BINGHAMTON, New York, March 6 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Grant program breathes new life into the study of ancient cultures The Saul and Ruth Levin Educational Enrichment Grant gives classics majors the chance to deepen their studies By Jennifer Micale Separated from us by a huge gulf of time, ancient Greece and Rome still live through their art and architecture 2,000 years later. For serious students of classical civilizations, study abroad is an opportunity  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, March 6 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: * * * MSU's Schilling leads research team exploring innovative solutions to ham mites STARKVILLE, Miss.--Researchers in Mississippi State's Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, or MAFES, have been awarded a $630,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to enhance food quality and safety in specialty dry-cured ham by defending it from a pesk  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 5 -- Ivy Tech Community College issued the following news: * * * Two Ivy Tech Bloomington administrators win national leadership awards Chancellor Erik Coyne and Vice Chancellor Esthela O'Neill were selected by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society to win awards for their support and facilitation of student success Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington Chancellor Erik Coyne, Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Ret.) has received the Phi Theta Kappa Paragon Award for New Presidents  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 6 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * Embrace of authoritarianism in US fueled by culture wars more than economy, study finds A new book chapter examines Donald Trump's intention to be a dictator "on day one" of his second term in office, as he said in a 2023 interview. He scrutinizes Trump's assertion that many individuals "like" such talk of a dictatorship, and finds that this is fueled more by the culture wars than the economy. Image credit:  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 6 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * Program will train high schoolers to write code and develop microelectronics for artificial intelligence LAWRENCE -- Public high school students in Kansas and two other states will receive training in the cutting-edge field of artificial intelligence, learning to create both code that underpins AI and the microelectronics to run it -- as part of the United States' push to keep the lead in microchip manufact  more