College & University News

MESA, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thrust Flight, a leading U.S. aviation training provider and home of the Zero Time to Airline® program, today announced the selection of its Thrust – Phoenix campus as an official United Aviate-participating flight school. United Aviate, United Airlines’ industry-leading pilot career development program, provides students and certified flight instructors (CFIs) a secure path to a United First Officer seat, connecting students directly with the airline early in thei...

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samuel Merritt University (SMU), a leader in healthcare education for more than a century, today announced the opening of its newly relocated San Francisco Peninsula campus in Foster City, a modern learning environment designed to support student success and expand access to health sciences education across the Bay Area. The new campus replaces SMU’s previous San Mateo location and offers significantly more space for classrooms, simulation labs and student gath...

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fresh insurance and risk management ideas created by finalists in AM Best’s 2026 Student Challenge are highlighted in video presentations online. The finalists and their topics are: Faiza Ahmed and Anushka Nagaraj, Temple University - Fox School of Business: Meeting the Needs of the Gig Economy Samit Bin Alam, St. John’s University - Peter J. Tobin College of Business: Monitoring AI Risk and Claims Mosharaf Khan and Molly Fitzpatrick, Rowan University - Rohrer Co...

BETHLEHEM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lehigh University announced a $10 million gift to establish the Jackson Lab, empowering students to begin building and engineering on day one....

NEWARK, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sallie Mae (Nasdaq: SLM) today announced new and expanded graduate loan options for medical and dental students, supporting students from the first year of school through the transition into clinical practice. The enhanced offerings expand credit eligibility for qualified students and provide responsible financing with competitive interest rates, no origination or application fees, and flexible repayment options that reflect the longer training timelines and finan...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Beyond Code Collective, a new nonprofit organization that bridges the gap between inspiration, training, and employment in technology by connecting learners to educational content and opportunities to develop cutting-edge technologies, today announced the launch of The Forge with the opening of its first Forge residency site in Atlanta, Georgia. The Forge is a new network of intergenerational, site-specific hubs that blend technology education, community engagement, an...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Boston Public Schools has selected Xello as its CCR partner, strengthening alignment with the district’s My Career & Academic Planning Process....

MONTGOMERY, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alabama State University has partnered with global education company Kaplan to help their students prepare for long-term career success....

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MPOWER Financing, a mission-driven provider of education loans for high-potential students worldwide, today announced the launch of its Graduate Success Loan. Specifically designed for U.S. citizens and permanent residents, the program provides up to $100,000 in funding to bridge the gap left by changing federal lending policies. Recent federal reforms are phasing out the Grad PLUS program, which previously supported approximately 440,000 students annually. With fed...

ZURICH, Switzerland & ESPOO, Finland & SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, IQM Quantum Computers and Zurich Instruments announce a joint project to build and operate a real-time quantum error correction (QEC) demonstrator, enabled by the NVIDIA NVQLink platform. This project marks a significant milestone toward scalable and fault-tolerant quantum computing designed for enterprise and datacenter deployment. As enterprises and public institutions worldwide move from quantum exploration t...