AMHERST, Massachusetts, Dec. 19 -- Hampshire College issued the following news: * * * Hampshire College Professor Jess Erion Is Narrative Designer of a New Virtual Reality Game * According to one reviewer, " Hotel Infinity is a standout example of true room-scale VR, and a must-own for anyone interested in understanding the potential of this medium... What a revelation of a game this is." [Room-scale virtual reality experiences allow players to move freely within an area of play as their rea  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 19 -- Harvard University issued the following news: * * * Research team awarded Schmidt Sciences grant for AI humanities project A Harvard research team led by Peter K. Bol, Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, has been awarded a $600,000 grant from Schmidt Sciences for a project to develop multilingual AI tools to help scholars access, analyze, and compare Eurasian historical documents. The team is one of 23 around the world  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 19 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * "Wait, we have the tech skills to build that" From robotics to apps like "NerdXing," senior Julianna Schneider is building technologies to solve problems in her community * Students can take many possible routes through MIT's curriculum, which can zigag through different departments, linking classes and disciplines in unexpected ways. With so many options, charting an academic pat  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 19 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine posted the following news: * * * Study: Gaps in genetic testing hit black, low-income hardest * Black patients and patients from socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods are dramatically under-represented in genetics clinicsoften at rates half or less than those of White patients or individuals from wealthier areasaccording to researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the Universi  more