A $60M gift from alumnus Bruce I. Jacobs will fund Wharton’s first new degree in 50 years: a one‑year, AI‑heavy Master of Science in Quantitative Finance.

UF researchers will sample Tampa Bay to build a Vibrio forecast that could warn residents and shellfish managers weeks ahead. The effort follows recent deadly cases in Florida.

Marines at Miramar tested UH‑1Y and AH‑1Z helicopters as airborne motherships to launch and control Neros Archer FPV drones, showing a way to strike from farther away while keeping crews safer.

Mayo Clinic and Bayesian Health unveiled an AI tool to flag hospitalized patients who may need palliative care; an internal trial showed referral rates jumped 44%.

Kawasaki and Nvidia are reportedly lining up a San Jose robotics R&D hub to test medical and mobility robots with partners including Microsoft and Fujitsu.

The Commerce Department unveiled a $2B CHIPS‑funded quantum package that includes $1B for IBM’s new foundry and minority equity stakes in several startups.

DFW researchers and museum staff helped identify a school‑bus‑sized mosasaur now named Tylosaurus rex. The holotype is on display at the Perot Museum in Dallas.

Ratmir Timashev pledged $15 million to Ohio State to back a new bachelor’s that blends computer science and business, pairing rigorous coursework with paid work experience. The proposal is on the university review track and aims to enroll its first students in Autumn 2027.

An 80-foot blue whale skeleton and a full-scale heart model arrive at the Saint Louis Science Center this weekend. The traveling exhibition runs through Jan. 10, 2027.

Medtronic is acquiring Cleveland‑based SPR Therapeutics for roughly $650 million, adding the startup’s 60‑day SPRINT peripheral nerve stimulation system to its pain portfolio.

Lawmakers in Salem and city officials in Hillsboro have moved to pause data‑center tax breaks as polls and local opposition pile up, derailing planned projects. The dispute is reshaping where AI companies can build.

S. 'Soma' Somasegar, former Microsoft developer chief and Madrona managing director, died at 59. He helped build Visual Studio, founded Microsoft’s India center and backed major startups.

A loose cluster of Gulf Coast startups is turning bottles, 3‑D printed reef modules and drone mapping into tools to slow Louisiana’s land loss. Early pilots aim to buy communities time while big projects move slowly.