners and researchers from across the United States to exchange knowledge about the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the economy and society. The initiative will host its fall workshop Oct. 27-28 at the Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub in State College. Activit more PR
AI Enters Americans' Top 10 Fears in Chapman's 2026 Survey (10)
ORANGE, California, Oct. 20 -- Chapman University posted the following news:
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AI Enters Americans' Top 10 Fears in Chapman's 2026 Survey
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Artificial intelligence has entered Americans' top 10 fears, with about half of adults afraid it could harm the political process or hurt the economy, according to the 12th annual Chapman University Survey of American Fears.
For the first time, researchers asked several questions examining fears about artificial intelligence. Fear of AI harming the political process ranked No. 3 (51.9%), while fear more PR
Alfred State Forensic Science students attend NEAFS conference in the Poconos (10)
ALFRED, New York, Oct. 20 -- The Alfred State College posted the following news:
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Alfred State Forensic Science students attend NEAFS conference in the Poconos
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Nine forensic science students traveled to Pocono Manor, PA to attend the 52nd annual Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists (NEAFS) Conference. This year's conference was a combined meeting between NEAFS members and Mid-Atlantic Association of Forensic Scientists (MAAFS).
Accompanied by faculty member Professor Wayne Bensley, the students were able to hear various s more PR
Alfred University to welcome regional high school students for AUEnergy outreach event (10)
ALFRED, New York, Oct. 19 -- Alfred University posted the following news release:
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Alfred University to welcome regional high school students for AUEnergy outreach event
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Alfred University will welcome regional high school students to campus on Oct. 29 for an opportunity to explore electrical and renewable energy engineering through demonstrations, laboratory visits, and conversations with current engineering students in those fields.
he AUEnergy outreach event, hosted by the Inamori School of Engineering, New York State College of C more PR
Among the Academies: The Importance of Talking Politics (10)
DAVIS, California, Oct. 20 -- The University of California Davis campus posted the following news:
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Among the Academies: The Importance of Talking Politics
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How often do you talk politics with friends and family? How about with colleagues? Talking politics might lead to a disagreement, but political scientist Robert Huckfeldt believes that's a good thing.
One way of explaining people's political beliefs is to make assumptions based on their job, level of income, their religion and other facets of their lives. Huckfeldt, a Distinguish more PR
An Unusual Path to International Law: Shanks-Dumont (10)
SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. 19 -- Seton Hall University posted the following news:
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An Unusual Path to International Law: Shanks-Dumont
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An Unconventional Path to International Law: Meet Professor Shanks-Dumont
Monday, October 19, 2026
The School of Diplomacy and International Relations is pleased to welcome Daimeon Shanks-Dumont J.D., Ph.D. to its community. He holds a joint appointment as assistant professor at the School of Diplomacy and the School of Law. A first-generation college student, Shanks-Dumont has pursued an intell more PR
Animal Science Researchers Investigate Feed Supplement to Help Fall Calves Cope With Summer Heat (10)
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 20 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news:
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Animal Science Researchers Investigate Feed Supplement to Help Fall Calves Cope With Summer Heat
Oct. 19, 2026
Summer heat can be costly for Arkansas cattle producers, slowing cattle growth and potentially reducing meat quality. A new study at the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station aims to help fall-born calves better withstand heat stress during a critical growth phase.
Zena Herrera, an assistant professor of meat science and muscle biolo more PR
App State Academy at Middle Fork marks strong academic progress and record enrollment (10)
BOONE, North Carolina, Oct. 19 -- Appalachian State University posted the following news:
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App State Academy at Middle Fork marks strong academic progress and record enrollment
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WALKERTOWN, N.C. -- According to accountability data recently released by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), the Appalachian State University Academy at Middle Fork has experienced strong student achievement and growth over the past five academic years -- reflecting substantial gains in student performance and academic outcomes.
The more PR
Are You Financial Aid Ready? Let's Explore Your Options Together (10)
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Oct. 20 -- Grand Rapids Community College posted the following news:
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Are You Financial Aid Ready? Let's Explore Your Options Together
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Planning for college can be incredibly exciting. You're probably busy exploring degree programs and what areas of study fit your unique interests. You're looking forward to finding people who share the same passions and hobbies. And you're excited for hands-on learning opportunities like research projects and internships.
Filling out paperwork and thinking about financial aid more PR
Artificial intelligence-enabled triage tools may reflect human biases (10)
DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 20 -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center posted the following news release:
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Artificial intelligence-enabled triage tools may reflect human biases
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UTSW study exposes weak points of large language models used to prioritize patients in the emergency department
DALLAS - Oct. 20, 2026 - Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven tools used in emergency triage may be susceptible to the same clinical stigmas associated with human assessments, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center reported in a study p more PR
ArtSci Roundup: November 2026 (10)
SEATTLE, Washington, Oct. 19 -- The University of Washington posted the following news release:
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ArtSci Roundup: November 2026
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Come curious. Leave inspired.
The UW offers an exciting lineup of in-person and online events. From thought-provoking art and music to conversations on culture, history, and science, the UW community invites you to explore, learn, and connect across disciplines throughout the University. And you don't have to wait until November: Take a look at everything still happening in October.
Go directly to the week more PR
Associate Dean Daryl Lim discusses AI and Asia's economic future (10)
CARLISLE, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law posted the following news:
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Associate Dean Daryl Lim discusses AI and Asia's economic future
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CARLISLE, PA--Professor Daryl Lim, H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law and associate dean for research and strategic partnerships, appeared on South Korea's "Morning Wave in Busan" on October 20, 2026, to discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) could transform Asian economies amid aging populations and shrinking workforces. In the live interview on Busan more PR
Associate Dean Daryl Lim to keynote IFRRO World Congress Legal Issues Forum (10)
CARLISLE, Pennsylvania, Oct. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law posted the following news:
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Associate Dean Daryl Lim to keynote IFRRO World Congress Legal Issues Forum
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CARLISLE, PA--Professor Daryl Lim, H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law and associate dean for research and strategic partnerships at Penn State Dickinson Law, will deliver the keynote address at the Legal Issues Forum during the 2026 World Congress of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO) in Bogota, Colombia, more PR
Best Colleges for Rural America Ranking Includes Tarleton State (10)
STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Oct. 20 -- Tarleton State University posted the following news:
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Best Colleges for Rural America Ranking Includes Tarleton State
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STEPHENVILLE, Texas -- Tarleton State University has been ranked as one of the Best Colleges for Rural America by Washington Monthly, recognizing an ongoing institutional commitment to serving rural students.
The inaugural Best Colleges for Rural America rankings assess colleges on their ability to recruit in-state students and graduate them into in-demand fields like teaching, nursing more PR
Beyond a Binghamton Degree: Pharmacy Alumni Give Back by Guiding the Next Generation (10)
BINGHAMTON, New York, Oct. 20 -- Binghamton University issued the following news:
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Beyond a Binghamton degree: Pharmacy alumni give back by guiding the next generation
As preceptors, these grads mentor future pharmacists across diverse areas of practice
By Ethan Knox '20
October 19, 2026
Pharmacy offers many paths to making a difference.
Improving patient outcomes clinically or advancing drug development are only a few paths to follow. For many Binghamton University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SOPPS) alumni, the more PR
Binghamton University: School of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering Has Record Year for Research (10)
BINGHAMTON, New York, Oct. 20 -- Binghamton University issued the following news:
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School of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering has record year for research
Student, faculty, and staff successes also celebrated
By Chris Kocher
October 19, 2026
As Binghamton University's fall semester wraps up in a few weeks, the School of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering at the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science is looking back at accomplishments in 2026.
The School of SSIE continues to rank among the top u more PR
Blog: The AI skills gap is not technical. It is managerial. (10)
ASHLAND, Ohio, Oct. 20 -- Ashland University posted the following news:
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Blog: The AI skills gap is not technical. It is managerial.
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Why the future of AI at work depends less on knowing how to prompt and more on knowing how to judge
Before we can determine whether the output of an AI system is acceptable or not, it has to have produced something. AI systems can create an enormous amount of work in a very short space of time, so a report, analysis of data, training scenario, summary of research, possible solution to a problem or even more PR
Blood, Stunts, and Fire (10)
NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Oct. 19 -- Christopher Newport University posted the following news:
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Blood, Stunts, and Fire
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Some people are not meant to have desk jobs. Greg Poljacik '05 is definitely one of them.
He would rather be jumping off of buildings, safely bringing flames to films, and manufacturing fake blood by the barrel. You read that correctly. He is a man with little fear and huge dreams.
And his industrious, thrill-seeking, adventurous ways have their roots right here on campus, where he fell in love with theatre and stag more PR
Breaking through the 'fog of war' to find peace (10)
LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 20 -- The University of California at Los Angeles posted the following news release:
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Breaking through the 'fog of war' to find peace
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* Simulating war and peace. UCLA cognitive scientist Tao Gao created a computer game to test longstanding theories about why conflicts escalate and how adversaries can reach peaceful settlements.
* Misunderstanding fuels conflict. His research indicates that people, like nations, tend to escalate conflicts when they are unsure about an opponent's intentions, often misinte more PR
Brett Butler Named Honorary Doctor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (10)
AMHERST, Massachusetts, Oct. 20 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news:
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Brett Butler Named Honorary Doctor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Brett Butler, adjunct professor in the Department of Environmental Conservation in the College of Natural Sciences and co-director of the Family Forest Research Center, was recently appointed Honorary Doctor of Forest Sciences by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Uppsala, Sweden.
Butler, a research forester for the U.S. Forest Servi more PR
Building social and emotional skills in preschool improved life for young adults (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Building social and emotional skills in preschool improved life for young adults
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Young adults who had participated in REDI reported lower levels of depressive symptoms, loneliness and conduct problems -- a measure of antisocial behavior -- than their peers in regular Head Start. They also reported higher levels of empathy, emotional support, healthy days and life satisfaction. No differences were detected on the other four attributes: more PR
Can AI Help Treat Kidney Stones? Miller School of Medicine Researchers Advance Autonomous Ureteroscopy (10)
MIAMI, Florida, Oct. 19 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine posted the following news:
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Can AI Help Treat Kidney Stones? Miller School of Medicine Researchers Advance Autonomous Ureteroscopy
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Researchers at the Desai Sethi Urology Institute are combining surgical robotics, computer vision and simulation-based training to explore how autonomous technology could support more consistent kidney stone treatment.
Key Takeaways
* Researchers at the Desai Sethi Urology Institute are developing an autonomous ureteroscopy pla more PR
Celebrate a Decade of Imagining America at UC Davis at National Gathering This Weekend (10)
DAVIS, California, Oct. 19 -- The University of California Davis campus posted the following news:
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Celebrate a Decade of Imagining America at UC Davis at National Gathering This Weekend
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As Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life, or IA, enters its final year at UC Davis, the campus will host IA's 2026 National Gathering this weekend. Organized in partnership with UC Davis and a regional Steering Committee, the gathering will bring together more than 400 public scholars, artists, organizers and students from the region more PR
Chapman Undergraduates Turn Fear Survey Data into Research of Their Own (10)
ORANGE, California, Oct. 20 -- Chapman University posted the following news:
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Chapman Undergraduates Turn Fear Survey Data into Research of Their Own
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Chapman University undergraduates are examining government distrust, wildfire misinformation, and disaster preparedness using data from the 2026 Chapman University Survey of American Fears.
Working with faculty and fellow students, Robin Nakamura '27, Charlotte Iribarren '28, and Suzanne Cibrowski '29 are learning to analyze data, ask questions, and connect findings to issues they care more PR
Christian Pereira '27 examines power and institutional influence, from Capitol Hill to the NCAA (10)
SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, Oct. 20 -- Bryant University posted the following news:
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Christian Pereira '27 examines power and institutional influence, from Capitol Hill to the NCAA
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Christian Pereira '27 has learned how to cut through partisan language in order to reveal the fundamental issues at hand -- but there's always more to uncover, he notes.
"In today's world, communication is vastly different from what it was 10 or even 20 years ago and studying how those in power, especially the executive, can influence Congress today through more PR
Clemson accepting applications for research funding (10)
CLEMSON, South Carolina, Oct. 19 -- Clemson University posted the following news:
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Clemson accepting applications for research funding
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The Division of Research has outlined funding opportunities available with the $500,000 investment allocated by President Ben Ayers.
Grants will be awarded through numerous funding mechanisms to provide opportunities for all colleges. Brief introductions to funding opportunities are below. Calls for proposals are posted on the Division of Research website. Applications are due in November with awards more PR
Clemson students take consulting into the real world with new Signature Program (10)
CLEMSON, South Carolina, Oct. 19 -- Clemson University posted the following news:
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Clemson students take consulting into the real world with new Signature Program
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At Clemson, students in the new Management Consulting Signature Program will learn consulting by taking on the work itself. Mock cases and industry mentorship come first. Real clients follow. The experience culminates in a year long advanced engagement that asks students to turn research and analysis into real-world recommendations.
Launching in the Wilbur O. and Ann Power more PR
CMU biology professor receives grant to study proteins linked to cancer (10)
MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, Oct. 20 -- Central Michigan University posted the following news:
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CMU biology professor receives grant to study proteins linked to cancer
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One CMU biology professor is looking at one of the smallest components of our bodies for clues to one of medicine's biggest challenges: understanding how cancer cells grow and spread.
Dr. Cynthia Damer, in collaboration with Dr. Eric Petersen, has received a three-year grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to investigate how a group of proteins ca more PR
College of Nursing achieving remarkable milestones (10)
BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Oct. 19 -- South Dakota State University posted the following news:
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College of Nursing achieving remarkable milestones
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Greetings, friends.
As we near Hobo Day, it is a great time to reflect upon the continued march toward PREMIER in the college. This edition of our newsletter celebrates two of the greatest strengths of the South Dakota State University College of Nursing: the excellence that defines our work and the new faces who help shape our future.
In addition to the great accomplishments outlined here more PR
Columbus State Alumni Association honors 10 with annual awards (10)
COLUMBUS, Georgia, Oct. 20 -- Columbus State University posted the following news:
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Columbus State Alumni Association honors 10 with annual awards
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The Columbus State University Alumni Association presented its top awards at an awards luncheon on Friday, Oct. 16, as part of the university's annual Homecoming Week celebration.
The Alumni Association has bestowed alumni awards for 46 years, beginning with the Whitley Distinguished Alumnus Award and later adding others to honor graduates' achievements and supporters' loyalty to Columbus more PR
Community of caregivers "share the wealth" (10)
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Oct. 20 -- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley campus posted the following news:
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Community of caregivers "share the wealth"
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UTRGV program prepares community advocates to give skills training to caregivers of children with autism or developmental concerns
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS - OCT. 20, 2026 - Cynthia Vale, a long-time autism advocate on behalf of her 19-year-old son, Samuel, traveled from Rio Grande City to the UTRGV Psychology Clinic's BeChilDLab in Edinburg to participate in the lab's Caregiver Skill more PR
Community Voices: ISU Doctoral Student Advances Research into Adult Autism Assessment (10)
POCATELLO, Idaho, Oct. 19 -- Idaho State University posted the following news:
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Community Voices: ISU Doctoral Student Advances Research into Adult Autism Assessment
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For many autistic adults, getting an accurate diagnosis can be complicated by assessment tools that were not designed with their experiences in mind. Through her dissertation research, Idaho State University doctoral student Julia Duran, M.S., is working to validate a tool designed by and for those who need it.
"My dissertation research focuses on validating the Autism more PR
Concrete Learning: ISU Students Build Picnic Table, Install Pavers Made of Sweetcrete (10)
POCATELLO, Idaho, Oct. 19 -- Idaho State University posted the following news:
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Concrete Learning: ISU Students Build Picnic Table, Install Pavers Made of Sweetcrete
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An innovative concrete blend developed at Idaho State University could one day be coming to a patio near you.
Recently, students wrapped up installation of a picnic table and roughly 350 pavers made of Sweetcrete at the Engineering Research Complex on East Putnam Street in Pocatello. Sweetcrete is a concrete mix that replaces 25 percent of the cement with precipitated c more PR
Connecting UConn Research and Service Member Readiness (10)
STORRS, Connecticut, Oct. 20 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news:
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Connecting UConn Research and Service Member Readiness
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For deployed service members, the challenges to physical and mental health don't stop once they return home. UConn and top military leaders are opening the discussion on how to provide needed services to National Guard members, reservists, active-duty personnel, and veterans throughout the continuum.
On Oct. 2, UConn's Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) hosted a panel discussi more PR
Could "chaos" hold the key to understanding cardiovascular health? (10)
BOULDER, Colorado, Oct. 19 -- The University of Colorado Boulder campus posted the following news:
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Could "chaos" hold the key to understanding cardiovascular health?
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Chaos is everywhere. It shapes weather patterns, ecosystems and even the movement of traffic on our roads.
But chaos may also be lurking inside of our own bodies, impacting human health and wellness.
For Debanjan Mukherjee, an assistant professor in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, that possibility raises an intriguing question: what role does ch more PR
Creating 'satellite maps' of thousands of proteins across tissue could transform drug therapies (10)
BUFFALO, New York, Oct. 20 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) posted the following news release:
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Creating 'satellite maps' of thousands of proteins across tissue could transform drug therapies
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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Much like a satellite provides a full picture of Earth, a ground-breaking new technology can generate thousands of detailed "satellite maps" showing where individual proteins are located and distributed across an entire tissue in the body or brain.
A University at Buffalo researcher has developed this more PR
CSUMB receives two multi-million-dollar grants (10)
SEASIDE, California, Oct. 20 -- California State University Monterey Bay campus posted the following news:
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CSUMB receives two multi-million-dollar grants
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Otter Futures and a program to support more nursing students from underserved communities will both benefit from new federal grants.
By Mark Muckenfuss
Two federal grants totalling more than $5 million have been awarded to Cal State Monterey Bay in the last two weeks. Both are geared toward improving the workforce readiness of graduates, one through a curriculum-level approach th more PR
Derrick, Melancon join MC Mathematics, Business faculty (10)
CLINTON, Mississippi, Oct. 20 -- Mississippi Christian University posted the following news:
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Derrick, Melancon join MC Mathematics, Business faculty
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Jacob Derrick has joined the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Mississippi Christian University (MC) as an assistant professor of mathematics, and Myles Melancon has joined the MC School of Business faculty as an assistant professor of business (management).
Daniel Watson, MC associate professor and department chair of mathematics, said Derrick will be a strong addition more PR
Dine Experience, New Data: Weather Stations Enrich Navajo Nation Record With Real-Time Monitoring (10)
LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 20 -- Utah State University posted the following news:
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Dine Experience, New Data: Weather Stations Enrich Navajo Nation Record With Real-Time Monitoring
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Across more than 16 million acres of the southwestern U.S. is the Navajo Nation, a dramatic and varied landscape of sandstone, communities, and desert, roughly the size of Ireland. The people who live and work here have a thousand-year history of stewardship and traditional ecological knowledge, tracking conditions that their livelihoods depend on.
In the last few more PR
Distrust in the media and courts can cause democratic backsliding, UChicago study suggests (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 20 -- The University of Chicago posted the following news:
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Distrust in the media and courts can cause democratic backsliding, UChicago study suggests
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Democratic backsliding can be tricky to spot.
That's why most citizens rely on researchers, reporters and other third-party oversight bodies to detect and raise awareness of actions that subvert democracy. While these groups shine a crucial spotlight on government actions, what happens when those directing the light are distrusted?
A new study published in Pol more PR
Don't Go Breaking My Heart: Mizzou Researchers Explore How Couples' Daily Lives May Affect Health (10)
COLUMBIA, Missouri, Oct. 20 -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release:
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Don't go breaking my heart: Mizzou researchers explore how couples' daily lives may affect health
NIH-funded study examines whether one partner's routines and relationship experiences are linked to the other partner's blood glucose and heart disease risk.
By Brian Consiglio
Oct. 20, 2026
The person you share your life with may influence more than your mood, your schedule or what's for dinner. University of Missouri researchers want to know w more PR
Downtown Library renovation supports UT San Antonio's expansion in the urban core (10)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 18 -- The University of Texas San Antonio campus posted the following news:
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Downtown Library renovation supports UT San Antonio's expansion in the urban core
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As UT San Antonio continues to expand its academic footprint in San Antonio's urban core, the university is investing in resources to support students and faculty, including renovations and expanded collections at the Downtown Library in the Buena Vista District.
Located on the second floor of the Buena Vista Building, the library underwent renovations more PR
Dr. Amy Cook Named Tarleton State Vice President for Research (10)
STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Oct. 20 -- Tarleton State University posted the following news:
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Dr. Amy Cook Named Tarleton State Vice President for Research
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STEPHENVILLE, Texas -- Following a national search, Tarleton State University has named Dr. Amy Cook its next Vice President for Research, with her appointment set to begin Dec. 7.
"We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Cook to Tarleton State and look forward to the leadership she will bring to our growing research enterprise," said Tarleton State President Dr. James Hurley. "With nearly 15 yea more PR
Dr. Amy McGuire elected to the National Academy of Medicine (10)
HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 20 -- The Baylor College of Medicine posted the following news:
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Dr. Amy McGuire elected to the National Academy of Medicine
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Dr. Amy McGuire, professor and director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine along with 90 regular members and 10 international members.
Election to the Academy is a high honor in the health and medical fields and recognizes those with outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.
"I am tremendously hono more PR
Dula Day celebrates a legacy of service and impact (10)
JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Oct. 20 -- East Tennessee State University posted the following news:
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Dula Day celebrates a legacy of service and impact
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East Tennessee State University students carried forward Dr. Chris Dula's legacy of service on Saturday, Oct. 17, as 175 students filled every volunteer spot for the annual Dula Day of Service, supporting community organizations across the region.
The annual event brought students together for a day of hands-on service, supporting organizations focused on animal welfare, food security, he more PR
Ecological cold case: Solving decades-old mystery of disappearing frogs (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Ecological cold case: Solving decades-old mystery of disappearing frogs
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In the 1970s, researchers began to observe drastic amphibian declines in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, a global hotspot of frog biodiversity. For decades, these disappearances remained a mystery. Now, new research from scientists at Penn State and the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute's (NZCBI) Center for Conservation more PR
Employees with autism report hidden labor of workplace camouflaging in new study (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Employees with autism report hidden labor of workplace camouflaging in new study
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Employees with autism may expend considerable time and effort modifying their behavior to meet workplace expectations, from rehearsing conversations and monitoring facial expressions to concealing sensory discomfort, according to a new study led by a Penn State researcher.
Published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disord more PR
Employees with autism report hidden labor of workplace camouflaging in new study (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University College of Education posted the following news:
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Employees with autism report hidden labor of workplace camouflaging in new study
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Employees with autism may expend considerable time and effort modifying their behavior to meet workplace expectations, from rehearsing conversations and monitoring facial expressions to concealing sensory discomfort, according to a new study led by a Penn State researcher.
Published in the Journal of Autism and more PR
Engineering Researcher Helps Doctors See Deep Inside the Body More Clearly (10)
LUBBOCK, Texas, Oct. 19 -- Texas Tech University posted the following news:
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Engineering Researcher Helps Doctors See Deep Inside the Body More Clearly
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Texas Tech's Indrajit Srivastava received a prestigious $2.1 million, five-year NIH award to further his work researching and developing next-generation bioimaging tools.
For doctors using imaging technologies and techniques to look deep inside the body, it can often be reminiscent of driving down a road in dense fog. Light scatters around, distorting the overall image, making it dif more PR
Expanding Iowa State students' poultry knowledge (10)
AMES, Iowa, Oct. 20 -- Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences posted the following news:
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Expanding Iowa State students' poultry knowledge
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Dawn Koltes wants to increase Iowa State University students' awareness of the many opportunities available within the poultry industry in Iowa and beyond.
"There's a lot of poultry production in Iowa, but students often don't realize poultry is an option when they come here to study animal science or that it's as prevalent as it is in the state," said Koltes, an assistant more PR
Expert to discuss AI's impact on warfare, human judgment at AU lecture Nov. 4 (10)
ASHLAND, Ohio, Oct. 19 -- Ashland University posted the following news:
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Expert to discuss AI's impact on warfare, human judgment at AU lecture Nov. 4
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ASHLAND, Ohio - As artificial intelligence reshapes global politics, Ashland University will welcome Branka Marijan, Ph.D., an expert on emerging technologies and international security, for a special presentation exploring the challenges of preserving human judgment and accountability in government decision-making on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m.
Marijan will present "AI and Warfare: more PR
Faculty Spotlight: From Gym Teacher to International Expert, This UVA Professor Dreamed Big (10)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Oct. 20 -- The University of Virginia issued the following news:
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Faculty Spotlight: From gym teacher to international expert, this UVA professor dreamed big
By Bryan McKenzie, bkm4s@virginia.edu
October 19, 2026
Martin Block once had the simple dream of being a gym teacher. But the winner of a 2026 University of Virginia All-University Teaching Award wound up a kinesiology professor and international expert in adapted physical activity for people with disabilities and autism.
You can credit that turn of e more PR
Final Elon University Poll before Election Day: Cooper has double-digit lead over Whatley in NC US Senate race (10)
ELON, North Carolina, Oct. 20 -- Elon University posted the following news release:
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Final Elon University Poll before Election Day: Cooper has double-digit lead over Whatley in NC US Senate race
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This final poll before election day was conducted Sept. 29 - Oct. 8 and gathered input from 800 North Carolina adults, with an overall margin of error of +/-4.03%.
With 15 days to go before the Nov. 3 election, former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has a 13% lead over Republican Michael Whatley among likely voters in the race for the state' more PR
Florida Poly makes history with first flying police vehicle (10)
LAKELAND, Florida, Oct. 20 -- Florida Polytechnic University posted the following news release:
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Florida Poly makes history with first flying police vehicle
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The Florida Polytechnic University Police Department has become the first law enforcement agency in the nation to integrate an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle into its operations.
The manned aircraft, dubbed Astro in a double nod to science and the dog from the classic Jetsons cartoon, marks Florida Poly's entry into the rapidly developing field of advanced more PR
Four generations of Hartsville family leave their marks at Carolina (10)
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Oct. 20 -- The University of South Carolina posted the following news:
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Four generations of Hartsville family leave their marks at Carolina
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When he was growing up, there was no real question that Colin Hungerpiller would be a Gamecock. Sure, he toured a few other schools as a student at Hartsville High School. But really, with an interest in history, a desire to be a pharmacist and a love of his home state, it wasn't hard to predict his college choice.
He would go where his father, grandfather and great-gra more PR
From drive-thru to driveway: Clemson chemist turns fast-food trash into cement (10)
CLEMSON, South Carolina, Oct. 20 -- Clemson University posted the following news:
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From drive-thru to driveway: Clemson chemist turns fast-food trash into cement
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When Clemson University chemistry professor Rhett Smith took his research group to lunch at Chick-fil-A, he gave them an unusual instruction: do not throw away the trash.
The sandwich boxes, bags, napkins, cups, straws and leftover fries were returned to the laboratory, where they were ground into a pulp and formed into bricks. Smith took the first brick home and parked his more PR
From seizures to brain networks: Anas Reda's award-winning epilepsy research (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 20 -- Vanderbilt University School of Engineering posted the following news:
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From seizures to brain networks: Anas Reda's award-winning epilepsy research
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During some seizures, a person remains aware; during others, consciousness disappears. Why? What changes in the brain, and could researchers intervene before consciousness is lost? Vanderbilt graduate student Anas Reda is using a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Doctoral Research Award to address those questions.
The award supports his resea more PR
From Tutors to School Leaders, UC San Diego Education Studies Shapes the Region's Classrooms (10)
LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 20 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news:
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From Tutors to School Leaders, UC San Diego Education Studies Shapes the Region's Classrooms
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UC San Diego's Department of Education Studies is building pathways into education -- preparing undergraduates, teachers, researchers and school leaders to strengthen learning across San Diego and beyond
At schools across San Diego County, students from the University of California San Diego are doing more than observing classrooms. The more PR
FSU 175: Florida State's research legacy spans generations of discovery (10)
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 20 -- Florida State University posted the following news:
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FSU 175: Florida State's research legacy spans generations of discovery
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From pioneering cancer research and building the world's most powerful magnets to expanding the frontiers of health, engineering and the arts, Florida State University has spent generations turning research and creative discovery into work that changes lives.
As FSU celebrates its 175th anniversary, that legacy stretches from the university's earliest research programs to the N more PR
FSU Discovery Days: FSU Health brings screenings, resources to Gadsden County residents (10)
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 19 -- Florida State University posted the following news:
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FSU Discovery Days: FSU Health brings screenings, resources to Gadsden County residents
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For Dr. Alma Littles, dean of the FSU College of Medicine, the 2026 FSU Health Expo in Gadsden County on Saturday was a homecoming and a reminder of the importance of access to quality healthcare.
Littles grew up in Gadsden County and spent much of her career there as a family medicine physician before becoming dean. At Saturday's health expo at the Gadsden Coun more PR
FSU Law to examine free speech in the age of AI (10)
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 20 -- Florida State University posted the following news:
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FSU Law to examine free speech in the age of AI
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As artificial intelligence changes how government agencies conduct surveillance, make decisions and communicate with the public, Florida State University College of Law will co-host a symposium examining what those changes mean for the First Amendment and the public's right to know.
FSU College of Law is partnering with the First Amendment Foundation to host "Free Speech in the Age of AI" on Thursday, more PR
FSU to celebrate global impact during 2026 Celebration of International Education (10)
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 20 -- Florida State University posted the following news:
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FSU to celebrate global impact during 2026 Celebration of International Education
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From study abroad and exchange programs to global research, language learning and cultural engagement, Florida State University's global impact extends across the university. FSU will bring these efforts into the spotlight during its annual Celebration of International Education, taking place Oct. 21 through Dec. 4, 2026.
The celebration will feature events across cam more PR
Giving AI a "crystal clear" view of the materials world (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 18 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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Giving AI a "crystal clear" view of the materials world
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In principle, artificial intelligence could make finding the right material for an application as simple as ordering dinner: Scientists would tell a large language model what they want, and it would serve them the perfect material for the job.
Unfortunately, that approach doesn't work well yet, and the problem comes down to data: Most materials consist of 3D arrangements o more PR
Harrisburg professor elected American Psychological Association fellow (10)
MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania, Oct. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg campus posted the following news:
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Harrisburg professor elected American Psychological Association fellow
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MIDDLETOWN, Pa. -- Gina Brelsford, professor of psychology in the School of Behavioral Sciences and Education at Penn State Harrisburg, has been elected a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 36 Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, effective in January.
APA fellow status is awarded based on evidence of out more PR
Head of the class: URI quantum physics students work as teaching assistants for Brookhaven National Laboratory (10)
KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Oct. 20 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news:
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Head of the class: URI quantum physics students work as teaching assistants for Brookhaven National Laboratory
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KINGSTON, R.I. - Oct. 20, 2026 - As a sophomore at the University of Rhode Island three years ago, Morgan Beck '26 began diving deep into the world of quantum physics, wanting to learn more about the branch of science that studies matter and energy at the most fundamental level.
At that time, Beck--a 2025 URI College of Arts and Sc more PR
Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Is a Global Issue That Goes Beyond the Clinical (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 20 -- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health posted the following news release:
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Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Is a Global Issue That Goes Beyond the Clinical
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Heavy menstrual bleeding is a common but seldom discussed issue affecting about 20% of American women and up to 50% of women globally. It can impact almost every part of someone's daily life--keeping them from school or work and impacting physical health, mental health, and relationships.
And while certain medical conditions, like endometriosis or u more PR
High-Nicotine E-Cigarettes Linked to Rising Nicotine Dependence Among Young Adults (10)
LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 20 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news:
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High-Nicotine E-Cigarettes Linked to Rising Nicotine Dependence Among Young Adults
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National study finds young adults were far more likely than older adults to use high-nicotine products and less likely to stop vaping.
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Key Takeaways
* High-nicotine e-cigarette use among daily vapers ages 18 to 24 rose from 3.1% in 2017 to 49.2% in 2022.
* Nicotine dependence among young adults who exclusively vaped more PR
HMEI to Open Environmental Exhibition by Artist Maya Lin (10)
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 21 -- The High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton University posted the following news:
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HMEI to Open Environmental Exhibition by Artist Maya Lin
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This month, High Meadows Environmental Institute will open the inaugural exhibition in our new Environmental Gallery in Briger Hall with an installation of artist Maya Lin's What Is Missing?
Lin's memorial to the planet uses immersive, science-based artworks to raise awareness about the present sixth mass extinction, emphasizing that, through conservat more PR
Honoring tradition, embracing tomorrow: University of Nevada, Reno unveils new brand (10)
RENO, Nevada, Oct. 20 -- The University of Nevada posted the following news:
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Honoring tradition, embracing tomorrow: University of Nevada, Reno unveils new brand
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The University of Nevada, Reno unveiled a bold new institutional brand positioning initiative before an overflow crowd at the 2026 State of the University address on Oct. 20, 2026. The brand identity is rooted in the University's more than 150 years of heritage and legacy while also giving it a fresh, collegial look, including a modern visual system, new logos and a dynamic more PR
How Many Colleges Should You Apply To? (10)
BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut, Oct. 20 -- The University of Bridgeport posted the following news:
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How Many Colleges Should You Apply To?
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If you're a high school senior, you've likely wondered, "So, how many colleges should I apply to exactly?"
It's a question with a less-than-simple answer. Unfortunately, no easy number fits every student perfectly. If you scour the internet, you'll find the most common suggestion is to apply to 6-12 undergraduate programs, which is a pretty big range.
Of course, that number can vary depending on your s more PR
How neutrinos, which barely exist, just ran off with a Nobel Prize -- again! (10)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 19 -- Ohio State University posted the following news:
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How neutrinos, which barely exist, just ran off with a Nobel Prize -- again!
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Ohio State professor breaks down science behind the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics
On Oct. 6, the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin) "for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin."
What's all this about?
I have known Francis -- as an inspiration, ment more PR
How Spartans helped power a Nobel Prize-winning discovery (10)
EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 20 -- Michigan State University College of Natural Science posted the following news:
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How Spartans helped power a Nobel Prize-winning discovery
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From Antarctic ice to groundbreaking neutrino research, MSU physicists have helped open a new window to the universe
When a physicist set out to build a neutrino telescope under Antarctic ice, two scientists who would eventually call Michigan State University home joined the effort.
They traveled to the frozen expanse at the bottom of the world, helping install more PR
Howard Payne University invites community to public lecture on preaching Nov. 3 (10)
BROWNWOOD, Texas, Oct. 19 -- Howard Payne University posted the following news:
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Howard Payne University invites community to public lecture on preaching Nov. 3
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HPU to host Baylor University professor as lecturer for second annual Dr. James Shields Speaker Series
BROWNWOOD - October 19, 2026 - Howard Payne University (HPU) will welcome Dr. Doug Weaver, Ph.D., the Barbara Jo Beard Driskell Professor of Historical Studies and chair of the Department of Religion at Baylor University, as the keynote speaker for the second annual Dr. Jam more PR
HSDSC Affiliates Use SDSC Expanse to Discover How Size Shapes the Future of Nanomedicine (10)
LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 19 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news:
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HSDSC Affiliates Use SDSC Expanse to Discover How Size Shapes the Future of Nanomedicine
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Scientists have long been interested in cellular nanodiscs, tiny particles made from natural cell membranes that mimic many of the functions of living cells. While previous studies demonstrated the therapeutic potential of nanodiscs for drug delivery, detoxification and vaccines, one fundamental question remained unanswered: How does size in more PR
Hunger may play a role in alcohol addiction, new study finds (10)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 19 -- Brown University posted the following news:
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Hunger may play a role in alcohol addiction, new study finds
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Researchers at Brown University have discovered a molecular link between hunger and the formation of "reward" memories that play a role in alcohol addiction. The insight could inform strategies for treatment and prevention, the scientists say.
The study, led by researchers at Brown's Carney Institute for Brain Science, mapped and isolated hunger-responsi more PR
In Prestigious Jackson Memorial Lecture, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Expert Calls for a New Era of Uveitis Care (10)
MIAMI, Florida, Oct. 20 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine posted the following news:
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In Prestigious Jackson Memorial Lecture, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Expert Calls for a New Era of Uveitis Care
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In the Jackson Memorial Lecture, Bascom Palmer uveitis specialist Dr. Janet Davis called for stronger education, referral networks and technology-enabled consultation to help more ophthalmologists manage complex inflammatory eye diseases.
Key Takeaways
* Uveitis is a group of inflammatory eye diseases that can threaten more PR
Industry Professionals Gather for Healthcare Compliance (10)
SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, Oct. 19 -- Seton Hall University posted the following news:
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Industry Professionals Gather for Healthcare Compliance
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Seton Hall Law's U.S. Healthcare Compliance Certificate Program brought together industry leaders, government attorneys and professionals from as far away as Japan, South Korea, and Poland for four days of sessions on the legal and practical challenges facing health care compliance. Held Oct. 5-8, the Program covered topics ranging from the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to artificial intellige more PR
Iowa State, U.S. Department of Energy extend contract for Ames National Laboratory (10)
AMES, Iowa, Oct. 20 -- Iowa State University posted the following news release:
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Iowa State, U.S. Department of Energy extend contract for Ames National Laboratory
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AMES, Iowa - Iowa State University and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have extended the management and operating contract for Ames National Laboratory for another five years.
The contract extension was announced by Dario Gil, DOE Under Secretary for Science, who toured Ames National Laboratory today.
Under the contract, the federal government owns the national lab's more PR
Iron deficiency may explain psychiatric outcomes of a rare genetic condition , article (10)
ROANOKE, Virginia, Oct. 20 -- The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech posted the following news:
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Iron deficiency may explain psychiatric outcomes of a rare genetic condition, article
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Iron deficiency may explain psychiatric outcomes of a rare genetic condition
A rare gene deletion can lead to schizophrenia, autism, or mild developmental delays. Ryan Purcell of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute will use a new grant from the National Institutes of Health to explore whether iron deficiency might be making the d more PR
Is AI cybersecurity a game? Local researchers part of NSA grant to show it can be (10)
DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 20 -- The University of Dayton posted the following news:
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Is AI cybersecurity a game? Local researchers part of NSA grant to show it can be
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Showing Dayton-area middle and high school students that learning about artificial intelligence and cybersecurity can be fun and interactive is the goal of a two-year, $500,000 National Security Agency award led by the University of Dayton.
The team that includes Wright State University, the Air Force Institute of Technology and game-based cybersecurity training company Haiku more PR
IUP Center for Civic Dialogue Presenting Constitutional Scholar Jeffrey Rosen November 9 (10)
INDIANA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Indiana University of Pennsylvania posted the following news:
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IUP Center for Civic Dialogue Presenting Constitutional Scholar Jeffrey Rosen November 9
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National constitutional scholar Jeffrey Rosen will be at Indiana University of Pennsylvania on November 9 as the IUP Center for Civic Dialogue's Inaugural Distinguished Speaker.
Rosen's public lecture and discussion, "Can We Still Talk? The Constitution, Disagreement, and Our Shared Future, An Evening with Jeffrey Rosen" is free and open to the commu more PR
IUP Office of International Education Celebrates the World with International Unity Day October 23 (10)
INDIANA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 19 -- Indiana University of Pennsylvania posted the following news:
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IUP Office of International Education Celebrates the World with International Unity Day October 23
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The Office of International Education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will hold International Unity Day on October 23 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Hadley Union Building at IUP. This event is free and open to all.
This fall, IUP welcomed 348 international students from 62 countries, including 74 students enrolled in the American Langu more PR
IUP Receives $338,682 to Continue Loan Forgiveness Program for Nursing Program Students (10)
INDIANA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 19 -- Indiana University of Pennsylvania posted the following news:
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IUP Receives $338,682 to Continue Loan Forgiveness Program for Nursing Program Students
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania has received $338,682 from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration to continue the Nurse Faculty Loan Program grant.
This program provides loan forgiveness (up to 85 percent of loans borrowed through the program) for students in the master's and doctoral nursing programs who commit to serving as a nu more PR
James P. Boland Memorial Lecture (10)
MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Oct. 20 -- The West Virginia University Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing issued the following news:
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James P. Boland Memorial Lecture
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The James P. Boland Memorial Lecture is an annual signature academic event of the West Virginia University School of Medicine Charleston Campus and CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine, honoring the life, leadership and lasting influence of James P. Boland, M.D., the longtime chair of the Department of Surgery. Established as a lectureship in his honor in 2008 and lat more PR
Jennifer Van Hook elected president of Population Association of America (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Jennifer Van Hook elected president of Population Association of America
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography Jennifer Van Hook has been elected president of the Population Association of America (PAA).
Van Hook will serve as president-elect in 2027, president in 2028 and past president in 2029 of the 96-year-old professional organization, which is dedicated to promoting and supporting more PR
Jignesh Patel Tapped To Lead CMU Miami as Founding Dean, Vice President (10)
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Carnegie Mellon University posted the following news:
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Jignesh Patel Tapped To Lead CMU Miami as Founding Dean, Vice President
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Carnegie Mellon University has named an innovative educator, trailblazing researcher and savvy entrepreneur to help lead its new campus.
Jignesh Patel will serve as the founding dean and vice president of CMU Miami, a new campus announced on Sept. 30 by CMU President Farnam Jahanian and made possible thanks to a transformative philanthropic investment by Citadel founder a more PR
Joanne Diaz Publishes Third Book of Poetry with 'Electric Dress' (10)
BLOOMINGTON, Illinois, Oct. 20 -- Illinois Wesleyan University posted the following news release:
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Joanne Diaz Publishes Third Book of Poetry with 'Electric Dress'
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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The latest poetry collection by Joanne Diaz has been a long time coming for Illinois Wesleyan's Isaac Funk Professor of English.
The book titled "Electric Dress" features 27 poems and was released in April of this year, but Diaz said some of the work took her nearly 10 years to write.
"In the world of poetry, people typically write poems one at a time more PR
Jud Mathews co-presents project at Max Planck Institute in Germany (10)
CARLISLE, Pennsylvania, Oct. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law posted the following news:
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Jud Mathews co-presents project at Max Planck Institute in Germany
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He and co-author Bettina Schondorf-Haubold presented 'There is No Word for Deference in German'
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA--Professor Jud Mathews co-presented a work in progress at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, Germany, on October 6.
Together with co-author Bettina Schondorf-Haubold, professor of pub more PR
Keeping jumping genes in place: New role for protein complex discovered (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Keeping jumping genes in place: New role for protein complex discovered
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UNIVERSTIY PARK, Pa. -- As much as half of the human genome is composed of so-called "jumping genes." These DNA sequences can make copies of themselves that are inserted back into the genome at another location, playing a significant functional role in creating the diversity that drives evolution and in regulating how other genes are turned on or off. However, thei more PR
KU researchers will evaluate program aimed at supporting adoptive families (10)
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 20 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news:
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KU researchers will evaluate program aimed at supporting adoptive families
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LAWRENCE -- Researchers in the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas have secured a federal grant to evaluate a program designed to support adoptive parents and children to prevent disruptions or dissolutions of adoptions among families in Kansas and Missouri. If the program proves successful, they can help make it available for matched federal reimbursement in Kan more PR
Like Humans, Some Primates Become Cautious of Germs in the Wake of a Viral Outbreak (10)
LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 20 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news:
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Like Humans, Some Primates Become Cautious of Germs in the Wake of a Viral Outbreak
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UC San Diego researchers find that macaques exposed to a deadly disease outbreak became more wary of contaminated food, offering clues about the origins of disgust
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, many households wiped down groceries with disinfectant before putting them away. Hand sanitizer was in short supply. With little informatio more PR
Locusts get a sensory assist from nanomaterials (10)
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Oct. 19 -- Washington University in St. Louis posted the following news:
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Locusts get a sensory assist from nanomaterials
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* A new hybrid sensor combines living organisms with synthetic sensors to improve chemical sensing abilities.
* McKelvey Engineering's Srikanth Singamaneni and Barani Raman combined talents to augment insects with sample collection materials.
* Such locusts could someday help with search-and-rescue, detect chemical weapons and map disaster zones.
Scientists have long explored the idea of us more PR
Maryville College announces $3 million gift to establish Curb Center (10)
MARYVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 20 -- Maryville College posted the following news:
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Maryville College announces $3 million gift to establish Curb Center
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Maryville College announces major $3 million gift to establish Mike Curb Center for Appalachian Music
Key Takeaways
* Maryville College receives a $3 million gift to establish the Mike Curb Center for Appalachian Music, enhancing study and appreciation of Southern Appalachian musical traditions.
* The center, launching in 2027-28, will connect music education with broader disciplines l more PR
Medical Center Chief Communications Officer John Howser to retire (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 20 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center posted the following news release:
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Medical Center Chief Communications Officer John Howser to retire
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John Howser, Vanderbilt Health's Chief Communications Officer and longtime communications leader, announced plans to retire in March 2027 after nearly 40 years at Vanderbilt.
Howser's career began behind the camera as a Medical Center photojournalist and grew into leadership of the organization's communications strategy, shaping how employees, patients, community more PR
Michigan Medicine: Family's Gift Honors Wife and Mother, Supports Nephrology Nurses (10)
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 20 -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release:
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Family's gift honors wife and mother, supports nephrology nurses
The Coulson family is helping to recognize exceptional dialysis nurses and invest in professional development to strengthen patient care.
October 19, 2026
After Barbara Coulson passed away, her husband, Daniel, and daughters, Catherine and Kelly, wanted to find a meaningful way to honor her and recognize the nurses who had care more PR
Michigan Medicine: Gene Editing is Coming for Common Diseases. Are We Ready? (10)
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 20 (TNSjou) -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release:
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Gene editing is coming for common diseases. Are we ready?
Cardiologists who study gene therapy explain its promise, risks and the safeguards needed for responsible use
October 19, 2026
Gene therapy is no longer the future of medicine -- it's reality. Treatments that replace, silence or edit genes are already changing clinical care.
There are more than 6,000 rare genetic disorders more PR
Michigan Medicine: The AI is Listening - Implications of Machine Generated Clinical Notes on Health Care (10)
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 20 (TNSjou) -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release:
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The AI is listening: Implications of machine generated clinical notes on health care
Experts argue use of AI scribes during health care encounters is generating data that should be scrutinized
October 19, 2026
Artificial intelligence tools are being touted as a solution for so-called pajama time - the time doctors inevitably spend compiling patient notes after working hours.
As ho more PR
Mizzou PRSSA earns Star Chapter Award for the first time (10)
COLUMBIA, Missouri, Oct. 20 -- The University of Missouri School of Journalism issued the following news release:
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Mizzou PRSSA earns Star Chapter Award for the first time
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PRSSA members pose on campus before a Kansas City-area agency trip to Garmin and Trozzolo Communications Group. Photo: Ayesha Khan
By Raigan Clay
Every year, the national Public Relations Student Society of America celebrates chapters that excel in service, outreach and professional development with Star Chapter designations. This year, for the first time, the Un more PR
Mizzou Researchers See Promise in Tongue Exercise for ALS (10)
COLUMBIA, Missouri, Oct. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release:
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Mizzou researchers see promise in tongue exercise for ALS
A new study could pave the way for therapies that help people with ALS preserve critical functions such as speaking, swallowing and breathing.
By Brian Consiglio
Oct. 19, 2026
A breakthrough at the University of Missouri could lead to new therapies for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other motor neuron diseases.
In a preclinical model, Mizzou researchers more PR
Montana State researchers receive $3 million grant from NASA (10)
BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 19 -- Montana State University posted the following news:
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Montana State researchers receive $3 million grant from NASA
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BOZEMAN -- Montana State University has received a $3 million NASA grant to lead a nationwide project studying wildfire smoke and other pollutants using high-altitude balloons and drones.
The project will bring together 40 undergraduate teams from community colleges and universities across the country to collect air quality measurements using equipment developed in MSU's Balloon Outreach, Res more PR
Montana State's Celebrate Ag scheduled for Oct. 25-31 (10)
BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 19 -- Montana State University posted the following news:
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Montana State's Celebrate Ag scheduled for Oct. 25-31
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BOZEMAN -- Montana State University's College of Agriculture will host Celebrate Ag, its annual celebration of the university's agricultural heritage, the last week of October. Events recognizing MSU's agricultural students, faculty, alumni and community supporters will run Sunday through Saturday, Oct. 25-31, on the MSU campus in Bozeman.
Celebrate Ag is a weeklong event held in coordination with M more PR
MSU Institute for the Humanities fall events continue this month with history, stories shaping the South (10)
STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Oct. 19 -- Mississippi State University posted the following news:
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MSU Institute for the Humanities fall events continue this month with history, stories shaping the South
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STARKVILLE, Miss.--Mississippi State's Institute for the Humanities continues its fall lecture series Oct. 29 with MSU Department of History Associate Professor Jim Giesen and University of Mississippi Faculty Fellow and Writer-in-Residence Ralph Eubanks in Mitchell Memorial Library's John Grisham Room at 6 p.m.
Giesen and Eubanks will pr more PR
MSU, Michigan Tech partner to advance dual-use technologies that improve everyday life (10)
EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 20 -- Michigan State University posted the following news:
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MSU, Michigan Tech partner to advance dual-use technologies that improve everyday life
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Michigan State University and Michigan Technological University have entered into a new agreement to advance research in dual-use technologies -- innovations developed to address national security challenges that also create broad benefits for society. Both universities are members of Research Universities for Michigan, or RU4M, an alliance of Michigan's four R more PR
MTSU group selected for prestigious Berkeley Lab learning opportunity (10)
MURFREESBORO, Tennessee, Oct. 19 -- Middle Tennessee State University posted the following news:
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MTSU group selected for prestigious Berkeley Lab learning opportunity
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Five students from Middle Tennessee State University will travel to California this November for an immersive "mini-semester" at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, also known as Berkeley Lab.
Nyah Bentley, Addison Berry, Tomy Chet, Sarah A. Holzmann, Gavin Liles and Gloria Silva will join groups from two other universities, Spelman College a more PR
National aquaponics conference brings growers and researchers to Kentucky State (10)
FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Oct. 20 -- Kentucky State University issued the following news:
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National aquaponics conference brings growers and researchers to Kentucky State
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"Tank to Table" runs Oct. 25-27 at Benson Farm, with an Oct. 24 preconference workshop
Growers, researchers, educators, and industry professionals will gather in Frankfort Oct. 25-27 for the Aquaponics Association's 15th annual conference, "Tank to Table," at the Harold R. Benson Research and Demonstration Farm.
The three-day event will highlight Kentucky State Univers more PR
NDSU Giving Day Returns Oct. 27 (10)
FARGO, North Dakota, Oct. 20 -- North Dakota State University posted the following news:
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NDSU Giving Day Returns Oct. 27
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The NDSU Foundation invites alumni, friends, faculty, staff, and supporters to participate in NDSU Giving Day on Oct. 27, a 24-hour celebration of philanthropy that supports North Dakota State University.
Supporters can begin making gifts before Giving Day, with early giving opening Oct. 20. Gifts made during the early giving period count toward Giving Day totals and help build momentum for the university's annua more PR
New Acutis Fellows at Benedictine College Will Promote Saint's Approach to Technology (10)
ATCHISON, Kansas, Oct. 20 -- Benedictine College posted the following news:
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New Acutis Fellows at Benedictine College Will Promote Saint's Approach to Technology
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The day St. Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint, was canonized, Benedictine College launched a new technology center. A year later, celebrating his October 12 feast day, that center is launching a fellowship program to form students who can continue the computer-savvy saint's work.
The Carlo Acutis Fellowship is the newest Program of Distinction at Benedictine College more PR
New cost-analysis tool allows coastal communities to see and estimate benefits of investing in storm-protection measures (10)
SANTA CRUZ, California, Oct. 19 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus posted the following news:
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New cost-analysis tool allows coastal communities to see and estimate benefits of investing in storm-protection measures
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CoSMos Adapts gives climate-resilience planners a way to compare the costs of inaction or long-term savings by adopting solutions such as restoring sand dunes or rocky reefs to guard against increasingly destructive storms.
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* CoSMoS Adapts provides coastal communities with block-by-block vis more PR
New faculty fellow supports experiential biomedical research , article (10)
ROANOKE, Virginia, Oct. 19 -- The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech posted the following news:
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New faculty fellow supports experiential biomedical research, article
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New faculty fellow supports experiential biomedical research
Meike van der Heijden has been named the inaugural faculty fellow for the Integrated Health Sciences and Research experience at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Meike van der Heijden has been named the inaugural faculty fellow for the Integrated Health Sciences and Research more PR
New food processing technology at UGA helps Georgia food businesses innovate and grow (10)
ATHENS, Georgia, Oct. 20 -- The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences posted the following news:
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New food processing technology at UGA helps Georgia food businesses innovate and grow
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* New high-pressure processing equipment at UGA's Food Product Innovation and Commercialization Center (FoodPIC) will help Georgia food businesses develop safer products with longer shelf lives.
* The technology could help Georgia producers process more agricultural products locally and reach new markets.
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New McCain Institute Polling Finds Historic Youth Voter Turnout Likely in Arizona Midterms (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Arizona State University McCain Institute issued the following news:
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New McCain Institute Polling Finds Historic Youth Voter Turnout Likely in Arizona Midterms
Young Arizonans Want Government to Act - Even as Trust in Institutions Frays
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PHOENIX, AZ (October 19, 2026) - The McCain Institute at Arizona State University today released the findings of a new statewide poll conducted by SocialSphere, Inc. on behalf of the McCain Institute. The survey of 18-29-year-old Arizona residents reveals a generation demandi more PR
New Medicaid Work Requirements Illustrate How 'Law Is a Determinant of Health for Patients and Physicians Alike' (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 19 -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news:
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New Medicaid Work Requirements Illustrate How 'Law Is a Determinant of Health for Patients and Physicians Alike'
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New Medicaid Work Requirements Illustrate How 'Law Is a Determinant of Health for Patients and Physicians'
The complicated regulations may lead eligible patients to lose their insurance and force doctors to do more work with lower payment, ultimately jeopardizing patient care and health outcomes, according to a new more PR
New Research Sheds Light on Wolves' Diet (10)
MARQUETTE, Michigan, Oct. 20 -- Northern Michigan University posted the following news:
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New Research Sheds Light on Wolves' Diet
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After GPS clusters light up the map at the Voyageurs Wolf Project housing site in Minnesota, technician Alex Gross, a Northern Michigan Biology graduate student, arrives at the coordinates wondering what evidence the wolves might have left.
Some days, it's a few small remnants of a deer fawn or beaver left after a hunt, or perhaps he is taking a trek out to the mouth of a den where pups are sleeping; but more PR
New Stockton-ACIT Partnership Creates Buzz About Bees (10)
GALLOWAY, New Jersey, Oct. 20 -- Stockton University posted the following news:
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New Stockton-ACIT Partnership Creates Buzz About Bees
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Mays Landing, N.J. -- Every spring, thousands of bees descend on South Jersey's blueberry farms to help pollinate one of the state's most important crops.
But once those bees leave their hives, how do farmers know they're actually pollinating the blueberry bushes on their farm and not flying off to another field?
That's a question students and researchers from Stockton University and the Atlantic Co more PR
New study abroad program takes student across Sydney to observe Australia's multilayered history (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 19 -- The University of Chicago posted the following news:
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New study abroad program takes student across Sydney to observe Australia's multilayered history
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Direct observation is an important component of social science research. However, students often lack the opportunity to develop this crucial skill in a traditional classroom setting.
Getting students 'out in the field' to 'explore and observe' was the main goal behind the inaugural Sydney study abroad program designed by Christopher Kindell, assistant in more PR
North American Power Symposium Brings Energy Experts Across the Continent to Michigan Tech (10)
HOUGHTON, Michigan, Oct. 19 -- Michigan Technological University posted the following news release:
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North American Power Symposium Brings Energy Experts Across the Continent to Michigan Tech
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More than 400 researchers, students and industry experts came together on Michigan Technological University's campus Oct. 11-13 to focus on advancing the systems that power the world.
The annual North American Power Symposium (NAPS), originally known as the Midwest Power Symposium, has been a mainstay in the pivotal conversations surrounding en more PR
Ohio State holds groundbreaking ceremony for Timashev Technology Tower (10)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 20 -- Ohio State University posted the following news:
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Ohio State holds groundbreaking ceremony for Timashev Technology Tower
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New addition to university's Innovation District supports Ohio's innovation ecosystem
The Ohio State University held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday to celebrate the next chapter in the university's Innovation District: The Timashev Technology Tower. The new 8-story, 103,000-square-foot building marks the next chapter for the district and for the innovation economy Ohio State is buildi more PR
One vote, many decisions and one guide to help with them all (10)
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Oct. 20 -- The University of Maryland School of Public Health posted the following news:
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One vote, many decisions and one guide to help with them all
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As misinformation permeates the web, one Family Science class is gearing up to combat it by building a factual, nonpartisan election guide to key public health-related ballot initiatives across the country.
"Our guide always focuses on those issues that have a family connection. The guide is for everyone: Students, families - and we sometimes circulate it acros more PR
OU College of Nursing receives millions to advance maternal health research (10)
NORMAN, Oklahoma, Oct. 20 -- The University of Oklahoma posted the following news:
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OU College of Nursing receives millions to advance maternal health research
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OKLAHOMA CITY - The University of Oklahoma's Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing has received over $5 million in additional funding through a National Institutes of Health initiative to support four maternal health research projects over the next four years.
The Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) Initiative supports resear more PR
OU Diabetes Researcher Identifies Potential New Target for Type 2 Diabetes (10)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Oct. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Oklahoma Health campus issued the following news:
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OU Diabetes Researcher Identifies Potential New Target for Type 2 Diabetes
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New Harold Hamm Diabetes Center Director Brings Translational Research Program to State
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OKLAHOMA CITY - A protein called Miro1 found at elevated levels in the skeletal muscle of people with type 2 diabetes may contribute to insulin resistance, potentially making it a target for future treatments that help the body regulate blood more PR
OU Researcher to Study CAR T-Cell and Opaganib Combination in Clinical Trials for Ultra-High-Risk Multiple Myeloma (10)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Oct. 20 -- The University of Oklahoma Health campus issued the following news:
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OU Researcher to Study CAR T-Cell and Opaganib Combination in Clinical Trials for Ultra-High-Risk Multiple Myeloma
October 19, 2026
University to Manufacture CAR T Cells on Campus
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OKLAHOMA CITY - Patients with ultra-high-risk multiple myeloma, an aggressive form of blood cancer, often respond poorly to standard treatments, including bone marrow transplant. A University of Oklahoma physician-researcher recently received $2.9 mill more PR
Partisan segregation may be shaping Asian Americans' voting behavior (10)
CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, Oct. 19 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus posted the following news:
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Partisan segregation may be shaping Asian Americans' voting behavior
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- As the 2026 midterm elections draw near, candidates are often focused on currying favor among particular demographic groups. A new study of Asian American ethnic subgroups in the U.S. indicates that political segregation is just one form of spatial isolation that may be shaping Asian Americans' voting behavior and living environments.
Th more PR
Pell Center Survey: Foulkes leads governor's race by 11 points, lieutenant governor contest is deadlocked (10)
NEWPORT, Rhode Island., Oct. 20 -- Salve Regina University posted the following news:
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Pell Center Survey: Foulkes leads governor's race by 11 points, lieutenant governor contest is deadlocked
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October 2026 survey finds strong congressional incumbents, a competitive governor's race, and a statistical tie for lieutenant governor.
Democratic candidate Helena Foulkes leads the Rhode Island gubernatorial race with 39% support among likely voters, while the race for lieutenant governor remains statistically tied, according to a new survey more PR
Penn State Dickinson Law enters reciprocal virtual faculty scholarship exchange (10)
CARLISLE, Pennsylvania, Oct. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law posted the following news:
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Penn State Dickinson Law enters reciprocal virtual faculty scholarship exchange
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Partnership with University of Technology Sydney offers an opportunity to share research
CARLISLE, PA--Penn State Dickinson Law has entered a reciprocal virtual faculty scholarship exchange with the University of Technology Sydney that will allow faculty from each institution to present their research and receive feedback from scholars on more PR
Pennsylvania House adopts Penn State 'One Millionth Degree Day' resolution (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Pennsylvania House adopts Penn State 'One Millionth Degree Day' resolution
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved a resolution commemorating Aug. 15, 2026, as "One Millionth Degree Day" in Pennsylvania, recognizing Penn State's historic contributions to the commonwealth as the University continues to celebrate conferring its one millionth degree this summer.
Rep. Paul Takac, the resolution's prime s more PR
Persimmon named newest Texas Superstar plant (10)
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 19 -- Texas A&M University, a component of the public university system in Texas, posted the following news from its agriculture program:
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Persimmon named newest Texas Superstar plant
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The Oriental persimmon, a small, easy-to-grow fruit tree prized for its near-total freedom from insect and disease pests, has been named the newest Texas Superstar plant.
Oriental persimmon, Diospyros kaki, is also known as Japanese persimmon. Trees grown in Texas are typically grafted onto rootstock from common American persimmon, more PR
Pharmacy students study use of storytelling in educating public about disease (10)
WINGATE, North Carolina, Oct. 19 -- Wingate University posted the following news:
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Pharmacy students study use of storytelling in educating public about disease
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A mere 250 words might just be enough to save a life.
A group of Wingate University School of Pharmacy students decided to test whether a storytelling approach could effectively educate members of the community about the symptoms of type 1 diabetes mellitus. The results of their research, which they undertook for their required capstone project, were recently published in th more PR
Physiology professor receives Mayo Clinic Early-Career Alumni Award (10)
EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 20 -- Michigan State University College of Natural Science posted the following news:
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Physiology professor receives Mayo Clinic Early-Career Alumni Award
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Erica Wehrwein, a professor in Michigan State University's Department of Physiology, has received The Mayo Clinic Early-Career Alumni Award in recognition of her contributions to physiology education and leadership in the field.
The award is especially meaningful to Wehrwein, whose postdoctoral training at Mayo Clinic helped shape her approach to under more PR
Pitt Public Health's Lisa Bodnar Elected to National Academy of Medicine (10)
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- The University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health issued the following news:
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Pitt Public Health's Lisa Bodnar elected to National Academy of Medicine
October 19, 2026
Lisa M. Bodnar, PhD, MPH, RD, professor of epidemiology and associate dean for research at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the highest honors in health and medicine.
Bodnar is among 100 members elected to NAM in 2026.
NAM recognized Bodnar fo more PR
Plymouth State University Research Creates First Observation-Based Snowpack Climatology for the Northeastern U.S. (10)
PLYMOUTH, New Hampshire, Oct. 20 -- Plymouth State University posted the following news:
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Plymouth State University Research Creates First Observation-Based Snowpack Climatology for the Northeastern U.S.
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Plymouth, N.H. (October 20, 2026) - A Plymouth State University (PSU) graduate student has completed the first comprehensive observation-based snowpack climatology across the Northeastern United States, providing scientists with an unprecedented view of how winter snow conditions have changed over multiple decades.
The research comp more PR
Prenatal Supplement Linked to Improved Child Cognition and Social Behavior, Study Says (10)
AURORA, Colorado, Oct. 20 -- The University of Colorado School of Public Health posted the following news release:
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Prenatal Supplement Linked to Improved Child Cognition and Social Behavior, Study Says
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A nutritional supplement taken during pregnancy may support fetal brain development and improve children's cognitive performance and social behavior, according to new research from the University of Colorado Anschutz.
The randomized clinical trial, published this week in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, found that c more PR
Prof. Emeritus Jay Mandle Publishes Essays on the Political Economy of the Anglophone Caribbean (10)
HAMILTON, New York, Oct. 20 -- Colgate University posted the following news:
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Prof. Emeritus Jay Mandle Publishes Essays on the Political Economy of the Anglophone Caribbean
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W. Bradford Wiley Professor of Economics Emeritus Jay Mandle published his latest book, Essays on the Political Economy of the Anglophone Caribbean (University of Guyana Press), on Oct. 6.
In his newest work, Mandle, who is a member of the advisory board of the University of Guyana Green Institute, critically examines the region's failure to fully realize the id more PR
Prof. Matthew Tirrell elected to the National Academy of Medicine (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 20 -- The University of Chicago posted the following news:
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Prof. Matthew Tirrell elected to the National Academy of Medicine
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Matthew Tirrell, the D. Gale Johnson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine for pioneering the design and synthesis of self-assembling polymers to deliver peptide, protein and nucleotide drugs in cardiovascular disease, cancer, infection and vaccination.
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Professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia featured at Penn Carey Law Fall APALSA-ALR Annual Conference (10)
CARLISLE, Pennsylvania, Oct. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law posted the following news:
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Professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia featured at Penn Carey Law Fall APALSA-ALR Annual Conference
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She spoke at 'Citizenship at a Crossroads: Membership, Borders, and Due Process'
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA--Professor Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia participated in the panel "Citizenship at a Crossroads: Membership, Borders, and Due Process" at the Penn Carey Law Fall APALSA-ALR Annual Conference on October 17.
Wadhia provided opening more PR
Professors Receive $3.6 Million NIH Grant to Develop Anti-Blunt Use Messaging Targeted to Young Adults (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 20 -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news:
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Professors Receive $3.6 Million NIH Grant to Develop Anti-Blunt Use Messaging Targeted to Young Adults
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As blunt smoking rises among young adults in the US, researchers from Boston University School of Public Health and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will study young people's perceptions of blunt use, and develop and test public health messaging about the health risks associated with cannabis and tobacco exposur more PR
Purdue professor to join Senate roundtable on veterans' success and well-being (10)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Oct. 20 -- Purdue University posted the following news release:
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Purdue professor to join Senate roundtable on veterans' success and well-being
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Distinguished Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and director of Purdue University's Military Family Research Institute, will participate in an Oct. 21 roundtable hosted by the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs to discuss the National Veterans Strategy Act.
The proposed legislation would est more PR
Q&A: Do new platform features hurt hiring chances for competitive gig workers? (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Q&A: Do new platform features hurt hiring chances for competitive gig workers?
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Whether they are driven by economic necessity or a desire for greater control over their careers, a growing number of workers are turning to online gig-work platforms to supplement their income with freelance projects like coding or website designing. These digital labor platforms sometimes introduce new systems aimed at helping worke more PR
Q&A: What's innovative about canned food? (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Q&A: What's innovative about canned food?
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Q: What inspired you to write a book about canned food?
Coupland: The idea has been simmering for a long time. When I interviewed for my faculty position at Penn State decades ago, part of the process included visiting a local canned food factory. I walked in as a young scientist and realized I was surrounded by people with tremendous expertise that was very different from my own. These were p more PR
Research Computing Manager Jason Simms Helps Lead $24.5 Million Initiative to Advance AI-Driven Science (10)
SWARTHMORE, Pennsylvania, Oct. 21 -- Swarthmore College posted the following news:
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Research Computing Manager Jason Simms Helps Lead $24.5 Million Initiative to Advance AI-Driven Science
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Jason Simms, research computing manager at the College, is helping lead a $24.5 million National Science Foundation-funded initiative aimed at advancing AI-driven scientific research.
This past May, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the Morgridge Institute for Research in Madison, Wis., a five-year grant to advance its project, Fabric f more PR
Researchers Develop First High-Resolution Map of Groundwater Across Brazil (10)
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 21 -- The High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton University posted the following news:
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Researchers Develop First High-Resolution Map of Groundwater Across Brazil
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Princeton researchers used machine learning to construct a map of groundwater levels across the entire 3.29-million-square-mile (8.5 million km2) expanse of Brazil, from its rainforests to its alternately dry and rainy savanna. It is the first national-scale high resolution overview of groundwater depth and could help scientists study more PR
Researchers Study How AI Could Improve Weed Management (10)
OXFORD, Mississippi, Oct. 20 -- The University of Mississippi posted the following news:
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Researchers Study How AI Could Improve Weed Management
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Study examines promise, potential pitfalls of technology-guided weed control
OXFORD, Miss. - Advances in weed management technology could reduce reliance on herbicides and manual labor, but a new review from the University of Mississippi and Cornell University indicates those tools also bring steep costs and potential challenges.
Lasers, robots and precision sprayers could present a "third more PR
Roger Williams University Graduate Applies Her Science Foundation to Exotic Animal Care (10)
BRISTOL, Rhode Island, Oct. 19 -- Roger Williams University posted the following news:
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Roger Williams University Graduate Applies Her Science Foundation to Exotic Animal Care
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Drawing on her RWU science foundation and three years of experience at the Bronx Zoo, Victoria "Tori" Stephenson '18 now provides specialized veterinary care for birds, reptiles, and other exotic pets in New York.
BRISTOL, R.I. - For Victoria "Tori" Stephenson '18, a career caring for animals has taken her from veterinary clinics to the Bronx Zoo and back agai more PR
ROSA Energy Conference builds collaboration across industry, tribal nations, academia (10)
TULSA, Oklahoma, Oct. 20 -- The University of Tulsa Collins College of Business posted the following news:
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ROSA Energy Conference builds collaboration across industry, tribal nations, academia
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As energy systems become increasingly interconnected and complex, addressing the challenges of the future requires collaboration across technical, economic, policy and community stakeholders. The ROSA Energy Conference was created to foster those connections, bringing together leaders from industry, tribal nations, government, academia and the more PR
ROSA Energy Conference builds collaboration across industry, tribal nations, academia (10)
TULSA, Oklahoma, Oct. 20 -- The University of Tulsa College of Engineering and Computer Science posted the following news:
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ROSA Energy Conference builds collaboration across industry, tribal nations, academia
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As energy systems become increasingly interconnected and complex, addressing the challenges of the future requires collaboration across technical, economic, policy and community stakeholders. The ROSA Energy Conference was created to foster those connections, bringing together leaders from industry, tribal nations, government, more PR
Sabbatical Spotlight: Associate Professor of Social Work Amy Doolittle (10)
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Oct. 20 -- The University of Tennessee Chattanooga campus posted the following news:
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Sabbatical Spotlight: Associate Professor of Social Work Amy Doolittle
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Sabbatical Spotlight explores the meaningful and innovative work University of Tennessee at Chattanooga faculty members undertake during professional development leave. The series also illustrates how leave can advance scholarly, creative, teaching and professional work.
Professional development leave is an investment UTC makes in its faculty and, through more PR
Saint Peter's University Expands International Academic Engagement Through Visit to Korea and Vietnam (10)
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Oct. 19 -- Saint Peter's University posted the following news release:
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Saint Peter's University Expands International Academic Engagement Through Visit to Korea and Vietnam
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President Dr. Hubert Benitez and Trustee Jerry Taufield explore new university partnerships, student and faculty exchanges, and the role of institutional mission in the age of artificial intelligence
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - October 19, 2026 -
Saint Peter's University is advancing its international academic engagement through new partnership more PR
Seungjin Kim appointed Purdue's first chief nuclear officer (10)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Oct. 19 -- Purdue University posted the following news release:
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Seungjin Kim appointed Purdue's first chief nuclear officer
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue announced Monday (Oct. 19) that nuclear energy expert Seungjin Kim has been appointed chief nuclear officer to lead the university's research and workforce development efforts in support of state and national needs. ~~~~
The appointment was announced during the Global Nuclear Energy Economic Summit in Indianapolis, where industry and government leaders co more PR
Seven Penn faculty elected to National Academy of Medicine (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- The University of Pennsylvania posted the following news:
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Seven Penn faculty elected to National Academy of Medicine
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Seven experts from the University of Pennsylvania have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the nation's highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. Leaders in the fields of genetics, anesthesiology, veterinary medicine, and reproductive health are among the 100 new members elected by current NAM members.
This year's new members include:
Maris more PR
Shapeshifting tattoos that change colors? They're on the horizon (10)
BOULDER, Colorado, Oct. 20 -- The University of Colorado Boulder campus posted the following news:
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Shapeshifting tattoos that change colors? They're on the horizon
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A team of engineers led by a scientist at CU Boulder have invented what could become one of the biggest tattoo innovations since the artform debuted more than 5,000 years ago.
PhotoTat, as they call it, is a color-changing tattoo pigment that can temporarily vanish with light exposure.
These aren't your parents' tattoos.
To make PhotoTat, engineers have encased tiny co more PR
SMSU Faculty Help Lead Statewide Winter Science Initiative (10)
MARSHALL, Minnesota, Oct. 20 -- Southwest Minnesota State University posted the following news:
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SMSU Faculty Help Lead Statewide Winter Science Initiative
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A unique program exploring Minnesota's winter insects and stream ecosystems is set to expand statewide, thanks to a major grant award that will bring new research opportunities, classroom resources, and community engagement initiatives to Southwest Minnesota State University.
Dr. Alyssa Anderson, professor of biology at SMSU, and Dr. Kandy Noles Stevens, professor of education, a more PR
Sociologist Zhaodi Chen examines why some online stories face silence (10)
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Oct. 20 -- The University of South Carolina posted the following news:
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Sociologist Zhaodi Chen examines why some online stories face silence
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Violence against women is a significant public health and human rights issue worldwide. Nearly one in three women have experienced partner or sexual violence.
Many have turned to social media as a way to make their voices heard. The #MeToo Movement, which supports survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, went viral on Twitter and spread to social media sites aro more PR
South Dakota Mines Researchers Contribute to Nobel Prize-Winning IceCube Experiment (10)
RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Oct. 20 -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology posted the following news release:
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South Dakota Mines Researchers Contribute to Nobel Prize-Winning IceCube Experiment
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The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics recognizes a scientific breakthrough that South Dakota Mines researchers are helping advance using elusive subatomic particles called neutrinos to explore the universe's most energetic and mysterious environments.
Francis Halzen, Ph.D., a physics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, rece more PR
Southern Miss Offers Virtual Workshops to Advance Research Translation (10)
HATTIESBURG, Mississippi, Oct. 19 -- The University of Southern Mississippi posted the following news:
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Southern Miss Offers Virtual Workshops to Advance Research Translation
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Four-part virtual series will help faculty, staff and students explore ways to move research discoveries into real-world applications
The University of Southern Mississippi's Office of Innovation Management is partnering with Jackson State University and VentureWell to offer a four-part virtual workshop series focused on strengthening research translation, inno more PR
State Department grant expands preservation of ancient Peruvian cultures (10)
GAINESVILLE, Florida, Oct. 19 -- The University of Florida posted the following news:
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State Department grant expands preservation of ancient Peruvian cultures
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For Gabriel Prieto, Ph.D., every object tells a story.
Prieto is an archaeology professor in the department of anthropology at the University of Florida who focuses on pre-Hispanic cultures in northern Peru. He studies how these societies became complex using multi-proxy methodologies and state of the art analysis on artifacts. A recent $245,000 grant from the U.S. State Depa more PR
Stockton Open House Draws About 1,500 Attendees (10)
GALLOWAY, New Jersey, Oct. 19 -- Stockton University posted the following news:
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Stockton Open House Draws About 1,500 Attendees
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Galloway, N.J. -- Stockton University welcomed about 1,500 prospective students and their families to its fall Open House on Oct. 17, offering an opportunity to explore academic programs, tour campus and experience life as an Osprey.
Prospective first-year and transfer students met with President Joe Bertolino and Admissions staff to learn more about the university and the application process.
Throughout more PR
Student Spotlight: Florida State University students fly into storm with NOAA Hurricane Hunters (10)
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 20 -- Florida State University posted the following news:
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Student Spotlight: Florida State University students fly into storm with NOAA Hurricane Hunters
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* Florida State University students Tan Dao and Diego Barbero embraced the opportunity to fly into Hurricane Isaias on Oct. 9 as part of a NOAA Hurricane Hunters mission.
* The flight gave both students an opportunity to apply what they've learned in FSU's meteorology program and see firsthand how hurricane research informs forecasting.
For most meteoro more PR
Study Finds Over 60% of CT Horses Exposed to Leptospira Bacteria (10)
STORRS, Connecticut, Oct. 20 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news:
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Study Finds Over 60% of CT Horses Exposed to Leptospira Bacteria
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Leptospirosis is a neglected zoonotic disease caused by pathogenic Leptospira bacteria and can affect humans and animals, including horses.
A new study published in BMC Veterinary Research analyzed how exposure to Leptospira is common in horses in Connecticut and what strains they had been exposed to.
This work was led by Dr. Camila Hamond, assistant research professor in the Dep more PR
Substance use disorder recovery, remission linked with genetic, psychosocial factors (10)
CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, Oct. 20 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus posted the following news:
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Substance use disorder recovery, remission linked with genetic, psychosocial factors
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new study by researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign highlights the importance of considering both psychosocial and genetic factors in patients' prognoses and intervention planning in their recovery from substance use disorders.
The study is novel in that it integrated multiple forms of data -- includ more PR
SUNY Chancellor King Announces Winner of 'I Voted at SUNY' Sticker Design Opportunity (10)
ALBANY, New York, Oct. 20 -- The State University of New York issued the following news release:
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SUNY Chancellor King Announces Winner of "I Voted at SUNY" Sticker Design Opportunity
October 19, 2026
Elizabeth Ji from SUNY College of Optometry's Sticker was Selected by SUNY Students, Faculty, and Staff Votes
Part of SUNY's Ongoing Commitment to Nonpartisan Civic Engagement in Advance of Nov. 3 Election Day
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Albany, NY -- State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. today announced the winner of the "I Voted at SUNY" st more PR
SUNY Potsdam Announces Significant Expansion of Nation-Leading Retention & Completion Program (10)
POTSDAM, New York, Oct. 19 -- The State University of New York Potsdam campus posted the following news:
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SUNY Potsdam Announces Significant Expansion of Nation-Leading Retention & Completion Program
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ACE Helps Students Gain and Maintain Academic Momentum so They Can Graduate on Time
SUNY Potsdam leaders today announced the expansion of the campus's Advancing Completion through Engagement (ACE) program. The initiative helps students gain and maintain academic momentum so they can graduate on time. Building on the launch of ACE locall more PR
Surprising Pattern Emerges in Reincarnation Reports (10)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Oct. 19 -- University of Virginia Health posted the following news release:
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Surprising Pattern Emerges in Reincarnation Reports
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An analysis of more than 1,600 purported cases of purported reincarnation has revealed a striking correlation: The time between death and "rebirth" was shorter on average when records indicated that the prior person had died unexpectedly.
Further, the correlation was strongest among families that did not believe in reincarnation, defying researchers' expectations.
"There had bee more PR
Tackling risky substance use before it starts (10)
ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 20 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus posted the following news release:
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Tackling risky substance use before it starts
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The transition to college brings new independence, social networks and opportunities to use alcohol and cannabis, making the first weeks and months a critical time for prevention.
To help students delay or prevent substance use initiation and prevent increased use during the transition to college, researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington are developing and testing a digita more PR
Teena Gerhardt named 2027 Association for Women in Mathematics Fellow (10)
EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 19 -- Michigan State University College of Natural Science posted the following news:
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Teena Gerhardt named 2027 Association for Women in Mathematics Fellow
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Teena Gerhardt, a professor in the Michigan State University Department of Mathematics, has been named a Fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics, or AWM, for 2027. She is among eight mathematicians to be recognized with the honor.
Gerhardt was selected as a Fellow for her work ranging from local involvement with the MSU student chapter of more PR
Telling Nevada's story: The work behind the new institutional brand (10)
RENO, Nevada, Oct. 20 -- The University of Nevada posted the following news:
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Telling Nevada's story: The work behind the new institutional brand
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A new chapter in the University of Nevada, Reno's story is taking shape. Built on years of market research, stakeholder feedback and strategic planning, the University's new institutional brand positioning initiative aims to elevate its reputation, amplify its impact and strengthen its visibility. The effort builds on the priorities outlined in the Wolf Pack Rising 2023-2027 Strategic Plan. more PR
Telling patient stories while maintaining trust (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (Perelman) posted the following news:
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Telling patient stories while maintaining trust
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Penn Medicine clinicians, scholars, and a determined medical student are building something the field has needed for decades--the framework for writing about patients with care.
Ashlan Willett put a piece of writing in their drawer that was never meant to be published. During research years at Brigham and Women's Hospital, before they enrolled as a medical stu more PR
Temple grad takes his pop-up bakery to a permanent home in Fishtown (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Temple University posted the following news:
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Temple grad takes his pop-up bakery to a permanent home in Fishtown
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Saif Manna used to sell cookies from his off-campus apartment. Now he runs Manna Bakery in Fishtown, employing a staff of 20.
Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg
Walk into Manna Bakery in Fishtown and peer over the pastry counter, and you immediately see a dozen deliciously looking baked goods spread across, laying on a long piece of parchment paper and sitting close enough to smell befor more PR
Temple study uncovers how two proteins work together to help cancer cells repair DNA (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Temple University posted the following news:
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Temple study uncovers how two proteins work together to help cancer cells repair DNA
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The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, deepens understanding of a key mechanism that repairs DNA and helps cancer cells survive.
Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg
Imagine a cell is a piece of paper on a copy machine, and the words on the page are its DNA. Every time a cell divides, it must copy its DNA, b more PR
Texas A&M Engineering: AI Models Can Get Brain Rot, Too (10)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 20 -- The Texas A&M University College of Engineering issued the following news:
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AI models can get brain rot, too
Researchers from the Texas A&M Department of Computer Science and Engineering determined that when large language models are trained on frivolous online content, they can get brain rot like humans do.
Oct. 19, 2026 By Amanda Norvelle, Contributor
As humans and AI models roam the internet, they encounter lots of junk: clickbait headlines, misinformation, hashtags. Research by Dr. Zhengzhong Tu more PR
The Center for Addiction Science and Innovation Holds First Outreach Event (10)
STORRS, Connecticut, Oct. 20 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news:
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The Center for Addiction Science and Innovation Holds First Outreach Event
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The Center for Addiction Science and Innovation (CASI) held its first outreach event on Tuesday, September 29, bringing together the UConn community to learn about addiction science and the public health challenges associated with substance use.
The event gathered faculty and students from various disciplines across UConn to discuss topics including the brain's reward sy more PR
The Interview: Michael Porter (10)
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Oct. 19 -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus posted the following news:
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The Interview: Michael Porter
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Michael Porter has spent much of his life making videos.
As a kid, he wanted to make his family laugh. In high school, he kept making movies for his classmates. Later came film school and nine years at Disneyland -- including four as the voice and digital puppeteer behind Crush, the bodacious green sea turtle in Finding Nemo. He returned to his home city of Las Vegas to start a career in teaching and, eve more PR
The King's ransom: What LeBron James could mean for Philly's economy (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 19 -- The University of Pennsylvania posted the following news:
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The King's ransom: What LeBron James could mean for Philly's economy
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This summer, the basketball gods blessed Philadelphia with LeBron James, one of the greatest players in NBA history. For a city that treats its sports heroes with near-religious devotion, his arrival offers a tantalizing inquiry: Could James help deliver an economic boon to the greater Philadelphia area?
The prospect of a world-renowned superstar in South Philadelphia more PR
The Perfect Combination of Crime and Chemistry: Brayden McCaw '27 (10)
UTICA, New York, Oct. 19 -- Utica University posted the following news:
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The Perfect Combination of Crime and Chemistry: Brayden McCaw '27
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Within the mystery scenario, students were asked to determine the identities of components of an unknown substance found at the scene of a suspected murder.
Who did it? Where? And with what?
It's not a game of Clue that's afoot - but a murderous simulation dreamed up by chemistry major Brayden McCaw '27 to help students uncover the substances used at the scene of a mysterious killing.
He's been more PR
The week in photos: Oct. 12-18, 2026 (10)
EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 19 -- Michigan State University posted the following news:
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The week in photos: Oct. 12-18, 2026
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The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum's metal surface reflects colored lights on an October night. The MSU Broad Art Museum is a free contemporary art museum on campus that aims to connect people with art through experiences th more PR
The week in photos: October 12-18 (10)
MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, Oct. 20 -- Central Michigan University posted the following news:
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The week in photos: October 12-18
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Some of the top photos from Central Michigan University and Mt. Pleasant area events and activities during the week of October 12-18.
Prospective students tour CMU's campus on a beautiful fall day. Photo by Maddison Hill.
Author Sandra Cisneros visits CMU for a Hispanic Heritage Month event centered around her book The House on Mango Street. The event was hosted by WCMU Public Media and offered both the CMU more PR
THI Moving Image Lab Public Fellow helps bring horror exhibition to life at the Academy Museum (10)
SANTA CRUZ, California, Oct. 19 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus posted the following news:
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THI Moving Image Lab Public Fellow helps bring horror exhibition to life at the Academy Museum
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A scholar of queer history and culture with a passion for horror, Bradford Nordeen is The Humanities Institute Moving Image Lab's 2026 curatorial and exhibitions fellow at the Academy Museum, where he worked on the new exhibition The Horror Show, featuring nearly 400 horror-movie artifacts. The exhibition, which runs until July 21, more PR
Tiny molecules may help slow pancreatic cancer growth (10)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 20 -- Texas A&M University posted the following news:
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Tiny molecules may help slow pancreatic cancer growth
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Researchers discover that two naturally occurring microRNAs may help regulate the protein production that allows aggressive cancer cells to grow and divide.
Pancreatic cancer cells are remarkably good at doing one thing: growing. But new Texas A&M research suggests that two tiny molecules already present in the body may help slow them down.
Researchers at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medic more PR
Transfer Credits Boost Affordability (10)
PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 20 -- The University of Phoenix posted the following news release:
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Transfer Credits Boost Affordability
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New institutional data highlights affordability as more than 900,000 transfer credits were applied in one year, helping working adults build on prior education.
During National Transfer Student Week, October 19-23, University of Phoenix is highlighting how its transfer-friendly policies help working adults build on previous education with greater affordability, transparency and certainty about their path to more PR
Transfer Students' Top Tips for Making the Move to CU Denver (10)
DENVER, Colorado, Oct. 19 -- The University of Colorado posted the following news:
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Transfer Students' Top Tips for Making the Move to CU Denver
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Ready to take your college journey to the next level? Getting one step closer to earning your bachelor's degree is a huge accomplishment--and an exciting time! If you or someone you know needs tips for navigating the process, CU Denver has you covered.
A Place You'll Belong
At CU Denver, our transfer students are in excellent company--half of our undergraduates transferred here. We pride o more PR
True Bill Talk: How DAs Can Address Election Interference (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 20 -- Vanderbilt Law School posted the following news:
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True Bill Talk: How DAs Can Address Election Interference
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With the midterm election only two weeks away and early voting underway in many states, the True Bill Talk podcast explores the role of District and County Attorneys in preventing and prosecuting election interference.
Host Alissa Marque Heydari talks with Laura Conover, the County Attorney for Pima County, Arizona, and former DOJ prosecutor James Pearce. They offer advice to prosecutors on how more PR
Tusculum students explore jobs, internships and graduate school opportunities with about 40 vendors at a campus fair (10)
GREENVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 20 -- Tusculum University posted the following news:
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Tusculum students explore jobs, internships and graduate school opportunities with about 40 vendors at a campus fair
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GREENEVILLE - Tusculum University students took the next step in their career development by visiting with potential employers and graduate schools during a fair Tuesday, Oct. 20, on campus.
About 40 companies and organizations spread throughout the top floor of the Meen Center and spoke with the students as they went from table to table more PR
UBalt Ethics Week, Oct. 26-30 (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 20 -- The University of Baltimore posted the following news:
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UBalt Ethics Week, Oct. 26-30
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'Finding forums for ethical dialogue helps us grow. We're better positioned to make sense of our complex world.'
The University of Baltimore's Hoffberger Center for Ethical Engagement will host Ethics Week--a gathering of experts discussing some of the most relevant topics in modern society--from Oct. 26 through 30. All events listed here are open to the public, and the UBalt community is encouraged to be part of thi more PR
UConn Researcher's Insight on Small-Business Bankruptcy Recovery Draws the Attention of Congress (10)
STORRS, Connecticut, Oct. 20 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news:
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UConn Researcher's Insight on Small-Business Bankruptcy Recovery Draws the Attention of Congress
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New research by UConn finance professor Xiang Zheng indicates that an improved bankruptcy procedure, designed to make reorganization easier and less expensive for small businesses, is proving successful in enabling many of those companies to regroup and remain in business.
Zheng co-authored the paper "Can Small Businesses Survive Chapter 11?," which more PR
UCR receives $8 million in federal grants (10)
RIVERSIDE, California, Oct. 19 -- The University of California Riverside campus posted the following news:
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UCR receives $8 million in federal grants
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UC Riverside has received $8 million in federal grants to help the Inland Empire become more proficient in artificial intelligence and better align engineering education with the needs of regional industries.
The two grants, awarded by the U.S. Department of Education through its Strengthening Institutions Program, will support separate projects at UCR's Marlan and Rosemary Bourns Coll more PR
UCSC's Giving Day returns Nov. 18 (10)
SANTA CRUZ, California, Oct. 20 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus posted the following news:
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UCSC's Giving Day returns Nov. 18
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UC Santa Cruz's premier fundraising event supports teams, programs, centers, student-run organizations, and more across campus.
Giving Day--UC Santa Cruz's largest fundraising event of the year--is back Nov. 18.
The 24-hour fundraising event is a time when students, staff, alumni, family, friends, and community members rally together to support the organizations, programs, and causes at UC more PR
UHealth Experts Examine Renal Denervation for Uncontrolled Hypertension (10)
MIAMI, Florida, Oct. 19 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine posted the following news:
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UHealth Experts Examine Renal Denervation for Uncontrolled Hypertension
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A review by UHealth physician-scientists examines how renal denervation lowers blood pressure, what current trials show and which questions researchers still need to answer.
Key Takeaways
* Renal denervation is a minimally invasive procedure that targets sympathetic nerves involved in blood pressure regulation.
* Modern sham-controlled trials have shown mod more PR
UMass Amherst and Mass General Brigham Awarded Nearly $24.5M for 5-year Continuation of MassAITC (10)
AMHERST, Massachusetts, Oct. 20 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news:
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UMass Amherst and Mass General Brigham Awarded Nearly $24.5M for 5-year Continuation of MassAITC
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The University of Massachusetts Amherst and Mass General Brigham announced today a $24,499,836 competing renewal grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) for the Massachusetts AI and Technology Center for Connected Care in Aging & Alzheimer's Disease (MassAITC). This award is a five-year continuation of previous NIA funding, totaling app more PR
UMass Chan Medical School: Terence R. Flotte Elected to National Academy of Medicine (10)
WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Oct. 20 -- The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School issued the following news:
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Terence R. Flotte elected to National Academy of Medicine
By Pat Sargent
October 19, 2026
At a glance
* Terence R. Flotte, MD, the Elisabeth Chair for the Dean of Medicine, executive deputy chancellor, provost and dean of the T.H. Chan School of Medicine, has been selected as a member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).
* Dean Flotte joins a group of five other active UMass Chan faculty to be selected for memb more PR
UNC researchers receive VIDA Alliance grant to study breast inflammation during lactation (10)
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Oct. 20 -- The University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health posted the following news:
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UNC researchers receive VIDA Alliance grant to study breast inflammation during lactation
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The VIDA Maternal and Infant Health Alliance, a fiscally-sponsored project of the Crimsonbridge Foundation, has awarded its first research grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The grant will fund BRIGHT (Breast Inflammation Guidance for Healing & Treatment), a pilot study that will expl more PR
Understand the science of your brain with this gen-ed course (10)
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Oct. 20 -- The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences posted the following news:
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Understand the science of your brain with this gen-ed course
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Every student in Jessica Wickline's lecture hall shows up with the subject matter already installed.
That is the pitch for BIOL:1251 How the Brain Works (and Why it Doesn't), a neuroscience survey course in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences built specifically for students who are not biology majors.
"We all have brains, and it's powerful to begin to u more PR
University of Arkansas: Poultry Scientist Billy Hargis Retires After Career of Scientific Innovation, Mentorship (10)
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 20 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news:
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Poultry Scientist Billy Hargis Retires After Career of Scientific Innovation, Mentorship
Oct. 19, 2026
If it peeps, clucks, crows or gobbles, Billy Hargis wanted to know what disease threatened it and how to stop it.
After more than 40 years of research and teaching, the veterinarian and Distinguished Professor of poultry science with the U of A Division of Agriculture has moved on to a new phase in his life: retirement and the freedom to travel more PR
University of Arkansas: Pryor Center Launches Research Fellowship Program, Names Inaugural Class (10)
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 20 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news:
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Pryor Center Launches Research Fellowship Program, Names Inaugural Class
Oct. 19, 2026
The David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History has launched a Research Fellowship Program and named its inaugural class of fellows -- eight researchers who will use oral history to document Arkansas history, politics and culture.
The 2026-27 class brings together three U of A undergraduates; three graduate students from the U of A, Mi more PR
University of Arkansas: Two Deltas, One Crop - What a Vietnam Partnership Means for Arkansas Rice (10)
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 20 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news:
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Two Deltas, One Crop: What a Vietnam Partnership Means for Arkansas Rice
Oct. 19, 2026
U of A engineer Benjamin Runkle is studying rice sustainability on two continents at once, and the payoff could reach your favorite rice dish. In August, he traveled to Vietnam's Mekong Delta to begin testing whether a low-cost, Arkansas-proven strategy for cutting rice farming's emissions holds up in one of the world's largest rice-growing regions.
"Every sin more PR
University of Michigan: Expanded Earned Income Tax Credit Improved Housing Security for Childless Young Adults (10)
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news:
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Expanded Earned Income Tax Credit improved housing security for childless young adults
October 19, 2026
A temporary expansion to the Earned Income Tax Credit improved housing security for young workers who don't have children, a new study shows.
The findings from researchers at the University of Michigan and Columbia University have implications for federal and state policymakers looking to reduce hardship for childless workers ages 19 to 2 more PR
University of Missouri: Step Inside NextGen, the Building Designed to Transform the Future of Health (10)
COLUMBIA, Missouri, Oct. 20 -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release:
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Step inside NextGen, the building designed to transform the future of health
See how Mizzou scientists are turning discoveries into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat disease.
By Brian Consiglio
Oct. 19, 2026
Five years ago, a new facility opened on the University of Missouri campus with an ambitious promise: speed the journey from lab-bench discoveries to treatments that could improve -- and even save -- lives.
Today, behind the glass more PR
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: Researchers Harness the Heart's Natural Defense Against Heart Attack Damage (10)
HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston issued the following news:
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Researchers harness the heart's natural defense against heart attack damage
By Sydney Lowther October 19, 2026
Researchers are investigating whether the body's built-in response to low oxygen can be harnessed to reduce heart damage during heart attacks and surgery, using drugs that are already available.
Published recently in Nature Reviews Cardiology, the review led by corresponding author Holger Eltzschig, MD, P more PR
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: Study Finds Air Purifiers Do Not Reduce Surgical Infection Risk (10)
HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston issued the following news:
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Study finds air purifiers do not reduce surgical infection risk
By Sydney Lowther October 19, 2026
A study of more than 110,000 surgeries found that adding advanced air purification and sterilization systems to operating rooms did not reduce surgical site infections, postoperative complications, or deaths. Suggesting that hospitals should instead focus on preventing direct contamination of surgical wounds.
The stu more PR
URI junior on board with research (10)
KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Oct. 20 -- The University of Rhode Island posted the following news:
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URI junior on board with research
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KINGSTON, R.I. - Oct. 20, 2026 - Lewis Truckel, a rising junior at the University of Rhode Island, didn't expect a Yes, but asked the question anyway. And that first step led him to a somewhat surprising place, about 100 miles offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, studying a vital ecosystem.
A marine biology, aquaculture and fisheries science major from Michigan, Truckel and his professor Andrew Davies say that c more PR
US Department of State announces MSU award for US-Bahrain-UK innovative energy research collaboration (10)
STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Oct. 20 -- Mississippi State University posted the following news:
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US Department of State announces MSU award for US-Bahrain-UK innovative energy research collaboration
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STARKVILLE, Miss.--The U.S. Department of State has selected Mississippi State to lead one of three public diplomacy awards to advance innovation and energy research collaboration among the U.S., Kingdom of Bahrain and the United Kingdom.
The $90,000 award through the U.S. Embassy in Manama, Bahrain, begins this month and supports SPARK: Sus more PR
USAA Ascent Scholars Program prepares students for technology careers (10)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 18 -- The University of Texas San Antonio campus posted the following news:
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USAA Ascent Scholars Program prepares students for technology careers
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For students entering fields such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, computer science and data science, earning a degree is only part of preparing for the competitive job market. Knowing how to communicate their skills, build professional relationships and turn classroom knowledge into workplace experience can matter just as much.
The new USAA Ascent Schol more PR
USD Professor Tom Mrozla Wins National Teaching and Mentorship Award (10)
VERMILLION, South Dakota, Oct. 19 -- The University of South Dakota posted the following news:
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USD Professor Tom Mrozla Wins National Teaching and Mentorship Award
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This award recognizes outstanding achievement in teaching and mentoring among scholars and educators specializing in policing. He will accept the award in Chicago at the Annual Division of Policing Meeting in November.
The American Society of Criminology (ASC) describes itself as "an international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific and professional k more PR
USF part of national research team that finds drastic decline of marine life in the Gulf (10)
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, Oct. 19 -- The University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus posted the following news:
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USF part of national research team that finds drastic decline of marine life in the Gulf
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A long-term study of deep-sea ecosystems in the Gulf finds a sudden, severe and unprecedented decline in marine life, and suggests the likely cause is the Deepwater Horizon oil spill from 16 years ago.
Using deep-sea sampling and genetic analysis, a research team comprising 10 institutions from across the country, including the U more PR
Using AI, Reddit to identify potential side effects of unapproved new GLP-1 (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- The University of Pennsylvania posted the following news:
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Using AI, Reddit to identify potential side effects of unapproved new GLP-1
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Retatrutide, a next-generation GLP-1 weight-loss drug, is not yet approved for use. Nevertheless, online forums reveal that people are purchasing unapproved versions of the drug, which are not intended for human consumption, and sharing their experiences.
Now, researchers at Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Science have used AI to take a closer look at t more PR
UT San Antonio provides support resources for the university community (10)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 19 -- The University of Texas San Antonio campus posted the following news:
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UT San Antonio provides support resources for the university community
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Following President Eighmy's message regarding the tragic incident at Saturday's football game, UT San Antonio encourages any member of the university community who needs emotional support or counseling to take advantage of the following resources. Support is available confidentially to anyone who needs assistance.
For immediate mental health crisis support: Call more PR
UTA debuts its fastest Formula SAE car yet (10)
ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct. 19 -- The University of Texas Arlington campus posted the following news release:
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UTA debuts its fastest Formula SAE car yet
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Bob Woods typically takes a turn behind the wheel during Texas Autocross. This time, the longtime University of Texas at Arlington mechanical engineering professor and Formula SAE advisor stayed on the sideline.
"There are so many people here today. I'm not going to take a slot from somebody who drove 600 miles or more to be here," Dr. Woods said. "I'm ready to drive, but I'm going to l more PR
UTC opens The Flight Deck outdoor fitness area (10)
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Oct. 19 -- The University of Tennessee Chattanooga campus posted the following news:
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UTC opens The Flight Deck outdoor fitness area
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The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga celebrated the opening of The Flight Deck on Monday, Oct. 19, with a ribbon-cutting for the newly named outdoor fitness area near Lockmiller Apartments.
The Flight Deck adds to students' opportunities to be active beyond traditional fitness facilities and organized recreation programs. Located steps from where many students live and acr more PR
Vanderbilt generates $7 billion in economic impact across Tennessee, new report finds (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 19 -- Vanderbilt University posted the following news release:
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Vanderbilt generates $7 billion in economic impact across Tennessee, new report finds
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Vanderbilt University generates $7 billion in economic activity across Tennessee and supports more than 43,000 jobs annually, according to a new statewide study of Tennessee's private colleges and universities commissioned by the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association.
The study, prepared by Regional Economic Consulting Group, examines th more PR
Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator Launches AI Governance Project (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 20 -- Vanderbilt Law School posted the following news:
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Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator Launches AI Governance Project
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The Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator (VPA) is launching a new AI Governance Project (AGP), aimed at effectively governing AI and addressing its consequences. Over the last several years, VPA's experts have been engaged in research and policy development related to AI governance. Today's announcement marks an expansion of that work.
AGP's day-to-day efforts will be led by VPA's Director of AI an more PR
VCU-developed Home Sensor System Could Spot Loneliness in Older Adults (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 20 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news:
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VCU-developed home sensor system could spot loneliness in older adults
College of Engineering duo say HomePal, developed alongside Emory University researchers, may alert seniors and caregivers through technology that monitors movement, screen time, sleep, phone usage and even vocal patterns.
By Madeline Reinsel
Loneliness is common in older adults, and the mental and physical health risks associated with the condition are diffic more PR
VCU: Lukasz Kurgan Inducted as a Member of the National Academy of Artificial Intelligence (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 20 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news:
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Oct. 19, 2026
Lukasz Kurgan inducted as a member of the National Academy of Artificial Intelligence
Kurgan, a professor in the VCU College of Engineering, is a data scientist whose development of bioinformatics AI tools helps researchers pursue treatments for cancer, cardiovascular disease and neurodegenerative disease.
By David Pulgar, VCU College of Engineering
The National Academy of Artificial Intelligence recently inducted Lukasz Kurgan, more PR
Views of Science Help Explain Partisan Differences Over Vaccine Safety and Effectiveness (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 19 -- The University of Pennsylvania Annenberg Public Policy Center posted the following news release:
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Views of Science Help Explain Partisan Differences Over Vaccine Safety and Effectiveness
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How Americans view science and scientists is strongly associated with whether they think vaccines are safe and effective -- and helps explain partisan differences in perceptions of some vaccines, according to a new study led by a team from the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvan more PR
Vikash Khokhar recipient of the 2026 VINSE Best Graduate Student Publication Award (10)
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 20 -- Vanderbilt University School of Engineering posted the following news:
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Vikash Khokhar recipient of the 2026 VINSE Best Graduate Student Publication Award
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Congratulations to Vikash Khokhar, recipient of the 2026 VINSE Best Graduate Student Publication Award. Vikash's paper, published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition and featured on the journal's Outside Front Cover, explores how chelation drives surface substitution in MXenes, advancing the ability to control the surface chemistry of two-dim more PR
Villanova Biology Researchers Awarded More than $2.3 Million from NIH to Study How Parasites Navigate Insect Hosts and Prepare for Transmission (10)
VILLANOVA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Villanova University posted the following news release:
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Villanova Biology Researchers Awarded More than $2.3 Million from NIH to Study How Parasites Navigate Insect Hosts and Prepare for Transmission
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VILLANOVA, Pa. (October 20, 2026) -- Megan Povelones, PhD, and Michael Povelones, PhD, both associate professors of Biology in Villanova University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, have been awarded a $2,319,953 National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 research grant to investigate how certain p more PR
Virginia Tech, Universidad Austral De Chile Chart Next Chapter of Long-standing Partnership (10)
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 20 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
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Virginia Tech, Universidad Austral de Chile chart next chapter of long-standing partnership
By Rich Mathieson
19 Oct 2026
While a dozen Virginia Tech undergraduates are spending the fall semester in Valdivia and Chilean Patagonia, leaders from their host university came to Blacksburg to expand a decades-long partnership in research and teaching, building on the launch this fall of a new study abroad program that was years in the planning.
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Virginia Tech: New Faculty Fellow Supports Experiential Biomedical Research (10)
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 20 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
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New faculty fellow supports experiential biomedical research
Meike van der Heijden has been named the inaugural faculty fellow for the Integrated Health Sciences and Research experience at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
19 Oct 2026
Meike van der Heijden has been named the inaugural faculty fellow for the Integrated Health Sciences and Research (IHSR) experience at Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Van der Heijden is an assistant pr more PR
Virginia Tech: Randolph Marchany Honored With Emeritus Status (10)
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 20 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
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Randolph Marchany honored with emeritus status
By Anne Kroemer Hoffman
19 Oct 2026
Randolph Marchany, university information technology security officer at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title university information technology security officer emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
The emeritus title may be conferred on retired faculty members who are specially recommended to the board by Virginia Tech President Tim Sands in recognition of ex more PR
W&M Libraries receives trove of American Revolution-era materials (10)
WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 20 -- William and Mary posted the following news:
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W&M Libraries receives trove of American Revolution-era materials
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For Barry Martin '59, a love of history began early in childhood. As a young teen, he started collecting historic artifacts related to the American Revolutionary War. From letters handwritten by soldiers to signatures of the Virginia signers of the Declaration of Independence, he sought out first-hand recollections of early America.
Martin's lifelong interest in American Revolutionary hist more PR
W.K. Gordon Center To Host Public Trick-or-Treat Event (10)
STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Oct. 20 -- Tarleton State University posted the following news:
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W.K. Gordon Center To Host Public Trick-or-Treat Event
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STEPHENVILLE, Texas -- The W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center will host a free trick-or-treat event on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 4 to 6 p.m. Guests are encouraged to arrive in the Halloween spirit and attend in costume.
In addition to treats and local vendors throughout the museum, guests can experience local history through the rotating exhibit space, coal mine diorama and opera house.
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Water As We've Never Known It: Physicists Test Water Beyond Earth-like Conditions (10)
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Oct. 20 -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus posted the following news:
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Water As We've Never Known It: Physicists Test Water Beyond Earth-like Conditions
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Water isn't always as it seems. Under extreme conditions, such as those found on other planets, it has been discovered to change its atomic structure, giving it the means to alter its appearance and other properties.
A new UNLV study published in Communications Chemistry, a Nature Portfolio journal, shows that as pressure is applied to water, it becomes more PR
Wayne State Celebrates Investiture of President Richard A. Bierschbach (10)
DETROIT, Michigan, Oct. 20 -- Wayne State University issued the following news:
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October 19, 2026
Wayne State celebrates investiture of President Richard A. Bierschbach
Wayne State University celebrated the investiture of President Richard A. Bierschbach on Oct. 14 at the Wayne State Fieldhouse, marking a new chapter in the university's leadership.
The celebration featured remarks from Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield, Wayne County Commission Chair Alisha Bell, Georgetown University President Eduardo M. Penalver, Huntington National Bank more PR
Wayne State's Grand Challenges Initiative Marks First Year With Interdisciplinary Research, New Opportunities (10)
DETROIT, Michigan, Oct. 20 -- Wayne State University issued the following news:
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October 19, 2026
Wayne State's Grand Challenges initiative marks first year with interdisciplinary research, new opportunities
DETROIT -- One year after launching Wayne State University's research Grand Challenges initiative, Dr. Ezemenari M. Obasi told the Board of Governors on Oct. 2 that the university is seeing progress in bringing researchers together to tackle complex problems facing Detroit and beyond.
Obasi, vice president of the Division of Rese more PR
Westminster College faculty present research at annual celebration (10)
NEW WILMINGTON, Pennsylvania, Oct. 19 -- Westminster College posted the following news:
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Westminster College faculty present research at annual celebration
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Westminster College faculty members will share their research, creative works and scholarly insights during a daylong Faculty Scholarship Celebration on Wednesday, Oct. 21, followed by the annual Henderson Lecture at 6 p.m. featuring Dr. Timothy Grieve-Carlson, assistant professor of religion and philosophy.
The Faculty Scholarship Celebration will feature concurrent presentation more PR
Westminster offers early acceptance pathway to master's in public health (10)
NEW WILMINGTON, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Westminster College posted the following news:
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Westminster offers early acceptance pathway to master's in public health
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Westminster College students interested in careers in public health now have an accelerated pathway through the College's Early Acceptance Program (EAP) with Juniata College, enabling them to earn a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree following completion of a Westminster bachelor's degree.
Juniata's MPH program prepares graduates for careers in public health, epidemiology more PR
What Climate Change Is Costing California (10)
LA JOLLA, California, Oct. 20 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news:
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What Climate Change Is Costing California
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New statewide report led by UC San Diego researchers examines climate change's economic impacts; second report takes closer look at San Diego's future
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From heat-related illness and deaths to lost work hours and higher insurance and utility bills, climate change is already affecting California's economy. A new statewide report in California's Fifth Climate Cha more PR
What's Happening at WKU (10)
BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, Oct. 20 -- Western Kentucky University posted the following news:
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What's Happening at WKU
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Here is a listing of WKU events for Tuesday, October 20 through Saturday, November 7. All times are Central (unless noted). For more events, visit the WKU Events calendar at https://www.wku.edu/events. or follow @wkuevents on Instagram. (More: How to Place Campus Events on WKU Events Calendar)
Tuesday, October 20
10 a.m.: Groundbreaking for Phase 1 of Elevate WKU: The Southern Gateway. Between Avenue of Champions and more PR
Why did animals evolve necks? Study reveals it wasn't for turning their heads (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news:
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Why did animals evolve necks? Study reveals it wasn't for turning their heads
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The first animals to venture out of the water and onto land wouldn't have been able to turn their heads and look around much, according to a new study on the evolution of necks.
A model developed in collaboration with Penn State scientists using new fossil evidence and biomechanical studies in a modern fish suggests the earliest land more PR
Winthrop Lake Dam to Undergo Modernization in October (10/20/26) (10)
ROCK HILL, South Carolina, Oct. 20 -- Winthrop University posted the following news:
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Winthrop Lake Dam to Undergo Modernization in October (10/20/26)
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ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA - Later this fall, the Winthrop Lake water level will be reduced to allow for an extensive dam renovation and modernization on the decades-old infrastructure at the Winthrop Athletics, Recreational and Research Complex.
Winthrop Board of Trustees' members approved on Sept. 17 a contract with Faulkner Development & Engineering for $674,000 to work on the 73-ye more PR
Workplace narcissists crave more than a quiet raise (10)
ITHACA, New York, Oct. 20 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Workplace narcissists crave more than a quiet raise
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According to a new study, all employees like private rewards - a salary increase or glowing performance review that's not broadcast to others in the workplace - but narcissists also want to have rewards made public for their colleagues to see, the researchers found.
For the paper, published Oct. 8 in Social Psychological and Personality Science, researchers conducted multiple surveys of full-time employees more PR
Writers series to celebrate release of book by two Marshall professors (10)
HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Oct. 20 -- Marshall University posted the following news release:
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Writers series to celebrate release of book by two Marshall professors
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The book release event is planned for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, in the Shawkey Dining Room of Marshall's Memorial Student Center. It is free and open to all.
Dr. Rachael Peckham and Dr. Joel Peckham are professors of English at Marshall, where they have taught since 2009 and 2014, respectively. Joel is the author of several collections of poetry and nonfiction, most re more PR
WSU Study Asks: Who Benefits From Where Hospitals or Landfills are Located? (10)
PULLMAN, Washington, Oct. 20 (TNSjou) -- Washington State University issued the following news release:
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WSU study asks: Who benefits from where hospitals or landfills are located?
October 19, 2026
PULLMAN, Wash. -- Cities are built around critical public facilities, some more desirable for neighbors than others.
People want to live near hospitals and parks. Living near a wastewater plant or a landfill is another matter.
A study from Washington State University, published in the journal Urban Sustainability, introduces a new method o more PR
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