MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Sept. 14 -- Auburn University Montgomery campus issued the following news: * * * AUM receives $508,516 NIH grant to study entrepreneurship and well-being among adults with Down syndrome and their caregivers Auburn University at Montgomery has received a three-year, $508,516 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to examine how entrepreneurship and employment relate to financial stress, coping and emotional well-being among adults with Down syndrome and their caregivers. The project, titled "Exploring the Imp more PR

FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 16 -- Texas Christian University issued the following news: * * * Bunton to Retire as Dean of TCU's Bob Schieffer College of Communication September 16, 2026 Floyd L. Wormley Jr., provost and vice chancellor of Academic Affairs, announced that Kristie Bunton will retire from her position as dean of TCU's Bob Schieffer College of Communication in May 2027, following 12 years of leadership in the position. "This fall marks my 40th year as a faculty member or academic leader, and year 40 seems like a good time to 'gra more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Georgetown University issued the following news: * * * Professor Elissa Redmiles, Georgetown Security Lab Receive Microsoft Gift for AI Security Research Kelyn Soong September 14, 2026 Elissa Redmiles, the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, has received a $25,000 gift from Microsoft for her research on mitigating AI-generated non-consensual intimate imagery. The gift will support Redmiles' work with Georgetown Security Lab as part of Microsoft's External Red Team Alliance, a more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 20 -- The High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton University posted the following news: * * * Researchers Develop First High-Resolution Map of Groundwater Across Brazil * 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

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 21 -- The High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton University posted the following news: * * * Researchers Develop First High-Resolution Map of Groundwater Across Brazil * 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

ATCHISON, Kansas, Sept. 20 -- Benedictine College issued the following news: * * * Sheen-toberfest? Theologian's Bookstore Starts 'Fulton Fridays' After Beatification * People are already calling it "Sheentoberfest." After all, it happens every Friday in October in Atchison, Kansas, a town that vigorously celebrates Octoberfest. The 7 p.m. "Fulton Friday" events start October 2 at Pace e Bene, at 503 Commercial Street in Atchison. Pace e Bene is a family-run Catholic book and gift store popular for its gelato, pastries, and sandwiches. B more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 16 -- The University of Pittsburgh School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: * * * SPIA researchers carry Pitt's work on online violence against women to UK conference September 16, 2026 Keira Giacometti (A&S '26) was the only undergraduate presenting at the 2nd Annual Women & Girls' Online Safety Conference (WGOS'26) in Milton Keynes, England earlier this month. Surrounded by senior researchers, policymakers, and advocates from around the world, it was the kind of room that could  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 14 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Yale Library team helps instructors bring born-digital collections into the classroom September 14, 2026 Born-digital materials form an increasingly large part of the resources that students, instructors, and scholars rely on in their research. For various reasons, the formatting of these types of materials "born" as electronic media--text and image files, spreadsheets, programs, and emails--may seem challenging to access, which discourages widespread use  more PR