WESTON, Massachusetts, April 30 -- Regis College issued the following news: Regis is pleased to announce a transformational $2 million gift from Cummings Foundation to establish the Carol A. Donovan Endowed Dean of Nursing at the university and provide funding for Regis to open a healthcare clinic in Woburn. Former State Representative Donovan, a Regis alumna from the Class of 1959, is a trustee emerita of Cummings Foundation. Joyce and Bill Cummings, founders of Cummings Foundation, wished to  more

ST. CATHERINES, Ontario, April 30 -- Brock University issued the following news: By Mel Smith Brock University and the Niagara Parks Commission are growing their connection -- with the preservation and enhancement of local landscapes in mind each step of the way. The two organizations built on their longstanding history of collaboration Monday, April 29 by signing a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that provides a renewed focus for the partnership. An agency of the Government of Ontario  more

OXFORD, Ohio, April 30 -- Miami University issued the following news: The Butler County Board of Commissioners awarded Miami University $10 million to support the establishment of an advanced manufacturing workforce and innovation hub during its meeting today. With the funding, Miami will acquire the property at 101 Knightsbridge Drive in Hamilton to house the new hub. Butler County Commissioners Cindy Carpenter, Donald Dixon, and T.C. Rogers announced the approval of the funding, which is ma  more

CEDARVILLE, Ohio, April 30 -- Cedarville University issued the following news: By Sarah Mummert Staying on the cutting edge, Cedarville University is launching a new concentration in the Master of Arts in Innovation beginning in August. The new health care innovation program is not yet widely offered at other universities, but it is in increasingly high demand. The program was created to meet a growing demand for solving health care problems. This program connects creativity with problem-sol  more

ITHACA, New York, April 29 -- Cornell University issued the following news: In the vacant former Ulta Beauty space at The Shops at Ithaca Mall, eye-catching displays on a recent Saturday featured not cosmetics but brightly colored sticky notes, magic marker drawings, file cards, masking tape, yarn, pipe cleaners and Play-Doh. Equipped with those art supplies, more than 60 community members, nonprofit leaders, Cayuga Health System representatives and Cornell faculty and students contemplated a   more

BAKERSFIELD, California, April 30 -- California State University-Bakersfield issued the following news: California State University, Bakersfield is being recognized for its commitment to improving the health and mental well-being of its employees. CSUB has received approval as a Blue Zones Project worksite and is the first campus in the CSU system to receive the designation. The Blue Zones Project is a community well-being initiative that educates people about how to make choices that will lea  more

HICKORY, North Carolina, April 30 -- Catawba Valley Community College issued the following news: On the morning of Monday, April 22nd, Catawba Valley Community College and Mars Hill University announced an articulation agreement for students of the Criminal Justice program at CVCC. The agreement provides CVCC students a seamless transition into the online B.S. in Criminal Justice program at Mars Hill University, a private liberal arts college just outside of Asheville, NC. Students must gradua  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, April 30 -- Samford University issued the following news release: At Samford University, each student has a unique story to tell about their experience, and this is certainly true for recent graduate Chandler Smith. A student-athlete and now two-time Brock School of Business graduate, Smith culminated his Samford experience with his capstone NFL data analytics project, a walk across the commencement stage, and his own run in the 2024 NFL Draft. A native of Marietta, Georgi  more

RIVER FOREST, Illinois, April 30 -- Dominican University issued the following news release: Dominican University's ongoing commitment to supporting undocumented students has earned the institution high regards from a trio of higher education and immigrant rights organizations. TheDream.US, the Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, and Immigrants Rising honored Dominican during their inaugural SUCCESS awards ceremony in late March. The first-year event recognized committed i  more

SINGAPORE, April 30 (TNSres) -- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School issued the following news release: Duke-NUS Medical School and the Indonesian Food and Drug Authority (Indonesian FDA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate new collaborations to strengthen Indonesia's regulatory systems and promote policy innovation in the pharmaceutical sector. The MoU, which was signed through the Duke-NUS Centre of Regulatory Excellence (CoRE), focuses on skills development and capacity enha  more

SPOKANE, Washington, April 30 -- Gonzaga University issued the following news: Gonzaga University's MBA program in its School of Business Administration jumped up 10 spots in this year's U.S. News and World Report Graduate School Rankings, landing at No. 53 in the 2024 list. In addition to the MBA program, which is offered both in-person and online, several other graduate programs in the business school made impressive showings in this year's rankings, including Accounting (No. 41), Entreprene  more

BIRMINGHAM, England, April 30 -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * Graeme Betts CBE, Director of Adult Social Services and Acting Chief Executive at Birmingham City Council has been appointed Honorary Professor of Social Care. * * * The appointment has been made to further support the University's research, leadership education and impact work in social care. Graeme has been Corporate Director of Adult Social Care and Deputy Chief Executive at Birmingham City Cou  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 29 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: To protect and preserve ecosystems, United States national parks educate their visitors about sustainable practices. In support of these efforts, Derrick Taff, associate professor in the Penn State Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, recently completed a scholar-in-residence program with the Rocky Mountain Conservancy. During the program, he studied how visitor education impa  more

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, April 30 (TNSres) -- Indiana University issued the following news release: * * * A recent study by Amanda Diekman's group in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, supported by 3M, found that structured reflection supports minoritized students' wellbeing. * * * Indiana University professor Amanda Diekman and her team are moving beyond the laboratory to transform research into action through an industry partnership. In a January publication in Scientific Re  more

HUNTINGDON, Pennsylvania, April 30 (TNSres) -- Juniata College issued the following news: Juniata College has been awarded a $551,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) SuRE Research Awards (R16) to fund research on Clostridioides difficile infection, a costly and difficult-to-treat condition commonly known as C. diff, to be led by Regina Lamendella, who is Juniata College's George '75 and Cynthia '76 Valko professor of biological sciences. "C. diff infections kill more than  more

LIVERPOOL, England, April 30 (TNSres) -- Liverpool John Moores University issued the following news release: Throughout 2024, FACT presents the outcomes of Resolution, a major multi-year art and research project launched in partnership with Liverpool John Moores University and with support from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Dr Emma Murray, a Reader in Military Veteran Studies in the School of Justice Studies, has been collaborating with FACT since 2014 and in 2019 became FACT's Criminologist-in-  more

EDMONTON, Alberta, April 30 -- The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology issued the following news: NAIT is very pleased to announce the 2024 NAIT Celebrates award winners - the polytechnic's annual recognition campaign to honour and celebrate distinguished NAIT graduates and supporters for their remarkable contributions to industry and society. The 2024 recipients are industry leaders and trailblazers, champions in the community, and visionaries dedicated to building bright futures. They'v  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, April 30 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: The Learning Games Lab team, part of the Department of Innovative Media Research and Extension in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at New Mexico State University, has been awarded the 2024 Intellectual Property Award presented by NMSU's Arrowhead Center and the Office of Research, Creativity and Economic Development. The award was presented during a ceremony April   more

ST. CATHERINES, Ontario, April 30 -- Brock University issued the following news on April 29, 2024: By Cathy Majtenyi The Ontario government has awarded Brock $3.5 million for a national sustainable agricultural project that will see the University's innovative grape and wine research expand into other areas of the agricultural sector. Funding from the Ontario Research Fund - Large Infrastructure Fund program supports the three-part Clean Agriculture for Sustainable Production (CASP) Field Inf  more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, April 30 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: Purdue University will hold a groundbreaking for its new Amelia Earhart Terminal and celebrate the return of commercial flight to Purdue University Airport and Greater Lafayette with a ceremonial first flight on May 14. Purdue and Surf Air Mobility Inc. (NYSE: SRFM) agreed last December to begin scheduled commuter air service between West Lafayette/Purdue University Airport (LAF) and Chicago's O'Hare Inte  more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, April 30 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: The director of the National Science Foundation and the senior U.S. senator from Indiana spent Thursday (April 25) at Purdue University touring a state-of-the-art research facility, meeting with leading researchers and students, and capping the visit with a Presidential Lecture Series conversation with Purdue President Mung Chiang. Sethuraman Panchanathan, who has led the NSF since 2020, and U.S. Sen. To  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 29 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: For most people, biting into a lemon would leave them puckered up and desperate to lose that sour flavor, but a new study by Penn State researchers revealed that roughly one in eight adults like intensely sour sensations. The cross-cultural study, recently published in the journal Food Quality and Preference, demonstrated there is a subset of "sour likers" who enjoy exceptionally sour foods. "Th  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, April 30 -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news: For the first time since 2019, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga commencement will fill McKenzie Arena to the rafters. Restrictions that had previously applied to UTC commencement ceremonies--first going virtual due to COVID-19; then limited when returning to an in-person format due to pandemic and public health restrictions; and finally limited seating capacity because of McKen  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, April 30 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: By Dan White The Mellon Foundation has awarded three University of California, Santa Cruz, departments grants of $100,000 each for work that champions groundbreaking research in the realms of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. Part of Mellon's Affirming Multivocal Humanities initiative, the grants bolster the work of UC Santa Cruz's Critical Race & Ethnic Studies (CRES), Feminist  more

TUCSON, Arizona, April 30 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: The University of Arizona Hispanic Alumni Club will recognize members of the community who have made outstanding contributions to students, the Hispanic community and education at its Portraits of Excellence All-Stars scholarship fundraising event on Friday, May 3.' The award recipients are Roger Canchola, local philanthropist and McDonald's franchise owner of six restaurants across Tucson; Marla Franco,   more

MACAU, China, April 30 -- The University of Macau issued the following news release: A delegation led by Qiu Xin, secretary of the Party Committee of Fudan University, visited the University of Macau (UM) today (29 April) and was warmly received by Yonghua Song, rector of UM. The two parties signed a cooperation agreement on the establishment of a dual degree programme between the two universities, to promote joint cultivation of outstanding students. In the presence of Song, Qiu, Michael Hui,  more

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, April 30 -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release: UMass Law and Dean College in Franklin, Mass., have signed an agreement for a 3+3 joint degree program that will offer Dean College students the opportunity to earn both their undergraduate degree and law degree in six years instead of seven. Dean College becomes the 17th institutional partner in UMass Law's growing 3+3 program that saves students both time and money by re  more

BIRMINGHAM, England, April 30 -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * Distinguished chemical engineer elected as Fellow to prestigious European academy * * * Professor Zhibing Zhang has been elected as a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc). A distinguished chemical engineer whose main research focus is chemical product/formulation engineering and particle technology, Professor Zhang is also Co-Director of the University of Birningham's China Institut  more

LIVERPOOL, England, April 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Liverpool issued the following news release: The University of Liverpool is to lead an exciting new MRC-funded medicines career development partnership with Queen Mary University London, the University of Glasgow, the University of Manchester, and a number of industry partners. The Medical Research Council (MRC) Medicines Development Fellowship Programme will strengthen interactions between academia and industry to deliver world-class   more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, April 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: The University of Oklahoma has received a nearly $4 million congressional appropriation for supply chain risk management research from the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing of the U.S. Air Force Sustainment Center. The project, coordinated by the Oklahoma Aerospace and Defense Innovation Institute and Data Institute for Societal Challenges, aims to improve the Department of Defense's supply cha  more

ADELAIDE, Australia, April 30 (TNSres) -- The University of South Australia issued the following news release: Running, cycling, or swimming - if you regularly exercise, you're well on track for a long and healthy life, as groundbreaking new research from the University of South Australia finds that an increased cardio fitness level will reduce your risk of death from any cause by 11-17%. Published in BJSM, the study found that for every 1-MET increase in cardiorespiratory fitness - the amount  more

PERTH, Australia, April 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Western Australia issued the following news: A project at The University of Western Australia that aims to improve the dental health of Indigenous children has been awarded almost $1.5 million in Federal Government funding. Dr Peter Arrow, from UWA's Dental School, will lead the research funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council's Partnership Project scheme with partner funding support from the Stan Perron Charitable Fou  more

PERTH, Australia, April 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Western Australia issued the following news: The University of Western Australia's Suicide Prevention and Resilience Research Centre (SPARRC) has launched an Australian-first survey aimed at gaining deeper insights into mental health within the construction industry. The study, led by SPARRC Business Support Manager and UWA lecturer Michael Kyron in partnership with leading industry suicide prevention organisation MATES in Construction W  more

PERTH, Australia, April 30 -- The University of Western Australia issued the following news: By Carrie Cox As the first-time father of a newborn, Dr Kieran Mulroney may well have had no better preparation for the trials of parenthood than his ongoing journey to commercialise a lifesaving medical discovery. The UWA Forrest Prospect Fellow, together with research colleagues from the UWA Medical School and Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, first published their discovery - breakthroug  more

WINDSOR, Ontario, April 30 -- University of Windsor issued the following news: WE-Spark Health Institute hosts monthly networking events for members of the Windsor-Essex health research community to get to know one another through fun and casual conversations. There is no formal agenda and all are welcome. This is an opportunity for anyone interested in health research to make connections in an informal and enjoyable atmosphere. The next event will be held Thursday, May 2, from 5 to 8 p.m. at  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 30 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By Leila Ugincius Sam Lyons wanted a range of options when choosing among colleges, so he applied to a fair number - in his case, 48. His acceptance by 40 set a record at Franklin High School, as did the more than $1.6 million in scholarship offers he received, leading to a press release from the local school system. "I applied to a lot of colleges because I had the mindset that I didn't want to just   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 29 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: In support of its commitment to fighting health inequities, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has launched an ambitious campaign to raise and match $1 million to support health disparity research. Pamela R. Jeffries, dean and Valere Potter Distinguished Professor of Nursing, recently announced the school's Nursing Health Equity Fellowship program, setting aside $1 million for health equity research at the   more

LONDON, Ontario, April 30 -- Western University issued the following news: By Crystal Mackay The program is built on the principle that relationship skills can and should be taught in our schools in much the same way as reading, writing and arithmetic. Developed at Western, The Fourth R is now being rolled out to 5,000 teachers in Ontario classrooms in Grades 7, 8 and 9, thanks to an investment from the Ministry of Education. Education Minister Stephen Lecce and MPP Jess Dixon were on campus   more