Third Frontier, Ohio Export Records, Cyberattacks & More

Associate Vice President for Policy, OSU/OH-TECH
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Ohio Technology Consortium
Friday, February 14, 2014 - 10:47am

Ohio exports surpass $50B, set new record (Dayton Business Journal) – According to a recent national report 16 states, including Ohio, have set new export records this year.

 

Corporate titans’ Columbus Collaboratory data co-op lands $5M in state Third Frontier funding (Columbus Business First) – The Third Frontier has granted the Columbus Collaboratory center a $5M grant to aid in the center’s infrastructure.

 

More high school students take Advanced Placement exams (Cleveland.com) – The number of AP exams taken has doubled over the past year, though there are still roughly 40% of high schools nationwide that do not offer any AP courses.

 

Liquid-Cooled Supercomputers, to Trim the Power Bill (New York Times) – A number of companies are looking into new liquids to aid in the cooling of their supercomputers. Liquid cooled systems can help save millions of dollars in air conditioning and electric fees for data and supercomputer centers.

 

White House Releases Framework Meant to Reduce Cyberattacks (Chronicle of Higher Ed) – After a year of work the NIST has released a new set of guidelines for organizations to use in assessing and building cybersecurity systems.