Dr. Amir Fathi, Director of Leukemia Program, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute Researchers from the Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute will gather at the 2025 American Society of Haematology (ASH) annual meeting, scheduled for December 6-9, 2025, to present their research discoveries and outcomes from haematology/oncology clinical trials. The presentations have featured researchers from the
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Translational Research Institute has organised a workshop themed ‘Complementary by Design: A Mixed Methods Workshop to Optimise Your Research.’ The workshop was held to improve researchers’ capacity to use mixed-methods research, which combines qualitative and quantitative approaches to answer complex research questions. Phase one of the workshop
Professor Mike Rose, director, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) Research into sustainable agriculture in Tasmania is set to benefit from a $482,000 donation from the JM Roberts Charitable Trust, established by the late orchardist and farmer John Roberts. The funding will support projects at the University of Tasmania’s Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) and provide
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 184 deaths from Lassa Fever in 2025, with a cumulative 995 confirmed cases. In its Week 46 situation report (November 10–16), the NCDC noted an increase from 10 confirmed cases in Week 45 to 19 in Week 46, with new infections recorded in Bauchi,
UNIBEN Alumni Council honours Cameroon monarch, Achankeng, others with distinguished awards The University of Benin Alumni Association has conferred its 2025 Distinguished Alumnus Award on His Imperial Majesty, Prof. Fonkem Achankeng I, traditional ruler of the Atoabechied Kingdom in Cameroon and a noted academic. The honour, presented during the 2025 Global Homecoming Celebration in Benin
Maiden Induction of UNILAG Students into Nigeria Psychological Association, recently When most of us think of psychology, we picture classrooms, textbooks and exams — theories about how people think, experiments in labs, and neat definitions to memorise. However, as Dr A. C. Obosi told delegates at the conference, Psychology Beyond the Walls of School, psychology
Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria’s leading private university The AD Scientific Index has ranked Nigerian universities, with Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, ranked as the leading private university.The 2026 edition of the ranking showed that Nigeria now has 310 universities, comprising 186 public and 124 private universities. While Covenant University ranks first in Nigeria, it ranks
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), on Tuesday convened senior policymakers, academics, and development partners in Enugu for its annual Policy Day, urging Nigeria to strengthen national policies on natural capital, water security, climate-smart agriculture, and food system resilience. Organised by the Resource and Environmental Policy Research Centre – Environment for Development (REPRC-EfD Nigeria), the
Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Pro-Chancellor of Redeemer’s University Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Pro-Chancellor of Redeemer’s University, has urged education stakeholders and corporate organisations to increase investments in research and scholarship. His remarks were made during the public launch of seven books by Prof. Tunde Ope-Davies, the Founder of the Centre for Digital Humanities at UNILAG, in Lagos.
Prof. Christian Happi The MacArthur Foundation has awarded $100 million to the Broad Institute for the Sentinel project, co-led by Prof. Christian Happi of Redeemer’s University, Ede, Nigeria, and Dr Pardis Sabeti of the Broad Institute. The funding was announced on November 18, 2025. Sentinel is a global outbreak surveillance initiative aimed at preventing pandemics
