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Chandigarh University's Computer Science Engineering Students Develop AI-Powered Platform to Detect Fraudulent Apps

Chandigarh University's Computer Science Engineering (CSE) students have once again proven their brilliance on the national stage by securing second position in the national-level CyberShield Hackathon, organized by Bank of India in collaboration with IIT Hyderabad to solve AI, cybersecurity and banking-fraud challenges, winning a prize of Rs 3 lakh by providing innovative solution for harnessing Generative AI for automated reverse engineering, static and dynamic analysis and risk scoring of fra

Sep 11 • 2:55 AM EDT • Science • finance.yahoo.com

Jenny Roberts

Jenny Roberts is the 11th dean and a professor of law at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, a role she has held since 2024.

Sep 11 • 1:00 AM EDT • Business • libn.com

Fact check: Trump, RFK Jr. and others make false claims on night 2 of GOP convention

(CNN) — President Donald Trump delivered another rapid-fire series of false claims on the second night of Republicans’ midterm convention on Thursday. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did his own barrage of wrongness. And various other speakers uttered statements that were untrue, misleading or missing critical context.Here is a fact check of some of the assertions from the final day of the convention. This is not intended as a comprehensive list of Thursday’s falsehoods.Trump’s many false claimsTrump made numerous false claims, some of which he also made in his longer speech Wednesday.Trump claimed that there were “no empty seats” in the Dallas arena as he spoke Thursday, which was visibly untrue. CNN White House correspondent Alayna Treene, who was there, wrote in a live chat right after Trump made the claim that “I’m looking at rows of empty seats” and that “the idea that there are ‘no empty seats’ is just laughably untrue,” though she also said the room was mostly full. Trump has for years made false claims about supposedly never having had an empty seat.Trump further inflated one of his favorite fictional figures, claiming Thursday that “$22 trillion” in investment has come into the US; on Wednesday, he had put it at “over $20 trillion,” and even that lower figure has no apparent basis in reality. As of the time he spoke Thursday, the White House’s own website claimed there had been “$11.2 trillion” in “major investment announcements” this term, not “over $20 trillion,” and the White House figure was itself a major exaggeration of actual investment.Trump, talking about elections, lied that “there’s never been bigger cheaters” than Democrats; there is no basis for broadly describing Democrats as election cheaters. For the second straight night, Trump falsely claimed that the Biden administration allowed “25 million people” to pour into the country, though that number is nowhere close to correct. Trump again falsely claimed that former President Joe Biden and other Democrats “created the worst inflation in American history,” though even peak Biden-era inflation, 9.1% in June 2022, was far from the all-time record of 23.7%; it was a 40-year high, but the rate then fell sharply before Trump returned to office.Trump also baselessly claimed that Democrats would “defund the police” and give “voting rights and welfare to 25 million illegal aliens” if they won the midterms. Republicans will still control the White House in 2027 and 2028 and the president would be in position to veto any such changes if a Democratic-controlled Congress sought to make them, but there is no indication that Democrats want to do so. Also, even groups favoring strict immigration policies estimate that the total undocumented population is far less than “25 million” or even 20 million.As he did Wednesday, Trump claimed the US now has the world’s lowest prescription drug prices. The assertion is so broad that it is unclear what exactly Trump is referencing. But experts told CNN they highly doubt that the prices for brand-name drugs in the US are generally less than they are in other countries, and the Trump administration has not provided details to prove the claim.“It’s tough to claim that you’re getting the lowest prices anywhere in the world and then also not have any evidence to support that,” said Andrew Mulcahy, a senior health economist at RAND, while Diederik Stadig, senior healthcare economist at financial institution ING, said, “To say that the US now has the lowest drug prices in the world is at this moment not true.”And as he did Wednesday, Trump said “more Americans are working today than ever before” – which is true but nearly meaningless, since the number of people working in the US generally rises over time simply because the population rises over time.“There are more Americans working because there are more Americans. That’s the entire analysis,” Justin Wolfers, a University of Michigan professor of public policy and economics, wrote in his newsletter in August.RFK Jr.’s false claims on the pandemic, Trump’s record and moreFalse claim about Democrats and the 2024 electionKennedy unsuccessfully ran for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination before withdrawing to run as an independent and then eventually endorsing Republican candidate Donald Trump. In Kennedy’s Thursday convention speech, he complained of how the Democrats handled the nomination race.At one point, he said, “For the first time in history, they cancelled their own convention. No voter ever cast a primary ballot for Kamala Harris, no elected delegate was ever consulted; the party of ‘No Kings’ simply anointed a queen.”Kennedy is entitled to express unhappiness about how quickly Democratic leaders coalesced around then-Vice President Harris after Biden unexpectedly dropped out of the race in July 2024, after the primaries were over and less than four months from Election Day. But it’s not true that the party canceled its convention or that delegates didn’t get any say.The convention was held; it was a four-day event in Chicago in August 2024. Democratic convention delegates officially nominated Harris in a virtual roll call vote in advance of the convention. It’s true that Harris was the only candidate on the roll call ballot, but that’s because she was the only candidate who gathered enough delegate signatures to appear on the ballot.It’s clear that party elites’ backing of Harris played a key role in the unusual nomination process. But Kennedy’s specific allegations that the convention was abandoned and delegates were cut out of the process are not true.False claim that Democrats closed ‘every church’ during the Covid-19 pandemicWhile attacking Democrats, Kennedy claimed that, during the Covid-19 pandemic, “They closed every church in our country for a year.”It’s not true that every church in the country was closed for a year, nor even that every church in a Democratic state was closed for a year.Every state issued some type of guidance or order about social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic, but many states – including some led by Democrats and some led by Republicans – incorporated religious exemptions into those limitations on social interactions.According to a Pew Research Center analysis from April 2020, 15 states allowed religious gatherings to continue without a limit on their size. That set of states included Colorado, Michigan and Pennsylvania, which all had Democratic governors. And at least two states with Republican governors, Alaska and Idaho, were among the states that prohibited religious gatherings at least briefly.False claim that Trump ‘ended nine wars’Trump has repeatedly claimed that he has ended “eight wars.” Kennedy went one higher on Thursday, declaring, “President Trump has ended nine wars.”That’s false. Trump hasn’t even ended eight wars.Trump’s list of eight includes two situations that were never actually wars during his tenure: a diplomatic dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia and a mysterious supposed situation between Serbia and Kosovo. The list also includes a war, involving Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, that hasn’t actually ended despite a peace agreement brokered by the Trump administration.In addition, the list includes the war between Israel and Hamas, but Israel continues to conduct frequent attacks in Gaza despite a US-brokered ceasefire agreement. And it includes the brief 2025 conflict between Israel and Iran, though Israel proceeded to join the US in starting another war against Iran in 2026.Claim about reversing a decline in longevityKennedy speaking of the Trump administration, claimed Thursday: “We have now reversed a 30-year decline in longevity. “Kennedy referenced preliminary data that he said he had received from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week, but it’s unclear what metric of longevity he’s referring to.CDC data shows that US life expectancy had been steadily increasing for decades before a sharp drop during the Covid-19 pandemic. Life expectancy had already started to rebound in 2022, under the Biden administration, and reached a new record high in 2024 before Trump’s second term began.Preliminary data shared by the CDC in July suggests that life expectancy probably hit another record high in 2025.CNN has reached out to HHS for clarification on Kennedy’s comments.Claim that Democrats ‘lost 360,000 children’Speaking about Democrats, Kennedy said: “They somehow lost 360,000 children and they turned our federal government into the biggest child trafficking operation in world history.”Trump and other Republicans have made similar claims. But there’s no basis for the assertion that Democrats “lost” so many children or that the federal government was engaged in human trafficking.A 2024 report from the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security said Immigration and Customs Enforcement had reported that more than 32,000 unaccompanied migrant children failed to appear as scheduled for immigration court hearings after being released or transferred out of custody between fiscal years 2019 and 2023 – a period that, notably, includes two years and four months under the first Trump administration. The report also said that 291,000 unaccompanied migrant children during this period were not given notices to appear in court.The report said that ICE had “no assurances” these children “are safe from trafficking, exploitation, or forced labor.” But it did not say all the children were actually “lost” and did not definitively assert that any of them were trafficked – let alone that the government was somehow involved in a trafficking operation. And, again, the report spanned parts of both a Republican administration and a Democratic administration.Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, told CNN in 2024: “Long story short, no, there are not 320,000 kids missing. 32,000 kids missed court. That doesn’t mean they’re missing, it means they missed court (either because their sponsor didn’t bring them or they are teenagers who didn’t want to show up). The remaining 291,000 cases mentioned by the (Office of the Inspector General) are cases where ICE hasn’t filed the paperwork to start their immigration court cases.”Vance on inflation, crime and taxes on Social SecurityA false claim about the media and Biden-era inflationVice President JD Vance mocked the media during part of his speech on Thursday. But he made a false claim about Biden-era inflation while lampooning how the media supposedly challenged him over another false claim on that subject.Vance said: “The president and I would go during a campaign, we’d say, ‘You know, inflation is as high as it’s been in 100 years,’ and the fake news would say, ‘No, no, no, it’s as high as it’s been in 68 years.’ That ain’t good, ladies and gentlemen.”Mainstream journalists, at least, wouldn’t say that inflation under Biden was as high as it had been “in 68 years.” Rather, CNN and others noted that peak inflation under the Biden administration, 9.1% in June 2022, was the highest in about 40 years.Vance is entitled to make his general point that this correction still doesn’t make Biden-era inflation sound good, but his specific number was, again, wrong. And he didn’t acknowledge that inflation fell sharply under Biden after hitting the 40-year high, declining to 2.9% in Biden’s last full month in office, December 2024, and 3.0% in January 2025, when Trump and Vance were inaugurated.The rate was 3.4% in July 2026, the most recent month for which data is available.Trump didn’t end taxes on Social SecurityVance claimed, “We’ve ended taxes on Social Security.” Several other convention speakers, including Rep. Lisa McClain of Michigan, Rep. Ryan Mackenzie of Pennsylvania and Ohio House candidate Derek Merrin, similarly said the administration has achieved “no tax on Social Security.”It hasn’t. The big domestic policy bill Trump signed in 2025 did create an additional, temporary $6,000-per-year tax deduction for individuals age 65 and older (which phases out for individuals earning $75,000 per year or more), but as the White House has implicitly acknowledged, millions of Social Security recipients will continue to pay taxes on their benefits even before the temporary new deduction expires after 2028.The Social Security Administration said in 2025 that “the bill ensures that nearly 90% of Social Security beneficiaries will no longer pay federal income taxes on their benefits.Claim about violent crime rate under BidenWhile criticizing the Biden administration, Vice President JD Vance claimed Thursday that the US “became a country where violent crime exploded, unless, of course, you could afford private security.”But violent crime did not explode under Biden. In fact, as FactCheck.org reported last month, data collected and published by the FBI shows that the national violent crime rate was at a lower level in 2023 and 2024, the last two full calendar years of Biden’s term, than it was in 2020, the last full calendar year of Trump’s first term. The year 2020 was highly unusual in many ways – violent crime jumped amid the Covid-19 pandemic – but Biden nonetheless left office with violent crime lower than it was when he took over. In fact, the 2024 violent crime rate was even lower than the 2019 rate under Trump before the pandemic.There was an increase in violent crime during the earlier part of Biden’s term. But given the subsequent decline, it’s misleading at best to claim violent crime “exploded” with no further context.Asked earlier this month about Trump’s similar previous claims to have reversed a Biden-era upswing in violence, crime data expert Jeff Asher said in an email: “No, crime began dropping significantly in 2023 during the Biden administration. Murder fell at record rates in 2023, 2024 and 2025 and, while 2026 may not feature a record decline nationally, it is still on track to see a sizable double-digit decline this year. Violent crime similarly fell nationally in 2023 and 2024, though the drops were more muted than the decline that was recorded by the FBI in 2025.”Other GOP speakersMike Johnson’s false claim about the inflation Republicans inherited from BidenSome other speakers at the convention took aim at inflation under Biden. House Speaker Mike Johnson claimed that “Republicans inherited from the Biden administration record-high inflation.”That’s not true. The inflation rate was 2.9% in Biden’s last full month in office, December 2024, and 3.0% in January 2025, when Trump took over. That’s lower than the most recent rate, 3.4% in July 2026, and nowhere close to the all-time record of 23.7%, which was reached in 1920, or the highest point of Jimmy Carter’s presidency, 14.8%, which was reached in 1980.Johnson correctly said moments later that inflation reached “a 40-year high of 9.1% inflation” under Biden. But a 40-year high is not an all-time record. More importantly, Johnson didn’t explain that 9.1% was much higher than the rate Trump inherited or that the 9.1% rate occurred in June 2022, with roughly two-and-a-half years left in Biden’s term.The cumulative increase in prices from the beginning of the Biden administration to the end was also not the highest in US history. Federal figures show that beginning-to-end inflation under Biden was less than half of that during Carter’s term.What Johnson left out of his claim about a congressional resolutionWhile attacking Democrats as extreme, Johnson said: “Just last week, nearly every Democrat in the House of Representatives voted against condemning socialism and Marxism. They voted against it.”But the resolution didn’t use the word “Marxism.” And Johnson didn’t mention that the resolution wasn’t only about condemning socialism. Rather, it contained other language that Democratic leadership said was the focus of the party’s opposition to the resolution.The resolution’s first provision said it “condemns and denounces socialism in all its forms, including the Democratic Socialists of America, and opposes the implementation of socialist policies in the United States.” But its fifth provision said it “calls for enactment of the SAVE America Act,” Trump’s favored elections bill, which contains various provisions opposed by many Democrats.So while it’s very possible many Democrats would have opposed the resolution even without its expression of support for the SAVE America Act, the call to pass this elections bill served as a poison pill that ensured most Democrats wouldn’t support it.“House Resolution 1490 explicitly calls for enactment of the so-called SAVE America Act, which is the top legislative priority of far-right extremists,” Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a statement last week.A New Mexico candidate left out key context in an attack on his opponentGreg Cunningham, a Republican House candidate in New Mexico, used some of his Thursday speech to criticize his Democratic opponent, Rep. Gabe Vasquez. Cunningham said of Vasquez: “He even voted against a resolution honoring the sacrifices and service of the brave men and women in law enforcement who protect, every day, our communities.”But Cunningham left out important context about the resolution. While its focus was expressing support for law enforcement, its preamble contained statements praising the Trump administration and criticizing “leftist activists,” “progressive politicians” and “sanctuary city policies” for allegedly making law enforcement less safe.In other words, a House member might vote against such a resolution, as the vast majority of Democrats did, because they disagreed with conservative components of it, not the general expressions of support for law enforcement. (CNN has reached out to Vasquez’s campaign and House office for comment on his vote.) It’s common for parties to write resolutions in a way that would make it difficult for opponents to support but would open those opponents to campaign attacks if they voted “no.”An Ohio candidate’s misleading attack about Democrats and votingMerrin, the Republican candidate running against Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur for a House seat in Ohio, claimed in his speech, “While Democrats talk about letting illegal immigrants vote in our election, Republicans fight for proof of citizenship, photo ID and fair elections.”It’s a big country, so it’s possible some Democrat somewhere is talking about letting undocumented people vote in some election. But Merrin’s claim is misleading at best. There is no proposal from Democrats in Congress to let undocumented people vote in the 2026 midterms – the election Merrin appeared to be referring to when he said “our election” – or vote in future federal elections.CNN has reached out to Merrin’s campaign for an explanation of his claim.House Majority Leader Steve Scalise invoked a similar theme in his speech Wednesday, claiming that Democrats had voted last week “to allow illegals to vote in our federal elections.” But there was no congressional vote on letting undocumented immigrants vote in any elections.Rather, there was a vote on the non-binding Republican resolution that included multiple provisions, including one that “reiterates the notion that American elections are for American citizens only,” one supporting Trump’s favored elections bill and one denouncing socialism.Opposing that multi-clause resolution doesn’t necessarily mean someone supports voting by any non-citizens, let alone non-citizens in the country illegally.This article has been updated with additional items.CNN’s Deja Oliver contributed to this report.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.

Sep 10 • 9:46 PM EDT • Politics • applevalleynewsnow.com

2025-26 Record Fundraising Year for Life Sciences at UC Davis

The University of California, Davis, raised more than $676 million in philanthropic support during fiscal year 2025–26, more than doubling the university's previous giving record and marking the strongest fundraising year in its history.Donors’ unprecedented level of investment in UC Davis will expand opportunities for students, strengthen faculty excellence, accelerate discoveries that improve lives, and support new facilities and programs that elevate the university’s impact across California and beyond.

Sep 10 • 7:13 PM EDT • Science • biology.ucdavis.edu

ETSU releases complete 2026-27 men’s basketball schedule

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — East Tennessee State University released the complete 2026-27 men’s basketball schedule on Thursday. According to the university, the Bucs will play 19 preseason and regular season games at Freedom Hall, the most since the 2013-14 season. “We are looking forward to getting the season started and are pleased with the […]

Sep 10 • 5:35 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

University of Phoenix opens enrollment for three-year Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration

/PRNewswire/ -- University of Phoenix announces that enrollment is now open for its three-year Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration, a...

Sep 10 • 5:30 PM EDT • Science • prnewswire.com

University of Phoenix opens enrollment for three-year Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration

University of Phoenix announces that enrollment is now open for its three-year Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration, a 90-credit online bachelor's degree pathway designed for students with at least three years of work experience in criminal justice or security.

Sep 10 • 5:30 PM EDT • Science • finance.yahoo.com

The Business Week Experience celebrates 50 years at St. Mary's

The annual event will be celebrating its 50th anniversary at St. Mary's University. This year’s event is scheduled Oct. 27-29.

Sep 10 • 3:42 PM EDT • Business • stmarytx.edu

FSU industry leaders explore big picture of collegiate athletics at annual NIL summit

Florida State University brought together campus leaders Friday for a wide-ranging discussion on the future of Name, Image, and Likeness at the second

Sep 10 • 2:51 PM EDT • Business • news.fsu.edu

Charlie Kirk remembered at GOP midterm convention 1 year after shooting death

Thursday marks one year since conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at an outdoor speaking engagement at Utah Valley University.

Sep 10 • 2:34 PM EDT • Politics • abc7news.com

Linking Northeast Ohio patient health records to ChatGPT brings promise and privacy concerns

Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, and MetroHealth patients can now link medical records to ChatGPT, raising hopes for better-informed care alongside concerns about over-reliance and data privacy.

Sep 10 • 2:23 PM EDT • Health • cleveland.com

URI study reveals how waist size and body mass index are associated with mortality in older adults

KINGSTON, R.I. – Sept. 10, 2026 – A longitudinal study led by University of Rhode Island researchers found that waist circumference and body mass index (BMI) provide distinct and complementary information about mortality risk among older adults. Previous studies examining BMI among older adults have produced seemingly conflicting findings regarding mortality risk. This study used […]

Sep 10 • 2:21 PM EDT • Health • uri.edu

ZE Creative taps Stuart Rabinowitz as senior strategic adviser

ZE Creative Communications appoints Stuart Rabinowitz, former Hofstra University president, as senior strategic adviser to leverage his Long Island expertise.

Sep 10 • 2:03 PM EDT • Business • libn.com

University experiences unprecedented growth

More than 44,000 students are enrolled in Fall 2026 across UT San Antonio's academic and health programs, marking a record for the university.

Sep 10 • 1:03 PM EDT • Health • news.uthscsa.edu

Charlie Kirk assassination anniversary comes as GOP pushes to energize voters

Kirk, 31, the co-founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed Sept. 10, 2025, during a public event at a university in Utah.

Sep 10 • 12:48 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

Charlie Kirk assassination anniversary comes as GOP pushes to energize voters

Kirk, 31, the co-founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed Sept. 10, 2025, during a public event at a university in Utah.

Sep 10 • 12:48 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

Babineaux delivers with first-place finish to start season

Nebraska’s men’s team teed off last week at the New York Harbor Cup, and on Tuesday, the women’s team began their season at The Bruzzy tournament. The two-day, 54-hole, 62-player event that ended Wednesday was hosted by the University of North Texas at Trophy Club Country Club in Trophy Club, Texas. The 11 schools that participated alongside Nebraska and North Texas were Oklahoma, UTSA, Texas A&M, Illinois, Xavier, Texas Tech, BYU, Texas State and ULM.

Sep 10 • 12:30 PM EDT • Sports • dailynebraskan.com

University of Iowa Health Care calls off $2B+ patient tower build

Plans to build a new, $2 billion-plus patient care tower and other accompanying upgrades at the University of Iowa Health Care’s main campus are off the table in favor of smaller-scale upgrades to | "Significant financial challenges” facing the healthcare industry at large have limited Iowa Health Care’s ability to “responsibly” deploy capital toward the five-year build. It is now proposing a $380 million capital plan focused on updating and expanding existing facilities.

Sep 10 • 12:00 PM EDT • Health • fiercehealthcare.com

Fall Fab Fest bigger than ever before

Western Michigan University students connected with their communities at the largest Fall Fab Fest to date in the WMU Student Center on Sept. 6, held by Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and

Sep 10 • 12:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • westernherald.com

CWRU gets large gift to support new science, engineering building

The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation has committed $15 million to support Case Western Reserve University’s (CWRU) Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB), 10900 Euclid Ave., a new research facility designed to advance collaboration and discovery across disciplines. Read More

Sep 10 • 10:57 AM EDT • Science • neo-trans.blog

Abby Reck volleys passion for sports from court to community

When she isn't racking up kills as an outside hitter for the Illinois State University volleyball team, graduate student Abby Reck ’26 is shaping new ways for kids to experience sports.

Sep 10 • 10:40 AM EDT • Sports • news.illinoisstate.edu

One year later: Kirk’s legacy, political violence and case against suspect

Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was speaking at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025, as part of his American Comeback Tour when he was struck in the neck by a single gunshot. He was 31. Turning Point says interest in the…

Sep 10 • 10:28 AM EDT • Politics • baltimoresun.com

UNM Boosts Quantum Science & Tech Education

As New Mexico makes significant investments to establish itself as a leader in quantum technology, The University of New Mexico is expanding its

Sep 10 • 10:04 AM EDT • Science • miragenews.com

Science and music come together at Oregon State University’s third Big Fish Fest

Oregon State University’s Big Fish Fest III combines live music with shark and bird dissections to teach ocean conservation and science through art.

Sep 10 • 9:25 AM EDT • Science • klcc.org

Maggie Gibbons Thrives in Tuck Business Bridge

For junior Maggie Gibbons, this summer offered an opportunity to explore the business world beyond Colgate University. Gibbons spent three weeks in Hanover, N.H., participating in Dartmouth College’s Tuck Business Bridge Program, an intensive experience that introduced her to different areas of business and finance while allowing her to work alongside students from other colleges...

Sep 10 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • thecolgatemaroonnews.com

UI Health Care scraps new Patient Care Tower plan

The University of Iowa Health Care is no longer building the new Patient Care Tower on its main campus.

Sep 10 • 8:44 AM EDT • Health • kcrg.com

WVU physicist advances quantum materials research with NSF CAREER award

With support from a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award, West Virginia University physicist Subhasish Mandal is working to supply future quantum technologies with materials that will be required to build quantum computers and other advanced technologies.

Sep 10 • 8:30 AM EDT • Science • wvutoday.wvu.edu

The School of Data and Information Sciences offers new AI minor

The minor will teach students how to use AI across multiple disciplines

Sep 10 • 8:15 AM EDT • Science • dailytarheel.com

UNM expands academic commitment to quantum information science, engineering and technology

As New Mexico makes significant investments to establish itself as a leader in quantum technology, The University of New Mexico is expanding its academic efforts to prepare students for the opportunities emerging alongside this growing industry and new...

Sep 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • news.unm.edu

How geopolitical rifts cut scientific collaboration

Researchers have measured how worsening geopolitical relations hobble scientific collaboration, at last quantifying the impact of rifts between governments on cooperation between labs. Over the last decade, a tenser world has thrown up new barriers to cross-border science. Collaboration between the US and China has dimmed as the two countries have sunk into an ever-deeper rivalry. Links between Russia and Europe have collapsed following Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But while a concern, the magnitude of the damage is less than might be expected. For all the geopolitical turmoil of the last decade, international scientific collaborations are near a record high. “Some part of the story is positive,” said Shreyas Gadgin Matha, a social scientist at Harvard University and an author of the new study. “Research collaborations are largely resilient.” Matha and colleagues looked at data on cross-border research papers and patents in the period 2000-23, and analysed how they were impacted by countries’ political relations, as measured by how often states voted together in the United Nations. They found that when states drift apart at the UN by the median difference in votes between all countries, joint scientific papers decline by 3.1% over the next three-year period. To put that in context, over the last decade, the US and China have diverged by around a third of that difference in votes every three years. In other words, on average, it takes quite a significant diplomatic rift even to trigger a small single-digit percentage drop in joint papers. “In the short term, even something like a 3% reduction [in joint papers] is, in some ways, not that big of a number,” said Matha. Research remains more international than ever, according to an analysis extending to 2023 released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2025. We’re still living in an era of unprecedented scientific globalisation, the analysis says, with 27% of papers in OECD countries written across borders. In 1970, just 2% of articles had authors from different countries. Longer-term damage?However, this trend towards increasing international collaboration “has lost momentum and might be partly breaking down,” the OECD analysis says, largely due to a fall in the intensity of US-China joint papers since 2018. Matha and his colleagues stressed they are not complacent about the global science system. For now, “it's pretty resilient,” said co-author Muhammed Yildirim, director of academic research at Harvard’s Growth Lab. But if links are weakened, through the denial of study visas, for example, then this could have a much longer-term effect, cascading through generations of scientists, he added. Related articlesChina becomes Russia’s biggest collaborator after war decimates science ties with the west US scientists prefer German to Chinese collaborators, study finds Horizon Europe is now truly global. But what comes next? Another finding of the study, Burning bridges or bridging divides: Geopolitics and collaboration in research and innovation, is that trust appears easier to destroy than create.The hit to scientific collaboration when countries drift apart is around three times as big as the growth in joint papers when they move closer, the paper finds. “It's far easier to break these ties than to mend them, and that that also perhaps has some larger policy lesson,” said Matha.PatentsThe results around patents were less clear cut. Some methods of analysis found a statistically significant link between a diplomatic rift and a drop in co-patenting, but others did not. According to Yildirim, patents with cross-border inventors are often developed by multinational companies, which may have invested heavily in global R&D facilities, so are less likely to change how they operate simply due to a change in the geopolitical weather. “That's why we might not be seeing the effect immediately in technology,” he said.By contrast, researchers might be more sensitive to geopolitics, because visa policies can quickly affect who meets who at academic conferences, he went on. International collaboration on patents is much lower than for academic articles, the study shows. It peaked at around 10% in 2010, and has since fallen back to around 8%. This could be because China dramatically ramped up domestic patents in the 2010s, said Yildirim, squeezing the international share.

Sep 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net

Mizzou researcher describes two previously unknown insect species

Sites’ work adds to decades of research at the university documenting Earth’s biodiversity through taxonomy and field exploration.

Sep 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • showme.missouri.edu

How geopolitical rifts cut scientific collaboration

Researchers have measured how worsening geopolitical relations hobble scientific collaboration, at last quantifying the impact of rifts between governments on cooperation between labs. Over the last decade, a tenser world has thrown up new barriers to cross-border science. Collaboration between the US and China has dimmed as the two countries have sunk into an ever-deeper rivalry. Links between Russia and Europe have collapsed following Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But while a concern, the magnitude of the damage is less than might be expected. For all the geopolitical turmoil of the last decade, international scientific collaborations are near a record high. “Some part of the story is positive,” said Shreyas Gadgin Matha, a social scientist at Harvard University and an author of the new study. “Research collaborations are largely resilient.” Matha and colleagues looked at data on cross-border research papers and patents in the period 2000-23, and analysed how they were impacted by countries’ political relations, as measured by how often states voted together in the United Nations. They found that when states drift apart at the UN by the median difference in votes between all countries, joint scientific papers decline by 3.1% over the next three-year period. To put that in context, over the last decade, the US and China have diverged by around a third of that difference in votes every three years. In other words, on average, it takes quite a significant diplomatic rift even to trigger a small single-digit percentage drop in joint papers. “In the short term, even something like a 3% reduction [in joint papers] is, in some ways, not that big of a number,” said Matha. Research remains more international than ever, according to an analysis extending to 2023 released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2025. We’re still living in an era of unprecedented scientific globalisation, the analysis says, with 27% of papers in OECD countries written across borders. In 1970, just 2% of articles had authors from different countries. Longer-term damage?However, this trend towards increasing international collaboration “has lost momentum and might be partly breaking down,” the OECD analysis says, largely due to a fall in the intensity of US-China joint papers since 2018. Matha and his colleagues stressed they are not complacent about the global science system. For now, “it's pretty resilient,” said co-author Muhammed Yildirim, director of academic research at Harvard’s Growth Lab. But if links are weakened, through the denial of study visas, for example, then this could have a much longer-term effect, cascading through generations of scientists, he added. Related articlesChina becomes Russia’s biggest collaborator after war decimates science ties with the west US scientists prefer German to Chinese collaborators, study finds Horizon Europe is now truly global. But what comes next? Another finding of the study, Burning bridges or bridging divides: Geopolitics and collaboration in research and innovation, is that trust appears easier to destroy than create.The hit to scientific collaboration when countries drift apart is around three times as big as the growth in joint papers when they move closer, the paper finds. “It's far easier to break these ties than to mend them, and that that also perhaps has some larger policy lesson,” said Matha.PatentsThe results around patents were less clear cut. Some methods of analysis found a statistically significant link between a diplomatic rift and a drop in co-patenting, but others did not. According to Yildirim, patents with cross-border inventors are often developed by multinational companies, which may have invested heavily in global R&D facilities, so are less likely to change how they operate simply due to a change in the geopolitical weather. “That's why we might not be seeing the effect immediately in technology,” he said.By contrast, researchers might be more sensitive to geopolitics, because visa policies can quickly affect who meets who at academic conferences, he went on. International collaboration on patents is much lower than for academic articles, the study shows. It peaked at around 10% in 2010, and has since fallen back to around 8%. This could be because China dramatically ramped up domestic patents in the 2010s, said Yildirim, squeezing the international share.

Sep 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • sciencebusiness.net

Have scientists finally detected dark matter?

For decades physicists have been puzzling over the enigma of dark matter. We think it makes up 85% of the matter in the universe, but the mysterious substance cannot be seen or detected, and we know about it mainly through observations of the gravitational effects it has on other things. But now scientists believe they may be a step closer to detecting it. Science editor Ian Sample explains to Madeleine Finlay why, if confirmed, the finding could completely transform our understanding of the universe. And Dr Samuel Erikson, senior research associate at the University of Bristol, and first author of the research paper, explains how the finding has been received in the physics community

Sep 10 • 6:54 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com

Longtime UNC Charlotte athletics administrator dies after battle with cancer

Longtime Charlotte Athletics administrator Tom Whitestone passed away Tuesday after a battle with cancer, the university announced Wednesday.

Sep 10 • 6:49 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Wonders of science: Prof. Greene talks about Big Bang to AI

Could AI help solve mysteries that have challenged physicists for generations? CGTN's Tian Wei sits down with Brian Greene to explore the evolving relationship between artificial intelligence and fundamental science. A Columbia University professor of

Sep 10 • 12:38 AM EDT • Science • news.cgtn.com

Highlights/scores: College, high school sports (09/09/26)

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) – Check out top plays, and various results from multiple different sports of different levels in Central Illinois from Wednesday, Sept. 9. University of Illinois volleyball picked up a straight-set win at home against Lindenwood. The Illini got a boost with 11 kills from Paityn Chapman, and 26 assists from setter Kenna […]

Sep 10 • 12:11 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

What a Labor Day weekend show

I moved to Miami in 1969 and have called it my home town ever since. I had a girlfriend that attended the University of Miami so I spent a good

Sep 10 • 12:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • keysnews.com

Marquette gets $8 million planned gift for scholarships, business and athletics

Marquette University has received an $8 million planned gift from alumnus and longtime university volunteer Jim Meier, with the money earmarked for

Sep 9 • 11:59 PM EDT • Business • biztimes.com

Upstate University Hospital opens after-hours pediatric behavioral health center in CNY

Children and teens in crisis now have a new place to turn for help after traditional outpatient offices close, as Upstate University Hospital opened a pediatric

Sep 9 • 10:22 PM EDT • Health • cnycentral.com

Oil-bubble research could lead to technological breakthroughs

Binghamton University assistant professor collaborates with Georgia Tech for a $590,000 National Science Foundation grant.

Sep 9 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • binghamton.edu

Inaugural $10M DoW Grant to Enhance University, Defense Research Capacity

A&T is an inaugural recipient of a five-year, $10 million U.S. Department of War grant to establish Accelerate-DAQ.

Sep 9 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • ncat.edu

Viewpoint: Unlocking Europe’s wildfire data

Europe is already investing in the science, technology and infrastructure needed to understand, prevent and fight wildfires. Copernicus provides satellite-based Earth observation and environmental information, while the European Forest Fire Information System provides information on fire danger and forest fires across Europe. Weather and climate systems add forecasts of heat, drought, wind and humidity; historical fire databases show where fires have occurred; and researchers generate increasingly detailed knowledge about fuels, fire behaviour, forecasting, modelling and risk management. Meanwhile, new European research projects are adding digital twins and other tools to this growing ecosystem.However, these data do not necessarily sit together, nor are they necessarily described, structured or governed in ways that allow them to be used together. Much of the information is public, but some is commercially held. Some is sensitive. Some is subject to legal, security or operational restrictions. Even when data can be legally accessed, different systems may use different formats, terminology and rules.Europe therefore faces an unusual paradox: we have vast amounts of relevant information to respond to the wildfire challenge, but not the means to bring it together. For example, a wildfire researcher or emergency service might need to ask whether a particular combination of vegetation, drought, wind and topography has historically been associated with rapid fire spread. The relevant information may exist in several institutions, using different systems and subject to different conditions of access.The challenge is to conduct an authorised analysis that interacts with these sources, combines the results and respects the rules imposed by each data custodian.An important part of the answer can be found in the Fair principles, the idea that data should be findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable. Developed more than a decade ago, these principles have become a central reference point for modern data stewardship, making it easier for people and machines to find data, understand what it means and determine whether it can be reused.Readability by machines is essential, since AI systems will be key to meeting the data challenge. Bring analysis to the dataThe proposition is not to give an AI system unrestricted access to sensitive databases. Quite the opposite. The goal is to make it possible for approved algorithms to go to the data, rather than requiring sensitive data or large datasets to be copied to wherever the analysis happens.Imagine an analysis asking a series of questions of different data stations. At one station it might examine weather and climate data; at another, historical fire records; at another, experimental measurements of fire behaviour. The algorithm does not need to download everything. It can operate within the environment permitted by each data custodian and return only the results that the rules allow to leave.This is sometimes described as data visiting, and related approaches already exist in areas such as federated analysis and federated learning.Sensitive data should therefore not be treated as a free-for-all for machines. This requires appropriate governance at multiple levels. Access needs to be authenticated and authorised. The purpose of an analysis should be defined. The code or model being run should be controlled. Data custodians should be able to specify what can be queried and what results can leave their environment. Activities should be auditable and human oversight should remain where the consequences require it.In other words, the objective is not to trust AI with the data. It is to design systems in which AI never has more access than it needs.As open as possible, as closed as necessaryFair data should also not be confused with open data. Some wildfire data should be openly available. Other information may legitimately need to remain restricted because it concerns critical infrastructure, security, commercial interests, privacy or operational capabilities. The principle should be: as open as possible, as closed as necessary.The important point is that restricted data should not automatically become unusable data. If machines can discover what information exists, understand its meaning, establish where it came from and determine the conditions under which it can be used, authorised analyses can potentially be carried out without the underlying data ever leaving the environment in which it is protected.Restricted data can still be Fair and machine-actionable.This is also an important question of data sovereignty. European institutions should not have to surrender control of their data to a handful of technology platforms in order to benefit from AI. Nor does Europe need to start again by building one giant repository for every piece of wildfire information. The better approach is to connect what already exists.This is the principle behind emerging approaches such as Tryangle, developed through the Leiden Initiative for Fair and Equitable Science. Rather than creating another centralised data warehouse, the approach seeks to provide an interoperable layer through which approved algorithms can visit distributed data sources while respecting the rules of their custodians.In this way, a data station can remain where it is. Its custodians can retain control. Existing databases and applications do not have to be abandoned. What changes is their ability to communicate with other systems through common, machine-readable descriptions, access rules and interoperability mechanisms.But approaches like this need data that meets the Fair principles. Only then can an interoperable ecosystem safely begin to turn fragmented information into collective intelligence.Data infrastructure is wildfire infrastructureThe implications of this approach are entirely practical. Firefighters could gain better intelligence about local and evolving risks. Land managers could test prevention strategies using more comprehensive information about fuels, weather and past fires. Researchers could compare evidence across ecosystems without repeatedly moving huge datasets between institutions. Smaller regions and resource-constrained teams could access analytical capabilities without having to build large data infrastructures themselves.Europe is already investing heavily in satellites, databases, research programmes, forecasting systems and scientific expertise. The question is whether we will connect those investments well enough to turn them into actionable intelligence.That requires policymakers and funders to treat data infrastructure as seriously as physical infrastructure. Data generated or supported through European public funding should be Fair, verifiable and machine actionable by design, wherever legally and ethically possible.Related articlesData Corner: Europe’s burning need for wildfire mitigation researchClimate monitoring must remain a global enterprise, experts sayIn practice, that means funding not only the production of data, but also the infrastructure that makes data usable across systems: metadata, provenance, interoperability, access mechanisms and governance. Where data must remain restricted, we should ensure that it can still be securely discovered, verified and used for authorised analysis.Initiatives such as the European Open Science Cloud offer an existing framework through which these principles can be put into practice. What is needed now is to accelerate implementation and make them a standard part of how Europe funds and builds research and innovation systems.We do not need another generation of disconnected databases. The data is already there. The opportunity is to make it work together, securely, responsibly and quickly enough to help prevent the next fire, rather than simply document the last one.Jean-Claude Burgelman is professor emeritus at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) and editor-in-chief at Frontiers Policy Lab. For more than 20 years he held leading roles in research and innovation policy at the European Commission.

Sep 9 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net

University of Florida opens LaVilla campus focused on AI, cybersecurity and health sciences

Sep 9 • 6:25 PM EDT • Science • news4jax.com

FAMU College of Pharmacy gives free health screenings and vaccines during 75th anniversary event

Florida A&M University’s pharmacy gave out free health screenings and vaccines Wednesday as part of a weeklong 75th anniversary celebration.

Sep 9 • 5:45 PM EDT • Health • wctv.tv

Business owners near the University of Cincinnati push back on street closures meant to curb violence

Business owners in Cincinnati’s CUF neighborhood near the University of Cincinnati say evening street closures put in place following a series of shootings are hurting their bottom lines.

Sep 9 • 3:59 PM EDT • Business • wcpo.com

NMSU FIRE Venture Fellow completes summer internship with El Paso health innovation startup

Grace Valentine Olagunju, a New Mexico State University graduate student and member of the 2026 Fourth Industrial Revolution Economy Venture Fellows cohort, has completed a summer internship with...

Sep 9 • 3:39 PM EDT • Health • newsroom.nmsu.edu

What are the safety challenges facing tradeswomen in construction?

Researchers from Oregon Health and Science University conducted a study to find out.

Sep 9 • 3:19 PM EDT • Health • safetyandhealthmagazine.com

Utica University to screen 'Late Shift'

Utica University's Films on Thursday series will continue with a free screening of "Late Shift," a drama about nurse working in an understaffed hospital.

Sep 9 • 3:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • romesentinel.com

UAM plans ribbon cutting for Arkansas Forest Health Research Center

The University of Arkansas at Monticello will hold a public ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of the Arkansas Forest Health Research Center. The event will be held at 2 p.m. Oct. 2 at the center, located behind the Fine Arts Center on campus. In February 2024, the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration […]

Sep 9 • 3:00 PM EDT • Health • pbcommercial.com

University of Iowa Health Care nixes plans for new $2B tower

University of Iowa Health Care has scrapped plans to build a new $2 billion inpatient tower — at least for now — and rather is “modernizing and expanding existing spaces across the health system, specifically on the university and downtown campuses.”

Sep 9 • 2:32 PM EDT • Health • thegazette.com

FSU computer scientist earns NSF CAREER Award for data compression research

A Florida State University computer scientist has earned one of the most prestigious awards available to early career faculty for developing

Sep 9 • 1:01 PM EDT • Science • news.fsu.edu

WVU, state, healthcare partners get $2.4M to recruit, retain, expand medical profession statewide

Building on the foundational success of West Virginia’s premier talent attraction and retention programs, West Virginia University will use $2.4 million to help recruit and retain state-licensed healthcare professionals by standing up three new programs: Ascend WV Healthcare, First Ascent Healthcare, and a new pilot program that extends beyond the current 23-county Ascend WV and First Ascent network.

Sep 9 • 12:45 PM EDT • Health • wvutoday.wvu.edu

Talent show brings joy to kids at children’s hospital

A weekly talent show at University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children's Hospital helps pediatric cancer patients and families find support, healing and happiness through music, magic, and creative expression.

Sep 9 • 11:43 AM EDT • Health • uofmhealth.org

How 'parachute science' is failing the world's tropical insects

Monash University scientists have developed a global framework to tackle a major blind spot in biodiversity conservation: Insects underpin ecosystems and food production but remain largely invisible to ...

Sep 9 • 10:40 AM EDT • Science • phys.org

Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover steps back from NASA, joins Cal Poly

Glover will work closely will Cal Poly's president to position the university as a "global leader in polytechnic education, research innovation and workforce production."

Sep 9 • 10:00 AM EDT • Science • latimes.com

A new strategy enables precise fabrication of nanoporous carbon structures

Nanoporous carbon materials have attracted significant interest for applications in lightweight structural materials, microdevices, and bio-integrated systems due to their low density, chemical stability, electrical conductivity, and tunable mechanical properties. However, existing fabrication approaches often struggle to simultaneously achieve precise patterning, controllable porosity, and desirable mechanical performance. A research team led by Professor Min Qiu at Westlake University has developed a new fabrication strategy, termed Mix-ice lithography (Mix-IL), that enables direct construction of nanoporous carbon structures with tunable pore architectures and complex geometries. The study has been published in Science Bulletin.

Sep 9 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • eurekalert.org

Indigenous Arts Initiative will offer workshops on arts, entertainment industry

The Indigenous Arts Initiative, which includes partners from the University of Kansas, will bring two distinguished Indigenous artists and educators to Lawrence this September for a series of free public workshops exploring art, culture, storytelling and filmmaking.

Sep 9 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • news.ku.edu

Fishing the Good Fight supports men facing mental health challenges

Former University of Alabama football player Jennings Hester founded the nonprofit Fishing the Good Fight to provide men with mental health support through fly fishing retreats and community activities.

Sep 9 • 6:30 AM EDT • Health • roughdraftatlanta.com

New outpatient clinic focused on suicide prevention opens in Burlington

University of Vermont Health held an open house last week to celebrate the opening of the Asha Clinic, which it describes as the only program in the region focused exclusively on suicide care. The clinic's work is led by Craig Bryan, an expert in suicide treatment and research.

Sep 9 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • vermontpublic.org

September 9, 2026: Embedded Trials in a Learning Health System, in This Week's Rethinking Clinical Trials Grand Rounds

In this Friday’s Rethinking Clinical Trials Grand Rounds, Ryan Zarychanski of the University of Manitoba will present “Embedded Trials in a Learning Health System: A Hospital Policy of Tranexamic Acid […]

Sep 9 • 4:00 AM EDT • Health • rethinkingclinicaltrials.org

Non-nutritive sweeteners may aid sugar reduction without affecting weight or health

The review, led by Eva Marija Čad of the University of Ljubljana and Wageningen University & Research, alongside Professor Graham Finlayson of the University of Leeds and colleagues from other institutions in the Netherlands, Denmark, Spain and Belgium, was developed in connection with a 2025 webinar series hosted by the Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences (IAFNS).

Sep 9 • 2:24 AM EDT • Health • news-medical.net

UE falls in physical match against a ranked Louisville team

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) — After 80 minutes, a costly foul by the University of Evansville men’s soccer team resulted in the lone goal scored by the 21st ranked Louisville Cardinals. The Purple Aces and Louisville have built quite the series over the last couple of years and Tuesday night was no different. The two teams combined […]

Sep 9 • 12:51 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

USI drops their second straight match at home

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) — The University of Southern Indiana men’s soccer is still looking for their first win under new head coach Mads Kaiser after falling 2-1 to Bellarmine. The loss was their second straight at home after falling to IU Indy last week. The Knights got on the board first in the first half with […]

Sep 9 • 12:51 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

WA's political leadership pipeline grows as 21 women complete Pathway to Politics

Twenty-one women from across WA have graduated from the 2026 Pathways to Politics for Women program at The University of Western Australia.

Sep 9 • 12:21 AM EDT • Politics • uwa.edu.au

Menopause documented far less often in electronic health records

Menopause is frequently missing from women's electronic health records, according to a University of Colorado Anschutz study of nearly 396,000 women participating in the National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program.

Sep 8 • 10:32 PM EDT • Health • news-medical.net

COVID-19 cases on the rise across all age groups, local healthcare expert says

Dr. Jason Bowling, the chief epidemiologist at University Health, said there is an increase in COVID-19 cases across all age groups.

Sep 8 • 9:46 PM EDT • Health • ksat.com

Much-needed mental health resources to open soon in Anchorage

A pair of crisis stabilization centers are under construction in the University-Medical District and an intensive case management facility is planned for downtown

Sep 8 • 8:01 PM EDT • Health • adn.com

“Parachute science” is failing the tropics, home to more than 80% of insect species

Insects quietly hold much of the natural world together, yet conservation efforts are overlooking the tropical regions where more than 80 percent of insect species live. Monash University researchers have developed a global framework to close this gap by combining scientific studies with museum collections, local expertise, citizen science, social media records, and new technologies.

Sep 8 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com

Menopause is missing from most electronic health records, study finds

Menopause is frequently missing from women's electronic health records, according to a University of Colorado Anschutz study of nearly 396,000 women participating in the National Institutes of Health's ...

Sep 8 • 7:40 PM EDT • Health • medicalxpress.com

Pittsburgh entrepreneur donates storage systems to Seton Hill business, technology school

The founder of a Pittsburgh-based digital storage solutions company donated $35,000 worth of equipment to Seton Hill’s cybersecurity and computer science programs. Gene Leyzarovich, former Jetstor CEO, founded the Bloomfield company more than 30 years ago while studying at the University of Pittsburgh and working night shifts at UPMC. The

Sep 8 • 4:28 PM EDT • Business • triblive.com

Exclusive: Two of gaming’s biggest names are making a big investment in gaming’s future

The first thing to know about the Nova Games Foundation is that it isn’t about The Game Awards. And it’s not about PlayStation. The ambitious new grant program is the brainchild of Geoff Keighley and Mark Cerny. Keighley is the host of The Game Awards, Summer Game Fest and Opening Night Live. Cerny is a game designer of some 45 years and the lead architect for the PlayStation 4 and 5. But this new thing, which they’re revealing through Game File, isn’t about their day jobs. It’s an unaffiliated, standalone philanthropic project. It’s a bet on the artistic future of video games and a way, they tell me, to give back. “I’m nearing the end of my career,” Cerny recently told me over email. “I’m not done yet, but paying it forward—in the best way possible—is very much on my mind these days,” The Nova Games Foundation is a university-affiliated fellowship program, intended to offer six-figure grants to 20 young game designers each year, potentially for decades to come. It will offer no-strings-attached funding along with mentorship from games industry leaders, a combination intended to aid the development of groundbreaking new games, Cerny and Keighley told me. Nova will begin accepting applications in December, from class of 2026 and 2027 students from 13 affiliated gaming programs at universities in eight countries. The schools working with Nova include the New York University and the University of Southern California in the U.S., along with Abertay University in Scotland, Cnam-Enjmin in France, TH Köln in Germany, and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia, Cerny and Keighley said. The plan: $100,000 per recipient, with about a quarter of Nova fellows eligible for up to $500,000 more for projects that are shaping up particularly well. Payments will be delivered based on development milestones, and recipients will own their games. Nova will help promote the work, and developers will be free to pursue the publishers and platforms of their choice. Nova can help introduce fellows to publishers, but won’t take a cut. “I’ve always wanted to give back, but given my role in the industry, I’ve never felt it appropriate to commercially invest in games,” Keighley told Game File. “I’ve never owned stock in a game company or taken a financial stake in a game. Nova is philanthropy: we aren’t taking equity or looking to recoup the grants. The return we’re hoping for is creative—helping new voices make games and find their footing. “Mark and I have each made multi-million-dollar donations to establish the foundation, and we intend to keep contributing. We hope others will join us.” Cerny and Keighley have already hired an executive director, John Maconga, and a head of grants, recent Game Developers Conference director Ashley Corrigan, to help launch the effort. They’re working to recruit game industry leaders to join the effort. Keighley says “dozens of leading game directors have already expressed interest in contributing their time.” To name one, they’ve already gotten Josef Fares, lead designer from It Takes Two and Spit Fiction studio Hazelight on board with a donation and pledge to help out. “I’m proud to support Nova because it gives the next generation of creators the freedom to explore their creativity and hopefully bring their unique visions to life,” Fares told Game File. A plan forged from a friendship Keighley and Cerny have known each other a long time. It’s been so long, Cerny isn’t even sure exactly when they met. “We travel in much the same circles and I’m sure first intersected in the 90s or early 2000s,“ Cerny said. Keighley thinks it might have been during his stint writing a column about the mid-’90s console 3DO for a gaming magazine while Cerny was working on games with Crystal Dynamics or on Way of the Warrior with Naughty Dog. They became genuine friends about a 10 years ago, Keighley said, as they bonded over a shared love of games and a hope to improve the industry. “About a decade ago, we started having dinner a few times a year in LA,” Keighley said. “Just to catch up on life and the industry. Those conversations continued over Zoom during COVID. Nova grew out of that friendship and a question we kept coming back to: ‘What could we do to help the next generation of game directors get started?’” Keighley credits Cerny with the idea to figure out a way to put their money and time back into the industry. At one of those dinners, Keighley proposed the idea of a fellowship program. He’d recalled applying for a Rhodes Scholarship when he was younger. “Spoiler: I didn’t get it,” he said. He’d admired the MacArthur Foundation’s so-called “genius grants.” He liked these kinds of programs that recognized people’s talents and gave them the financial boost and the freedom to realize their potential. With Cerny, he had pondered what a game industry version of that could be. Keighley liked the idea of centering the fellowship on students, drawing inspiration from the accomplishments of Jenova Chen, the USC game design graduate who went on to lead the creation of gently moving, ambitious games such as Flower and Journey. Keighley also thought it could be useful to help promising graduates bridge the transition from student to professional. “Joining an established studio isn’t always possible—especially in today’s market—and even then, it isn’t the right path for everyone,” Keighley said. A fellowship, he realized, could give “graduates the time, resources and guidance to pursue a game of their own and not worry about the commercial viability.” As the idea took shape, Cerny also saw an opportunity to enable more games of a certain type: “The target with the grants is games as an artistic medium,” Cerny told me. “We like to say games with ‘artistic, literary and societal value.’” He added: “I’m a pretty big gamer myself, though I tend to gravitate towards the smaller and more unique or artistic titles, games like Neva, Abzu, Gorogoa, Stray or Outer Wilds. I was just playing and Roger on a flight to Japan, and was getting misty eyed to a degree that I was concerned that a flight attendant would ask me if I was OK. “So one fun benefit here is the games that will come out of the Nova Games Foundation – I can’t wait to play them myself.” Cerny believes it will also be useful for Nova fellows to hone their craft and team leadership skills. “We are looking for the next generation of visionaries,” he said. “The trick is that they will also need to have the executive function necessary to drive a small project to completion.” Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my reporting, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Going big with this Keighley and Cerny may have started Nova and may be the ones primarily backing it right now, but they’re dreaming of something that goes beyond them. “Mark and I may have helped get it started, but one of our measures of success is that Nova grows into something the entire games industry feels a sense of ownership in,” Keighley said. “Our ambition is to build a lasting endowment supported by people and companies across the industry, and an equally broad community of creators willing to give their time and experience to the next generation.” The industry has a lot of knowledge that it can pass to the next generation, Keighley said: “Nova can hopefully become a way to connect that generosity with talented young creators at the moment when it can make the biggest difference.” Cerny, who told me he believes Nova can mature “over the next 10 or 20 years,” sees an opportunity to give generations of game makers momentum. “The industry has changed immeasurably since I started in games in 1982,” he said. “These graduates have talent, training and tools that outclass what we had back in the day by an astonishing amount. But they face a tough road ahead getting traction in the industry, and many could benefit from our support. We want to be there to give it to them.” “There’s a personal side to this, too,” Keighley said. “I don’t have children, and I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what I can do for future generations. Games have been my entire career. I’ve been incredibly fortunate, and helping someone else build a life in this industry feels like a meaningful way to give back.” Cerny’s oeuvre dates back to Marble Madness and Sonic the Hedgehog 2. He has stood on stage multiple times to reveal the future of PlayStation hardware. He’s been an executive producer for a string of modern PlayStation classics such as The Last Guardian and Marvel’s Spider-Man. Nevertheless, of Nova, he said, “It’s certainly not like anything I’ve done before.” Nova Foundation applications will be due in December and the first wave of fellows will be announced in March 2027. A full list of participating universities and steps students and recent graduates can take to apply to become a Nova Fellow is forthcoming.

Sep 8 • 3:12 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news

A-State sets fall enrollment record

Arkansas State University has set another fall enrollment record, reaching 18,775 students as continued growth among Arkansas freshmen, improved student retention, and rising graduate enrollment helped push the university past...

Sep 8 • 3:12 PM EDT • Business • talkbusiness.net

A-State sets fall enrollment record

Arkansas State University has set another fall enrollment record, reaching 18,775 students as continued growth among Arkansas freshmen, improved student retention, and rising graduate enrollment helped push the university past...

Sep 8 • 3:12 PM EDT • Politics • talkbusiness.net

Strengthening Global Health Systems: Jeanna Holtz (’79), Nutrition & Exercise Physiology

When Jeanna Holtz, Nutrition and Exercise Physiology alum, updated her estate plans, she found herself returning to the place where her journey began: Washington State University.

Sep 8 • 1:39 PM EDT • Health • medicine.wsu.edu

NYC voters give Mamdani high marks, say mayor is doing better than expected

A new Suffolk University poll also finds New York voters disagree with GOP calls for Mayor Zohran Mamdani to stay away from 9/11 memorial.

Sep 8 • 1:02 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com

Bentley Awarded $235,000 to Strengthen Life Sciences Talent Pipeline

Bentley University will use $235,000 grant to prepare students for business roles in life sciences to meet Massachusetts workforce need.

Sep 8 • 12:51 PM EDT • Science • bentley.edu

Newman Regional Health, strategic partners now part of brand-new Astra Health collaborative

Already with external partnerships involving University of Kansas Health System and LMH Health, Newman Regiona...

Sep 8 • 12:13 PM EDT • Health • kvoe.com

Penn State Dairy Barns Made Animal Science Student ‘Feel at Home'

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Three years of working in Penn State’s Dairy Barns have been impactful for Hannah Mansfield, a spring 2026 College of Agricultural Sciences graduate who is...

Sep 8 • 11:14 AM EDT • Science • morningagclips.com

‘Science at the Fifty-Third Degree’ humanizes research advancements through conversation

Episodes highlight the collaborative nature of science, and expand accessibility of discoveries happening at the university.

Sep 8 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • thegatewayonline.ca

UC Berkeley Law event targets Trump science policies as ‘censorship’

​The University of California, Berkeley School of Law organized an Aug. 25 discussion focused on resisting censorship and protecting academic freedom in scientific research.

Sep 8 • 10:43 AM EDT • Science • campusreform.org

1,000 Museum Visitors Dive Into NASA Sea Level Science on World Ocean Day

More than 1,000 visitors explored NASA sea level science firsthand during World Ocean Day at the University of Georgia Aquarium on Skidaway Island on June 6, 2026.

Sep 8 • 10:06 AM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov

Online cybersecurity clinic available for Hawaiʻi small businesses

“The One-Person Security Department: Building Your Own Tools for Hawaiʻi IT on No Budget” is the topic for the first in a series of three free Zoom meetings presented by the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College for sole proprietors and registered businesses in Hawaiʻi.

Sep 8 • 10:00 AM EDT • Business • mauinow.com

UT Researchers in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Receive NSF CAREER Awards

Two researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have received 2026 National Science Foundation CAREER awards.

Sep 8 • 9:45 AM EDT • Science • news.utk.edu

Scientists confirm Newton’s gravity law

Gravity has survived its largest-scale test yet, holding up across distances of up to 230 megaparsecs, or about 750 million light-years. University of Pennsylvania physicists found that the force weakens with distance almost exactly as Newton’s equations predict, a relationship later incorporated into Einstein’s theory of general relativity. Galaxies and galaxy clusters move faster than...

Sep 8 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • theticker.org

UC develops new Center for Public Health

The University of Cincinnati’s department of public health is in the process of developing a Center for Public Health. The center will centralize public health education at the university and

Sep 8 • 8:21 AM EDT • Health • newsrecord.org

Taiwan students rank 4th globally in science, 3rd in reading: PISA 2025

Taiwan's 15-year-old students ranked fourth in the world in science and mathematics and achieved a record-high third place in reading literacy in the 2025 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the Ministry of Education and National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) announced Tuesday.

Sep 8 • 8:19 AM EDT • Science • focustaiwan.tw

A university professor spent 100 days living in a 100-square-foot habitat 22 feet beneath a Key Largo lagoon — and when he finally surfaced, he measured half an inch shorter after spending the entire mission under elevated pressure

Joseph Dituri went into the water at 73 inches tall. He came out, 100 days later, at just over 72. The final measurement came on a Key Largo dock in June

Sep 8 • 6:15 AM EDT • Science • scienceblog.com

Milwaukee Wheelchair lacrosse team looks ahead to nationals

The Milwaukee Eagles partner with Marquette University's men's lacrosse team.

Sep 8 • 6:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Michigan's top-paid nonprofit leaders

The Crain’s 2026 list of the top-paid nonprofit leaders in Michigan is led by two University of Michigan spinoffs and three private foundations.

Sep 8 • 5:45 AM EDT • Business • crainsdetroit.com

CSU biology professor delivers talk on extremophilic microorganisms, research advancements

Thomas Santangelo began the department of biology’s fall semester seminar series at Colorado State University strong, presenting the progressive research behind microorganisms in extreme environments and how those observations can inform future research about biological resilience and adaptation. Santangelo, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at CSU, was the main speaker of the “Surprises...

Sep 8 • 2:03 AM EDT • Science • collegian.com

DORAY Science and Technology Award Goes to KAIST, Gyeongsang National University Professors

DORAY Science and Technology Award Goes to KAIST, Gyeongsang National University Professors Five Young Scientists Receive 150 Million Won Fellowships Each for Three Years

Sep 8 • 1:50 AM EDT • Science • chosun.com

UE men’s soccer set to host Louisville

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) — The University of Evansville men’s soccer team is gearing up to host their second ranked opponent of the season in the 22nd ranked Louisville Cardinals. The Purple Aces are still looking for their first win of the season in what has been a competitive preseason so far. UE has played some stiff […]

Sep 8 • 12:33 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

DGIST marks its 22nd anniversary, pledging to “become a global innovation university leading the future of science and technology”

- Recognizing long-serving and outstanding members of the DGIST community and reaffirming DGIST’s vision for the next 22 years

Sep 7 • 9:24 PM EDT • Science • asiaresearchnews.com

Infinix Globally Launches XPAD 30 Pro: The Ultimate All-Round Companion for Youth Learning and Entertainment

/PRNewswire/ -- Today, Infinix officially launched the XPAD 30 Pro, an all-round smart tablet engineered for university students and young professionals. The...

Sep 7 • 9:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • prnewswire.com

NSU shares lectures planned for Fall 2026 Science & Technology Seminar Series

Northeastern State University has shared the lectures planned for its Fall 2026 Science & Technology Seminar Series.

Sep 7 • 8:12 PM EDT • Science • ktul.com

NSU shares lectures planned for Fall 2026 Science & Technology Seminar Series

Northeastern State University has shared the lectures planned for its Fall 2026 Science & Technology Seminar Series.

Sep 7 • 8:10 PM EDT • Science • fox23.com