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News Update :: Tuesday, December 5, 2006

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News

Pick-a-Prof G'es Social; Adds API Link to Faceboook

Pick-a-Prof, a Web site that permits students to check a professor’s grading history, last week announced it had added a social layer by integrating Facebook’s application programming interface into its site...

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U.S. Intel Agencies Double Funding for Tech Scholars

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the umbrella agency for the U.S. intelligence community, more than doubled the number of schools in its scholarship program for students in intelligence-related fields such as computer science and engineering, USA Today reported last week...

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UC Irvine Joins OpenCourseWare Consortium

University of California at Irvine has joined the OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCW), a movement backed by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to share teaching and learning content and resources freely via the Web...

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Siebel Foundation Names CompSci, B-School Scholars

The Siebel philanthropic organization last week awarded 40 graduate students in computer science and business $25,000 grants to honor their academic performance...

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Yale CS Enrollments Return After Dot-Com Decline

A steady decline in the number of computer science majors at Yale since the burst of the dot-com bubble may be stabilizing...

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Contracts, Deals, Awards

Google Pledges $2M to Stanford Law’s Internet Society

Google Inc. pledged $2 million to fund the Center for Internet and Society (CIS) at Stanford University’s law school...

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Georgia Tech Lands Deal to Develop Cell Chip Tech

Sony Corp., IBM Corp., and Toshiba Corp. agreed to fund a research center at the Georgia Institute of Technology...

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    Turnitin and ACUE Partner on AI Training for Educators

    Turnitin is teaming up with the Association of College and University Educators to create a series of courses on AI and academic integrity designed to help faculty navigate the responsible use of AI in learning and assessment.

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    Anthology Restructures, Focuses on Teaching and Learning Business

    Anthology has announced a strategic restructuring, divesting its Enterprise Operations, Lifecycle Engagement, and Student Success businesses and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in an effort to right-size its finances and focus on its core teaching and learning products.

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    Preparing Workplace-Ready Graduates in the Age of AI

    Artificial intelligence is transforming workplaces and emerging as an essential tool for employees across industries. The dilemma: Universities must ensure graduates are prepared to use AI in their daily lives without diluting the interpersonal, problem-solving, and decision-making skills that businesses rely on.

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    Microsoft Intros New AI-Powered Teaching and Learning Tools

    Microsoft has unveiled a number of updates bringing AI-powered experiences to teaching and learning. New features include a "Teach" AI tool for Copilot, a "Study and Learn" AI agent, and more.