CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 30 -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news: * * * 17 undergraduate students represent CWRU at prestigious National Conference of Undergraduate Research Strong undergraduate research experiences are a cornerstone of a Case Western Reserve University education. The institution's recent record-breaking contingent at the National Conference of Undergraduate Research (NCUR) in Richmond, Virginia, demonstrated the power and reach of such opportunities.   more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, April 29 -- Clark University posted the following news: * * * 2026 Alumni Award honorees celebrated for leadership and accomplishments * Each year, the Clark Alumni Council recognizes outstanding alumni and their dedication to both Clark University and society at large. The chosen honorees, though diverse in their achievements and impact, share a common thread -an unwavering commitment to helping others, a value deeply ingrained in their Clark education. They exempl  more

CEDARVILLE, Ohio, April 29 -- Cedarville University posted the following news: * * * Advancing Care: Grad Nursing Program Equips Nurses for Leadership * by Rachel Ward, Student Public Relations Writer Demand for nurses continues to rise in the United States and around the world as health systems face workforce shortages, an aging population and a growing need for advanced care. That broader reality forms the backdrop for Cedarville University's graduate nursing program, which is marking   more

SWARTHMORE, Pennsylvania, April 29 -- Swarthmore College posted the following news: * * * Alan Baker Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship for Philosophy * Professor of Philosophy Alan Baker was recently named in the 101st class of Guggenheim Fellows. Baker is one of 223 fellows this year and one of only three philosophers. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation selected the fellows through a rigorous application and peer review process from a pool of nearly 5,000 applicants, based on appli  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, April 30 (TNSjou) -- The American Academy of Neurology issued the following news release: * * * Study finds people wait an average of 50 days to see a neurologist for the first time Location, diagnosis affect wait times, but number of neurologists per person do not Highlights * People with insurance through an employer or another commercial plan waited an average of 50 days for their first neurology visit. * Female patients and people with stroke, dizziness/vertigo  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, April 29 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news wrap up: * * * The ASAM Weekly for April 28, 2026 Guest Editorial - New Standards for Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Care By Corey Waller, MD, MS, FACEP, DFASAM; Sandra Gomez-Luna, MD, FAPA, DFASAM; Lisa R. Fortuna, MD, MPH, MDiv; Scott E. Hadland, MD, MPH, FASAM; Peter Metz, MD, DLFAACAP, LFAPA If we hope to improve our response to the addiction and overdose cr  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 29 -- Washington University in St. Louis posted the following news: * * * Class Acts: Hongzhe (Zachary) Wen * While other high schoolers spent their weekends debating fantasy football picks or teaming up in online games, Hongzhe (Zachary) Wen was studying financial markets, trading cryptocurrency and building his portfolio one careful decision at a time. Early on, Wen discovered he had a knack for understanding the market. But his hobby was very time-consuming.   more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet released the following testimony by Copyright Alliance CEO Keith Kupferschmid from an April 21, 2026, hearing entitled "Protecting U.S. Leadership in Codes Development and Enhancing Public Access": * * * Chairman, Ranking Member, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss Protecting U.S. Lead  more

KENNESAW, Georgia, April 29 -- Kennesaw State University posted the following news release: * * * Family Enterprise Center supports businesses across generations The year was 1991. Fifty-year-old Hank Picken had moved to Georgia from New York to run a small industrial cleaning chemical company after leaving a career in marketing with one of the world's leading household product manufacturers, Colgate Palmolive.  Two years in, he was ready to start a business of his own. One day, while brows  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on April 28, 2026, by Taras Kuzio, professor of political science at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy and an associate research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, in the foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Ukrainian Military Offers Lessons Learned to NATO (Part Three) Executive Summary: * Russia's war against Ukraine has shown how drones are reshaping warfare. Drone-saturated battlefields c  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 30 (TNSjou) -- Johns Hopkins University issued the following news: * * * Americans support cannabis rescheduling, study finds Researchers at Johns Hopkins and the UC San Diego used artificial intelligence to analyze comments in the public record Jill Rosen Most people strongly support the federal government's reclassification of cannabis, according to a new study that used artificial intelligence to analyze more than 40,000 comments in the public record. The find  more

RARITAN, New Jersey, April 30 -- Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Johnson & Johnson ushers in the next wave of innovation in cancer care with more than 20 clinical and real-world studies at ASCO 2026 * Late-breaking Phase 3 PROTEUS data for ERLEADA(R) (apalutamide) selected to open the ASCO plenary, signaling a potential paradigm shift for high-risk prostate cancer in patients receiving curative-intent surgical treatment * Results from MajesTEC  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 30 -- Lipscomb University issued the following news: * * * May 2026 graduate earns invitations to Oxford and King's College London-bound senior produces publishable research analyzing treatment of religion in the journal 'International Organization'. By Janel Shoun-Smith, 615-966-7078 Oreoluwa Sharon Omotola Ajiboye (BA '26), of South Africa, was quite intimidated by research when she first came to Lipscomb. Four years later, however, she finds herself not only h  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 29 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Methamphetamine use linked to 1 in 6 heart attacks in California study * Research Highlights: * Methamphetamine (meth) use accounted for about 1 in 6 heart attacks among adults treated at one Northern California hospital over a 10-year period. * Meth users who had a heart attack were often younger adults or males. Their heart attacks were less likely to be caused by tr  more

BIRMINGHAM, England, April 29 -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: * * * MRI reveals how the placenta contracts during pregnancy A new study has given insights into placental contractions during pregnancy, using MRI imaging to show how placental and uterine contractions can be distinguished, and how frequent and long lasting they are.  This new research builds on previous work conducted by researchers from the University of Nottingham's School of Physics and As  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, April 29 -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: * * * Pathology study reveals unexpected driver of diabetic vascular calcification * Atherosclerosis Vascular calcification is a major contributor to cardiovascular mortality in diabetes and is driven in part by osteogenic reprogramming of vascular smooth muscle cells. Diabetes is also associated with vascular rhythm disruption, but how circadian regulators contribute to vascular calcification is poorly und  more

ITHACA, New York, April 29 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Ph.D. student finds new flower in Finger Lakes forests * Justin Scholten '22 knows the plants growing on the forest floor around the Finger Lakes. There's the white baneberry, Actaea pachypoda. And the red baneberry, Actaea rubra. Both about 30-70 centimeters tall, herbaceous and extremely toxic to humans. But in 2023 as he hiked through Summer Hill State Forest, less than 30 miles northeast of Ithaca, he not  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 30 (TNSjou) -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Puerto Rico's forests recovered in unexpected ways post-Hurricane Maria, VCU research finds Biology professor Catherine Hulshof studies extreme environments, like Puerto Rico's forests, to find out how they may react as the climate changes. By Madeline Reinsel When Hurricane Maria made its ferocious landfall on the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico in September 2017, the loss extended beyo  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 29 -- The University of Wisconsin posted the following news: * * * Scientists measure force of powerful jets streaming from a black hole in the Cygnus system The findings confirm a theory posed by UW-Madison researchers a decade ago.  By Chris Barncard An international team of researchers has measured the power of jets of particles blasted into space by black holes, a first that confirms a prediction made by University of Wisconsin-Madison astronomers a decade ago  more

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, April 29 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff posted the following news: * * * Shenise McGhee One of Eight Top Presenters at National Library Research Summit Shenise McGhee, a librarian at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff's (UAPB) John Brown Watson Memorial Library, was selected as one of the top eight presenters in the United States for the second Empirical Studies in Libraries Summit (ESiLS).  The ESiLS is a prestigious national gathering dedicated to   more

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, April 29 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news: * * * Stealthing survivors grapple with a "gray area" of sexual violation * CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -Nonconsensual condom removal by an intimate partner falls into a gray area of sexual violence, a traumatic experience that exposes survivors to health risks but one they often are expected to manage alone without medical assistance or legal recourse, a new study says. Study author Shaimaa Kh  more

NEW WILMINGTON, Pennsylvania, April 30 (TNSjou) -- Westminster College issued the following news: * * * New study by Westminster faculty highlights the power of mindfulness in nature A newly published study from Westminster College sheds light on how combining time in nature with mindfulness practices can meaningfully improve emotional well-being. The research, "Nature-Based Therapy: Exploring the Processes That Foster Change," was published online on April 11 in the journal Behavioral Scien  more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, April 29 -- Northern Arizona University posted the following news: * * * Study finds warmer streams may weaken river food webs * Rising stream temperatures may be weakening the foundation of river food webs by altering how carbon moves through these watery ecosystems. In a new study published in the journal Ecosphere, researchers from Northern Arizona University found that when water temperatures increase, microbes and aquatic insects process fallen leaves, twigs and bar  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Study: Faced with a hotter future, America needs better data and response plans A new paper from researchers at the University of Kansas looks at extreme heat events in the United States, arguing a combination of inadequate data and unclear delineation of responsibility among government agencies leaves the nation unprepared for a hotter climate. "We examined extreme heat events, such as heat wave  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, April 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Maryland School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * UMD BioFIRE Student Becomes Program's First Doctoral Graduate Jinyi "Cornelia" Zhu is graduating with a biological sciences Ph.D. and gratitude for the public health science program that started it all * On May 19, Jinyi "Cornelia" Zhu (B.S. '19, public health science) will slip on her doctoral regalia and walk across the Reckord Armory commencement stage at the U  more

NORWICH, England, April 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of East Anglia issued the following news: * * * Scientists discover surprising new way to control light Scientists at the University of East Anglia have uncovered a hidden property of light that allows it to twist, spin and behave differently - without mirrors, materials or special lenses. In a breakthrough that could transform medical testing, data transmission and future quantum technologies, researchers from the UK and South Africa hav  more

ROCHESTER, New York, April 30 -- The University of Rochester issued the following news: * * * Honors and awards showcase faculty achievements Jennifer Roach URochester faculty members have received national honors from professional and scholarly organizations. University of Rochester faculty are leaders in their fields who are regularly recognized with regional, national, and international awards and honors for their professional contributions to research, scholarship, education, and commun  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 29 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Modern lifestyles affect how the gut microbiome processes estrogen Industrialized lifestyles -- and feeding infants with formula -- may be changing the gut microbiome in ways that significantly increase estrogen recycling, potentially affecting people's health, a new Yale study finds. By Mike Cummings A new Yale-led study provides evidence that industrialized lifestyles are changing how people re  more