ON A POSITIVE NOTE: James Patterson Awards 20 Scholarships to Students at Manhattan College, His Alma Mater

For the sixth consecutive year, best-selling author James Patterson ’69 will award 20 Manhattan College students with $110,000 in academic scholarships.

ON A POSITIVE NOTE--Yamaha Partners with DonorsChoose.org to Supply Essential Music Materials for Students

The Yamaha Band & Orchestral division has announced it will be partnering with DonorsChoose.org, an online nonprofit platform where teachers seek the resources their music students need most, to fund music education projects for the new school year.

Today in History

UCLA Extension Hosts Open House on September 16 at Woodland Hills Center

This fall, UCLA Extension kicks-off its 100-year anniversary with a free community Open House at its new Woodland Hills Center.

UNC Performing Arts Receives Largest Art Donation with $12M

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received its largest single donation for the performing arts, with a $12 million endowment to the university's PlayMakers Repertory Company and Department of Dramatic Art.

ON A POSITIVE NOTE--EXCHANGE: 'Book Buggy' Brings Mattoon Library to Children

Children at West Park Plaza ran outside shouting "Book Buggy!" as this Mattoon Public Library vehicle arrived with a back hatch full of books for them to potentially borrow.

Library, University Team up to Offer Fake News Seminar

Tired of getting sucked in by fake news? Learn how to spot it at a media literacy seminar Tuesday in northern Virginia.

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Tufts U and WGBH Boston Develop Innovative Classroom Curriculum Based on Emmy Award-winning TV Series

Public media leader WGBH Boston and Tufts University’s Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development have developed an innovative, media-rich classroom curriculum that new research shows stimulates social, emotional and character development in elementary school children.

$10,000 Scholarship from Nikon

Nikon Inc. announced two new programs to recognize and support the next generation of visual creators. "The Nikon Storytellers Scholarship" will award ten college students with academic scholarships of $10,000.

University of Florida’s George Burgess Weighs in on Sharkathon 2017

Just when you thought it was safe to turn on your television, the Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week” and National Geographic Wild’s “SharkFest” are hitting the air with competing daily programming.