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Today’s Daily Digest features articles concerning legal risks involved with moving to cloud computing, the benefits of massive open online courses in 2-year institutions, the effect of the shutdown on small business investments and national security, and a new OSU software venture to improve patient education.

 

The Daily Digest for this Friday consists of articles revolving around education investment being the next big "bursting bubble" in the global economy, OSU's new partnership with Microlin Bio to diagnose new types of cancer, supercomputing and cleaner environmental practices, the shutdown's effect on libraries, and a software developer firm moving to Dublin, Ohio. 

The Daily Digest for today is compiled of articles featuring more information on the government shutdown and how exactly each agency will be affected, information on the upcoming Manufacturing day on October 4th, student loan default rates,  school districts using data for teaching assistance, and how the White House is working on efforts to incorporate more women into STEM subjects.

Today's Daily Digest features articles revolving around the manufacturing sector and auto production, improvement of career centers in colleges and universities, and Ohio college and university presidents meeting to discuss capital projects. We also have articles featuring metadata stored by NSA and a unique opportunity for NASA to launch a 3D printer into space!

The Ohio Supercomputer Center is pleased to be celebrating Ohio Manufacturing Month and National Manufacturing Day in a very special way. Earlier this summer, the Ohio Third Frontier Commission awarded a $3 million Innovation Platform Program grant to OSC and our partners for a project to design and deploy easy-to-use advanced manufacturing simulation apps.

Our Digest to mark off the beginning of fall and a new month features a variety of articles, some giving insight on the effects of the government shutdown. While the two articles on the shutdown are from before prior to the official midnight shutdown, they provide a summary on how specific aspects of the federal government will be affected.

The remaining articles we have feature 3D printing and its contribution to manufacturing, new standards for college cybersecurity programs, and the effects of comprehensive clean energy for manufacturing in Ohio. 

I am a passionate advocate for empowering high-quality teachers. I believe that’s partly because I had a high-quality teacher who made a huge impact on my life. Helen Heller, my high school Latin teacher in Farmer, Ohio, believed in me and gave me a directive—backed by a cash gift—to go to college. I had lost my father that school year, and Mrs. Heller was just the kind of teacher I needed.

Articles featured for the final daily digest of the week include information on funding for a new innovation funding pool research project at Edison Welding Institute, Ohio's rural businesses, Ohio State and Brazil collaboration funding for researchers to build on existing partnerships, renewable energy in Ohio, robots developed for research, and the threat to science in the STEM field

Today's daily digest features a number of articles from a wide variety of sources. We have articles featuring new efforts by Oracle to strengthen research into big data along with research looking into productivity of manufacturing. There are also articles featuring NASA's new FY 2013 operating plan, Miami University's push for online learning, Florida State Colleges dropping remedial class requirements to open more doors to students, and information from the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on how to guide private student loan borrowers.

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