Terp tutors will soon be able to zoom to local schools to teach refugee students in person, rather than being limited to online Zoom sessions, after winning the Zipcar Students with Drive Challenge. This month, the University of Maryland’s Peer to Peer organization was awarded a $5,000 grant and $2,000 in credit from the car-sharing […]
UF Online, the University of Florida’s top-ranked online bachelor’s degree program, announced an education partnership with Nicklaus Children’s Health System, as part of a commitment to empower Florida healthcare workers in achieving their education goals today. The partnership supports eligible employees of the Miami-based healthcare provider starting with the spring 2024 semester. Ranked the No. […]
Racial disparities in U.S. COVID-19 deaths narrowed substantially from the first to the second year of the pandemic. While this has been touted as a major sign of progress, new research found this sharp decline mostly resulted from an increase in COVID deaths among white people, and a geographical shift in mortality from large, urban […]
At the conclusion of a day-long meeting that featured public interviews with four finalists and extensive discussion about each, the Board of Regents selected Jeff Ettinger to serve as the University’s interim president following the departure of President Joan Gabel this summer. “Our Board was impressed by the number and quality of candidates who expressed […]
A University of Minnesota-led team has developed a first-of-its-kind, breakthrough method that makes it easier to create high-quality metal oxide thin films out of “stubborn” metals that have historically been difficult to synthesize in an atomically precise manner. This research paves the way for scientists to develop better materials for various next-generation applications including quantum […]
AilseVax will identify and develop novel therapeutic vaccines for cancer patients, which work with the body’s immune system to overcome cancer. These cancer vaccines are a form of immunotherapy that can help educate the immune system about what cancer cells “look like” so that it can recognise and destroy them using the body’s own defences. […]
Some diseases can be diagnosed by identifying physical changes in tissue, such as the hardening of arteries during heart disease. Diseased cells often exhibit different mechanical characteristics, or mechanotypes, than normal cells. Efficient tools for measuring mechanotypes could allow doctors to diagnose diseases at an early stage, predict whether a tumor might metastasize, and identify […]
Leena will be the most senior representative of the university group in the region and will lead the hub’s opening and the development of new collaborations. The India Hub, which will open towards the end of this year, will be the sixth in Coventry University Group’s network of Global Hubs, joining those in Brussels, Dubai, […]
