KARACHI, Pakistan, May 22 -- Aga Khan University issued the following news: * * * Aga Khan University and LUMS Forge Strategic Partnership The Aga Khan University (AKU) and the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan's two highest-ranked universities, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch a joint research, innovation and education initiative targeting the country's most pressing development challenges. The interdisciplinary partnership brings together th  more

LONDON, England, May 22 -- City St George, University of London issued the following news: * * * Violence & Society researchers and Gloucestershire Constabulary awarded police funding to research teenage relationship abuse A new collaborative project, funded by the Office of the Police Chief Scientific Adviser, will use advanced data science techniques, police data, and insights from young people with lived experience, to identify and prevent abuse in teenage relationships. By Eve Lacroix (S  more

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, May 25 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff posted the following news: * * * From Blog to Broadcast: UAPB Launches Innovative AI-Powered Weekly News Podcast Featuring Legend & Reign * The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) is introducing a new way to stay connected to campus news and storytelling. From the Yard: The UAPB News podcast is a weekly AI-generated podcast featuring co-hosts Legend and Reign, who recap the latest stories, highlights, achievemen  more

SOUTH BEND, Indiana, May 25 -- The University of Notre Dame Law School posted the following news: * * * Notre Dame experts respond to Pope Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica humanitas * On Monday (May 25), Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas (Magnificent humanity), which provides moral guidance to bishops, clergy and the faithful on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence (AI). The encyclical was officially signed on May 15, the 135th an  more

BRISBANE, Australia, May 25 -- The Queensland University of Technology issued the following news: * * * Seven ARC Linkage projects receive more than $3.6 million funding QUT is celebrating the success of seven ARC Linkage Projects 2025 Round 2 applications totaling $3,668,784. The projects are: Professor Linda Graham from QUT's School of Education will lead the ARC Linkage Project, Improving the accessibility of assessment and pedagogy at scale, funded with a grant of $623,896, partnering w  more

GEELONG, Australia, May 24 -- Deakin University issued the following news release: * * * SMEs urged to act on AI now as government and industry leaders unite * Australian Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) risk falling behind if they delay practical AI adoption, according to a select panel of government leaders, AI founders and industry experts. 'Australia's economy is built in workshops, clinics, studios, restaurants and family businesses,' said Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP, Assistant Minister   more

GEELONG, Australia, May 24 -- Deakin University issued the following news release: * * * Switching to a four-day work week went surprisingly well for 15 Aussie companies * By Professor John Hopkins from the Deakin Business School. This article first appeared in The Conversation. In a 1930 essay, British economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that in 100 years time, technological advances would have displaced so much human labour that people would be working 15-hour weeks - if they worked   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 25 -- The University of Missouri St. Louis campus posted the following news: * * * UMSL business alum Ralph McNeal helps shape technical direction at Zillow * Ralph McNeal is senior principal software engineer at Zillow. He earned his BS in management information systems from UMSL in 2003. (Photo by Derik Holtmann) By Ryan Fagan Hometown: St. Louis Degree: BS in Management Information Systems, 2003 Current Position: Senior principal software engineer at Zillo  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, May 25 -- The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University issued the following news release: * * * Why more workers are staying put, and how it impacts the workplace * New data on job mobility suggests Australians are becoming less likely to move jobs, with the rate of workers changing employment falling to under eight per cent for the year to February 2025. An RMIT expert explains the external factors shaping this trend, and how it can impact workplace dynamics  more