Polar research, boosts in fiber optic speeds, Ohio State energy privatization and more

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Monday, October 19, 2015 - 3:30pm (updated Monday, May 9, 2016 - 1:40pm)

Polar researchers share their story at The Ohio State University

Nbc4i, Oct. 18, 2015

If you want to learn more about what explorers and climate researchers face under hostile weather conditions to set up camps and retrieve glacial cores, “Mysteries in Ice” is on display at the Thompson Library Gallery at Ohio State through the fall semester…

 

Research boosts optical fiber data speeds

Phys, Oct. 16, 2015

In the latest advance to boost the speed of the Internet, a research team has demonstrated a way to increase the data speeds of optical fibers - considered the Internet's backbone…

 

Ohio State energy privatization plan edging closer to reality

Columbus Business First, Oct. 15, 2015

Ohio State is the first college to consider leasing out its energy. A company or group of companies would pay for a 50-year lease and be in charge of operating and maintaining its utility system, buying its energy, hitting energy-efficiency goals and creating an affinity agreement with the university…

 

A new route to student aid

Inside Higher Ed, Oct. 14, 2015

The U.S. Department of Education announced an experimental pathway to federal aid for partnerships between colleges and nontraditional providers, including ones that run skills boot camps or offer unaccredited online courses…

 

Ireland to lead EU consortium on future of supercomputing

The Irish Times, Oct. 18, 2015

Ireland has been chosen to lead an EU consortium looking at the future of supercomputing across Europe…