News Update :: Tuesday, June 20, 2006

  • 06/18/06

News

Big Awards Go to Undergraduate Cross-Tech Education

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a life sciences research and philanthropic organization, has awarded nearly $86 million in grants to 50 U.S. universities to push the boundaries of undergraduate research in the sciences...

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MIT Grads Win Grant for Solar-Generator from Auto-Parts

Two MIT graduate students in civil and environmental engineering have won a 2006 World Bank Development grant to develop a solar micro-generator that could provide affordable energy to Lesotho, a mountainous African country where just 10 percent of the population has electricity...

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Stanford B-School Launches Podcast on Social Innovation

The Stanford Graduate School of Business launched an audio podcast offering programs addressing what it considers some of the world’s biggest social and environmental challenges...

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Worcester Poly Wins Federal ‘Areas of Need’ Assistantships

Four computer science faculty members at Worcester Polytechnic Institute received Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) awards from the U.S. Department of Education...

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L.A. Law School to Offer Focus on Computer Game Law

The University of La Verne College of Law, located 40 miles east of Hollywood, is this fall offering its students an academic program in the legal twists and turns of the computer gaming industry...

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Contracts, Deals, Awards

Five Foreign Universities to Split $1.8 Million from Intergraph

Intergraph Corp. awarded grants for its SmartPlant suite of plant and industrial design software with an estimated commercial lease value of $1,808,350 to five international education institutions in Argentina, Finland, Haiti, and Norway...

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Xerox Funds 10 University Basic Research Projects

Xerox Corp. granted about $200,000 to support 10 new research projects at universities in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. The contributions are among the Xerox Foundation’s $1 million annual contribution to fund research grants and its annual $13 million investment in support of educational and nonprofit initiatives...

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Campus Technology 2006
in Boston, July 31-August 3, 2006

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    Phishing Campaign Targets ED Grant Portal

    Threat researchers at cybersecurity company BforeAI have identified a phishing campaign spoofing the U.S. Department of Education's G5 grant management portal.

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    Gartner Forecasts Increased Spending on Desktop as a Service as Cost Optimization, Sustainability Drive Adoption

    Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant for Desktop as a Service reveals that while secure remote access remains a key driver of DaaS adoption, a growing number of deployments now focus on broader efficiency goals.

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    OpenAI to Launch AI-Powered Jobs Platform

    OpenAI announced it will launch an AI-powered hiring platform by mid-2026, directly competing with LinkedIn and Indeed in the professional networking and recruitment space. The company announced the initiative alongside an expanded certification program designed to verify AI skills for job seekers.

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    Colleges Roll Out Mobile Credential Technology

    Allegion US has announced a partnership with Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) and Denison College, in conjunction with Transact + CBORD, to install mobile credential technologies campuswide. Implementing Mobile Student ID into Apple Wallet and Google Wallet will allow students access to campus facilities, amenities, and residence halls using just their phones.