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Four scholars from South Carolina State University’s Dr. Emily England Clyburn Honors College recently networked with peers from around the country at a national conference in Texas.

In what Dr. William H. Whitaker Jr., Honors College dean, described as a significant moment for academic excellence and cultural celebration, the scholars attended the National Association of African American Honors Programs (NAAAHP) conference at Prairie View A&M University.

The conference was a key event for scholars and educators dedicated to advancing honors education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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Can you imagine a day when you turn on your faucet and no water comes out? The hypothetical question, posed by a research team at UNLV, is called a Day Zero scenario. It sounds like the plot of a doomsday apocalypse series but its not as unimaginable - or as far-fetched - as a Hollywood screenplay might seem. A few years ago in Cape Town, South Africa they almost reached this point, where they were about to tell their citizens that they simply had no more water to give them, even though we all know that water is necessary on a daily basis, said Erica Marti, an associate professor of civil and environmental
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Utah State University recently became the first institution in Utah to receive accreditation for its Supplemental Instruction program through the Academic Belonging & Learning Excellence (ABLE) office.

The International Center for Supplemental Instruction at the University of Missouri-Kansas City granted this accreditation on Aug. 1. This recognition affirms the program’s quality and adherence to national SI standards, offering students enhanced peer academic support and enabling SI leaders to achieve the Certified SI Leader distinction.
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Fordham has been named to The Princeton Review’s “Top Green Colleges List: 2025 Edition.” The university earned a sustainability score of 87/99 in recognition of its commitment to sustainability on campus, as well as its course offerings aimed at preparing students to make a positive environmental impact.
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The Russ College of Engineering and Technology’s Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment (ISEE) has been awarded $2 million for two projects by the U.S. Department of Energy to develop advanced filaments for additive manufacturing and graphite for energy storage applications from mining wastes.

Industry partners will provide an additional $419,048 of cost-share. Both projects support the goals of the United States government to transition to 100% clean energy by 2035.
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Mississippi State Unified club sport athletes hope to make this year’s Special Olympics Egg Bowl their team’s third-straight victory over their biggest rival, Ole Miss. Before this year’s gridiron showdown in Oxford on Nov. 29, the Bulldogs and Rebels will face off in Starkville for the ninth Special Olympics flag football match between the two rivals. The game is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., Nov. 18, at the MSU RecPlex near the Sawyer Tennis Courts on Stone Boulevard. Attendees are asked to bring lawn chairs to the event.
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A student rushes across the UNLV campus just before lunch with a mail-in ballot in hand, darting past the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art and into the polling site at Lied Library.

The line stretches out the door, but the student patiently waits and does their civic duty by voting. The student was one of 1,068,977 Nevadans — 52.5% of active voters — who have already cast a ballot in today’s presidential election.
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