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Employees at a private firm are alleged to have tampered with a federal student loan database, but prosecutors are not bringing charges against the individuals involved. MoreThe share of good jobs held by those without a BA has shrunken from 60 percent in 1991 to 45 percent today. MoreThe institution, one of the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities, also launched a new online degree certificate for artists who want to teach. MoreThe tablet market continued to fall in the second quarter of 2017, reaching 37.9 million shipments, a 3.4 percent decline compared to the same period last year. MoreThis year the United States will lead spending in the category at $3.2 billion, followed by Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APeJ) at $3 billion and Western Europe at $2 billion. More
To help IT staff manage applications and data growth within the cloud, Berkeley College recently switched over to using Rubrik for backup, disaster recovery, replication, cloud archival and test/dev. workflows. MoreMicrosoft finally introduced two mixed reality (MR) branded headsets (in developer editions) this week in the Microsoft Store.
MoreThe Day of Design will ask students in K-12 and higher education to tackle a series of challenges incorporating teamwork and design thinking to cultivate skills necessary for success in STEM fields and is supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Association of Manufacturers. MoreSurface machines, which double as tablets or laptops, are available to students at a 10 percent discount through a new 24-month payment plan.
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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."
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Sponsor: VentureWell
Award: Up to $30,000
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Application Deadline: Nov. 8, 2017
Note: Applicant's institution must be a VentureWell member. See list of member institutions here.
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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."
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