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Three from MIT named American Physical Society Fellows for 2023
Three MIT researchers have been elected fellows of the American Physical Society (APS) for 2023. The APS Fellowship Program was created in 1921 for those in the physics community to recognize peers who have contributed to advances…
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly 5.5 Million Borrowers Are Enrolled in the SAVE Plan
The Biden-Harris Administration released data today showing that nearly 5.5 million borrowers are now enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan, including 2.9 million who have $0 payments. All other borrowers enrolled in…
U.S. Department of Education Awards Nearly $115 Million to Help Increase Educator Compensation and…
The U.S. Department of Education today announced new awards totaling nearly $115 million to support 29 Teacher and School Leader (TSL) Incentive projects, bolstering the Department's commitment to ensuring a well-prepared, diverse, and…
U.S. Department of Education Announces Withholding of Payment to Student Loan Servicer as Part of…
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Federal Student Aid (FSA) Chief Operating Officer Rich Cordray issued the following statements on actions taken by the U.S. Department of Education (Department) after student loan…
Biden-Harris Administration Continues Efforts to Provide Debt Relief for More Student Loan Borrowers
The Biden-Harris Administration today continued its critical efforts to deliver student debt relief to as many borrowers as possible through negotiated rulemaking under the Higher Education Act by releasing draft regulatory text…
U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Reaches Agreement to Resolve Sexual…
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today announced the resolution of a sexual harassment investigation of Arcadia University in Pennsylvania.
OCR determined that the university violated Title IX of the…
Biden-Harris Administration Releases Final Rules that Strengthen Accountability for Colleges and…
The Biden-Harris Administration today announced final regulations to significantly enhance oversight and accountability for institutions of higher education and strengthen consumer protections for student borrowers. The new…
JPL Engineers Put Their Skills to the Test With Halloween Pumpkins
Pumpkin carving reaches new heights during the annual competition, where spacecraft-building engineers mix ingenuity and creativity for some spectacular results.
When mechanical engineers accustomed to building one-of-a-kind spacecraft…
United States Announces up to $79 Million to Expand Research for Feed the Future
Today, USAID announced an expansion of the Feed the Future Innovation Labs network – including two new Innovations Labs and a new research collaboration – for a total of 17 Innovation Labs across the United States. Feed the Future, the U.S.…
USAID Administrator Samantha Power Meets with Mark Suzman, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates…
Today, Administrator Samantha Power met with the CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Mr. Mark Suzman. The two spoke about global health initiatives, including USAID’s efforts to strengthen primary healthcare, the shared goal…