FCC Meets With OSU Students, Wireless Internet Upgrades in Akron Schools, Supercomputer-Powered Drones to End Rhino Poaching and More

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - 2:15pm (updated Monday, May 9, 2016 - 12:57pm)

FCC Chief Meets with Four OSU Students

The Columbus Dispatch, March 9, 2015

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler met with four seniors from OSU who have been working on a project that aims to bring faster Internet to all public school districts in the United States…

 

Akron School Board Approves Nearly $9.5 Million in Spending 

Akron Beacon Journal, March 9, 2015

Area schools are asking Uncle Sam for help with wireless Internet upgrades as Ohio tentatively plans to move all state tests online…

 

New Director Seeks to Grow Publishing Arm of Ohio State

The Columbus Dispatch, March 8, 2015

Tony Sanfilippo, the new director of the OSU Press, seeks to expand digital publishing and increase the output of books…

 

Seeking New Edisons: STEM Scholarship Will Boost Innovation in Ohio

Manufacturing, March 10, 2015

GE has awarded Cleveland State University $500,000 to start the GE Scholars Program, a scholarship program that will offer five full-tuition scholarships each year for the next decade to students with a STEM major at CSU…

 

Supercomputer-Powered Drones Shut Down Rhino Poaching in This Park-Can They Save Africa's Elephants Too?

Takepart, March 9,2015

Drones deployed in South Africa’s Hluhuwe Imfolozi Park have eliminated the killing of endangered rhinoceroses over the past six months…