HAMILTON, New York, May 16 -- Colgate University issued the following news: During its spring meetings, the Colgate University Board of Trustees approved resolutions regarding faculty promotions to associate professor with continuous tenure and to full professor, as well as appointments to named chairs -- all of which will take effect July 1, 2024. "The accomplishments of our colleagues are many and varied," said Provost and Dean of the Faculty Lesleigh Cushing. "Together, they have made signi  more

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, May 18 (TNSres) -- Eindhoven University of Technology issued the following news: Nuclear fusion - a method that could produce a significant amount of the energy we'll need and use in the future - looks destined for great things, according to retiring full Professor Niek Lopes Cardozo. Our world runs on energy. With a growing population and our new energy-hungry technologies, energy demands are only set to grow. As we move away from these pollutant fuels, renewable o  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, May 18 -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: Graduate School degree recipients celebrate commencement on Saturday (May 18) at Notre Dame Stadium. (Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame) Keynote speaker Sabine Hadida encouraged students to embrace the future and take up the baton of "saving the world" during the Graduate School's annual commencement ceremony Saturday (May 18) at Notre Dame Stadium. "Today is not just about looking back at what  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, May 16 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: As cicadas begin to emerge throughout the South and Midwest in the United States, Northwestern University's Jorin Graham is available to discuss how these periodical broods synchronize their behaviors. Graham is a Ph.D. student in physics at Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, where he studies complex networks and network science. He is advised by Adilson Motter, the Charles E. and Emma   more

BLOOMINGTON, Illinois, May 18 (TNSres) -- Illinois Wesleyan University issued the following news release: A group of Illinois Wesleyan University students traveled to the University of California-Riverside in April for the National Science to Policy Symposium, where two of the Titans were the only undergraduate students selected to present research. Victoria Ballesteros-Gonzales '25, Joelle McMillan '25 and Valeria Suarez '26 attended the conference hosted by the National Science Policy Networ  more

LIVERMORE, California, May 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Commercial fusion energy plants and advanced compact radiation sources may rely on high-intensity high-repetition rate lasers, capable of firing multiple times per second, but humans could be a limiting factor in reacting to changes at these shot rates. Applying advanced computing to this problem, a team of international scientists from Lawrence Livermore  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The Society for Science, an organization that promotes the understanding and appreciation of science and the vital role it plays in human advancement, issued the following news release on May 17, 2024: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) and Society for Science (the Society) announced that Grace Sun, 16, of Lexington, Kentucky, won the $75,000 top award, the George D. Yancopoulos Innovator Award, named in honor of the pioneering drug researcher and Regeneron co-  more

NORTHFIELD, Minnesota, May 18 -- St. Olaf College issued the following news: Four evenings a week, students gather in the St. Olaf College machine and woodshops in the bottom floor of Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences. They build from wood, metal, and plastic, learning to create objects ranging from banjos to desks, trivets, and chess boards. Their work is part of a program called Fundamentals of Building that is led by Physics Department technician Kurtis Johnson. It began las  more

PASADENA, California, May 18 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation annually grants fellowships to exceptional students to fund their graduate study. This year, of the 18 students named Hertz Fellows, two are Caltech students: PhD student Andrew Laeuger and spring 2024 BS graduate Virginia Canestraight. Hertz Fellows receive five years of funding for their graduate studies so that they may "pursue research that best advances ou  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, May 16 -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: On Wednesday (May 15), John T. McGreevy, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost at the University of Notre Dame, announced the winners of the 2024 faculty awards. "Amid a highly competitive field of nominees, these 12 award winners stood out for their varied yet truly excellent contributions: to our students, our campus, and to their disciplines, nationally and internationally," McGreevy said. The 2024 hono  more

BIRMINGHAM, England, May 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: Physicists from the University of Nottingham are part of a pound sterling9m project to enhance the ability to monitor the Earth's atmosphere and measure critical emissions. Delivered by the Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation (CEOI), which brings together UK expertise from industry and academia, there are 12 projects that will enhance the ability to monitor Earth's atmosphere, and m  more