University & College News

HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The ATEC2026 – AI and Robotics Real-World Extreme Challenge officially launched today. Organized by the Advanced Technology Exploration Community (ATEC), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Shanghai Innovation Institute, this year’s competition aims to establish a “Turing Test” framework for embodied AI, pushing robots beyond the safety of controlled laboratories to demonstrate stability and intelligence in open, dynamic, and unstructured environments. Registrat...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chegg, Inc. (NYSE: CHGG), a global learning company, announced today that it will release its earnings results for the first quarter of 2026, which ended on March 31, 2026, on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Chegg will host a conference call to discuss the first quarter financial results at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time) on the same day. To access the call, please dial 1-877-407-4018 or outside the U.S. +1-201-689-8471. A live webcast of the call will al...

NEWARK, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Each spring, students and families reach one of the most important milestones in the college decision process: receiving financial aid offer letters from colleges and universities. Sent after a student is accepted and completes the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®), these letters outline the mix of scholarships, grants, school, state-based, or federal aid a student is being offered — and are often the primary way families estimate what college may...

DEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Insights from Men in Fishing, Mining, and Construction Industries Point to Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Efforts that Can Save Lives...

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Trustees of the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), one of the oldest and most respected nonpartisan economic research and educational organizations in the United States dedicated to promoting classical liberal and free market ideas, has appointed Dr. Samuel Gregg as its new President. Gregg served as interim president after the previous incumbent, Dr. William Ruger, accepted the position of Deputy Director of National Intellig...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Perpetuals.com Ltd (Nasdaq: PDC), a financial technology company combining trading infrastructure and artificial intelligence, today announced the execution of a strategic licensing agreement with the German University of Digital Science (German UDS) for the integration of the company’s proprietary BayesShield AI predictive intelligence platform. German UDS, a state-recognized, accredited, fully digital university based in Potsdam, Germany, will license BayesShield AI fo...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PsiQuantum, the University of Tokyo, and the Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation are partnering to provide training for Japan’s quantum workforce....

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...