Tag: Technology: Page 85

Tribal Colleges

Connecting the Disconnected

The Internet to the Hogan project will provide Web access to residents of a Navajo reservation.

June 27, 2007

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Syracuse, JPMorgan join to build new center, new study program

SYRACUSE N.Y. JPMorgan Chase will invest $30 million to help develop new financial service technology and infrastructure courses at Syracuse University under a 10-year partnership announced Wednesday.

June 26, 2007

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HBCU graduate opens nonprofit restaurant in Bolivia

BOLIVIA N.C. The signs are in place, the menu board is on the wall, and black cast-iron pots are being readied for the first dishes, offering tastes of the Caribbean with nary a palm tree or sandy beach in sight.

June 26, 2007

STEM

Hopkins gets $48 million for intelligence collection research

BALTIMORE Johns Hopkins University has received a grant from the Department of Defense to develop computer systems to assist military and intelligence agencies process the huge amounts of data they collect.

June 25, 2007

Students

Technology … it’s not just for science departments anymore – implementing technology at colleges

As a graduate student at Ohio State University in the early 1990s, Dr. Leslie Fenwick had grown accustomed to having access to computers and to using her own campus-issued computer. “They were part of the landscape. Computers were just part of the university setting,” Fenwick said.

June 22, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Minority businesses collaborate with HBCUs to develop new technologies – Federal Government Encouraging HBCU-minority business alliance – historically Black colleges and universities

When Veatronics Corporation needed engineering expertise to develop a highly advanced fetal monitor last year, it turned to North Carolina A&T State University for help.

June 20, 2007

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Will technology bridge the gap between Black & White? – technology and racism

Since summertime is conference time, I wandered the halls of the Washington Hilton Hotel in mid-July taking in the atmosphere of the World Future Society conference. Futurists from around the world had ideas about the way education, economics, transportation, and even crime might be different in the 21st century — about the ways technology will transform everything from the way we communicate to the way we count.

June 20, 2007

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Will technology bridge the gap between Black & White? – technology and racism

Since summertime is conference time, I wandered the halls of the Washington Hilton Hotel in mid-July taking in the atmosphere of the World Future Society conference. Futurists from around the world had ideas about the way education, economics, transportation, and even crime might be different in the 21st century — about the ways technology will transform everything from the way we communicate to the way we count.

June 20, 2007

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Will technology bridge the gap between Black & White? – technology and racism

Since summertime is conference time, I wandered the halls of the Washington Hilton Hotel in mid-July taking in the atmosphere of the World Future Society conference. Futurists from around the world had ideas about the way education, economics, transportation, and even crime might be different in the 21st century — about the ways technology will transform everything from the way we communicate to the way we count.

June 20, 2007

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Democratizing the news media: new technologies may be changing journalism – but will they also make it easier to participate?

New Technologies May Be Changing Journalism — But Will They Also Make It Easier to Participate?

June 19, 2007

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Wall Street is watching: enrollment, retention and tuition aren’t just an academic concern

Graduation ceremonies are over and a new freshman class is only weeks away from orientation. As another campus metamorphosis begins, student classes are clear evidence of a university’s realization that building enrollments and promoting graduation rates are only a small measure of their success.

June 18, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Lifestyle-friendly education – non-traditional colleges and off-campus approach

Despite a successful career, Greg Atkins always felt something was holding him back. Two [years ago, at the age of thirty-eight, he climbed to a position of prestige in state government [as assistant commissioner of New Jersey’s department of community affairs.

June 16, 2007