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2/14/2012

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North Carolina State Rolls Out Experimental Open Source WiFi Network
North Carolina State University's (NCSU) Centennial Campus has implemented one of the country's first large-scale, outdoor, experimental wireless networks using open source software.
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2012 Campus Technology Innovators: Call for Entries
We seek exemplary colleges and universities, their visionary technology project leadership, and their innovative vendor partners who have deployed extraordinary campus technology solutions to campus challenges. Is your innovative technology project a model for others to follow? Nominate your institution, technology project leaders, and vendor partners by Feb. 24! Follow the link to enter.
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Moore College To Distribute iPads to New BFA Students
A Pennsylvania arts college, in partnership with Apple, will deploy free iPads to new Bachelor of Fine Arts students beginning with the fall semester.
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Blackboard Learn 9.1 'Ocho' Update Gets Workflow Optimizations, New Looks
Blackboard has gone into general release with a new service pack for Blackboard Learn version 9.1. Service pack 8, or "Ocho," as it's nicknamed by the company, delivers changes to the user interface of the learning management system, as well as updates to workflow functionality, intended to help instructors and administrators use the application more efficiently and effectively.
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Students Show Off Inventions at Professional Engineering Conference
A number of teams from Southern California institutions will be displaying their feats of engineering in San Diego starting on Monday, February 13, at an annual user conference put on by SolidWorks, a company that creates engineering software.
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Business School Projects Tackle Diabetes Management with Tech
Mobile messaging and social networking play roles in the two winning entries of a recent challenge that encouraged student teams to come up with solutions to address non-communicable diseases.
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Campus Apartments Now Accepting Rent Payments Through Facebook
Campus Apartments, a company that owns or manages approximately 32,000 beds at more than 70 colleges in 24 states, has upgraded their online account portal interface to provide student tenants and their guardians with the option of paying rent and requesting services through Facebook.
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U Sciences Applies Sage Millennium To Woo Donors
The United States' oldest pharmacy school has gone public with its implementation of software for managing its relationships with 14,000 alumni.
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