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Today's news looks at using big data in the developing world, the NSF announcing two new supercomputing projects, Girlstart fundraising for STEM, 13 higher ed tech tools for 2015, and Britain's libraries experiencing a decline in visitors. 

In today's news we look at a bill that will help military students who are pursuing a degree in one of the STEM fields, the University of Chicago to host Barack Obama's presidential library, the IARPA funding an even more powerful supercomputer, central Ohio students taking part in the Hour of Code campaign, and a look at the growing demand for technology skills. 

In today's news we look at Disney using mobile apps to promote math, Europe catching up on Big Data, a look at what is missing between manufacturers and HPC, Indiana University receiving funds to build a cloud-based data storage, and university libraries in Pittsburgh collaborating their systems. 

Today's news looks at using a supercomputer to find a cure for Ebola, schools allowing computer science to count for graduation requirements, using the acronym STEAM instead of STEM, Southern Ohio schools benefiting from a learning grant, and Cleveland getting a 100-gigabit broadband network backbone. 

Today's news looks at IBM's supercomputer being used for an app to give dieting advice, students being less interested in becoming STEM teachers, Ohio's manufacturing gaining jobs for the third year in a row, Ohio's public colleges being more selective, and veterans being able to earn a degree for free from Coursera. 

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