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Universities earn record amount from working with industry - Thursday, July 10, 2008
Universities saw a dramatic rise in earnings from working with industry last year, reaching a record total of £2.6bn.
That represents a 17% increase in business funding compared with...
Harvard study predicts long return to healthy housing market - Wednesday, June 25, 2008
A new study from Harvard University predicts housing woes will continue as the economy wavers from the sharp drop in home building, credit and stock market turmoil, and a slowdown in...
Melbourne University gets New supercomputer - Wednesday, June 18, 2008
A $100-million dollar supercomputer will be built at the University of Melbourne for biomedical research.
The Victorian Premier, John Brumby, announced the project in San Diego overnight.
The...
Wi-Fi May Help College Students Get Better Grades - Tuesday, October 07, 2008
But students can be distracted from classwork, too, as more than half in a survey said they checked Facebook or MySpace and sent or received e-mail while in class.
Use Wi-Fi, get better...
Foreign students on par with locals - Tuesday, October 07, 2008
INTERNATIONAL students do just as well as Australian students at Australia's elite universities, countering claims that international students are "soft-marked" and are dragging down...
MIT student defends MBTA hacking research - Monday, August 18, 2008
After he's done with his security dust up with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Zack Anderson plans on slightly different work: A company that turns heat from a car's...
MBA students offer help to entrepreneurs - Thursday, January 01, 2009
Need help figuring out the next step for your small business?
The Montreat College MBA program may have some answers. A team of the school’s graduate students is offering consulting...
Foreign students labeled 'threats' - Monday, June 23, 2008
A group of foreign oceanography graduate students got a scare when they recently applied to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for access to U.S. ports where their research...
2008 Professors of the Year prepare students for lifelong learning - Thursday, November 20, 2008
Four professors being recognized today in the 2008 U.S. Professors of the Year awards share a desire to enable young minds to "grow by doing," instead of just listening to lectures in...
Middle school critical to students' success in high school - Thursday, June 26, 2008
More than 100,000 California students quit high school each year, but the path toward dropping out begins long before high school. Three new studies from the California Dropout Research...
