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Latinx

11 Universities Will Lead New Centers of Excellence

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on Feb. 26 the selection of 11 universities that will be among partner institutions leading five new Centers of Excellence and receiving a multi-year grant of up to $2 million per year, over a period of four to six years.

March 4, 2008

Faculty & Staff

Making Strides

HBCUs seek progress on information technology resources.

March 4, 2008

Asian American Pacific Islander

Couple Gives $1M to UCLA to Boost Chinese-U.S. Relations

LOS ANGELES Two Bel-Air residents said they will donate $1 million to the University of California, Los Angeles, to set up the nation’s first endowed academic chair on U.S.-China relations and Chinese American studies. Walter and Shirley Wang, who own a plastic piping firm, said Friday they want to promote understanding of China in the […]

February 3, 2008

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Microsoft’s Gates Pledges Software to Campus Chapters of Black Engineering Society

REDMOND, WASH. Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft Corp., last month announced that Microsoft will donate developer software to all National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) educational chapters in the United States. Gates made the announcement during a regional NSBE fall conference that was held in Redmond.

December 12, 2007

MSIs

Black Male Initiative Worth Duplicating

New York City College of Technology’s Black Male Initiative (BMI) program was recently named one of nine U.S. Model Replication Institutions by NASA and the National Science Foundation for its innovative approaches in attacking the problem of Black male student enrollment and retention.

November 28, 2007

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Researchers Develop Process for Making Oceans Better Able To Combat Global Warming

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Ateam of researchers from Harvard University and Pennsylvania State University have developed a new means to facilitate carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere – a potential solution for reversing global warming.

November 28, 2007

Community Colleges

League for Innovation in the Community College Wraps Up 23rd Annual CIT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — This week, community college leaders were treated to the best in instructional technology by day and the best in country music by night at the Conference on Information Technology in Nashville.

November 15, 2007

Leadership & Policy

West Liberty State College to Provide Laptops to Incoming Freshmen

HEELING, W.Va. Incoming freshmen at West Liberty State College will be provided laptop computers free of charge starting next fall.

November 11, 2007

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Carnegie Mellon University Team Wins Pentagon-sponsored Robot Race

VICTORVILLE California Members of a Carnegie Mellon University-based team of engineers and their tricked-out, driverless sport utility vehicle won $2 million (euro1.4 million) for their victory in a Pentagon-sponsored robot race in the Southern California desert, race officials announced.

November 4, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Title III Grant Helps Expand Distance Education In Indian Country

BISMARCK, N.D. A grant from the U. S. Department of Education will enhance the distance education programs at United Tribes Technical College.

October 31, 2007

Students

Cultural and Linguistic Ambidexterity

It might sound like a no-brainer that being bilingual or multilingual helps students planning to enter engineering and just about any other career. But it is certainly true and is becoming more important as the economies of nations become more intertwined. What’s more, being able to go beyond mere language ability and understand cultural distinctions are extra advantages. The University of Texas at El Paso seeks to do just that for its students.

October 29, 2007

STEM

Regents Urge Action From Task Force Studying Alert Systems

BATON ROUGE La. Six months after 32 people on the Virginia Tech campus were murdered by a gunman, LSU and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette are struggling to sign students up for cell phone emergency text messaging systems.

October 23, 2007