WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, April 30 -- Lycoming College issued the following news: Lycoming College announced that graduating senior, Hiyori Iai, was named the recipient of the 2024 Chieftain Award during the College's annual Honors Convocation ceremony on Sunday, April 21, at Williamsport's Community Arts Center, to an audience of students and their families, as well as faculty and staff. Iai was recognized for her dedication to academic excellence, community service, cocurricular activities,  more

ITHACA, New York, April 29 -- Cornell University issued the following news: To mark this freedom of expression theme year, Global Cornell presents a three-part series profiling the challenges and successes of Cornell's scholars under threat, written by Afghan journalist Fatima Faizi. When she fled Afghanistan in August 2021, Faizi was a correspondent for the New York Times and Al Jazeera. Today she is a student at Columbia University's School of General Studies in New York City. Before Afghan   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 30 (TNSres) -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Kendall Cooper Starting this summer, students and faculty in Florida State University's Department of Classics, both at home and abroad, will have access to new research and professional development opportunities, thanks to a generous gift from the family of a former professor emeritus. Charlotte Orth Reckford gifted $1 million to the department in honor of her late husband and Langford Eminent S  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 30 -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: After several years in storage for safekeeping, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Eloise Kruger Collection of Miniature Furnishings and Decorative Arts is going back on view in a new gallery. The new gallery is on the eighth floor of Oldfather Hall. Regular hours will be announced and the gallery can be viewed by appointment by contacting Linda Kohlstaedt, Kruger Collection manager, a  more