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Singer Amy Grant’s personal testimonial shines light on No. 1 threat to women’s health

American Heart Association
Business Announcement

Grammy Award winner shares how her surprise heart diagnosis inspires her to support the mission of the American Heart Association

This nifty AI tool helps neurosurgeons find sneaky cancer cells

University of California - San Francisco
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An AI-based diagnostic system reveals cancerous tissue that may not otherwise be visible during brain tumor surgery. This enables neurosurgeons to remove it while the patient is still under anesthesia – or treat it afterwards with targeted therapies.

Journal: Nature

Persistent racial disparities in vascular surgery outcomes

Penn State
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Non-white patients are at twice the risk of dying within 30 days of a carotid endarterectomy, a common surgical procedure performed to reduce the risk of stroke, according to a new study led by researchers from the Penn State College of Medicine. The study highlights persistent differences in medical outcomes based on race, despite advances in research, education and clinical practice.

Journal: Journal of Vascular Surgery

‘Part of the solution’: National Academies grant allows Rice to build the next generation of STEMM leaders in environmental justice

Rice University
Grant and Award Announcement

EcoStudio in Rice University’s Sustainability Institute and the Rice Office of STEM Engagement have received a nearly $500,000 grant from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to expand the Center for Environmental Studies’ successful environmental justice education summer program for Houston high school students.

12,000-year old stones may be very early evidence of wheel-like technology

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone in the development of rotational tools including wheels, according to a study published November 13, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Talia Yashuv and Leore Grosman from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Journal: PLOS One

UT Turfgrass Team wins national award

University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture
Grant and Award Announcement

The University of Tennessee Turfgrass Team is on the cutting edge of the field. For their worldwide impact and innovations that are expanding the industry, the six UT Institute of Agriculture faculty members have been recognized with the national Excellence in Extension Team Award.

The award was among three national honors presented November 10 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Cooperative Extension and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU).

McCombs Entrepreneurship again hits No. 2 in Princeton Review Rank

University of Texas at Austin
Grant and Award Announcement

In Princeton Review’s tally of the top 50 U.S. undergraduate schools for entrepreneurship for 2025, the McCombs School of Business took the No. 2 spot in the nation for the third year in a row.

This marks the fourth year that the school has landed in the top 5 on the undergraduate side. The annual ranking is published in partnership with Entrepreneur magazine.