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Minority Computing Group Establishes IT Institute at Auburn University

The national Black Data Processing Associates organization is kicking off the BDPA Information…

September 6, 2006

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Carnegie Mellon Offers Microsoft Diversity Scholarship in Entertainment Technology

Carnegie Mellon University and the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft have established…

September 6, 2006

HBCUs

$1 Billion in Software Donated to Colleges and Universities Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

BATON ROUGE, La. The UGS Corp., a Plano, Texas.-based developer of product lifecycle management services and software, has announced an estimated $1 billion worth of software product donations to 50 colleges and universities in five states hit by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Product lifecycle management, or PLM, software helps business professionals manage the complete lifecycle of a product from its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and disposal.

August 15, 2006

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Earth Science Computing Center Dedicated at Stanford

Dr. Jerry M. Harris, professor of geophysics in Stanford’s School of Earth Sciences, unveils the university’s new…

July 26, 2006

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Earth Science Computing Center Dedicated at Stanford

With the backing of Sun Microsystems, other Silicon Valley information technology firms and oil companies, Stanford University last month unveiled the Center for Computational Earth and Environmental Science (CEES).

July 13, 2006

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Blocking the Ballot Box

The 2000 presidential election offered Americans two significant lessons about the politics and institutions that govern them…

July 12, 2006

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Cheating a Persistent Problem

The Center for Academic Integrity (CAI) recently wrapped up its survey results on undergraduates perceptions of cheating.

May 25, 2006

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Big Firms Contribute to Unwanted Adware, Report Says

Major corporations with well-respected brand name products and services are helping to spread potentially harmful adware over the Internet, according to a report by the Washington-based Center…

April 19, 2006

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Russian Students Win Brainy Programming Contest

A team of three students from Russia proved their brainy prowess Wednesday…

April 12, 2006

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Higher Education Software Giants Merge In Multimillion-Dollar Deal

An antitrust review by the U.S. Department of Justice has cleared the merger of two of the higher education industry’s largest software…

March 22, 2006

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Virtual Reality Helping Cure Anxiety Disorders

Patients at the University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview are learning to overcome their fears by facing them. Sort of…

March 8, 2006

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Literary License or Libel?

Officials at Texas A&M-Commerce University want Walt Disney Co. and the makers of the film “Glory Road” to apologize for inaccurately linking…

March 8, 2006