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Research & Innovation coverage from The Uni Brief brings together verified university announcements, source-linked reporting and practical context for international students. This archive explains what has changed, who is affected, which dates or requirements matter and where readers can confirm the underlying information. Articles are organised to support both quick answers and deeper research, with publication dates, update signals, original sources and related coverage kept visible. Use this page to follow new developments, compare opportunities and make informed decisions without losing the evidence behind each brief.
A Caltech-led team says a new AI model can forecast tipping points in simplified climate and airflow simulations, including a low-cloud loss scenario and wing-stall transition, pointing to…
16 October 2026Caltech astronomer Kareem El-Badry has been named a 2026 Packard Fellow, joining 20 recipients of an award that provides nearly $1 million in flexible five-year support.
15 October 2026The University of Manchester has won a £1.5 million EPSRC grant for a four-year project starting in January 2027 to study ferroelectric nanomechanics and build electrically controlled nanomachines…
14 October 2026University of Toronto Mississauga will host Professor Andreas Park for an online session on prediction markets on October 20, 2026, with a presentation and moderated Q&A on how…
13 October 2026Dr Omer Aijazi, a senior lecturer at Manchester’s Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, has won the Bloomsbury Pakistan Book Prize for his monograph on disaster, repair and everyday…
12 October 2026The University of Toronto’s Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work says its PhD program has no application fee waivers, requires full-time study, and is offered only at St. George…
12 October 2026Caltech professors Marco Bernardi, Sujit Datta, and John Sader have been named fellows of the American Physical Society for work spanning quantum materials, soft matter physics, and fluid…
9 October 2026Cambridge researchers have won ARIA funding to use proteins as manufacturing tools for advanced materials, including magnets that do not require costly rare-earth elements.
9 October 2026A UCLA Los Angeles Education Research Institute report examines how taking math in 12th grade affects Los Angeles Unified students’ STEM college course-taking and academic achievement, including whether…
9 October 2026Columbia University’s Department of Statistics is hiring an Associate Director to lead career development services, employer outreach and career-data analysis for its master’s students in New York.
7 October 2026Julian Shapiro, a first-year astrophysics student at UC Berkeley, has identified three unusual dwarf galaxies that may help explain how isolated galaxies stop forming stars.
7 October 2026Madomi Kusano, a graduate student in the Munk School’s Master of Global Affairs program, spent 12 weeks in Tokyo with ISEP, gaining hands-on experience in renewable energy research…
6 October 2026Independent university news, admissions, scholarships and student-life reporting for international students.
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