In today's news we look at technology majors becoming more popular than humanities at Ohio colleges, high school girls participating in STEMM Day at the University of Toledo, Franklin County Launching a $2.5 million jobs program, and Purdue installing their new supercomputer to help in research...
In today's news we look at researchers using the supercomputers at the Ohio Supercomputer Center for help in the Nepal earthquake, Clark State getting approved to offer a 10-percent discount for students, an editorial on getting broadband for Stark County, a nonprofit that aims to prep 11,000 community college students for STEM jobs, and ProQuest acquiring MyiLibrary and OASIS...
In today's news we look at Upper Arlington beginning plans for a fiber-optic network, Ohio public and private universities sparring over how the state should divide grant money, Kent State University professors teaching at Akron high schools so students can earn college credit, Huntington being among the 50 cities competing for a new broadband project, and President Obama announcing new initiatives for libraries...
In today's news we look at fifteen high school students who won scholarships during Goodyears annual STEM Career Day, Central State University being placed on fiscal watch, Ohio colleges planning to launch a drone summit this summer, connecting higher education trends to academic libraries, and the reality of an affordable domestic supercomputer...
As today, April 22, is Earth Day 2015, I wanted to take a moment to share some of my favorite stories that show how researchers are leveraging Ohio Supercomputer Center resources to better understand Mother Earth and mankind’s relationship with her.
In today's news we look at the Choose Ohio First Scholar Showcase hosted at Columbus State, Ohio State students participating in a hardware-focused hackathon, Ohio politcians working on lowering college costs, Louisville libraries helping to train local talent for tech jobs, and the University of Maryland releasing the results of their broadband quality in public libraries survey...
In today's news we look at Ohio finding its niche in the world of high-performance computing, Zane State College and Ohio University allowing students to transfer associate degree credits towards a bachelor's degree, a new lab offering a blended learning classroom, University of Akron lowering prices on some courses, and Intel and Cray being selected for a $200 million supercomputer project...
In today's news we look at the unveiling of the Ohio Supercomputer Center's newest supercomputer Ruby Cluster, Clark State planning to have tuition rebates to encourage retention, the University of Cincinnati School of Information Technology partners with Sinclair Community College, NetObjex announced the launch of SmartLibrary, a system that enables libraries to send messages to their patrons' mobile devices, and an increase in broadband equipment as fibre subscribers boom...
It was exciting to visit the remarkable State of Ohio Computer Center yesterday to help Ohio Supercomputer Center officials dedicate the state’s latest investment in state-of-the-art, shared, statewide technology resources — the HP/Intel Ruby Cluster supercomputer.
This new system is a boon for Ohio for many reasons – it promotes continued collaboration and efficiency around the state, it supports and strengthens our commercialization efforts, it helps to train a high-tech workforce, and its availability will increase the quality of the education and research here.
In today's news we look at municipalities in Ohio being connected via fiber-optics network, Kent State University planning to double their research spending, the OSU-OU venture capital fund preparing to launch, a Major League Baseball team using a supercomputer to help win more games, and the U.S. Department of Education releasing a guide for ed-tech developers...
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