WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, April 25 -- William and Mary issued the following news: * * * $15M gift will establish Center for Excellence in Accounting at William & Mary's Raymond A. Mason School of Business Donors Rob W. Estes '74, P '06 and Jean Berger Estes '75, P '06 and their family seek to transform the image of modern accounting through enhanced student experiences, career understanding and networking opportunities By Tina Eshleman Rob W. Estes '74, P '06 sees numbers as more than figures  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 25 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Competition shows not all exam questions can be correctly answered using AI UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State's Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence (CSRAI) announced the winners of its first-ever " Cheat-a-thon." The virtual competition, held March 3 through April 6, invited faculty and students at universities across the United States to test the capabilities and lim  more

LAUREL, Maryland, April 25 [Category: Science] -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory posted the following news release: * * * Dragonfly Mission Passes Critical Design Review NASA's Dragonfly, the first rotorcraft designed for scientific exploration on another ocean world, has passed its Critical Design Review. Led by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, the mission to Saturn's icy moon Titan will investigate prebiotic chemical processes   more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated April 7, 2025, from Nithiya Parameswaran, product management vice president of Aspen Technology, Bedford, Massachusetts: * * * To: Dockets Management Staff Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20852 RE: Docket No.FDA-2024-D-5374 Considerations for Complying with 21 CFR 211.110 * * * Aspen Technology appreciates  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, April 26 -- The University of Tennessee Chattanooga Campus issued the following news: * * * From toy blocks to national labs: A UTC student's LEGO-powered path University of Tennessee at Chattanooga senior physics major Landon Boone has always wondered how things work. The Hendersonville, Tennessee, native is using LEGOs to do just that. Boone knew from high school that he wanted to study physics. After arriving at the University, he looked for avenues to pursue his   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 26 -- Lewis and Clark College issued the following news: * * * A Quantum Leap for Physics Students Ben Olsen, assistant professor of physics, is establishing Lewis & Clark's first Quantum Information Science and Engineering lab to probe how unusual types of matter behave at the subatomic level. But first he and his students have to build "The Apparatus." The steel structure occupying one end of a long table in Ben Olsen's lab consists of two tower-like structures and   more

KAMPALA, Uganda, April 25 -- Makerere University issued the following news: * * * CoNAS Annual Report 2024 By Hasifa Kabejja The College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS) is one of the 9 constituent colleges of Makerere University, dedicated to advancing scientific knowledge and education in Uganda. Comprising two schools and seven departments, CoNAS offers cutting-edge research and academic programs across diverse fields, including chemistry, physics, mathematics, and biological sciences. The   more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Crew Studies Space Biology Advancing Health in Space and on Earth Synthetic DNA, how cells respond to weightlessness, and cognitive performance in space wrapped up the week aboard the International Space Station. The Expedition 73 crew is also gearing up for a spacewalk to ready the orbital outpost for a new rollout solar array. Space biology is helping doctors understand how humans adapt to living in space and providing c  more

SYRACUSE, New York, April 25 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Outstanding Teaching Assistants Recognized at Graduate School Ceremony The University's top teaching assistants were recognized by the Graduate School with the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. The important work and contributions of teaching assistants were recognized yesterday at a ceremony hosted by the Graduate School. The Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award is given to teaching assistants who ha  more

ALTOONA, Pennsylvania, April 26 -- Pennsylvania State University at Altoona issued the following news: * * * Penn State Altoona professor selected to work with Ghanaian University ALTOONA, Pa. -- Kofi Adu, professor of physics at Penn State Altoona and graduate faculty in materials science and engineering, has been awarded a fellowship by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program to travel to Ghana to work with the University of Development Studies (UDS), specifically the lecturers in   more

KONGENS LYNGBY, Denmark, April 25 -- The Technical University of Denmark issued the following news: * * * Step inside DTU's newest research building Building 313 is unique. Half wood and half concrete, the building houses a world-class electron microscope, and is also where theorists and practitioners meet. In 2019, the idea for Building 313 began to evolve in DTU's Campus Service. They wanted to build an extraordinary building that housed research facilities, encouraged interdisciplinary co  more

MUNICH, Germany, April 25 -- The Technical University of Munich issued the following news: * * * TUM and Akademie der Bildenden Kunste launch a joint project with Haus der Kunst Astrophysics and art cooperate on dark matter and neutrinos Astroparticle physics researchers researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and artists from the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (AdBK) and the Haus der Kunst are working together on a cross-disciplinary project: TUM's Collaborative Research Cent  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 25 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * KUIA awards 34 grants for research and collaboration abroad LAWRENCE -- KU International Affairs has awarded more than $72,000 in travel grants to 28 KU faculty members and six graduate students to support research and collaboration abroad. These competitively awarded funds were disbursed among University of Kansas faculty and students in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and the schools of Architect  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 25 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * USC at ICLR 2025 USC researchers present cutting-edge advances in AI and machine learning at ICLR 2025, highlighting breakthroughs in 3D vision, decision-making, and deep learning Researchers from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering are presenting 24 papers at the 2025 International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), Apr. 24-28, one of the pr  more

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, April 25 -- William and Mary issued the following news: * * * Board approves College of Arts & Sciences New name for Arts & Sciences strengthens identity, enhances national visibility and affirms the liberal arts and sciences mission at the heart of the university By Abbie Schaefer William & Mary will soon usher in a new chapter for its largest academic division. The university's Board of Visitors voted Friday to rename the Faculty of Arts & Sciences to the Co  more