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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University is proud to announce the awarding of the second annual Tyler Trent Courage and Resilience Award, a scholarship that memorializes Trent’s inspiring legacy. The 2020 recipient is Kamryn Dehn, a senior from Frankfort, Indiana, in the College of Agriculture, the Honors College and the College of Liberal Arts, majoring in aquatic sciences and anthropology.

Purdue University’s Davidson School of Chemical Engineering and the Purdue Research Foundation are partnering with The Pantheon Business and Innovation Theatre, investing Purdue talent and resources in a new entrepreneurial and commercialization initiative.

As reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education , 47 of the 68 universities served by the company’s properties are planning for a return to in-person classes for Fall 2020, while 12 are still considering a range of possible scenarios or a hybrid model. At this time, only three universities the company serves, which are part of the California State University System and account for only 3 of its 166 properties, are planning for primarily online classes.

Hartsville, SC –  One hundred twenty-six students graduated from the South Carolina Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics (GSSM) on Saturday, May 30, 2020, at the Darlington International Raceway in Darlington.

Tina L. Cheng, MD, MPH, will be the new chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, the new chief medical officer at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and director of the Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation .

Six Harvard graduate and professional Schools announced on Wednesday that they would continue teaching classes online at least through the fall semester, citing concerns about the ongoing health threat posed by the novel coronavirus pandemic and the possibility of new quarantines due to resurgence of the disease.

Princeton seniors Matthew Oakland and Olivia Ott have been awarded two of the University’s highest awards for graduating students. Oakland, of Elk Grove, California, has been given the Frederick Douglass Service Award. Ott, of Hailey, Idaho, received the Harold Willis Dodds Achievement Prize.

Princeton seniors Juston Forte and Preeti Iyer have been honored for their service to the Class of 2020 and to the University. Forte  was awarded the W. Sanderson Detwiler 1903 Prize, which is given to a senior who, in the judgment of classmates, has done the most for their class.  Iyer   received the Walter E. Hope Class of 1901 Medal, which recognizes the senior who, in the judgment of the student’s classmates, has done the most for Princeton.

Jeremy Frank, a data science student at Purdue, has taken his major to the world of baseball statistics, creating @MLBRandomStats with more than 55,000 followers.

MADISON, Wis.—University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross has named Connie Foster as the interim chancellor of UW-River Falls. Foster is a higher education and leadership consultant who spent 23 years as a faculty member, administrator, and interim chancellor at UW-River Falls.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday (May 26) approved plans to accommodate those students who cannot or choose not to come to the West Lafayette for the fall 2020 semester with a plan for online coursework. The online alternative was one of several actions trustees ratified as Purdue’s leaders, guided by medical advisors and scientific experts, prepare the campus to return to its learning, research and engagement missions in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Purdue University innovators have come up with a set of patented algorithms that predict, identify, diagnose and prevent abnormalities in large and complex systems.