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UVI Joins Amazon AI & Machine Learning Educators Network

Written By Lexx Thornton The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) is proud to announce its selection as one of 35 colleges and universities nationwide to join the Amazon Machine Learning University Educators Consortium, a groundbreaking initiative by Amazon Web Services (AWS) aimed at accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) education across higher

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Lincoln Grad Students Earn Honors at APS Plant Pathology

Written By Lexx Thornton Two Lincoln University of Missouri graduate students, Monika Pokharel and Ujjwal Kamboj, got recognized for their research and professional development in June at the 77th annual meeting of the American Phytopathological Society (APS) North Central Division in Brookings, South Dakota. Both students are pursuing master’s degrees in sustainable agriculture and began

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Savannah State University Launches AI Center with NSF Grant

Written By Lexx Thornton The National Science Foundation has granted Savannah State University’s College of Science and Technology a $399,999 grant to establish an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Center on campus that will focus on bringing environmental preservation and solutions to underserved communities in the region.   The two-year grant will enhance SSU’s research capacity to address

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Kentucky State Research Advances Sustainable Farming, Health

Written by Lexx Thornton A research team from Kentucky State University, led by Dr. George F. Antonious, has published four peer-reviewed articles in 2025, contributing significant findings to agricultural and environmental science. The work, conducted with graduate students, focuses on sustainable farming, soil remediation, and the nutritional benefits of crops.   Graduate students Basanta Neupane and

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Alcorn State Partners with AWS for AI/ML Faculty Training

Written by Lexx Thornton Alcorn State University is proud to announce a new collaboration with AWS-Machine Learning University (MLU) Educators Consortium and Transformation Alliance, a nationwide initiative helping college faculty integrate artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) into their curriculum.   Through this collaboration, faculty from the Department of Advanced Technologies are receiving access to

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Morehouse Joins Amazon-MLU Consortium for AI/ML Curriculum

Written By Lexx Thornton Morehouse College has collaborated with the 2025–2026 Amazon-MLU Educators Consortium and Transformation Alliance, a national initiative designed to empower higher education institutions to integrate industry-aligned artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) into their curriculum. This milestone reflects Morehouse’s continued commitment to academic innovation and equity in tech education. Through this

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US Halts mRNA Vaccine Funding, Scientists Warn of Risks

By Kathryn Palmer Academic researchers are worried that the government’s plans to stop investing in the development of messenger RNA vaccines, a technology university scientists first used to help develop the COVID-19 vaccines, will undermine the United States’ standing as a global leader in biomedical research and development. As promising as mRNA technology may be for

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Alcorn Alumna Dr. Melanie McReynolds Wins NSF CAREER Award

Written By Lexx Thornton Dr. Melanie McReynolds, an Alcorn State University alumna and a leading biochemistry and molecular biology scholar at Penn State, has received the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) highly sought-after Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. This award is the NSF’s most distinguished for early-career faculty, recognizing those who excel as role models

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Jefferson & KSU Launch Tuition-Free BSN Program

Written By Lexx Thornton Jefferson Community and Technical College (Jefferson) and Kentucky State University (KSU) announced at a signing ceremony today a new partnership to provide a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. The partnership creates a pathway for graduates of Jefferson’s nursing program to pursue a BSN from KSU with significant in-person support on the

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KSU Grad Dipesh Oli Wins CyberTraining Grant for GIS

Written By Lexx Thornton Dipesh Oli, a recent Kentucky State University graduate with an M.S. in Environmental Studies, received a competitive travel grant to participate in a specialized CyberTraining workshop on geospatial science for disaster management. The workshop took place on June 27 as part of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) Symposium

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