College & University News

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bayer Canada is proud to support the Simon Fraser University (SFU) School of Medicine - the first medical school in Western Canada in nearly 60 years. The new school is dedicated to help improve primary care and the critical shortage of family doctors in British Columbia, where approximately 800,000 residents lack access to a primary care physician. SFU is set to welcome its inaugural class of 48 students at an interim location on the SFU Surrey campus thi...

BOISE, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avangrid, Inc., a leading energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, today announced that it is supporting ongoing research at Boise State University aimed at increasing the Golden Eagle population across the Pacific Northwest. This work, which Avangrid has supported for the past three years, has helped refine promising treatments for saving Golden Eagle nestlings from two emerging threats to young raptors: poultry bugs and trichomonosis. Recently published...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hyuga Hirano (United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, and collaborative graduate student at the National Museum of Nature and Science (President: Makoto Manabe)); Takashi Kikuchi (Application Laboratories, Global Product Unit, Rigaku Corporation, a group company of Rigaku Holdings); Futa Sakakibara (Technical Advisor, R&D Support Division, Asterism G.K.); Yoshinori Murai (Senior curator, Department of Botany, Na...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (NASDAQ: FFAI) (“Faraday Future”, “FF” or the “Company”), a California-based global Embodied AI (EAI) ecosystem company, today announced that Chris Chen, Co-CEO of FF AI-Robotics, was invited to speak at the World Speakers Series, held on April 12 at the Science Center at Harvard University. The World Speakers Series was hosted by the Boston International Business School (BIBS) as a parallel forum to the Harvard China F...

BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Educators (UE) announced the election of Rajiv Shenoy to its Subscribers’ Advisory Board (board of directors). He will serve a three-year term. “Rajiv brings a powerful combination of strategic insight, deep experience in education technology, and a genuine passion for advancing institutional impact,” said Rick Mills, UE’s president and CEO. “His perspective will be invaluable as we continue evolving to meet our members’ changing needs.” Shenoy brings more...

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In response to rising rates of emotional distress and suicide risk across the music industry, MusiCares®, the leading charity supporting the health and well-being of the music community founded by the Recording Academy® in 1989, has partnered with The Jed Foundation (JED) to launch a groundbreaking digital microsite providing suicide prevention and mental health resources tailored to music professionals. For those in the music community, the hustle and irr...

ESPOO, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On World Quantum Day, IQM Quantum Computers today announced AI-driven agentic calibration, an automated approach to tuning quantum systems with NVIDIA Ising. The development marks a step toward making quantum computing operationally viable for enterprises, AI factories, and high-performance computing data centres — reducing dependence on dedicated quantum engineering expertise and bringing quantum infrastructure within reach of institutions that need to own and...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Security 101 launches Safe Learning 101™, a first-of-its-kind program uniting school security expertise with national integration capabilities....

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Switch Automation, a global provider of smart building software, today announced the release of new product capabilities in Switch OpX (Operational Excellence), developed in collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). These capabilities mark a major step forward in the evolution of smart building technology, from identifying issues to automating the implementation of operational improvements. The paper, “Switch Automation and Berkeley Lab Pa...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Voyager Technologies (NYSE: VOYG) expanded the Voyager Institute for Space, Technology and Advancement (VISTA) science park ecosystem with Obuda University in Budapest, Hungary, further enabling the commercial space economy. “This agreement reflects the global demand for in-space research and manufacturing capabilities,” said Jeffrey Manber, special representative to the Chairman and CEO, Voyager. “By partnering with leading institutions like Obuda University, we are en...