News Update :: Tuesday, June 27, 2006

  • 06/25/06

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MIT Lowers Age Criterion for $500,000 Inventors Prize

MIT said it would refocus the eligibility of its Lemelson-MIT Prize, one of the most prestigious and richest cash awards for invention in the world, to recognize the work of younger inventors...

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Stanford, Sun, Unveil Computational Earth Science Facility

Stanford president John Hennessy and Sun Microsystems chief Scott McNealy last week formally opened the Stanford Computational Earth and Environmental Science (CEES) research facility, which will be focused on interdisciplinary Earth science research that could lead to advances in earthquake detection, oil exploration, and understanding oceanic and climate changes...

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Harvard Sees No Trace of $115 Million Oracle Pledge

Oracle Corp. chairman Larry Ellison has failed to make good on a $115 million pledge to fund health and environmental research at Harvard University...

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Penn State IT Exec Urges Senate to Back Net Neutrality

A Penn State information technology administrator urged the federal government to back Internet non-discrimination rules – known as “net neutrality” – in order to maintain academic freedom. Jeff Kuhns, senior director of Information Technology Services at Penn State, told the Senate Judiciary Committee that they should support legislation that would prevent Internet service providers from blocking or altering certain Web content...

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Web-Based Undergrad Bibliographic Resource Set to Debut

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) will offer a new database of core titles for academic libraries that will succeed the standard reference work, Books for College Libraries (BCL), 3rd Edition, last published in 1988...

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Contracts, Deals, Awards

Wiley, Microsoft to Publish Texts for Higher Education Market

Scientific and academic publisher John Wiley and Microsoft Learning announced a “strategic partnership” to publish “Microsoft Official Academic Curriculum (MOAC)” textbooks and e-learning tools to the higher education market...

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U. Alberta Makes Deal for eLearning Conferencing Tech

The University of Alberta said it is acquiring a platform to add synchronous content to its electronic learning offerings...

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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

Events Calendar

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    Registration Now Open for Tech Tactics in Education: Thriving in the Age of AI

    Tech Tactics in Education has officially opened registration for its May 7 virtual conference on "Thriving in the Age of AI." The annual event, brought to you by the producers of Campus Technology and THE Journal, offers hands-on learning and interactive discussions on the most critical technology issues and practices across K–12 and higher education.

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    Google to Acquire Cloud Security Firm Wiz

    Google has announced it will acquire cloud security startup Wiz. If completed, the acquisition — an all-cash deal valued at $32 billion — would mark the largest in Google's history.

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    Study: Data Privacy a Top Concern as Orgs Scale Up AI Agents

    As organizations race to integrate AI agents into their cloud operations and business workflows, they face a crucial reality: while enthusiasm is high, major adoption barriers remain, according to a new Cloudera report. Chief among them is the challenge of safeguarding sensitive data.

  • From the Kuali Days 2025 Conference: A CEO's View of Planning for AI

    How can a company serving higher education navigate the changes AI brings to ed tech? What will customers expect? CT talks with Kuali CEO Joel Dehlin, who shared his company's AI strategies with attendees at Kuali Days 2025 in Anaheim.