Education

Ignite Reading: Johns Hopkins Study Shows 85% Of Proficient First Graders Maintain Reading Success

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

Ignite Reading announced findings from a second multi-year study conducted by researchers at the Center for Research and Reform in Education at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education, showing that 85% of first graders who reached reading proficiency maintained grade-level performance through second grade without further intervention.

Morehouse College: $457 Million NSF Project Received To House Landmark Supercomputer At HBCU Campus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 26, 2026

Morehouse College announced it has received a prestigious grant from the National Science Foundation as part of a $457 million initiative to build one of the most powerful academic supercomputers in the Southeast. The historic investment in higher education cyberinfrastructure will significantly expand access to advanced computational resources for Morehouse students and faculty, as well as HBCUs nationwide.

Rollins College: $200 Million Innovation Triangle Completed With Launch Of The Rick Goings Institute

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 25, 2026

Rollins College has launched The Rick Goings Institute for Management and Executive Leadership, completing its transformative $200 million Innovation Triangle and establishing a new standard for advanced leadership and management education.

AgeneBio: Northwestern University Research On Levetiracetam Plaque Prevention Reinforces Novel Alzheimer’s Disease Approach

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2026

AgeneBio recently announced that recent research suggesting levetiracetam may prevent amyloid-beta plaque formation in early-stage Alzheimer’s disease further validates the company’s approach to treating cognitive impairment associated with neurodegenerative disorders. The Baltimore-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company retains exclusive rights to a low-dose, extended-release formulation of levetiracetam designed specifically for treating mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease.

The University Of Tulsa’s Hurricane Ventures Invests In AI Bioprocess Platform BioReact

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 15, 2026

The University of Tulsa and its venture fund, Hurricane Ventures, announced an investment in BioReact, an artificial intelligence and analytics platform designed to power modern bioprocess development and optimization. The funding will be used to accelerate BioReact’s go-to-market efforts and expand the platform’s product capabilities as it scales adoption across the life sciences sector.

Texas State University: BobCatalyst Initiative Aims To Accelerate Innovation And Entrepreneurship

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Texas State University announces it is launching BobCatalyst, a university-wide initiative designed to help faculty, staff, and students turn research and ideas into market-ready innovations by leveraging the university’s network of innovation, commercialization, and venture-support programs.

myFootpath Partners With Western Colorado University

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

myFootpath has entered a new partnership with Western Colorado University aimed at bringing adult and returning learners back to higher education and improving degree completion among students who previously stopped out before earning a credential. The collaboration focuses on reconnecting with former students and creating clearer, more accessible pathways to completing a degree.

Supra Elemental Recovery: UT Startup To Recover Rare Earth Minerals From Industrial And E-Waste

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Supra Elemental Recovery, a startup that spun out of engineering and natural sciences labs at The University of Texas at Austin, has launched with a $250,000 investment from Discovery to Impact’s UT Seed Fund as part of its pre-seed funding round.

American College Of Education Gains New Bain Capital Double Impact Backing After CIC Partners Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

CIC Partners announced it has successfully realized its investment in American College of Education, marking the end of a strategic partnership that began in 2020 and the start of ACE’s next phase of growth with a newly announced investment from Bain Capital Double Impact.

Lawrence Technological University Esports Strikes First-of-Its-Kind Collaboration With Team Liquid

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 7, 2026

Lawrence Technological University Esports has entered a collaboration with Team Liquid, positioning LTU as the first university to work directly with the global professional esports organization and aiming to create new academic, athletic, career, and media opportunities for students. Team Liquid, founded in 2000, competes across multiple top-tier titles and has expanded beyond competition into content, analytics, education, and professional development, which LTU says aligns with its focus on innovation and student outcomes.

Marshall University: Haas Foundation Gives $1 Million Toward New CNC Training Lab

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Marshall University’s Marshall Advanced Manufacturing Center is moving closer to a new headquarters after receiving a $1 million donation from the Gene Haas Foundation. The contribution will support plans for a $20 million, 55,000-square-foot facility to be built on the former ACF Industries site on Third Avenue in Huntington, an initiative university officials have identified as a top fundraising priority.

NASA: Johnson Space Center Expands Research And Workforce Development Partnership With The University Of Texas System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and the University of Texas System announced a new agreement designed to broaden research collaboration and strengthen workforce development efforts across NASA centers and UT System facilities.

Sparxell: University Of Cambridge Spin-Out Raises €4.2 Million To Scale Biodegradable Structural Color Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Sparxell, a University of Cambridge spin-out developing bioinspired colour technologies, has raised €4.2 million in a pre-Series A round to scale its 100% bio-based, biodegradable approach to colour. SWEN Capital Partners led the financing through its Blue Ocean 2 fund, alongside Alpha Star Capital and Cambridge Enterprise.

NYU Langone Health Partnering With Isaac Health To Expand Virtual Memory Care Access Across New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 3, 2026

Isaac Health has partnered with NYU Langone Health to broaden access to specialized brain health and memory care through a virtual care model, aiming to shorten the time to evaluation and improve continuity of care for people experiencing memory concerns and related symptoms.

University Of Alberta Partners With City of Edmonton And Diesel Tech Industries To Pilot Hydrogen-Diesel Bus Retrofits

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 1, 2026

The University of Alberta is partnering with the City of Edmonton and Diesel Tech Industries to cut carbon emissions from Edmonton’s fleet of diesel-powered buses by integrating hydrogen fuel into existing combustion engines.

Agerpoint Names Michael Gomes Vice President And General Manager Of New Intelligent Equipment Division

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Agerpoint has appointed Michael Gomes as Vice President and General Manager, Intelligent Equipment, a newly created executive role designed to push the company’s spatial intelligence platform directly into agricultural machinery and in field systems. The move signals a sharper commercial focus on embedding Agerpoint’s sensing, analytics, and digital twin capabilities into equipment workflows, where real-time decisions can influence how work gets done on the ground.

Epicore Biosystems Adds UConn Experts Douglas Casa And Elaine Lee As Scientific Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Epicore Biosystems has appointed Dr. Douglas Casa and Dr. Elaine Choung-Hee Lee as Scientific Advisors, bringing together expertise in exertional heat illness prevention, human performance, thermoregulation, and proteomics as the company pushes to translate sweat biomarkers into actionable hydration and heat risk decisions for athletes, industrial workers, and military personnel.

University Of Denver And Pivot Energy Complete Colorado’s First Off-Site Solar Project

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2026

The University of Denver and Pivot Energy announced they have completed Colorado’s first off-site net metering solar project, marking a milestone in the state’s shift toward policy-enabled renewable energy that can serve customers without enough space or flexibility for on-site generation.

MBZUAI, G42, And Cerebras Release K2 Think V2, An Open Reasoning System For The UAE

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2026

G42, Cerebras Systems, and the Institute of Foundation Models at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence said they have released K2 Think V2, a 70 billion parameter reasoning system built on the new K2 V2 base model. The organizations described K2 V2 as IFM’s strongest frontier class open source foundation model and said it was purpose built to serve as the base for K2 Think.

Humana Launches $3 Million Scholarship Fund For Xavier Ochsner College Of Medicine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Humana has established a $3 million scholarship fund for incoming medical students at the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine (XOCOM), aiming to help address physician workforce shortages and improve access to care across Louisiana.

Columbia University Names Jennifer L. Mnookin As President-Designate

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Columbia University’s Board of Trustees has appointed Jennifer L. Mnookin, a legal scholar and the current chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, as the University’s next president, with her term set to begin July 1, 2026.

Binghamton University Lands Record $55 Million Commitment To Launch Responsible AI Research Center

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 24, 2026

Binghamton University will establish a new Center for AI Responsibility and Research after securing what it described as the largest academic gift in the university’s history, a $55 million commitment combining private philanthropy and state capital support.

University Of Baltimore Launches AI-Enabled Business Accelerator For Baltimore Founders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

The University of Baltimore has launched an AI-Enabled Business Accelerator, a nine-week program designed to help early-stage entrepreneurs build scalable ventures that use artificial intelligence in practical, market-ready ways.

University Of Arkansas GORP Seeks Applicants For Spring 2026 Outdoor Recreation Startup Cohort

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

The University of Arkansas’ Greenhouse Outdoor Recreation Project (GORP), the school’s flagship business incubator for outdoor recreation startups, is accepting applications for its spring 2026 cohort as the program returns with new multi-year funding.

Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation To Launch New Cancer Center At UChicago Medicine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation will open its first Midwest cancer center through a new grant to the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center, expanding the foundation’s effort to establish or expand five Ralph Lauren-named centers across the United States.

Georgetown University Collaborates With Cisco For Major Campus Network Upgrade With Wi-Fi 7 Rollout

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Cisco has signed a multi-year partnership with Georgetown University to modernize the school’s campus network, anchored by what the companies describe as one of the largest-ever university deployments of Wi-Fi 7. The project will expand next-generation wireless coverage across classrooms, dorms, athletic venues, and other facilities on Georgetown’s Hilltop and Capitol campuses, aiming to support rising demand from connected devices, digital learning, research workloads, and day-to-day campus operations.

Bayer Signs 5 Year Collaboration With Vanderbilt University Medical Center To Advance Cardiovascular And Kidney Drug Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 20, 2026

Bayer and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have entered a five-year strategic collaboration aimed at advancing new therapies from early target identification through Investigational New Drug (IND) application, with an initial focus on cardiovascular and kidney diseases.

Northwestern And Stanford Researchers Create Artificial Metabolism That Turns Waste CO2 Into Useful Chemicals

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

Northwestern University and Stanford University researchers have engineered a fully synthetic metabolic system that converts a simple liquid molecule derived from carbon dioxide into a core building block of life, potentially opening a new route to convert captured CO2 into commercially valuable chemicals.

Vanderbilt University To Establish Full-Time Academic Campus In San Francisco Beginning In 2027

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Vanderbilt University announced it plans to establish a full-time academic campus in San Francisco beginning in 2027, pending regulatory approvals, expanding the university’s national footprint and positioning the school to develop interdisciplinary academic programming in one of the world’s leading centers for technology, entrepreneurship, and creative industries.

Villanova University Elects 4 New Members To Board of Trustees

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 12, 2026

Villanova University announced it has elected four new members to its Board of Trustees, adding The Very Rev. Barnaby Johns, OSA, Kristin E. Reed, David K. “Duke” Reyes and Robert F. Tyson to the University’s 38-member governing board. The appointments took effect Jan. 1.