Vanderbilt’s Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization will host a special seminar, “When Does a Medical Software/App Become a Medical Device?: Practical Considerations and FDA Guidance,” from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.  Tuesday, Nov. 19, at Jacobs Believed in Me Auditorium, 134 Featheringill Hall. Seth Mailhot, an attorney with Michael Best ...

AUSTIN, Texas — When it comes to the growth of graphene — an ultrathin, ultrastrong, all-carbon material — it is survival of the fittest, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. The team used surface oxygen to grow centimeter-size single graphene crystals on copper. The crystals were about ...

Since 1971, more than 500 U alumni have received the prestigious Merit of Honor Award from the Emeritus Alumni Board of the University of Utah Alumni Association. Now in its 42nd year, this recognition is for alumni who attended the university 40 or more years ago (or who have reached ...

The College of Arts and Sciences will hold the third presentation in its 2013-2014 Full Professor Lecture Series on Wednesday, Nov. 20 at 4 p.m. in Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building. Professor of Political Science Patrick Neal will address the topic "Human Rights: Religious and/or Secular Foundations?" The event is free ...

The Coolidge Youth Coalition will be around for another year thanks to a decision made in Washington D.C. Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, announced $19.8 million in new Drug-Free Communities Support Program grants to 147 communities and 19 new DFC Mentoring grants across the ...

“Architecture is as much a part of the realm of art as it is of technology – the fusion of thinking and feeling,” once said the late Harry Seidler, a renowned Australian architect of the 20th century. “Harry Seidler: Architecture, Art and Collaborative Design” is an exhibition of Seidler’s work – ...

It’s a foggy fall morning, and University of Washington researcher Susan Dickerson-Lange pokes her index finger into the damp soil beneath a canopy of second-growth conifers. The tree cover is dense here, and little light seeps in among the understory of the Cedar River Municipal Watershed about 30 miles east ...

Talk show host Katie Couric will feature on national television next Thursday Georgetown’s support for a local organization that helps African-American boys and young men in need. The Katie Couric Show episode will highlight the university’s work with its 2013 John Thompson Legacy of a Dream Award recipient, Mary Brown, and ...

West Virginia University’s Board of Governors, acting swiftly after Monday’s announcement that President Jim Clements was departing for Clemson University, passed two motions during an emergency meeting of the Board Wednesday (Nov. 13) – the first to authorize Chair James W. Dailey II to identify individuals to serve as an ...

The National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program has given thousands of community college instructors the resources to develop new courses, provide professional development opportunities, and create industry-based internship programs — all with a focus in high-tech fields that produce particularly rosy employment prospects for well-trained graduates. ATE grantees are ...

Millions of acres of beetle-killed trees in the Rocky Mountains could possibly be developed into an innovative industry that uses existing technology to convert biomass into high-grade gasoline, according to University of Wyoming members of a multistate research consortium known as the Bioenergy Alliance Network of the Rockies (BANR). It ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Dr. Ned Block, a leading philosopher of mind, will deliver the next lecture in the 2013-2014 Philosophy Today Series. His lecture, “Do We See Less Than We Think We See?” will be held Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in room 205 of Smith Hall on The University of Alabama ...

Northrim Bank and its affiliate, Residential Mortgage, have established an endowed scholarship with a $100,000 donation to the University of Alaska Foundation in memory of Chris Knudson. Knudson died Sept. 13, 2013, after a lengthy battle against cancer. The scholarship will be available for UA students majoring in accounting beginning in ...

Barnes will receive the Society for Neuroscience’s highest honor for her contributions to the field.The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has named Carol A. Barnes of the University of Arizona its Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience recipient. The prize will be awarded on Nov. 10 during Neuroscience 2013, SfN's annual ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University Libraries announce the acquisition of the personal and professional papers of alumnus Ray Thornton, who served, during his long public career as congressman, Arkansas attorney general, Arkansas Supreme Court justice and president of the University of Arkansas and Arkansas State University. As congressman he received ...

Stanford d.school founder David Kelley has co-authored a book with his brother on how to unlock everyone's innate creativity. Through a technique Kelley calls "design thinking," people from all walks of life can gain overcome their anxiety about sharing ideas and gain confidence in their inner creativity. David Kelley, the founder ...

Seven University of Colorado Boulder aerospace engineering students are among 20 top students who will be recognized Nov. 14 with a new national award honoring tomorrow’s engineering leaders sponsored by Penton’s Aviation Week in partnership with Raytheon. The “Twenty20s” awards honor the academic achievements and leadership of top engineering, math, science ...

The latest in a series of alumni conferences sponsored by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences — this year exploring Yale’s contribution to conceptualizing the interdisciplinary study of the Americas — was held Nov. 7-9. The event was titled “Interdisciplinary Americas: The Legacies of African American Studies, American Studies and ...