BioHio Research Park receives grant for master plan (OSU CFAED News): BioHio Research Park, an affiliate of Ohio State, receives a $71,321 grant from the US Economic Development Administration to further develop a plan to expand economic growth in Northeast Ohio.
Is Technology the Great Educational Leveller? (ZD Net): While technology has been praised as a way to promote equality in education and provide opportunity for all, some are concerned that it actually widens the gap in availability and accessibility. What do you think?
IU Center scores funds for supercomputing (HPC Wire): Indiana University-Bloomington’s Center for Research in Extreme Scale Technologies (CREST) receives funding from the NSF to develop a skilled HPC workforce and improve technologies to make robots more useful in areas of manufacturing and surgery.
Redefine 'Full Time' So Students Can Graduate on Time, Paper Suggests (The Chronicle): A new policy brief released by Complete College America highlights the fact that seven out of 10 college students who fit in the federal government’s definition of being enrolled full time could not earn an associate degree in two years. The report encourages the definition of “full time” to be redefined for the purposes of financial aid.
US Department of State Hosts Tech@State: EdTech Conference (US Department of State News): The US Department of State will explore changes that technology has brought to education in a new educational technology conference, this Friday. The event will be held at George Washington University and will host a variety of keynote speakers.
Adobe hack affects 38 million customers (The Telegraph): Adobe Systems Inc. disclosed a cyber-security breech this month to be larger than originally reported, affecting 38 million customer accounts. The software maker reported hackers to have stolen source codes to the software, containing 150 million usernames and passwords.
