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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 9-Oct-2025 15:11 ET (9-Oct-2025 19:11 GMT/UTC)

MSU study: Virtual reality beneficial for remote instruction — but there’s a time limit

Michigan State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research from Michigan State University with colleagues at Stanford shows that the sense of social connection in VR during classroom instruction (called social presence) enhances student outcomes compared to videoconferencing — until virtual meeting fatigue sets in.

Journal: Computers & Education
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

Lehigh University Professor Himanshu Jain awarded honorary doctorate in the Czech Republic

Lehigh University
Grant and Award Announcement

Himanshu Jain, the T.L. Diamond Distinguished Chair in Engineering and Applied Science and a professor of materials science and engineering at Lehigh University, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Pardubice in the Czech Republic.The honor recognizes Jain’s influential research in glass science, his leadership in advancing graduate education, and his longstanding partnership with Pardubice’s Faculty of Chemical Technology.

Record high: Study finds growing cannabis use among older adults

New York University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Marijuana use among older adults in the US has reached a new high, with 7 percent of adults aged 65 and over who report using it in the past month, according to an analysis led by researchers with the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research (CDUHR) at the NYU School of Global Public Health.

Journal: JAMA Internal Medicine
Funder: NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse, UC San Diego Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging

Europa-Preis: DFG presents awards to selected Jugend Forscht winners

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Grant and Award Announcement

Mentoring award prepares two individual researchers and a team of two for the European competition round in Riga/Latvia.

A novel, multimodal approach to automated speaking skill assessment

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Automated spoken English assessment tests have gained popularity for their well-documented advantages, such as ease of administration and cost efficiency. However, they often focus on single modalities, such as text or audio, and have limited relevance in interactive settings. Now, in a new research study, researchers from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have developed a multi-output learning framework that can simultaneously assess multiple aspects of spoken English proficiency.

Journal: Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence
Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Preventing chronic inflammation from turning into cancer

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Chronic inflammatory bowel disease is challenging to treat and carries a risk of complications, including the development of bowel cancer. Young people are particularly affected: when genetic predisposition and certain factors coincide, diseases such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease usually manifest between the ages of 15 and 29 - a critical period for education and early career development. Prompt diagnosis and treatment are crucial. Researchers at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have now discovered a therapeutic target that significantly contributes to halting the ongoing inflammatory processes. Their findings are published in the current issue of the journal Nature Immunology*.

Journal: Nature Immunology

Duke-NUS celebrates 20 years of medical innovation with largest ever graduating class

Duke-NUS Medical School
Business Announcement

Duke-NUS Medical School’s Class of 2025 graduates 121 medical and doctoral students, including MDs, MD-PhDs, PhDs, and masters’ degrees

Landmark first batch of Masters in Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality graduates, unique to Southeast Asia

Inaugural graduates from conditional admissions pathways with NUS and SUTD

41% of MD and MD-PhD graduates made bold mid-career shifts from fields such as law, PR, accounting and mental health support

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