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- Cornell AAP Launches City Visionaries, a New York City Summer Program for High School Students This article was originally reported in October 2025. Cornell University's College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) announced on October 31, 2025, that it would launch City Visionaries, its first high school summer program based in New York City and the first AAP summer … Nov 1, 2025
- Purdue Police Add BASED, a Self-Defense Class That Builds on Active-Threat Training This article was originally reported in October 2025. The Purdue University Police Department (PUPD) announced on October 29, 2025, a new supplemental class called Basic Armed Suspect Evasion and Defense (BASED), a low-impact, introductory self-defense course for people who have… Oct 29, 2025
- UC San Diego Leads $1.8 Million Google.org Consortium to Bring Generative AI into Computer Science Courses This article was originally reported in October 2025. The University of California-San Diego is leading a new international network, the GenAI in CS Education Consortium, to help computer science instructors redesign their courses for an era in which generative AI tools can writ… Oct 29, 2025
- Seven UChicago Law Alumni Clerk for Supreme Court Justices in the 2025–26 Term This article was originally reported in October 2025. Seven graduates of the University of Chicago Law School are serving as U.S. Supreme Court clerks in the October 2025–26 term, working for seven of the nine justices. The placements include the law school's first-ever clerks f… Oct 29, 2025
- Purdue Opens Free Google Career Certificates and an ABET-Recognized AI Course to All Alumni This article was originally reported in October 2025. Purdue University announced on October 28, 2025, that it would open two sets of free online courses to all of its alumni starting November 13, 2025: the Google Career Certificates that Purdue already offered at no cost to cur… Oct 28, 2025
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What Draws Ph.D. Students to Purdue’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
This article was originally reported in October 2025. In October 2025, Purdue University profiled doctoral students in its Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering (BME) to show what draws researchers to its graduate program (Purdue Today, October 28, 2025). Rankings at the time … Oct 28, 2025
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Dartmouth Marks Two Years of Its Commitment to Care Mental Health Plan
This article was originally reported in October 2025. See "Latest update" for Dartmouth's 2026 progress report. Dartmouth College marked the second anniversary of Commitment to Care, its five-year strategic plan for student mental health and well-being, with a community gatherin… Oct 27, 2025
- Texas A&M’s Mays Business School Launches Flex Online AI and Business Program for Working Professionals This article was originally reported in October 2025. See the "Latest update" section below for developments since then. Texas A&M University's Mays Business School announced on Oct. 27, 2025, a new Flex Online AI and Business program for working professionals — short, fully… Oct 27, 2025
- FSU Holds Its First Transfer Student Leadership Summit This article was originally reported in October 2025. On October 20, 2025, Florida State University held its first Transfer Student Leadership Summit to open its celebration of National Transfer Student Week (FSU News, October 24, 2025). The event highlighted the research, leade… Oct 25, 2025
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Texas A&M Engineering Students Intern With NASCAR’s Haas Factory Team
This article was originally reported in October 2025. Three Texas A&M University engineering students spent summer 2025 as paid interns at Haas Factory Team (HFT), a NASCAR Cup Series team, working on-site at its race shop in Kannapolis, North Carolina. The internships grew … Oct 24, 2025
- Purdue in the QS World University Rankings: From No. 89 to No. 100 This article was originally reported in October 2025 and has been updated with the QS World University Rankings 2027. Purdue University has been one of the steadiest climbers among U.S. public universities in the QS World University Rankings. This article summarizes its results … Oct 24, 2025
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University of Florida Ranks No. 1 in City Journal’s New College Rankings
(This article reports on news from October 2025.) In October 2025, City Journal, a magazine published by the Manhattan Institute, launched a new set of college rankings that evaluate 100 prominent American colleges and universities. The University of Florida (UF) came first, wit… Oct 24, 2025
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Boston College’s First Human-Centered Engineering Graduates Find Diverse Paths
This article was originally reported in October 2025. In October 2025, Boston College (BC) checked in with the first graduates of its Human-Centered Engineering program, a bachelor's degree that pairs engineering with BC's liberal arts core. The program launched in 2021, and its… Oct 23, 2025
- Texas A&M Welcomes First Class of Chancellor’s National Academy STEM Ph.D. Fellows This article was originally reported in October 2025. Texas A&M University welcomed the first 15 fellows of its Chancellor's National Academy STEM Ph.D. Fellowship Program on October 22, 2025. The program, run through Texas A&M's Hagler Institute for Advanced Study and f… Oct 23, 2025
- Emory Nursing and Georgia Tech Partner on a Pathway Into Emory’s Master of Nursing This article was originally reported in October 2025. Emory University's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and the Georgia Institute of Technology announced a five-year partnership on Oct. 22, 2025, creating a pathway for eligible Georgia Tech graduates into Emory's Master… Oct 23, 2025
- Three University of Florida Students Earn NRC Nuclear Reactor Operator Licenses This article was originally reported in October 2025. Three University of Florida students, Alex Trimble, Claudia Tariche Fortes and Caitlin Martin, earned licenses as nuclear reactor operators in 2025 through the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensing program at the… Oct 22, 2025
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Purdue’s Daniels School of Business Expands Around STEM: Nine Departments, 35 New Faculty and a New Building
This article was originally reported in October 2025. In October 2025 Purdue University outlined how it is rebuilding its Mitch Daniels School of Business around STEM. Under Dean James "Jim" Bullard, who took over in August 2023, the school has reorganized its departments, hired… Oct 22, 2025
- Virginia Tech Launches Flex MBA for Working Professionals This article was originally reported in October 2025. Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business announced on October 21, 2025 a new Flex MBA for working professionals, with its first cohort starting in fall 2026. Students choose each semester whether to take courses online, in… Oct 21, 2025
- UConn Accounting Graduate Landed Internship Offers From All Big Four Firms This article was originally reported in October 2025. Isabella Williams, a 2025 accounting graduate of the University of Connecticut (UConn), received internship offers from all four Big Four accounting firms as an undergraduate, an outcome UConn's accounting program described a… Oct 21, 2025
- UC San Diego Data Science Capstone Teams Build Credit-Scoring and Wildfire-Safety Tools with Industry Mentors This article was originally reported in October 2025. Undergraduate data science students at the University of California-San Diego are building credit-scoring models and wildfire-safety tools for real companies through the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute's (HDSI) industry-men… Oct 21, 2025
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