Education (Colleges & Universities)
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Texas A&M Professor Hosts First End-to-End 3D Learning Workshop
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Feb. 14 -- The Texas A&M University College of Engineering issued the following news:
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Texas A&M professor hosts first End-to-End 3D Learning Workshop
Dr. Zhiwen Fan and a student researcher are leading the charge in 3D learning advancement for AI systems by establishing a popular workshop on the subject.
By Amy Leifeste
Dr. Zhiwen Fan, assistant professor in Texas A&M University's electrical and computer engineering department, hosted the first End-to-End 3D Learning Workshop in October at the 2025 International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) in Honolulu.
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Feb. 14 -- The Texas A&M University College of Engineering issued the following news:
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Texas A&M professor hosts first End-to-End 3D Learning Workshop
Dr. Zhiwen Fan and a student researcher are leading the charge in 3D learning advancement for AI systems by establishing a popular workshop on the subject.
By Amy Leifeste
Dr. Zhiwen Fan, assistant professor in Texas A&M University's electrical and computer engineering department, hosted the first End-to-End 3D Learning Workshop in October at the 2025 International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) in Honolulu.Sponsored by the IEEE, ICCV is one of the world's premier computer vision conferences, featuring cutting-edge research and workshops led by industry and academic experts.
Fan's workshop attracted roughly 150 researchers eager to explore the rapidly evolving landscape of 3D learning systems. It introduced new AI foundation models for 3D reconstruction, generation and their applications in robotics, extended reality and scientific imaging. Following the workshop, participants submitted 20 research papers, helping to establish best practices for 3D learning.
During the conference, Fan's team also earned third place in the ICCV 2025 COGS Challenge on compact 3D representation, hosted by META. The team was led by Zihao Zhu, an undergraduate student at Texas A&M, marking his first research project and recognition at an international competition.
The strong response to the workshop reflects an incoming shift in AI system design. Until recently, many AI systems were built as modular pipelines, with different components handling specific tasks rather than relying on a single end-to-end model. A similar evolution is now underway in 3D data analysis.
"We were motivated to host this workshop by the emergence of the geometric foundation model in 2024," Fan said. "This topic is timely and relevant to new advancements being made in AI."
These new breakthroughs have created quite a buzz, with important application opportunities for anyone involved in developing AI systems.
While many current approaches rely on end-to-end learning -- such as autonomous driving software or ChatGPT -- scholars are beginning to explore geometric or 3D foundation models that incorporate a more advanced design to learn spatial structure. These approaches could greatly improve AI capabilities and help achieve a more robust and reliable performance in real-world tasks, such as robotic manipulation. This new technology provides the basis of Fan's workshop: introducing new methods and tools to engineers who are shaping the future of 3D learning.
Following the success of the first workshop, Fan and his team plan to continue their efforts at the 2026 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) in Denver this June. They will be hosting a second edition of the End-to-End 3D Learning Workshop, and co-hosting three additional workshops, including Foundation Models Meet Embodied Agents, Multi-Agent Embodied Intelligent Systems in the Agentic AI Era: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions, and 3D Geometry Generation for Scientific Computing.
Fan looks forward to these next iterations and hopes to see even more researchers apply 3D foundation models to their work.
"There are many new opportunities to advance both robotics and generative AI with Geometric Foundation Models," he said. "At CVPR, we will continue our efforts and invite more experts in this domain, including researchers working on advancing generative AI, autonomous driving, and more."
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Original text here: https://engineering.tamu.edu/news/2026/02/texas-am-professor-hosts-first-end-to-end-3d-learning-workshop.html
Ohio State President Shares His Vision for Higher Ed at Business First Power Breakfast
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 14 -- Ohio State University issued the following news:
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Ohio State president shares his vision for higher ed at Business First Power Breakfast
Conversation centered on emerging AI-influenced workforce
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Ohio State President Walter "Ted" Carter Jr. addressed some of his top priorities for the university as a keynote speaker at the Columbus Business First Power Breakfast.
Hundreds of attendees filled a ballroom at a downtown hotel Thursday morning for the annual breakfast hosted by Business First. The breakfast event has been a local tradition since 1996. Business
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 14 -- Ohio State University issued the following news:
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Ohio State president shares his vision for higher ed at Business First Power Breakfast
Conversation centered on emerging AI-influenced workforce
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Ohio State President Walter "Ted" Carter Jr. addressed some of his top priorities for the university as a keynote speaker at the Columbus Business First Power Breakfast.
Hundreds of attendees filled a ballroom at a downtown hotel Thursday morning for the annual breakfast hosted by Business First. The breakfast event has been a local tradition since 1996. Businessand community leaders attend to learn more about emerging industry trends.
Carter was joined by Jason Hall, CEO of The Columbus Partnership, and Zachary Mears, senior vice president of strategy at Anduril Industries, to discuss the emerging AI-influenced job market and how the region is preparing the next generation of AI-proficient workers. Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey delivered video remarks.
"As we looked at some of the new big initiatives that we want to do, one of the biggest ones that we're doing is we're taking the most comprehensive approach to artificial intelligence," Carter said. "By the way, AI, from where I sit, is a little bit misnamed. There's nothing artificial about artificial intelligence. The right name ought to be augmented intelligence. But we are making the most comprehensive, bold statements in AI of any major university in the entire United States."
Some of the key investments into artificial intelligence at Ohio State include AI Fluency, an initiative to embed AI education into the core of the undergraduate academic experience.
Carter also pointed to the university's commitment to hiring 100 additional tenure-track faculty with expertise in AI over the next five years. And, the university launched the AI(X) Hub, or AI to the power of X, a university-wide hub spanning all 15 of Ohio State's colleges that will serve as a catalyst for research and innovation in AI.
That investment in AI is supported by a promise of access and affordability. Carter outlined several important scholarships that are part of the university's Education for Citizenship 2035 strategic plan - including Buckeye Bridge, a partnership that will cover tuition and fees for qualifying Ohio residents transferring to Ohio State from Columbus State Community College.
Hall said the work the university was doing in the space of artificial intelligence offers a competitive advantage for a region that is already among the national leaders in AI.
"Last year, one of the leading policy organizations in the United States, the Brookings Institution, assessed which metropolitan regions in the U.S. were winning economically in the early days of the AI era. ... They identified the Columbus region as one of 28 AI Star Hubs alongside much larger metros in that peer set, including New York and Austin," Hall said. "Based on those numbers, we can be confident we are punching above our weight right now."
The early success in AI innovation is leading to important new development. Anduril, a defense technology company, chose central Ohio for its new Arsenal-1 manufacturing facility.
The project is expected to create about 4,000 jobs and more than $900 million in capital investment. Luckey said infrastructure, workforce, and a tradition of aerospace and defense innovation drew the company to the Buckeye state.
"The Columbus region is positioned for it," Mears said. "We're just fortunate that Anduril gets to be a part of this community, answer the nation's call, develop products, attract, build, and inspire talent to move here, and ultimately, to make sure that the United States and our allies never face a fair fight.
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Original text here: https://news.osu.edu/ohio-state-president-shares-his-vision-for-higher-ed-at-business-first-power-breakfast/
Dartmouth College: Hop Announces Arts Integration Research Grants
HANOVER, New Hampshire, Feb. 14 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news:
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The Hop Announces Arts Integration Research Grants
The initiative funds faculty and student projects and strengthens campuswide collaboration.
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The Hopkins Center for the Arts and the Office of the Vice Provost For Research have awarded grants totaling $100,000 to nine projects submitted by faculty and students for the 2025-26 round of the Arts Integration Initiative.
The Arts Integration grants, funded by the Office of the Provost, aim to support arts-centric research, incubate interdisciplinary projects
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HANOVER, New Hampshire, Feb. 14 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news:
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The Hop Announces Arts Integration Research Grants
The initiative funds faculty and student projects and strengthens campuswide collaboration.
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The Hopkins Center for the Arts and the Office of the Vice Provost For Research have awarded grants totaling $100,000 to nine projects submitted by faculty and students for the 2025-26 round of the Arts Integration Initiative.
The Arts Integration grants, funded by the Office of the Provost, aim to support arts-centric research, incubate interdisciplinary projectsand advance faculty-student mentorship.
In addition to the grant program, the Arts Integration Initiative has expanded its efforts to strengthen and expand interdisciplinary collaboration across campus. The initiative organizes networking events and information sessions to connect faculty, students, and researchers interested in leveraging the arts in their work. By fostering these connections, the Hop aims to provide a platform for creative partnerships that push the boundaries of traditional academic disciplines.
"These projects reveal a remarkable breadth of themes, bringing the arts into dialogue with disciplines across campus and beyond," says Mary Lou Aleskie, Howard Gilman '44 Executive Director of the Hop. "The diversity of topics highlights how deeply the arts are embedded in the ways we explore, understand, and respond to the world."
"In the five years since the initiative was launched, the creativity and interdisciplinary sweep of these projects have underscored the strength of Dartmouth's model of scholarship, which fully embraces the liberal arts," adds Vice Provost for Research Dean Madden.
Selected from a highly competitive pool of applications, the projects represent a wide spectrum of interdisciplinary, arts-integrative inquiry.
On the arts side, the funded projects span music, studio art, art history, film, architecture, digital art, theater, and craft studies, intersecting with fields such as Asian studies, engineering, psychology, anthropology, astronomy, computer science and AI, environmental studies and geology.
Collectively, the projects engage subjects rooted on campus--such as creating a virtual bridge between the Arts District and the Class of 1982 Engineering and Computer Science Center on the West End of campus--as well as in the Upper Valley, through local singing community groups, and across the globe, including research on Indigenous culture in China.
The Dartmouth Rose Window, by Nicola Camerlenghi, associate professor of art history, and Elizabeth Rice Mattison, Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Academic Programming and Curator of European Art at the Hood Museum, combines geological, engineering and art historical analyses with digital modeling to revitalize a fragmented late-medieval, Italian rose window disassembled in 65 stone blocks owned by Dartmouth. "We are excited to share this hidden treasure with Dartmouth and the world, and the Arts Integration grant really is the perfect support to do so in an expansive and creative manner," says Camerlenghi.
Supporting interdisciplinary creativity also encourages students to embrace their multifaceted interests. "The combination of science and music is something that I am very excited to see play out, and I am grateful that my project on this New England tradition connects with the core values of the Arts Integration Initiative," says Simon Thomas '27 whose project, The Sacred Harp, combines music, neuroscience, and anthropology to shed light on the reclamation of community.
The Arts Integration Initiative comes as part of the Hop's commitment to act as a driver of interdisciplinary connections across campus--enriching disparate areas of study through the arts and supporting an arts-infused network of students, faculty and artists.
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The projects receiving grants are:
The Dartmouth Rose Window
Nicola Camerlenghi, associate professor of art history, and Elizabeth Rice Mattison, Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Academic Programming and Curator of European Art, Hood Museum
Since 1977, Dartmouth has owned a late-medieval, Italian rose window disassembled in 65 stone blocks. Now in the collection of the Hood Museum of Art, the fragmentary window constitutes an opportunity for artistic and scholarly intervention to revitalize it for campus display. This project combines geological, engineering and art historical analyses with digital modeling to devise a compelling plan for installation that integrates teaching, research, and creativity.
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Entangled Ecologies
Kate Salesin, lecturer, Department of Computer Science, and Zenovia Toloudi, associate professor of architecture, in collaboration with the Department of Studio Art
This project explores ways in which fashion can be elevated to reflect living systems through the combination of technology, art, and design. Research portions will integrate technology, including 3D fabrication, motion, sensors, and lights, into fashion pieces that respond to the person wearing the clothing, the audience, and the environment. The project culminates in an immersive fashion show.
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Hands That Speak, Art That Heals: Monica Lozano's "La Trenza" (The Braid) and Intercultural Health and Wellness
Israel Reyes, chair, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and Maria-Clara De Greiff, administrative associate, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Building on collaborations in the Migrant Lives and Labor curriculum, the faculty will invite documentary photographer Monica Lozano to present "La Trenza," an installation she co-created in 2023 by weaving together objects discarded by migrants crossing the border between Mexico and the United States. Through participatory weaving, photography, and film, students, faculty, and community partners will co-create a collective installation that reframes migration as presence, relationality, and continuity, positioning art as method, research, and a catalyst for connection and shared well-being.
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Conduit: A Displacement in Space and Time
James Mahoney, senior lecturer, Department of Computer Science
By creating a pair of sculptural wood stereoscopic viewing installations, each with live video feeds from across campus, this installation establishes a tangible link between the arts and sciences. The work facilitates unencumbered stereoscopic viewing of another place, extending that sense of wonder by also employing AI generation to periodically embed magical moments into the live video feed. The result is a unique blend of reality and imagination that spans space and time.
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Activating Material Memory: Textile Ecologies of Body, Loom, and Environment
Hayri Dortdivanlioglu, Postdoctoral Fellow at Society of Fellows, Department of Studio Art
Working outdoors with cyanotype-treated threads, the artist will use sunlight and exposure time to chemically register the conditions of making, treating embodied engagement with threads and the loom. Through this process, weaving is explored as a form of material computing, foregrounding the temporal, embodied, and technological forces that typically remain invisible in finished textiles. The loom becomes a site of convergence for body, tool, and environment, yielding a textile that functions as a material archive of ecological and gestural traces.
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Spectral: Translating Solar Data into Spatial Sound
Yuening Cai, Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies
A multichannel immersive sound installation that translates solar radiation data from different wavelength bands into a spatialized sonic environment. Drawing on astronomical measurement, sound design, and spatial audio techniques, the work renders the sun's invisible energetic dynamics perceptible through sound. By transforming scientific data into an embodied listening experience, Spectral explores the shifting relationship between human perception, technological mediation, and the tension between stability and uncertainty in our understanding of natural phenomena.
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Sacred Harp Singing: Exploring the Effects of Social Synchrony on Community Building
Simon Thomas '27
The Sacred Harp tradition has brought singers and communities together since its inception in the mid-1700s. This project will combine data collection methods--ranging from participant observation to EEG scans--to explore the questions of body synchrony and its impact on communal strength. The work combines music, neuroscience, and anthropology to shed light on the reclamation of community. It will culminate in an open-to-the-public singing event.
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The Analog Way: Craft as a Contemporary Artistic Inquiry
Jay Yim '25
An interdisciplinary initiative that reframes hands-on making as a form of research, creativity, and learning. Drawing on Sloyd and Montessori traditions, the project centers on the development of a new, credit-bearing course built from modular workshops integrating woodworking, ceramics, textiles, and metalworking with engineering, environmental studies, and psychology. Through pilot offerings in the Summer Scholars 2026 program, students will explore how working directly with materials builds creative confidence, problem-solving skills, and well-being. It will produce a replicable curriculum, a short documentary film, and a public exhibition showcasing student work and the transformative power of embodied craft.
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Breaking the Spectacle: A Conceptual Ethnographic Film on Indigenous Ritual and the Impossibility of Representation
Heyi Zhang '27
How can film engage forms of knowledge that exceed anthropological description and resist visual spectacle? Drawing on ongoing fieldwork with Indigenous ritual specialists in Sichuan, China, the film experiments with absence, opacity, and non-representational strategies to challenge colonial expectations of transparency. The project advances an arts-driven ethnographic method and will be accompanied by a written manifesto and exhibition.
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Original text here: https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2026/02/hop-announces-arts-integration-research-grants
Classroom Toolkit Selected as Mesa Community College's Innovation of the Year
MESA, Arizona, Feb. 14 -- Mesa Community College issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2026:
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Classroom toolkit selected as Mesa Community College's Innovation of the Year
A classroom toolkit designed by Alejandra Maya, Civic Engagement Program Coordinator at Mesa Community College (MCC), was recently selected to represent MCC at the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) competition, where one innovation is chosen to move forward to the national 2025-2026 Innovation of the Year Awards competition hosted by The League for Innovation in the Community College.
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MESA, Arizona, Feb. 14 -- Mesa Community College issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2026:
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Classroom toolkit selected as Mesa Community College's Innovation of the Year
A classroom toolkit designed by Alejandra Maya, Civic Engagement Program Coordinator at Mesa Community College (MCC), was recently selected to represent MCC at the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) competition, where one innovation is chosen to move forward to the national 2025-2026 Innovation of the Year Awards competition hosted by The League for Innovation in the Community College.
Createdin collaboration with the Ask Every Student 2025-26 Codesigner Campuses and titled the "Mindfully Informed Civic Engagement Classroom Toolkit," Maya's project seeks to strengthen civic learning by combining a staff-facing handbook with a student-centered presentation. The handbook provides colleges and universities with a complete system to oversee, train and mentor student presenters who deliver nonpartisan civic presentations in the classroom.
Twenty classrooms within MCC have already implemented the toolkit, and Maya anticipates many more colleges and universities will adopt the toolkit during the national and primary election cycles.
"Many students who attend colleges and universities throughout the country are voting for the first time and feel overwhelmed by the process," Maya explained. "What comes after you register to vote? How do you determine who you should vote for? I wanted to create clear, practical resources that make civic engagement feel approachable instead of intimidating."
Maya notably served as the first student trustee for the MCCCD Governing Board and launched MCC Votes, a peer-to-peer classroom presentation program that equips students with tools to become informed, engaged voters while addressing political fatigue and civic anxiety.
"I am deeply thankful to the Mesa Community College Center for Community & Civic Engagement, my colleagues and the students who continue to inspire this work every day," Maya said. "This recognition reinforces my belief that civic engagement is strongest when it is human-centered, student-led and intentionally supported."
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Original text here: https://www.mesacc.edu/news/press-release/classroom-toolkit-selected-mesa-community-colleges-innovation-year
Cheering Her On: OSU-CHS Staff Member Launches Affordable Cheer Program for Youth
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Feb. 14 -- Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences issued the following news:
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Cheering her on: OSU-CHS staff member launches affordable cheer program for youth
Every child interested in cheerleading deserves the all-star experience without paying the all-star price tag.
This belief is why Nicole Ezell founded City Belle Athletics.
Ezell, an academic assistant in the Office of Educational Development at OSU Center for Health Sciences, has a lifelong love of cheerleading -- participating at the youth level through high school.
"It's a great sport. It
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STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Feb. 14 -- Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences issued the following news:
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Cheering her on: OSU-CHS staff member launches affordable cheer program for youth
Every child interested in cheerleading deserves the all-star experience without paying the all-star price tag.
This belief is why Nicole Ezell founded City Belle Athletics.
Ezell, an academic assistant in the Office of Educational Development at OSU Center for Health Sciences, has a lifelong love of cheerleading -- participating at the youth level through high school.
"It's a great sport. Itteaches kids a lot, even outside of athleticism. It teaches them about teamwork and builds their character and their confidence," she said.
Ezell's daughter inherited her love of the sport and has been involved in competitive cheer for over a decade. Over the years, she would hear stories about the cost of competitive cheer and experienced it firsthand with her daughter's cheer gym -- with tuition around $300 a month and uniform and choreography fees totaling about $1,000 a season.
"There were talks of parents having to pull their child out for a season to recoup financially, with the hope of coming back for the following season. So, I decided I wanted to be a part of the solution," Ezell said.
The plan for City Belle Athletics came to fruition in early 2025, but what was supposed to be a five-year plan to start her business turned into a six-month plan.
Ezell connected with another cheer mom from North Carolina who had opened her own cheer gym four years ago. They set up a call and spoke for two hours. Her encouragement led Ezell to take a leap of faith and start calling community centers.
City Belle Athletics started in August 2025 at Reed Park Community Center in Tulsa. The program offers an affordable, 10-month competitive cheer experience for children ages 3 to 16.
Currently, they are in the second half of their first season with 22 participants.
Ezell pays for most of the associated costs out of her own pocket. She only charges $65 in monthly tuition. She also covers choreography fees and provides low-cost options for buying or renting uniforms.
"My goal is not to get rich. It's truly about giving people the opportunity who would probably never have it because of the associated price. I don't want the parents to ever feel overwhelmed with the financial burden of not being able to have their kid in a sport they love," she said.
The program is designed for beginners with no competitive cheer experience. Participants develop basic tumbling skills while learning routines and choreography for competitions.
Seeing the growth in her students' skills and confidence has been the highlight for Ezell.
"We had a showcase before our first competition, and they got on the stage and they shone. Of course, I shed tears because I was so proud of how far they'd come, and they just continue to improve," Ezell said.
Following the showcase, both of City Belle Athletics' teams earned first place in their first division competition.
Ezell's hard work earned her a spot on the Tulsa World's People to Watch in 2026 list. The recognition was a complete surprise to her, and she said the entire experience has been surreal.
She credits City Belle Athletics' success to the support of Lawren Brown, a cheer coach who has been with her every step of the way.
Ezell said she looks forward to expanding the program and remains committed to keeping competitive cheerleading accessible.
"The whole purpose is providing access to a luxury sport and I want it to stay that way, even as we continue to grow," she said.
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Original text here: https://news.okstate.edu/articles/health-sciences/2026/osu-chs_nicole_ezell_launches_cheer_program.html
Cal. State-San Bernardino Issues Faculty In the News Wrap Up for Feb. 13, 2026
SAN BERNARDINO, California, Feb. 14 -- California State University San Bernardino campus issued the following Faculty In the News wrap up:
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Faculty in the News, Feb. 13
Yolonda Youngs (geography and environmental studies), Kathryn Ervin (theatre arts, emeritus), Meredith Conroy (political sciences), Michael Karp (history) and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) were mentioned in recent news coverage.
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How Big Bear's bald eagles became social media stars (https://www.sbsun.com/2026/02/08/how-big-bears-bald-eagles-became-social-media-stars/)
The Sun/Southern California News Group
Feb.
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SAN BERNARDINO, California, Feb. 14 -- California State University San Bernardino campus issued the following Faculty In the News wrap up:
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Faculty in the News, Feb. 13
Yolonda Youngs (geography and environmental studies), Kathryn Ervin (theatre arts, emeritus), Meredith Conroy (political sciences), Michael Karp (history) and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) were mentioned in recent news coverage.
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How Big Bear's bald eagles became social media stars (https://www.sbsun.com/2026/02/08/how-big-bears-bald-eagles-became-social-media-stars/)
The Sun/Southern California News Group
Feb.8, 2026
Yolonda Youngs, a Cal State San Bernardino professor in environmental studies and geography, was interviewed for an article examining how the two nesting bald eagles near Big Bear have become social media stars. She compared the Big Bear eagles to the way images of the Grand Canyon made it a U.S. icon. Video of the nest, like a postcard from the canyon's rim, offer an intimate frame of the "wildlife family," Youngs said. "We want to follow them, and it's difficult to not see it as a family and sort of impose on them our ideas of parenthood and raising young and surviving tough winter storms."
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A guide to healing through Black feminist joy (https://www.stlamerican.com/entertainment/living-it/a-guide-to-healing-through-black-feminist-joy/)
The St. Louis American
Feb. 9, 2026
Kathryn Ervin, an emeritus professor of theatre arts at California State University, San Bernardino, is directing "The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body," a work by playwright Lisa B. Thompson, at Washington University's A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre.
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These Democrats are best positioned to win the 2028 nomination | Right Now With Perry Bacon (https://newrepublic.substack.com/p/these-democrats-are-best-positioned)
The New Republic
Feb. 6, 2026
Meredith Conroy, an associate professor of political science at California State University, San Bernardino, joined "Right Now" program host Perry Bacon and Nathan Rakich, managing editor at Votebeat, to discuss who might be in position to win the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 2028. All three were former contributors to the website 538.
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CSUSB Palm Desert Campus hosts annual Academic WorldQuest competition (https://iqmediacorp.com/ExternalIframeMedia?mediaID=1fd9e90a-5b11-486a-a0f1-f1196d5784f2&isRM=false&rawMediaType=TV&end=true)
NBC Palm Springs
Feb. 12, 2026
The late-night newscast had a segment on the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus hosting the 21st annual Academic WorldQuest competition on Thursday, Feb. 12. Facilitated and coordinated by Michael Karp, an assistant professor of history at the Palm Desert Campus, the competition featured area high schools competing for scholarships and the chance to advance to the national competition.
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Yes, Trump's video showing the Obamas as apes is racist. But it's also about the election (https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-02-06/chabria-column-trump-racist-video-what-comes-next)
Los Angeles Times
Feb. 6, 2026
Brian Levin, a professor emeritus and founding director of CSUSB's Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, was interviewed for a column about the racist social media post contained images of former President Barak Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama. "This is about more than just about the Obamas," Levin said. "It's about people that are (perceived as) undermining our elections and our democracy."
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Bending the Arc: Brian Levin, chair of the California Commission on the State of Hate (https://kkrn.org/broadcasts/5726)
KKRN (Round Mountain, Calif.)
Feb. 10, 2026
Brian Levin, founding director of California State University, San Bernardino's award-winning Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism, was interviewed about his research and policy initiatives on hate and extremism within academia, the NGO community, courts and government. He currently chairs the California Commission on the State of Hate.
These news clips and others may be viewed at "In the Headlines." (https://www.csusb.edu/inside/news-clips)
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Original text here: https://www.csusb.edu/inside/article/594674/faculty-news-feb-13
ASU Endowment Reaches $1.7 Billion, Earns Top 100 National Ranking
TEMPE, Arizona, Feb. 14 -- Arizona State University issued the following news:
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ASU endowment reaches $1.7 billion, earns top 100 national ranking
By Michelle Stermole
Arizona State University's endowment reached $1.7 billion in assets at the end of fiscal year 2025, placing it on the industry's top 100 list of U.S. higher education endowments by asset size, according to newly released data.
The endowment, managed by the ASU Foundation for a New American University, finished the fiscal year on June 30 with a 7.8% gain, marking the ninth consecutive year of positive returns.
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TEMPE, Arizona, Feb. 14 -- Arizona State University issued the following news:
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ASU endowment reaches $1.7 billion, earns top 100 national ranking
By Michelle Stermole
Arizona State University's endowment reached $1.7 billion in assets at the end of fiscal year 2025, placing it on the industry's top 100 list of U.S. higher education endowments by asset size, according to newly released data.
The endowment, managed by the ASU Foundation for a New American University, finished the fiscal year on June 30 with a 7.8% gain, marking the ninth consecutive year of positive returns.
"In fiscalyear 2025, we launched Arizona State University's Changing Futures campaign, which combines research, innovation and philanthropy to drive bold solutions to create a more sustainable world for people to thrive," said Gretchen Buhlig, ASU Foundation chief executive officer. "Through this campaign, we anticipate additional endowed gifts, which will provide long-term strength and stability for the university."
Record-breaking fundraising fueled the endowment's growth with $302 million in new endowed gifts and commitments made in fiscal year 2025.
ASU's endowment has doubled in the past seven years. ASU aims to grow the endowment to $2.5 billion by the end of fiscal year 2029. An investment committee oversees the endowment and partners with BlackRock as its outsourced chief investment officer.
ASU ranked No. 100 out of 657 U.S. colleges, universities and affiliated foundations in the NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments annual study.
ASU's endowment ranked ahead of five of the Big 12 institutions that reported data: Oklahoma State University (No. 109); University of Arizona Foundation (No. 111); Kansas State University (No. 175); West Virginia University (No. 179); and University of Central Florida Foundation (No. 337).
Overall, ASU ranked No. 47 among U.S. public institutions.
The ASU endowment's annualized returns were 7.8%, 9.9% and 7.9% for the trailing three-, five- and 10-year periods.
"While the portfolio's recent return trailed the benchmark due to a public equity surge that outpaced the steadier valuations of private and real assets, this short-term lag is a natural byproduct of a strategy designed for stability," said Samantha Bradley, interim chief investment officer of ASU Enterprise Partners. "By prioritizing a diversified approach that has secured impressive long-term results, the portfolio continues to trade the volatility of market peaks for the consistent compounding necessary to meet its institutional goals."
The endowment pools individual endowed funds, invests them strategically and pays out a portion of the gains annually to ASU. Over the past 10 years, the cumulative financial impact to ASU was $399 million paid out to support the specific beneficiaries of each endowment.
Last fiscal year, 80 new endowed funds were added to the ASU endowment in support of students, faculty, academics and other programs. The ASU endowment is comprised of more than 2,600 endowed funds that are each restricted by donor intent and distributed to ASU on a scheduled basis. The funds are invested as a pooled fund to provide long-term financial support to ASU for scholarships and fellowships, professorships and chairs, research, athletics and other enrichment activities.
"Fiscal year 2025 saw volatility in federal policy changes, geopolitics and tariffs, which collectively provided a good stress test for the endowment's investment strategy that the endowment passed these trials and remained strong," Bradley said. "Our long-term, diversified approach to portfolio construction allows us to participate in the upside, while maintaining resilience on the downside to ensure we can maintain distributions to ASU."
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Original text here: https://news.asu.edu/20260213-university-news-asu-endowment-reaches-17-billion-earns-top-100-national-ranking
