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U.N.: Broadband Internet Access Booming in Richest Nations

U.N.: Broadband Internet Access Booming in Richest NationsBy Ronald Roach GENEVA Broadband technology offering fast and cheap access to the Internet is booming in richer countries but is slowly spreading in the developing world, according to a United Nations report issued last month. The report, from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), notes that the spread […]

October 8, 2003

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Smithsonian Web Site Brings Educational Resources to Classrooms, Homes

Smithsonian Web Site Brings Educational Resources to Classrooms, HomesBy Ronald Roach WASHINGTON The Smithsonian Institution has announced the launch of SmithsonianEducation.org, a new Web site for educators, families and students. Featuring content from 16 Smithsonian museums, the National Zoo and the Smithsonian’s world-class research centers, SmithsonianEducation.org brings the Smithsonian’s vast educational resources to millions of […]

October 8, 2003

Latinx

New National Task Force to Address Lack of Hispanics in Science, Technology

New National Task Force to Address Lack of Hispanics in Science, Technology SAN ANTONIOA new task force of leading experts in advanced science education outreach to minority college students has been formed to address the need to increase the ranks of Hispanics in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.With a $100,000 grant from the National […]

October 8, 2003

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Fighting Back Against Online Auction Fraud

Fighting Back Against Online Auction FraudOnline auctions have been called the world’s largest marketplace, with eBay in particular evolving from a hobbyists’ enclave into a venue where companies transact millions of dollars in business.But the online auction world has also been called the digital Wild West, with rampant fraud taking place. Online auction fraud tripled […]

September 24, 2003

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University to Provide Free Wireless Internet Access

University to Provide Free Wireless Internet AccessCLEVELANDCase Western Reserve University has opened up more than 1,230 wireless access points this month, providing free campus-based wireless Internet access to faculty, students, staff and visitors. The move is the first phase of a plan named OneCleveland to blanket Cleveland with free wireless Internet access. “The network we […]

September 24, 2003

HBCUs

Nine HBCUs to Get Software in First Round of Microsoft Award

Nine HBCUs to Get Software in First Round of Microsoft AwardNEW YORKThe Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund (TMSF) has announced that nine of its 45 member colleges and universities will be receiving new Microsoft software for technology upgrades, which is part of a $15 million software grant from the Microsoft Corp. The schools, which are public historically […]

September 24, 2003

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Don’t Become a Victim of Identity Theft

Don’t Become a Victim of Identity TheftBy Reid Goldsborough Imagine having your bank account drained, being unable to use your credit cards, and seeing your credit rating trashed. Imagine then spending hour after hour trying to clear your good name and get your life back together.Identity theft is the No. 1 consumer complaint reported to […]

September 10, 2003

HBCUs

Securing the Homeland

Securing the Homeland Through research and development, HBCUs are confident about competing for homeland security fundsBy Ronald RoachAs a relative newcomer to the physics department at Florida A&M University, Dr. Lewis E. Johnson has managed to establish a laboratory for his research on laser remote sensing. While funding from the U.S. Army, the U.S. Department […]

September 10, 2003

International

Homeland Security Business Incubator Opens in Maryland

Homeland Security Business Incubator Opens in Maryland By Ronald Roach ANNAPOLIS, Md.In association with the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University, the Chesapeake Innovation Center (CIC) recently opened in Annapolis, Md., as the nation’s first homeland security business incubator. The CIC is dedicated to nurturing firms specializing in homeland security technology. In addition to […]

August 27, 2003

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Fashion Institute Forms Partnership With University in Turkey

Fashion Institute Forms Partnership With University in TurkeyNEW YORK New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) has added Turkey to its list of international alliances, under a collaborative agreement with Istanbul Technical University (ITU). Dr. Joyce F. Brown, president of FIT, and Dr. Gülsün Saglamer, rector of ITU, signed the agreement in June to establish […]

August 13, 2003

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Search the Web Like a Pro

Search the Web Like a ProBy Reid Goldsborough When searching for information on the Web, do you just fire up Google and type in a word or two? You’re not alone. Despite Google’s effectiveness as an Internet search tool, you probably could be a lot more productive in finding the information you’re after, using […]

July 30, 2003

Community Colleges

Maryland Consortium to Adopt Award-Winning Distance-Learning Course

Maryland Consortium to Adopt Award-Winning Distance-Learning CourseBy Ronald Roach BALTIMORE Chikao Tsubaki, an assistant professor of English at Baltimore City Community College, has been awarded the prestigious Distance Course of the Year for 2003 in Maryland for his online English course that combines traditional and online, interactive English instruction. In addition, the award-winning course has […]

July 30, 2003