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Journals Education Newsletter for Friday March 13, 2026 ( 19 items )  

BMJ Group: Cosmetic Procedures Need Tighter Regulation to Reduce Harm, Argue Experts
LONDON, England, March 12 (TNSjou) -- BMJ Group issued the following news release about The BMJ: * * * Cosmetic procedures need tighter regulation to reduce harm, argue experts Consistent regulation alongside public education and advertising controls essential to safeguard patients and reduce cosmetic tourism * The rise in invasive cosmetic procedures demands tighter regulation, better consumer protection, and greater awareness to protect patient safety and reduce cosmetic tourism, argue ex  more

Brock School of Business Students Place Third in the Nation at Sports Analytics Championship
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, March 11 -- Samford University issued the following news release: * * * Brock School of Business Students Place Third in the Nation at Sports Analytics Championship * This spring, students from Samford's Brock School of Business placed third in the National Collegiate Sports Analytics Championship. During the event held in Nashville, the team of undergraduate students received tops honors for their performance and earned several individual awards. Among the top competi  more

Colgate Announces Spring 2026 Faculty Promotions
HAMILTON, New York, March 12 -- Colgate University posted the following news: * * * Colgate Announces Spring 2026 Faculty Promotions * Colgate University has announced a series of faculty promotions following the winter meeting of the Board of Trustees. This recognition of professors' accomplishments -as both scholars and teachers -takes effect July 1, 2026. "One of the greatest pleasures of being the provost and dean of the faculty is to learn about the remarkable accomplishments of colle  more

Columbia Law School: Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series Launches With Christine Lagarde and Tom Ginsburg
NEW YORK, March 13 -- The Columbia Law School issued the following news: * * * Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series Launches With Christine Lagarde and Tom Ginsburg Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, and Ginsburg, faculty director of the University of Chicago's Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression, joined Dean Daniel Abebe for two events. * At Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series events held in late February and early March, Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central   more

Faculty/Staff Achievements Roundup: Serure receives Benita Jorkasky Outstanding College Educator Memorial Award
BUFFALO, New York, March 11 -- Buffalo State University issued the following news release: * * * Faculty/Staff Achievements Roundup: Serure receives Benita Jorkasky Outstanding College Educator Memorial Award * This is part of a monthly series highlighting the honors and achievements of Buffalo State University faculty and staff. The roundup is compiled from the previous months' submissions to the Daily Bulletin and department newsletters. Dana Faye Serure, associate professor of history a  more

Gut health supplement relieves arthritis pain, finds new study
BIRMINGHAM, England, March 12 -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: * * * Gut health supplement relieves arthritis pain, finds new study * A new study has found that a prebiotic fibre supplement reduced pain, improved grip strength, and lowered pain sensitivity in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA) - with far fewer dropouts than a digital physiotherapy programme. The INSPIRE clinical trial, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, showed that taking a   more

Higher Burnout Rates Among Physicians Who Treat Sickle Cell Disease
WASHINGTON, March 12 [Category: Medical] -- The American Society of Hematology posted the following news release: * * * Higher Burnout Rates Among Physicians Who Treat Sickle Cell Disease * Hematology-oncology trained physicians who treat sickle cell disease reported higher rates of burnout (60%) than their counterparts who do not provide sickle cell care (43%) despite no differences in grit and resilience between the two groups. The data were published in the American Society of Hematology'  more

Missouri S&T professors elected SME Fellows
ROLLA, Missouri, March 12 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology posted the following news: * * * Missouri S&T professors elected SME Fellows * Two Missouri S&T professors, Drs. Kwame Awuah-Offei and Samuel Frimpong, have been elected to the 2026 class of Fellows of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME). According to the SME website, Fellows must have belonged to the organization for at least 15 years and have made significant and sustained contributions to bot  more

Project Wolbachia Reaches Half Of Singapore Households With Expansion To Five New Areas
SINGAPORE, March 13 -- The National Environment Agency issued the following news: * * * Project Wolbachia Reaches Half Of Singapore Households With Expansion To Five New Areas Expansion to Bukit Panjang, Little India, Pioneer, Toa Payoh and Ang Mo Kio will raise coverage by about 100,000 households to over 800,000 households by end-2026. * The National Environment Agency (NEA) will expand Project Wolbachia - Singapore to five additional areas by the end of this year, achieving the target of  more

Rutgers: Picture This - Photographing Food Available in the Local Community Led to Parents Asking Why There is So Much Ultra-Processed and Fast Food
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 13 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Picture This: Photographing Food Available in the Local Community Led to Parents Asking Why There is so Much Ultra-Processed and Fast Food Rutgers Health researchers study a strategy for generating grassroots awareness of the prevalence and marketing of ultra-processed food By Patti Zielinski Feeding children ultra-processed foods, such as chicken nuggets, is common in the US. Social norms li  more

Student Veterans VP Barlet Testifies Before House Veterans' Affairs Committee
WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Tammy I. Barlet, vice president of government affairs at Student Veterans of America, from a March 3, 2026, joint hearing with the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee entitled "Legislative Presentation of Veterans of Foreign Wars & Multi VSO: Student Veterans of America, Jewish War Veterans, Blinded Veterans Association, Fleet Reserve Association, Minority Veterans of America, National Association of  more

University College London: 'Google Earth' for Human Organs Made Available Online
LONDON, England, March 12 (TNSjou) -- The University College London posted the following news: * * * 'Google Earth' for human organs made available online A new open-access 3D portal that allows users to explore human organs in unprecedented detail, from the whole organ to individual cells, has been launched by an international team led by UCL scientists. The Human Organ Atlas, described in a new paper in the journal Science Advances, brings together some of the most detailed images of 3D or  more

University of Birmingham: Oval Orbit Casts Light on Black Hole - Neutron Star Mergers
BIRMINGHAM, England, March 11 (TNSjou) -- The University of Birmingham posted the following news: * * * Oval orbit casts new light on black hole - neutron star mergers Breakthrough discovery provides new clues about how these celestial bodies - that push the known laws of physics to their limits - find each other. * Scientists have uncovered the first robust evidence of a black hole and neutron star crashing together but orbiting in an oval path rather than a perfect circle just before they  more

University of Michigan: More Concussions Equal Worse Brain Health 5 Years After College Sports
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, March 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * More concussions equal worse brain health 5 years after college sports For college athletes, three or more concussions can result in significantly worse brain health five years after their playing days are over, according to a new study in the journal Neurology. Co-lead author Adrian Boltz, a doctoral candidate at the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology and member of the Michigan Co  more

University of Technology Sydney: Goal-setting Apps Can Backfire If Goals are Too Easy - or Too Hard
SYDNEY, Australia, March 12 (TNSjou) -- The University of Technology Sydney issued the following news: * * * Goal-setting apps can backfire if goals are too easy - or too hard It might date back to the ancient Greeks, but the concept of "everything in moderation" still holds true for today's users of goal-setting apps. In a recently published paper in the Journal of Marketing Research a team from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Business School, Deakin University and Technical Unive  more

University of Wisconsin-Platteville: School of Education Faculty Publishes International Special Issue With Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary, Budapest
PLATTEVILLE, Wisconsin, March 13 -- The University of Wisconsin-Platteville issued the following news: * * * School of Education Faculty Publishes International Special Issue with Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary, Budapest Written by Dr. Doug Adams and Dr. Edina Haslauer, School of Education Faculty in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville recently collaborated with the Faculty of Primary and Pre-school Education at Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE) in Budapest, H  more

VIDEO: Kaine Speaks Out Against Trump's War in Iran
WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Kaine Speaks Out Against Trump's War in Iran * FULL VIDEO OF KAINE'S REMARKS IS AVAILABLE HERE. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Senate Foreign Relations Committees, spoke at a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing urging an end to President Donald Trump's illegal, unnecessary war with Iran. Kaine-whose bipartisan W  more

Washington and Lee University Professor and Students Publish Research on Higher Education Tax Changes
WASHINGTON, March 12 (TNSrep) -- Ehi Rajsky, assistant professor of accounting at Washington and Lee University, co-authored a paper in the AICPA Tax Advisor Journal examining the impact of the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill on collegiate donations. The research, produced alongside students Trey Smith and Jacob Taggart, outlines how legislative shifts influence financial contributions to institutions across the U.S. Rajsky notes that the paper (https://www.thetaxadviser.com/issues/2026/jan/effects  more

Yale University: Critical Window After an Overdose
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 12 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following Q&A on March 10, 2026, by Avi Patel with associate research scientist Maryam Kazemitabar: * * * The Critical Window After an Overdose A nonfatal opioid overdose is often treated as a near miss. But clinically, it is one of the strongest predictors of future harm--and one of the few moments when patients are actively engaged with the health care system. What happens next can shape outcomes long after the crisis h  more