NSF awards $12 million to deploy Comet supercomputer (R&D Magazine): Funding from the NSF will go toward the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, San Diego, to deploy a new petascale supercomputer designed to transform advanced scientific computing.
India electricity to flow to Bangladesh in first South Asian cross-border transmission link (The Economic Times): The governments of India and Bangladesh have completed construction on the Baharampur-Bheramara cross-border power transmission link between the countries. The link will provide safe and reliable interconnection between the two and supply 500MW of power to Bangladesh.
Student Loan Default Rates Illustrate Continuing Affordability Issues in Higher Ed (The Education Trust): Annual data released at the end of last month shows that student loan borrowers are continuing to find it difficult to repay their debt. 1 in 10 borrowers default on their student loans within two years of starting repayment.
Penn State project receives $4.9 million NSF grant to study Pennsylvania water (Penn State News): Penn State University works on research, funded through an NSF grant, focusing on water quality by looking into the potential impact of natural gas drilling.
Desire2Learn Enters MOOC Market as it Updates its Platform (The Chronicle): Course management company, Desire2Learn, follows the lead of Blackboard and Instructure as it updates its platform to provide use of massive open online courses.
