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On the Technology Job Market

the Technology Job MarketSlight decline in new computer science majors, prompts researchers to ponder current, future state of technology employmentBy Phaedra Brotherton The downturn in the economy and the recent dot-com and technology bust may be causing more undergraduates to think twice about majoring in computer science or engineering. In 2001 and 2002, there was […]

March 12, 2003

Mastering the Challenge of High-Performance Computing

Mastering the Challenge of High-Performance Computing But there are perils in ignoring developments in the rising field, scholars sayBy Ronald RoachNot long after her appointment as Hampton University’s first chief information officer in 1999, Debra S. White, a former IBM executive, found that in addition to managing a campus IT network upgrade she had to […]

March 12, 2003

Faculty & Staff

The Art of High Performance In Technology, Science, Life

The Art of High Performance In Technology, Science, Life In “Mastering the Challenge of High-Performance Computing,” senior writer Ronald Roach examines the nexus between information technology and scientific discovery. For the nation’s colleges and universities to have truly competitive information technology infrastructures, campus leaders will have to adopt innovative technologies in their campus networks that […]

March 12, 2003

Paving the Way into Technology Transfer

Paving the Way into Technology TransferBy Ronald Roach As a graduate student in computer science, Monica Williams is intent on having a career that gets her into the senior management ranks of the companies for which she will work. In the spring of 2001, near the end of her first year of graduate studies at […]

February 12, 2003

The Skinny on Getting Rid of Spam

The Skinny on Getting Rid of Spam By Reid Goldsborough Imagine every time you pick up the phone when it rings to have to listen to a half dozen ads before you talk. This is becoming the situation with e-mail today. Spam — unsolicited commercial e-mail messages — bombards us everyday, sapping both patience and […]

January 29, 2003

A Little Computer Humor Goes a Long Way

A Little Computer Humor Goes a Long WayBy Reid Goldsborough We laugh, but there’s always some truth lurking behind humor, insights that can be illuminating. That’s why the best humor is self-deprecating. By poking fun at ourselves we reveal our humanity. Other jokes poke fun at those we collectively deem deserve it. If they don’t, […]

January 15, 2003

NAFEO Unveils Technology Division to Assist HBCUs

NAFEO Unveils Technology Division to Assist HBCUsFormer FAMU administrator leads association’s IT effortsBy Ronald Roach Since last August, Sterlin Adams has worked quietly behind the scenes to build an information technology program at the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO). A former administrator who has worked with NAFEO president and CEO Dr. […]

January 15, 2003

Study Analyzes Efforts To Bring Technology to Distressed Areas

Study Analyzes Efforts To Bring Technology to Distressed AreasBy Ronald Roach STATE COLLEGE, Pa.A Penn State researcher says the lack of community-based programs and resources to equip and sustain underserved populations with significant information technology skills can override the effect of basic efforts to bring information technology to distressed communities. According to Dr. Lynette Kvasny’s […]

January 15, 2003

Internet2 Deployed at Southern University

Internet2 Deployed at Southern University BATON ROUGE, La.Officials at Southern University have announced the deployment of Internet2 connectivity and services at the historically Black institution in Baton Rouge, La. The deployment marks the newest and one of the few Internet2 programs at a historically Black school. Internet2 is a consortium being led by more than […]

January 1, 2003

Making Information Technology Work for Public Housing

Making Information Technology Work for Public HousingBy Ronald Roach PITTSBURGHDr. Michael P. Johnson Jr., a professor of management science and urban affairs at the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University, wants to bring management science tools and the latest information technology applications to public housing programs. Unlike […]

December 18, 2002

History: The Missing Link in Making Young Scientists and Scholars

History: The Missing Link in Making Young Scientists and ScholarsBy Dr. Douglas M. Haynes A spate of studies over the past decade has documented the dearth of researchers from historically underrepresented groups in our nation’s leading institutions of higher education. Both foundations and scholars have challenged leaders inside and outside the academy to do more […]

December 4, 2002

Campuses Commit to IT Improvements

Campuses Commit to IT Improvements Despite Budget CrunchBy Ronald Roach CLAREMONT, Calif.The 13th annual Campus Computing survey, conducted by computing expert Dr. Kenneth C. Green, has concluded that college and university campuses across the United States are increasing their commitment to information technology even while working with smaller budgets. Green is the founder and director […]

December 4, 2002

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