Fiscal Recovery Buoys K-12 Budgets as School Year Opens(Education Week) – As the economy continues to recover many states have begun to reinvest in education funding, though growth in funding still lags behind its pre-recession levelts.
USU researchers hack autonomous cars to improve security(Deseret News) – With funding from the NSF a group of researchers at Utah State University are working to improve the safety of autonomous vehicles by finding weak points in their IT infrastructure.
(The Chicago Tribune) – A yearly report from Wohlers Associates gives a shapshot of the major improvements in additive manufacturing that have taken place in the past year, with the Midwest playing a vital role in these changes.
Elite colleges still admit few needy students, surveys find (The Columbus Dispatch) – Recent studies have found that highly selective schools have seen little changes in their acceptance rate of low-income students, despite a growing focus on improving diversity of all sorts on college campuses.
Amazon subsidiary gets tax deal for bringing 120 jobs to central Ohio (The Columbus Dispatch) – A new tax credit may help bring a $1.1billion project from Vadata, an Amazon subsidiary that handles cloud based services. This project would help bring 120 high paying jobs to the central Ohio region.
