Daily Digest
Today we look at the world's largest telecommunications equipment maker placing more focus on broadband expansion, the number of student loans in default declining, online learning efforts through the University of Florida, Australia's new supercomputer, Youngstown's STEM school, and Harvard-MIT partnering to offer high school students online courses...
Today's Digest focuses on the University of Virginia's new computing cluster and big data research, STEM jobs open for Women in South Carolina, startup founders applying educational experiences, University of Arkansas' diverse freshman class in the college of engineering, and Hilliard, OH looking to bring in an Amazon data center...
Today's news focuses on Ohio's Straight-A-Funding programs, IBM's Watson supercomputer, digital accessibility among higher ed students, Brazilian broadband deals, Microsoft's research lab closure, CincyTech bringing in $420 million in business funding, and Cray's viewpoint on analytics and simulation.
Today's highlights include UNLV's new supercomputer, a new technology facility on the University of Dayton's campus, impact vs. participation amongst community college students, a Massachusetts' library renaissance, a Northwest Ohio manufacturing center, Ohio solar energy, and Ohio's learning standards debate.
Today's Digest highlights information on Cray's new supercomputer contract with Sweden's Royal Institute of Technology, Lockheed Martin's donation of $500,000 toward women in STEM education, Harvard's computer science course popularity, a potential "Federal Robotics Commission" , and the battle between campus bookstores and online booksellers