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We're proud of all our graduates - especially those in USC's Neighborhood Academic Initiative! Last night, 61 high school students from the University Park neighborhood graduated from the program; 11 of those will be attending USC in the fall with full-tuition scholarships. The students were joined by celebrities Mark Hamill and Tom Kenny, along with some "Star Wars" Imperial Stormtroopers. Source - www.usc.edu

UCI falls in the NCAA semifinals to Loyola to end a fantastic season. Thanks to 'Eater fans for your support!

A Polk State University student says that her humanities professor gave her four consecutive zeros after she disagreed with his negative views toward Christianity. One of professor Lance “L.J.” Russum’s assignments asked students: why did Christianity and its male gods seek to silence women? Another insisted that Michelangelo’s sculptures and paintings communicated that same-sex relationships are not a sin. Russum also reportedly criticized Christianity as one of the “most violent forms of religion the world has ever seen.”

Hannah DePorter, a freshman majoring in wildlife conservation, made her observations along Willow Creek, in the Lakeshore Nature Preserve and near her residence hall.Photos: David Tenenbaum Trish O’Kane with some of the trash DePorter collected along Willow Creek. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is a campus full of memorable spaces, from Library Mall to the Memorial Union Terrace, from Picnic Point to the lush green rise of Bascom Hill. Each evokes a sense of place — an intimate and profound connection— that draws us to them and gives them meaning. This notion is driving the next UW-Madison campus master plan, which focuses on making campus more livable, workable, and sustainable over the next 20 years. It also drove Trish O’Kane to take a nontraditional approach to her environmental studies class this semester. Her students immersed themselves in lessons in “place” and, last week, offered input to campus master planners, including representatives fro...

Become an  Oklahoma State University Alumni Association  Life Member now and save $400 on your membership if you sign up before you graduate!  Visit - orangeconnection.org/newgrads for details on how you can stay connected for life to OSU!

MSNBC anchor Richard Lui has been named a Policy Fellow at UCR's School of Public Policy (SPP)! Here's a photo of him with the Dean of SPP, Anil Deolalikar and Professor Karthick Ramakrishnan.

University of Southern California (USC) - Last April, a package arrived in Mysore, India, that would forever change the lives of 30 children. Nestled inside were small white boxes labeled “Bernafon,” a Swiss manufacturer of precision hearing instruments. The exact models had been handpicked for each child by Suma Harindra, head audiologist at the city’s Amrav Ear Nose and Throat Care.

Graduates from the class of 2013 show off their designs during the commencement ceremony. (Photo by Sally Asher) The decorating of the mortarboard is a tradition for Tulane University students who wish to stand out among the sea of black hats seated on the floor of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome during the annual commencement ceremony.

IBM Watson's avatar. Watson will lend its cognitive computing capabilities to cancer care at UW Medical Center and several other leading institutions. University of Washington Medical Center will be one of IBM Watson Health’s clinical collaborators in applying Watson to accelerate patient DNA analysis and to personalize treatment options for cancer patients.  The announcement, part of IBM’s broader Watson Health initiative to advance patient-centered care, was made today, May 5.

Starting Bulldog quarterback Dak Prescott wears a green “Pray for Quinn” armband for a family—and a terminally ill 8-year-old boy—he met on Fan Day about a week before Mississippi State football launched the winningest season in university history. While Prescott doesn’t know much about Sanfilippo syndrome, the Gregory family started learning everything there is to know about the disease when young Quinn was diagnosed in 2009. “Quinn’s missing an enzyme that destroys the bad cells in his body,” father Brad explains. “It affects his brain, his nervous system, his ability to talk and his ability to learn. Eventually, he will not be able to talk, walk, eat or understand.”

Touring the University Park Campus on May 2 are, from left: USC President C. L. Max Nikias; Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, Akie Abe; and Niki C. Nikias. (USC Photo/Gus Ruelas) Thomas Johnson greets his former student, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as USC President C. L. Max Nikias, Akie Abe and Niki C. Nikias look on. (USC Photo/Gus Ruelas) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan could not leave the U.S. without returning to USC. Abe stopped at the University Park Campus on his way to Los Angeles International Airport on May 2, after a week of historic diplomacy that included a state dinner at the White House and the first address by a Japanese prime minister to a joint session of Congress. It was Abe’s first time on campus in almost 40 years. He spent three semesters here in 1978 studying English and taking courses in political science, international relations and history.

A group of Princeton University students are working with the Office of Religious Life, Pace Center for Civic Engagement and the Princeton in Asia program to fundraise for short-term relief efforts and long-term reconstruction in Nepal following the massive earthquake on April 25. Donations will be accepted at a Rebuilding Nepal fundraising table located on the 100 level of Frist Campus Center from 2 to 4 p.m. and 8 to 10 p.m. May 4–8 and May 11–15. Donations will go to the nonprofit organizations Care Nepal and Sarvodaya (Teach for Nepal).

Ethiopian Ministry of Science and Technology awarded 11 National research grants of which 2 of them are to College of Veterinary Medicine-MU. CVM-MU  has  got 2 projects (3.9 million, PI, Dr. Belayneh & 1.26 million, PI, Dr. Sisay) total 5.16 million. The Principal Investigators of each project received the award certificate from the hands of deputy PM, H.E. DemekeMekonen yesterday in the PM office. MU management congratulates the College of Veterinary Medicine and the winning teams and for the success.

Left to right, cystic fibrosis cells treated with gene-correcting PNA/DNA show increasing levels of uptake, or use to correct the mutation. (Images by Rachel Fields) Yale researchers successfully corrected the most common mutation in the gene that causes cystic fibrosis, a lethal genetic disorder.  The study was published April 27 in Nature Communications. Cystic fibrosis is an inherited, life-threatening disorder that damages the lungs and digestive system. It is most commonly caused by a mutation in the cystic fibrosis gene known as F508del. The disorder has no cure, and treatment typically consists of symptom management. Previous attempts to treat the disease through gene therapy have been unsuccessful.

Mary Manhein said that one of the most enjoyable parts of her career has been teaching thousands of LSU students about anthropology. Mary Manhein and the FACES Lab are nationally known experts in forensic anthropology and facial reconstruction. Attorney General of Louisiana Buddy Caldwell honors Mary Manhein during her retirement ceremony on April 17. When she arrived at LSU in 1976 to study English, Mary Manhein was focused on sentence structures, Southern authors and completing her degree while raising two elementary school-age sons. More than 30 years later, as her career is winding down, Manhein is one of the most well-known forensic anthropologists in the nation thanks to her work assisting law enforcement agencies locally, regionally and nationally on cases of missing and unidentified persons. Manhein, the former director of LSU Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services, or FACES, Laboratory, officially retired from LSU in April 30, 2015...