Higher Education News and Press Releases

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Even black holes have bad hair days: 9/17/2025 5:47:24 AM; The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration has unveiled new, detailed images of M87*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy M87, that reveal a dynamic environment with changing polarization patterns near the black hole.
MIT geologists discover where energy goes during an earthquake: 9/17/2025 5:33:10 AM; The ground-shaking that an earthquake generates is only a fraction of the total energy that a quake releases. A quake can also generate a flash of heat, along with a domino-like fracturing of underground rocks.
NSF invests $6.2 million in EPSCoR Research Fellows: 9/17/2025 5:18:38 AM; The U.S. National Science Foundation is investing $6.2 million in 24 exceptional researchers who have been selected as NSF Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Research Fellows.
From classroom to hangar: first KLM cleared for departure: 9/12/2025 3:28:58 AM; The official launch of the very first KLM class. In collaboration with the ROC of Amsterdam, KLM is welcoming sixteen motivated second-year students from the Aviation Technology program into an innovative and accelerated learning track.
UKRI announces first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years: 9/11/2025 8:45:56 AM; The £42.8 million Generation New Era birth cohort study will create a comprehensive picture of early childhood in all four nations of the UK. The study is funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Infrastructure Fund and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Huawei Shares Industrial Challenges at the 2025 ICPC World Finals: 9/10/2025 8:32:19 AM; The St. Petersburg State University team has won the 2025 ICPC World Championship at the 49th Annual International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals.140 elite problem-solving teams from over 50 countries across six continents participated in the event at the Baku Convention Center, in Azerbaijan’s capital.
NASA Launches 2026 Lunabotics Challenge: 9/8/2025 11:24:43 AM; As college students across the country embark upon the academic year, NASA is giving them something else to look forward to – the agency’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge.
NSF announces funding to establish the National AI Research Resource Operations Center: 9/4/2025 4:29:10 AM; The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a new solicitation to establish a National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Operations Center (NAIRR-OC).
3 Questions: The pros and cons of synthetic data in AI: 9/4/2025 4:18:11 AM; Synthetic data are artificially generated by algorithms to mimic the statistical properties of actual data, without containing any information from real-world sources.
Exceptional research leaders awarded first Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowships: 9/1/2025 7:38:48 AM; Seven pioneering researchers have been announced as the first recipients of the Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowships, prestigious long-term awards to support exceptional mid-career research leaders in the UK.
“The Joyful Life of Charles Granville Rob,” The Fearless Healer Who Transformed Medicine and Defied the Odds: 8/29/2025 11:28:43 AM; What makes a man truly remarkable? Is it his courage under fire, his groundbreaking discoveries, or the sheer joy he brings to his work? In “The Joyful Life of Charles Granville Rob: Surgeon, Soldier, Scientist,” respected author Allyn George May takes readers on an exciting journey through the life of a medical trailblazer who embraced every challenge with skill, humor, …
Ardian and Rockfield acquire the 1,209 beds Nido portfolio in the Netherlands: 8/28/2025 7:35:45 AM; ● Ardian and Rockfield have acquired the Nido Portfolio comprising 1,209 beds with assets ‘More’ in Leiden and ‘Muse’ in Maastricht. ● The transaction marks the latest investment under their pan-European student housing strategy — launched in October — which has already surpassed €600 million in acquisitions across Europe and is supported by a strong secured …
NSF announces new funding opportunities to advance AI education and build the STEM workforce of the future: 8/27/2025 5:10:31 PM; The U.S. National Science Foundation has announced two new Dear Colleague Letters (DCL) and one program solicitation that implement key elements of the Trump administration’s executive order, "Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth." The new opportunities will take decisive steps to expand resources for K-12 AI education, enhance teacher training and …
Engineering fantasy into reality: 8/27/2025 10:46:50 AM; Growing up in the suburban town of Spring, Texas, just outside of Houston, Erik Ballesteros couldn’t help but be drawn in by the possibilities for humans in space.
How to generate green energy using nut waste: 8/27/2025 5:14:13 AM; Watch video on YouTube Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed an inexpensive device that generates enough electricity to power a calculator using only waste walnut shells and drops of water.
Creating music that offers solutions: 8/20/2025 3:21:46 AM; Now playing across Canada, France, Switzerland, Argentina and Brazil, Grateful is Dr. Naila Keleta-Mae’s fourth full-length album. Produced just outside of Montreal, a city to which Keleta-Mae has deep creative ties, the ten-track album is an extension of her research-creation project Black And Free which explores themes of Blackness and freedom in the 21st century …
Graduate work with an impact — in big cities and on campus: 8/20/2025 3:18:42 AM; While working to boost economic development in Detroit in the late 2010s, Nick Allen found he was running up against a problem. The city was trying to spur more investment after long-term industrial flight to suburbs and other states.
Study Reveals Carbon Markets Undervalue Shade-Grown Coffee Farms: 8/19/2025 5:49:44 PM; A new global analysis reveals a critical oversight in sustainable coffee and carbon-capture initiatives. These programs incentivize the planting of new trees yet fail to reward the preservation of mature shade trees in existing agroforestry farms, despite their far greater carbon storage potential. According to new research from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and …