The Bradford County Regional Arts Council’s Learning Early Network has received an award from the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities.

Lamar University students, faculty and staff won a total of 49 awards, including 18 first places, in the 2008 Excellence in the Media competition sponsored by the Press Club of Southeast Texas.

The dollar value of PhD scholarships is "in freefall" and projected to drop below the poverty line later this year, the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations says.

Author Margaret Atwood has won Spain's Prince of Asturias literary prize. The jury praised her work, which covers several genres "with sharpness and irony."

Ken Grossman and Marilyn Warrens were given honorary doctorates for their contributions to the community during the second day of Chico State University's graduation ceremonies Sunday.