School Wi-Fi, Aviation, OSC In The News & More

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 1:47pm
Dayton Named a Top Destination in America for STEM Graduates (Dayton Business Journal) – A new report by NerdWallet, which named the Dayton region No. 10 on its new Top 20 Places for STEM graduates, says that Dayton’s status as a cheap place to live is boosting its stock as a STEM community.
 
Education Group Back $2 Billion Wi-Fi Plan  (The Hill) – A coalition of education groups is backing a proposal at the Federal Communications Commission that would funnel billions of dollars into wireless Internet for schools and libraries.
           
If You’re a Women Studying Biology, Good Luck Becoming a Professor (Care2) – A new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences could shed light on the situation, showing that elite male biology faculty have significantly fewer women in their labs.
 
Ohio Stands to Benefit From Growing Aviation Industry (WOSU) – Experts say the aviation industry is growing, and that means hundreds of thousands of openings for qualified job seekers, and experts in Ohio say now’s the time to launch efforts to fill those jobs.
 
The Top Paying STEM Jobs for Recent Graduates (Forbes) – To determine the top paying STEM jobs for recent graduates, Forbes worked with compensation information site Payscale.com to obtain salary data for STEM jobs, as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Information Network.
 
Bonus: Ohio’s Supercomputers Lead the Way in Research Innovation (Akron Legal News) – A recently published article on the OSC.