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Forty Graduate Students Recognized with Prestigious Awards at Penn State University
Forty Penn State graduate students were named recipients of Penn State’s most prestigious annual graduate student recognition awards, administered by the Graduate School in collaboration with several Penn State units. The awards recognize…
UC Irvine Scientist Contributes to Linking Climate Change with Madagascar’s Megadrought
A University of California, Irvine-led team reveals a clear link between human-driven climate change and the years-long drought currently gripping southern Madagascar. Their study appears in the Nature journal Climate and Atmospheric…
UC Irvine-Led Research Team Constructs Groundbreaking Tandem Repeat Expansions Genetic Reference…
A research team led by the University of California, Irvine has built the first genetic reference maps for short lengths of DNA repeated multiple times which are known to cause more than 50 lethal human diseases, including amyotrophic…
University of Texas at Dallas: Cutting-Edge Sensors Illuminate Sun-Earth Studies for Space…
Small, low-cost sensors developed by space scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas to study the Earth’s upper atmosphere recently — and unexpectedly — provided information about the sun, something the devices were not…
UTD Commemorates New Sciences Building, Elevating Campus Gateway
The 186,000-square-foot Sciences Building, which opened in July 2020, was officially dedicated recently.
Located on The University of Texas at Dallas campus, the new facility houses the Department of Physics, classrooms, offices,…
University of Texas at Dallas Receives CPRIT Grants to Propel Cancer Detection and Treatment…
The Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) has awarded grants totaling more than $2 million to two University of Texas at Dallas engineers for their research to develop technologies for early detection of oral cancers…
University of Texas at Dallas Unveils New Discoveries Offering Clearer Insights into the Expanding…
An astrophysicist from The University of Texas at Dallas and his colleagues from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration are at the forefront of an ambitious experiment to study the expansion of the universe and its…
University of Maryland Graduate Programs Receive Top Rankings in Latest U.S. News Report
Dozens of University of Maryland programs earned high rankings in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-25 Best Graduate Schools lists released Tuesday, with many achieving top-25 placements in overall and specialty categories.
Among…
University of Maryland: Revolutionary Vending Machines Dispense a New Kind of ‘Life…
The typical vending machine is stocked with Snickers bars, energy drinks and Doritos, all products that deliver a jolt of caffeine, salt or sugar. A new breed of the dispensers could provide a remedy for victims of a drug overdose on…
University of Maryland Establishes Institute Dedicated to Ethical AI Development
The University of Maryland on Tuesday announced the launch of a new institute dedicated to developing the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) education, technology and leaders.
The Artificial Intelligence…