KU and UMP partnership supports sustainable open access models - September 22, 2026
Knowledge Unlatched (KU), part of Annual Reviews, has formalized a partnership with the University of Michigan Press (UMP) through its Fund to Mission initiative. The collaboration strengthens the network of publishers, librarians, and scholarly organizations working to expand global access to… Read More
Canadian Science Publishing appoints new Editorial Leadership for Environmental Reviews - September 22, 2026
Environmental Reviews, published by Canadian Science Publishing, has appointed Dr. Baiyu Helen Zhang and Dr. Rolf Vinebrooke as its new co‑Editors‑in‑Chief. They joined the journal’s editorial leadership team on September 1, 2026, bringing complementary expertise in environmental engineering and environmental change. Dr. Baiyu Helen… Read More
Springer Nature and University of Texas System sign four‑year transformative agreement - September 18, 2026
Springer Nature has entered into a four‑year transformative agreement with the University of Texas System, expanding opportunities for affiliated researchers to publish open access in the Springer Nature hybrid portfolio. The agreement also provides University of Texas System researchers with access to subscription content… Read More
McGraw Hill acquires TeachFX to strengthen AI‑driven instructional coaching - September 18, 2026
McGraw Hill has announced the acquisition of TeachFX, an AI‑native instructional coaching platform designed to support educators and enhance classroom practice. The acquisition expands McGraw Hill’s professional learning capabilities and provides schools and districts with new tools to strengthen curriculum implementation and improve classroom… Read More
Cashmere and De Gruyter Brill partner to license academic content for AI platforms - September 18, 2026
Cashmere has announced a partnership with De Gruyter Brill to make the publisher’s English‑language catalogue of books and journals available to AI platforms for inference use cases. The agreement enables De Gruyter Brill to license its content through Cashmere’s secure infrastructure, ensuring that material… Read More
NLM launches SPARK competitions to advance AI‑powered biomedical discovery - September 18, 2026
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has announced the launch of the Semantic Precision for AI Retrieval of Knowledge (SPARK) Challenges, a set of prize competitions totaling $500,000. The initiative is designed to advance AI‑enabled biomedical literature search and data discovery in support of… Read More
