Western New York – – October 11, 2026 -- National Grid has committed $2 million over five years to Northland Workforce Training Center, funding a new Clean Tech Lab and Experience Center that held its formal ribbon cutting on Sept. 25.
London – October 08, 2026 -- Arden University and Google Cloud have announced a strategic partnership granting more than 30,000 students and staff full access to Gemini Enterprise, Google's agentic AI platform used by large global organisations.
Tokyo – – October 07, 2026 -- LEIFRAS Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: LFS) reported first-half fiscal 2026 revenue of JPY5,978.8 million ($36.8 million), up 8.9% year over year and a record high for the six-month period since fiscal 2023. Income from operations rose 35.9% to JPY92.3 million ($0.6 million), while net income climbed 43.5% to JPY77.1 million ($0.5 million) for the six months ended June 30, 2026.
Slippery Rock, Pa. – October 07, 2026 -- Slippery Rock University (SRU) and the Eastern Atlantic States (EAS) Carpenters have jointly developed a Bachelor of Applied Science in construction management, with the first online classes starting December 2026.
Knoxville, Tenn. – October 07, 2026 -- The Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has launched the Institute for the Future of Business, a new initiative designed to align business education with industry needs as AI and other emerging technologies reshape corporate operations.
Richmond, Va. – October 07, 2026 -- James Madison University has become Virginia's first R2 research university to join the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation's Lab-to-Launch initiative, extending a statewide technology-transfer program beyond its original six R1 universities. JMU President Jim Schmidt and VIPC President and CEO Joe Benevento signed a ceremonial Memorandum of Understanding in Richmond on October 6.
Santa Barbara, Calif. – October 07, 2026 -- California Lutheran University's Center for Nonprofit Leadership will stage a free, three-hour media-training workshop for Santa Barbara County nonprofit staff and board members on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, funded by the Santa Barbara Foundation.
Waxahachie, Texas – October 06, 2026 -- More than 200 volunteers from Foresters Financial, PHP Agency and KABOOM! completed the 180th playground built under their 20-year partnership in a single day at the Waxahachie Family YMCA, as a new industry report finds children spend up to 7.5 hours daily on screens outside school.
Cairo – October 06, 2026 -- Dwight School Cairo opened its doors on September 14, enrolling its first cohort of students for the 2026-27 academic year at Cairo Festival City, Egypt, under a strategic partnership between Al-Futtaim Education Foundation and the Dwight-Franklin School Group.
Boston – – October 06, 2026 -- Students at one Texas elementary school achieved nearly twice the national average in academic growth in both reading and science during the 2024–25 school year, according to a new research brief from NWEA, a K-12 assessment and research organization.
