PASADENA, California, April 22 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: Scientists believe the environment immediately surrounding a black hole is tumultuous, featuring hot magnetized gas that spirals in a disk at tremendous speeds and temperatures. Astronomical observations show that within such a disk, mysterious flares occur up to several times a day, temporarily brightening and then fading away. Now a team led by Caltech scientists has used telescope data and an   more

ASHLAND, Ohio, April 23 (TNSres) -- Ashland University issued the following news: Ashland University has entered into a formal partnership with Shimadzu, a multinational leader in the manufacturing of precision scientific equipment, that will transform AU's capability for research and teaching within the College of Arts and Sciences. AU has acquired four new Shimadzu scientific instruments, valued at more than $500,000, that have been installed in the Kettering Science Center. In addition, AU   more

GOLD COAST, Australia, April 23 -- Griffith University issued the following news: A new partnership between Blackmore Family Foundation and Griffith University has mobilised the Blackmore Leadership Summit series and a worldwide search for the Blackmore Chair in Business Leadership. The role will oversee The Blackmore Leadership Summit series, an annual flagship and destination event that will bring together a cohort of up to 50 business founders, executives, and leaders to amalgamate experien  more

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, April 23 -- The University of Louisville issued the following news release: "This project hurt my brain," College of Arts and Sciences student Haley Hartley said with a smile, pulling up images of her design work. "Welcome to the design world," Michael Di Tizio, a senior graphic design specialist with Canon U.S.A., replied with an affirming chuckle. "If your brain isn't hurting, you're not designing." On March 22, University of Louisville senior graphic design students e  more

DETROIT, Michigan, April 23 -- The College for Creative Studies issued the following news: Celebrating the art, culture and rich motorsports history in Detroit, College for Creative Studies (CCS) senior Alison Slackta won the 2024 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear Official Poster Competition on Wednesday afternoon, April 17. Slackta's street art-inspired design features vibrant colors to represent the excitement of the Grand Prix on the Streets of Detroit and the event's connection  more

RICHMOND, Kentucky, April 23 -- Eastern Kentucky University issued the following story: President David McFaddin joined Congressman Andy Barr to announce that Eastern Kentucky University (EKU)'s application for $3.5 million in federal funding was awarded to construct a $4.5 million general aviation terminal at the Central Kentucky Regional Airport. Congressman Barr advocated for and secured this funding in the Fiscal Year 2024 Community Project Funding process. The funds were awarded out of Com  more

SYRACUSE, New York, April 22 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: When students in the College of Arts and Sciences enroll in Associate Professor Patrick Berry's class on writing and rhetoric, they likely think, correctly, that they will learn the foundations of good writing across various genres. However, they may not imagine that Berry's vision for the class involves a less tangible side effect: building community. And that community fostered through the experience of writing and  more

DAYTON, Ohio, April 23 -- The University of Dayton issued the following news: Tallgrass, the University of Dayton and AES Ohio entered into an innovative long-term agreement that fosters the University of Dayton's efforts to achieve its renewable energy goals. The new waste heat to power facility will capture the heat produced by an existing process and generate decarbonized power, which will be sold to AES Ohio for the benefit of the University of Dayton. For more than three years, Tallgrass   more

BEDFORD PARK, Australia, April 23 (TNSres) -- Flinders University issued the following news: The South Australian Government is partnering with the Little Heroes Foundation to provide a $500,000 funding boost for much-needed research into the fatal and aggressive condition known as Childhood Dementia at Flinders University. Childhood Dementia is a devastating and under-recognised group of genetic disorders, which result in potentially irreversible brain damage beginning in childhood. Like adu  more

SPOKANE, Washington, April 23 -- Gonzaga University issued the following news: Thayne M. McCulloh, an alumnus of Gonzaga who has served the university since 1990 and led as its president for the past 15 years, today announced that he will retire from the presidency in July 2025. "This decision follows a lengthy period of reflection, discernment and consultation," said McCulloh in today's announcement. "After 30-plus years at this wonderful institution, the time is coming to step aside and allo  more

SPOKANE, Washington, April 23 -- Gonzaga University issued the following news: A new Gonzaga partnership taking flight with Fairchild Air Force Base is poised to reshape the future of STEM learning, giving students first-of-its-kind learning opportunities and the ability to make real-world contributions to the Department of Defense. On April 12, 2024, Gonzaga Chief of Staff Charlita Shelton and Fairchild Wing Commander Col. Chesley Dycus signed documents recognizing the new Education Partnersh  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 23 (TNSres) -- The University of California issued the following news release: UCLA School of Law has received a $1 million gift from Alicia Minana de Lovelace, chair of The UCLA Foundation board, to significantly bolster the law school's Critical Race Studies program and its forward-looking efforts to promote Latino scholars and scholarship. The donation is the largest-ever single contribution to the program, which was founded at UCLA Law in 2000 and remains the   more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 23 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Dirt Works Studio, an academic design-build studio at the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design, has designed and is currently building Phoenix House, a small, solar-powered house designed to assist members of the Lawrence community in transitioning from houselessness to a secure home. Working in collaboration with Tenants to Homeowners Inc. (TTH), a Lawrence nonprofit that has helped more than 350  more

DECORAH, Iowa, April 23 -- Luther College issued the following news: Luther College announces changes to the nursing program curriculum in order to better meet the needs of students and of the nursing profession. Beginning with the cohort entering in fall 2024, nursing students will spend their senior year working at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, rather than their junior year, to ease the transition into professional nursing after graduation. During the Rochester year, students a  more

ITHACA, New York, April 22 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Cornell Engineering and IPG Mediabrands, the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group, announced a unique partnership on April 18 to leverage marketing investments to accelerate Cornell-led sustainability research. At their second annual Sustainability Forum, IPG Mediabrands unveiled a new Climate Action Accelerator Program to provide their clients and media partners with streamlined access to sustai  more

ROLLA, Missouri, April 23 (TNSres) -- Missouri University of Science and Technology issued the following news: A Missouri S&T professor has been awarded $875,000 from Rio Tinto, a global mining group, for a two-year project researching new techniques to recover critical minerals in the waste byproducts that come from extracting and refining copper. "Our project will test new chemical dissolution strategies and purification techniques to produce pure gallium and germanium compounds from these   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 22 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: CENTER VALLEY, Pa. -- Penn State Lehigh Valley's new partnership with a leading international biotech company will help develop qualified researchers of tomorrow. Jacqueline McLaughlin, Lehigh Valley professor of biology and founding director of the Penn State CHANCE program, and Yu Mi Jeong, lab technician, co-developed a new Course-Based Undergraduate Experience (CURE), which focuses on develo  more

STATESBORO, Georgia, April 23 -- Georgia Southern University issued the following news release: Georgia Southern University has named five acclaimed speakers for the University's Spring 2024 Commencement ceremonies on May 7, 8, 9 and 11. Approximately 4,200 students will graduate with associate, baccalaureate, master's, specialist and doctoral degrees this semester during five ceremonies in Statesboro and Savannah. Candidates will have the option to choose the location where they would like to  more

ITHACA, New York, April 22 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Nine students and recent graduates representing Cornell's four contract colleges were selected to receive the 2024 State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence. The award acknowledges outstanding achievements demonstrating excellence in academics, leadership, campus involvement, community service and the arts, or diversity, equity, inclusion and justice. A recognition ceremony for awardees ac  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, April 23 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: The Hunt Center for Entrepreneurship, housed at New Mexico State University's Arrowhead Center, SunCruces Angels and the Southwest Healthcare Executives Association (SHEA) are joining forces to host the event, "Meeting the Needs of Today's Healthcare Consumer." The Hunt Center for Entrepreneurship is committed to growing the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the region by empowering diverse groups of  more

SYRACUSE, New York, April 22 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: The development of a new pathway program for community college students interested in engineering recently got a boost from a $100,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) planning grant. The pathway program, "Roadmap Into Syracuse Engineering Undergraduate Programs and the Profession" ("RISEUP2"), aims to attract academically talented, low-income students from Central New York who historically have been excluded from   more

NORFOLK, Virginia, April 23 -- Old Dominion University issued the following news: Old Dominion University received $2 million in federal funding to support cybersecurity for offshore wind energy in Virginia. Half of the amount, or $1 million, comes from fiscal year 2023 Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) secured by U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine and awarded through the U.S. Department of Energy. The other $1 million is from the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC), a Universi  more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, April 23 (TNSres) -- Purdue University issued the following news release: * * * MMRL's Indy footprint at 16 Tech Innovation District will fuel manufacturing excellence across the Hard-Tech Corridor * * * In an effort to accelerate physical, digital and sustainable manufacturing efforts across Indiana, Purdue University's Manufacturing and Materials Research Laboratories (MMRL) will establish a presence in Indianapolis at 16 Tech Innovation District, the city's destin  more

EVANSVILLE, Indiana, April 23 -- The University of Southern Indiana issued the following news release: The University of Southern Indiana New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art (NHGCA) will host a group exhibition, Residence VIII, in partnership with New Harmony Clay Project, Saturday, April 27 through Saturday, June 1. The exhibition features ceramic works by recent residents of New Harmony Clay Project: Tom Belden, Katie Botterman, Audra Lynn Clayton, Christie Cooper, Gary Greenberg, Alex Le  more

ROCHESTER, New York, April 23 -- Roberts Wesleyan College issued the following news: Roberts Wesleyan University will celebrate commencement on Saturday, May 11, awarding 471 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees to the 2024 graduating class. Six students from Roberts Wesleyan's Bridge to Earning, Learning and Living (BELL) program, an inclusive postsecondary certificate program for students age 18-26 with intellectual and developmental disabilities, will also walk the stage during the t  more

WINONA, Minnesota, April 23 -- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota issued the following news release: On Sunday, April 14, 2024, Her Excellency, U.S. Ambassador Karen Hideko Sasahara received the Very Reverend Father James P. Burns, IVD, Ph.D., president of Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, at her residence in Kuwait. Father Burns was accompanied by Andy Dirksen, Ed.D., chief of staff, and Michael Hahn, Ph.D., assistant dean of the school of education, as well as Mr. Sevag Kendirjian and D  more

MIDDLESBROUGH, England, April 23 -- Teesside University issued the following news release: Academics from Teesside University are collaborating with counterparts in Nigeria on a groundbreaking project to turn food waste into a valuable material used to restore the environment and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The University is teaming up the University of Ibadan and Niji group, a Nigerian agricultural company, to deliver an African Agricultural Knowledge Transfer Partnership (AA K  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 23 -- California State University in Sacramento issued the following news: By Jennifer K. Morita Ten Sacramento State students will receive $500 a month for a year thanks to the United Way California Capital Region's new Collegiate Guaranteed Income Program for former foster youth. United Way announced the new program, surprising student recipients in the audience, during its United in Purpose Gala at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium on April 20. The students,  more

MIAMI, Florida, April 23 -- The University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: By Lisette Hilton The Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis principal investigator Damien Pearse, Ph.D., professor of neurological surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and co-investigator Manav Mehta, Ph.D., CEO of Gel4Med, a $1.75 million, three-year grant to study a novel approach to treating spinal cord injury. The researc  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 22 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Three Penn State Board of Trustees committees met virtually on April 18 in a series of off-cycle meetings. The committees meeting included Legal and Compliance; Academic Affairs, Research and Student Life; and Outreach, Development and Community Relations. The Committee on Academic Affairs, Research and Student Life: Received an update from Jeff Adams, interim vice provost and dean for Unde  more

ELON, North Carolina, April 23 -- Elon University issued the following news release: Inspired by Elon's commitment to the holistic health and well-being of all students, faculty and staff, alumni Mark '98 and Kim Tyson '99, of Monroe, North Carolina, have made a $3 million gift to name the Counseling Services Center in the new HealthEU Center. The HealthEU facility will be located within the university's Innovation Quad and is scheduled to open in summer 2026. The Tysons were impressed by how   more

MANOA, Hawaii, April 23 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: In response to Gov. Josh Green proclaiming April as Tsunami Awareness Month in Hawaii, the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program (Hawaii Sea Grant) partnered with organizations across the state to promote tsunami preparedness by creating a new 2024 Hawaii Tsunami Preparedness video. This year marks 78 years since the deadly 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake that generated tsunami waves   more

GUILFORD, England, April 23 -- The University of Surrey issued the following news release: Ensuring animals are treated well throughout their lives and using sustainable farming practices are at the heart of an ambitious partnership to control the spread of infectious diseases and improve animal welfare. The University of Surrey's School of Biosciences and School of Veterinary Medicine have joined the European Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare. Along with helping to prevent and control   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 23 -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: French urbanist and professor Carlos Moreno, who popularized the planning concept of the "15-minute City," will be the guest lecturer at a University of New Orleans seminar in May. Moreno will discuss that planning concept at UNO's "Understanding Proximity: 15-minute City in New Orleans" Office of the Provost Academic Forum scheduled for May 10 in the University Center. The "15-minute City" def  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 23 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School issued the following news release: Seacology has been named the winner of the 2024 Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize. Chosen from approximately 130 applicants around the globe, Seacology protects threatened island ecosystems all over the world by working directly with communities to help improve their quality of life while saving precious island habitats. Founded in 1991, Seacology's unique approach funds co  more

SEATTLE, Washington, April 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Washington issued the following news release: The University of Washington is at the forefront of an international effort to innovate the semiconductor industry while building a skilled U.S.-based workforce to design and manufacture chip technology. Part of a landmark education partnership that was announced in May 2023 at the G7 meeting in Japan, the effort brings together researchers and faculty from the U.S. and Japan to support th  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 22 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Rob Leland, Director of the Climate Change Security Center at Sandia National Laboratories, and Cynthia Czajkowski, Interim Vice Chancellor for Research at UW-Madison, surrounded by leadership from the College of Letters & Science, the College of Engineering, and the College of Agricultural & Life Sciences, celebrate the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the two institution  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 23 -- The Wake Technical Community College issued the following news: Wake Tech is extremely pleased to announce the addition of Fayetteville State University's Bronco Benefit program to its university transfer options. The program guarantees admission to FSU to Wake Tech graduates who want to complete a bachelor's degree and creates a supportive and seamless transfer process. Wake Tech and FSU officials celebrated the new partnership Monday at a signing ceremony  more