DEKALB, Illinois, Oct. 11 -- Northern Illinois University issued the following news: * * * Project FLEX study on hip hop, sport culminates in 'Shark Tank'-style event * Students from a summer study called "Beats, Games and Power: A Critical Introduction to Sport, Hip Hop and Social Issues" took a unique final exam this fall. And that test - a group presentation in the format of TV's "Shark Tank" before a panel of potential "investors" to convince of the worth of backing and expanding the Project FLEX concept - demonstrated that their learn more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 14 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Oct. 13, 2026 VCU's teacher residency program leads the way for teacher preparation in Richmond and across Virginia Created in 2011, the School of Education's RTR Teacher Residency has produced more than 450 graduates - with many more to come. By Sian Wilkerson From his third-floor classroom at Franklin Military Academy in Richmond's Church Hill neighborhood, longtime science teacher Matthew Wester has dedicated nearly two decades to teaching  more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 14 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Oct. 13, 2026 Dance alum Eleanor Smith uses movement to explore gender norms -- work that has now earned her a Guggenheim Fellowship The fellowship will support Smith and Molly Lieber's latest work, which will premiere in May 2027 at the Chocolate Factory Theater in Queens, New York. By Kim Catley For more than 20 years, dancer and choreographer Eleanor Smith and her collaborator, Molly Lieber, have used choreography and improvisation to explo more PR