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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) today announced a collaboration with HBCU AWAREFEST, the largest fundraising event for HBCUs convened through the partnership between Student Freedom Initiative (SFI) and Live Nation Urban, to create paid pathways into the live music industry for students. Through a special cohort of the BMAC Live Accelerator Program, 15 students will receive paid, hands-on experience working behind the scenes of the multi-day festival while gain...

PALO ALTO, Calif. & BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) (“D-Wave” or the “Company”), the only dual-platform quantum computing company, providing annealing and gate-model systems, software, and services, today announced that Florida Atlantic University (FAU) has signed an agreement to purchase and install an Advantage2TM annealing quantum computer at its Boca Raton campus. The agreement represents a $20 million commitment from FAU, aiming to accelerate and solidif...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it has confirmed the world’s first self-recovery property of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG), a van der Waals (vdW)-layered material, in joint research with the Solid Mechanics Laboratory (Hirakata Laboratory) of Kyoto University's Graduate School of Engineering. This achievement is expected to extend the operational lifetime of micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) by utilizing vdW-layered ma...

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More than 2,000 students, 600 + amateur and ......

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samuel Merritt University (SMU) today announced a new partnership with Oakland Roots SC to assess players’ movement and performance for the club’s full professional roster at SMU’s Motion Analysis Research Center (MARC). The initiative brings all Oakland Roots players to SMU’s state-of-the-art MARC facility for a two-hour, multi-station assessment designed to establish individualized performance baselines, identify movement patterns and support long-term athlet...

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Humana launches a $3 million scholarship fund for Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine to Expand Physician Workforce in Louisiana....

WARWICK, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PeopleGrove, the leading SaaS platform for engagement and experiential learning in higher education, announces the launch of its CASE-aligned reporting functionality, now available in PeopleGrove’s Engagement Hub. This enhanced reporting enables colleges and universities to easily generate reports aligned with the CASE Insights on Alumni Engagement framework, replacing manual processes with an integrated, insight-driven experience that helps advancement teams cle...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Massachusetts is currently ranked among the top five states nationwide for FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) completion for the 2025-2026 academic year, according to a recent report published by the National College Attainment Network (NCAN). This news underscores strong statewide participation in the federal financial aid process. Across Massachusetts, 43.2% of the high school class of 2026 have submitted the FAFSA for the 2026-27 academic year to date....

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samuel Merritt University (SMU), a leader in healthcare education for over a century, today announced the Jan. 27 grand opening of its state-of-the-art downtown Oakland campus, which empowers students with the spaces, technology and hands-on learning they need to succeed from day one and positions them to be practice-ready upon graduation. The celebration will bring together government officials, visionary donors, SMU’s healthcare and academic partners, media,...

NEWARK, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sallie Mae (Nasdaq: SLM), formally SLM Corporation, today announced a 2026 first-quarter dividend on its Preferred Stock Series B of $1.4327141 per share. The company also announced a 2026 first-quarter dividend on its common stock of $0.13 per share. Both preferred stock and common stock dividends will be paid on March 16, 2026, to the respective stockholders of record at the close of business on March 5, 2026. Sallie Mae (Nasdaq: SLM) believes education and life...