
×ó°®ÊÓÆµ Makes Large Jump in 'U.S. News' 2024 List of Top Universities
×ó°®ÊÓÆµ made considerable gains in the U.S. News & World Report list of "Top Public Schools," moving up to No. 112 from No. 131 in this year's ranking of the nation's best universities.

×ó°®ÊÓÆµ Receives $750,000 Philanthropic Grant for Alzheimer's Disease
×ó°®ÊÓÆµ's Schmidt College of Medicine has received a grant from the Carl Angus DeSantis Foundation, which will transform the care of neurodegenerative diseases.

Eureka! Groundbreaking Study Uncovers Origin of 'Conscious Awareness'
×ó°®ÊÓÆµ researchers provide the first quantified observations of the "birth" of purpose in human infants, as they recognize their causal powers and transition from spontaneous to intentional behavior.

×ó°®ÊÓÆµ Professor Awarded Top Honors from Management Journal
Siri Terjesen, Ph.D., an associate dean in ×ó°®ÊÓÆµ's College of Business, was awarded top honors for a paper published in a leading management policy journal.

×ó°®ÊÓÆµ Students to Host Events for 2023 National Hispanic Heritage Month
×ó°®ÊÓÆµ will celebrate Hispanic/Latina/o/x Heritage with a series of student-run events beginning Friday, Sept. 15 through Sunday, Oct. 15.

U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths More Than Quadrupled from 1999 to 2020
Regardless of race, age, geography or urbanization, a new study by ×ó°®ÊÓÆµ's Schmidt College of Medicine shows U.S. drug overdose deaths more than quadrupled from 1999 to 2020, causing 1,013,852 deaths.

×ó°®ÊÓÆµ Researcher Receives U.S. Patent for Underwater Imaging Device
×ó°®ÊÓÆµ Harbor Branch's Bing Ouyang, Ph.D., has received a patent for a new invention about the size of a soda can, which is a potential gamechanger in advanced underwater imaging technology.

Study: Home Prices are Re-Accelerating, But for How Long?
Home prices are picking up in some parts of the country, though it is doubtful prices will jump significantly in the future, according to researchers at ×ó°®ÊÓÆµ and another school.

Gene Discovery Nets ×ó°®ÊÓÆµ Researchers U.S. Patent to Treat Addiction
An invention in the fields of pharmacology, medicine, neuroscience and psychiatry using a molecular approach to treat addiction has earned Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D., and Maureen Hahn, Ph.D., a U.S. patent.

Study First to Show Impacts of Heat on U.S. Leatherback Hatchlings
×ó°®ÊÓÆµ researchers have uncovered the correlation between nest temperatures on leatherback hatchling shape, performance and hatching success in the United States.