University of Utah education researchers have been awarded $8 million by the Ascendium Education Group  to launch the first national center dedicated to prison education research and leadership. A team led by Erin Castro, an associate professor of educational leadership and policy, will use the grant to establish the Prison Education Action Research Lab, or PEARL, to advance educational justice for people and communities impacted by incarceration.

Norwegian municipalities are collecting more and more data on how what they do affects the natural world, but do not always know what to do with it. They wade in green facts, but continue to sacrifice the environment, colouring the landscapes grey.

To mark its conclusion, TIER2 invites researchers, policy-makers, publishers, funders, infrastructure providers and all other interested stakeholders to its closing symposium, which will take place online on 11 February 2026 from 14:00 to 18:00 CET.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)—an alliance of leading cancer centers that publishes free evidence-based, expert consensus-driven guidelines for cancer prevention and care— announces the hiring of Renuka Iyer, MD, as the new Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for the organization.