Internship Grants, Data Access Speeds, Budget Reviews & More

Associate Vice President for Policy, OSU/OH-TECH
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Ohio Technology Consortium
Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 1:09pm

Ohio teen jobless rate better than U.S. average (Dayton Business Journal) – According to the latest job figures Ohio’s teen jobless rate of 19% is significantly better than the national average of 23%. This

 

Kasich Tacks on New Education Plans In Budget Review Process (State Impact) – Kasich’s budget proposal announced on Tuesday includes a number of educational items that were discussed in his recent State of the State speech, including proposals to help veterans transition to college and work to improve dual enrollment programs.

 

Daifuku America Corporation Invests $3 Million To Expand Its Columbus, Ohio, Manufacturing Campus (Area Development) – Daifuku America has plans to invest $3 million to improve and expand its manufacturing facility in Columbus, as well as to provide support to ODOT to improve roads in the neighboring area.

 

Dayton-area schools benefit from big grants (Dayton Business Journal) – The Board of Regents has announced $11 million in grants to help improve internship and co-op programs at many school and colleges across the state. The grants will be matched by donations from private firms.

 

New Model Reduces Data Access Delay, Could increase Speed by up to 100x (Scientific Computing) – Currently CPU speeds are 400 times faster than memory speeds, but this gap may soon be bridged by a new process developed by Xian-He Sun that uses parallel memory to reduce the time it takes to sort through big data.