Berlin – November 03, 2026 -- Save the Children Deutschland has named Caroline Schmutte chief executive effective March 1, 2027. She succeeds Florian Westphal, who joins UNICEF in New York on January 1, 2027, as Director Global Communication and Advocacy.

HONG KONG – November 03, 2026 -- City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) rose three places to 4th among 1,725 institutions in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings 2027, entering Asia's top five for the first time and placing 2nd in Hong Kong.

Three Hong Kong universities now sit in Asia's top five, a first for the city's higher education sector.

Franklin, Tenn. – November 03, 2026 -- Multi-unit franchisee Somersault Operating, Inc. has opened its 32nd Little Gym location in Franklin, Tennessee, and plans eight more units across the Nashville area, North Carolina and Washington.

Lyndhurst, N.J. – November 02, 2026 -- Only about 16% of 38 higher education institutions surveyed by Marts&Lundy offer incentive compensation to advancement staff, while more than 40% of those without a program are considering one, according to a new benchmarking study from the fundraising consultancy.

Vienna – November 02, 2026 -- The University Council of mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna unanimously elected Oliver Vitouch as its next rector on 31 October 2026. He takes office on 1 October 2027 for a four-year term, succeeding Ulrike Sych, who has led the university since 2015.

WUJIANG – November 01, 2026 -- Wujiang District inaugurated the Fei Xiaotong Social Survey Center on November 1, marking the 90th anniversary of the sociologist's Jiangcun field study in Kaixiangong Village, Qidu Town, Jiangsu Province.

Beijing – November 01, 2026 -- Scientists from China and Malaysia called for a shared regional early-warning system and cross-border data exchange at the China-Malaysia Youth Ocean Dialogue, held October 30 at China Media Group's Sanya Studio.

China Media Group's Chinese Language Programming Center organized the event, with Xiamen University as co-organizer. Scientists, artists, environmental organization representatives and students from both countries took part.

Phoenix – October 31, 2026 -- Sixty-two percent of employers say their employees are developing AI skills faster than their organizations can adapt, according to findings cited in a new University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies white paper on rural workforce development.

TOKYO – October 31, 2026 -- Happiness shows the strongest parent-child link among three well-being measures in Japan, with a rank-rank slope of 0.25, according to Keio University researchers. Self-reported general health followed at 0.22, and mental health was weakest at 0.13. All three associations were statistically significant.

The study by Kayoko Ishii, Zhi-xiao Jia and Isamu Yamamoto appeared in the journal Review of Economics of the Household. It uses data from the Japan Household Panel Survey, run in association with Keio's Panel Data Research Center.

FONTAINEBLEAU, France – October 30, 2026 -- INSEAD has received US$3 million in funding from Google.org and Google DeepMind to establish the Research Lab for Human and Organisational Thriving (INSEAD Thrive Lab), a unit that will study how people and organisations function amid continuous technological change.