News Update :: Tuesday, September 12, 2006

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News

Most Wired Class Returns to Campus for 'Mob-learning'

A survey of the media habits of college students now returning to campus puts numbers to what’s readily apparent to anyone within a stone’s throw of a college campus...

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Yale Management School Debuts Integrative MBA Curriculum

Yale School of Management opened its academic term by introducing a MBA curriculum that replaces traditional courses in finance and marketing with multidisciplinary courses that provide management education in what school leaders called “a richer, more relevant context.”...

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Carnegie Mellon, Pitt, to Develop Tech for Elderly, Disabled

Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh received $15 million from the National Science Foundation to develop robotics and computer science technologies to help the elderly and disabled live more independently, the Associated Press reported...

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Georgia Tech Device Would Block Unwanted Photography

Georgia Tech researchers have completed a prototype device that can block digital-camera functions in a given area...

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U. Texas at Austin Ranked First in Top U.S. Gaming Colleges

The Global Gaming League, a video game tournament organizer, has named the Top 10 Gaming Colleges...

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Contracts, Deals, Awards

Perot in $200M Deal to Overhaul Fed Student Aid Delivery

The U.S. Department of Education awarded Perot Systems two information technology contracts with a combined value of more than $200 million to outsource data center operations and re-engineer management under the office of Federal Student Aid...

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C.U.N.Y. Making Student Info Available Via Cell Phone

City University of New York’s Baruch College has launched a service that allows students to access...

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UPCOMING EVENTS

2006 Conference on Educational Technology
in Charlotte, North Carolina, October 22-25, 2006

Events Calendar

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  • AI robot with cybersecurity symbol on its chest

    Microsoft Adds New Agentic AI Tools to Security Copilot

    Microsoft has announced a major expansion of its AI-powered cybersecurity platform, introducing a suite of autonomous agents to help organizations counter rising threats and manage the growing complexity of cloud and AI security.

  • modern college building with circuit and brain motifs

    Anthropic Launches Claude for Education

    Anthropic has announced a version of its Claude AI assistant tailored for higher education institutions. Claude for Education "gives academic institutions secure, reliable AI access for their entire community," the company said, to enable colleges and universities to develop and implement AI-enabled approaches across teaching, learning, and administration.

  • central cloud platform connected to various AI icons—including a brain, robot, and network nodes

    Linux Foundation to Host Protocol for AI Agent Interoperability

    The Linux Foundation has announced it will host the Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol project, an open standard originally developed by Google to support secure communication and interoperability among AI agents.

  • open laptop in a college classroom with holographic AI icons like a brain and data charts rising from the screen

    4 Ways Universities Are Using Google AI Tools for Learning and Administration

    In a recent blog post, Google shared an array of education customer stories, showcasing ways institutions are using AI tools like Gemini and NotebookLM to transform both learning and administrative tasks.