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Ransomware Extorts $25 Million in Payments over 2 Years
Last year was the first year ransomware was a multi-million-dollar industry, according to the researchers, and it wasn't necessarily the most well known ransomware that accounted for that growth.
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Report: Most Millennials Learn More from Technology than from People
The majority of millennials ages 18-34 (69 percent) say they learn more information from technology than from people, according to a new report from nonprofit leadership training organization Growing Leaders.
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University of Miami Provides Free Access to Adobe Creative Cloud Software
Faculty, staff and students at the University of Miami now can utilize the full suite of Adobe Creative Cloud software at no cost.
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Carnegie Mellon Engineering Prof Teaches Materials Science with Minecraft
An assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is using Minecraft to teach her students about the properties of building materials.
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Morgan State U Wins $750,000 Grant to Improve STEM Equity
The grant comes from Intel's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Grant Program, a part of the company's diversity in technology initiative, which is designed to improve the representation of black students in fields related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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Top 5 Phone Makers Improve as Overall Market Declines
Smartphone shipments declined slightly in the second quarter of 2017, down to 341.6 million, a decline of 1.3 percent compared to the same period last year and a 0.8 percent decline compared to this year's first quarter, according to a new report.
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Walsh U Taps Private Partner to Expand Online Programs
The private Catholic university in Ohio saw 39 percent growth in its master's nursing program between 2011 and 2016 and a 62 percent growth in its RN-BSN programs over the same period.
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Upcoming Grants, Funding & Award Opportunities
- NCWIT Academic Alliance Seed Fund
  Sponsor: NCWIT with support from Microsoft Research
  Award: Up to $10,000 per project funded plus travel expenses to annual summit
  Number of Awards: TBD
  Application Deadline: Oct. 30, 2017
  Note: Applicant's institution must be an NCWIT member. (Membership is free.) The award focus is on programs "to develop and implement initiatives for recruiting or retaining women in computing and IT."
- VentureWell Faculty Grants (developing curriculum for promoting STEM entrepreneurship)
  Sponsor: VentureWell
  Award: Up to $30,000
  Number of Awards: TBD
  Application Deadline: Nov. 8, 2017
  Note: Applicant's institution must be a VentureWell member. See list of member institutions here.
- ACM Athena Lecturer Award
  Sponsor: ACM and Google
  Award: Up to $25,000 plus travel expenses to ACM conference
  Number of Awards: 1
  Application Deadline: Nov. 30, 2017
  Note: "This award celebrates women researchers who have made fundamental contributions to Computer Science."
Upcoming Events
- SANS Network Security 2017
  Sept. 10–17
  Las Vegas, NV
- LAD17 (Lustre Administrator and Developer Workshop)
  Oct. 4–5
  Paris, France
- 2017 Internet2 Technology Exchange
  Oct. 15–18
  San Francisco, CA
- 2017 AASHE Conference & Expo
  Oct. 15–18
  San Antonio, TX
- E-Learn 2017
  Oct. 17–20
  Vancouver, BC
- WCET 29th Annual Meeting
  Oct. 25–27
  Denver, CO
- Educause Annual Conference 2017
  Oct. 31–Nov. 3
  Philadelphia, PA
- Live 360
  Nov. 12–17
  Orlando, FL
Webinars on Demand
- Achieve Institutional Excellence by Harnessing Campuswide Intelligence
  Sponsor: Splunk
- Are You Prepared for the Latest Cybersecurity Challenges?
  Sponsor: Cisco Systems
- West Chester University Innovates with BYOD Initiative to Expand Distance Learning Program
  Sponsor: Citrix
- Collaboration Wins the Day with Mobile Strategies
  Sponsor: Guidebook
- Better Prepare Your Campus Against the Evolving Threatscape
  Sponsor: Duo Security
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