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SUNY Oneonta’s Milne Library and Cooperstown Graduate Program were awarded a $50,000 grant to digitize the university’s archive of New York state folklife and oral history recordings. -
Laci Henegar, Rogers State University's STEM coordinator, graduated in December with the university's first master's degree in cybersecurity policy, governance and training.
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Howard University’s redesigned Intro to AI course, supported by the nonprofit CodePath and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, introduces industry-aligned training for entry-level engineering roles.
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The two companies will operate under the StudentBridge brand and combine their respective platforms to engage and recruit students, with one using videos and the other direct messaging and “influencer-style” content.
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School officials took the college's network offline after being notified of a cybersecurity incident on June 13. A ransomware group claimed responsibility, but officials have yet to say if private data was compromised.
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Louisiana State University will use a $1.5 million NSA grant to support the new Louisiana Cybersecurity Clinic, which will offer free services through three sub-clinics to help small businesses with technical issues.
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Louisiana State University's online and continuing education program is working with a Florida company to upskill current IT professionals and offer tools for people interested in IT careers.
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A cyber attack against Northeastern State University last month exposed personal information, including images of driver's licenses, passports, W-9 forms and Social Security numbers, as well as spreadsheets and letters.
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Universities are gradually making more use of AR/VR headsets in an effort to establish “metaversities,” or digital twin campuses, but to date their use remains limited to a handful of courses at some schools.
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A New York community college has unveiled plans for a 130,000-square-foot facility to train students for jobs in industries such as automotive and transportation tech, offshore wind, HVAC and semiconductor manufacturing.
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The university's cybersecurity experts are evaluating the scope and severity of a data breach related to the MOVEit file transfer software in which cyber criminals appear to have gained access to stored files.
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A consortium of major universities will research AI's cybersecurity applications as part of the National Science Foundation's new AI Institute for Agent-based Cyber Threat Intelligence and Operation (ACTION).
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Four students at Michigan State University have entered a statewide contest with an AI-driven tutoring platform called YouLearn.ai which asks the user how they're approaching a question, rather than just answering it.
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Career and technical education programs in fields like information technology and health care are multiplying while surging tuition costs, the prospect of loan debt and availability of jobs deter students from college.
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A Women in STEM Innovation event hosted by the Midland Business Alliance encouraged high-school-aged women and girls to hear from industry professionals about work-life balance, common myths and how to move up.
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A computer science student at Amherst College and a technical manager at Nuance forged a mutually beneficial relationship through Thrive Scholars, a program that supports students of color from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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The AWS initiative will partner with several major companies, workforce development organizations and international agencies to tailor technology and upskilling programs for the job market.
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Chip-maker Nvidia joined the trillion-dollar club recently, and it’s eyeing AI’s transformative potential in life sciences, physics, climate, cybersecurity, data science, robotics and simulation.
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The ed-tech company has launched a new College Data Adapter tool to synchronize major enterprise systems from Ellucian and Canvas, as well as managed IT services for cloud adoption and network security.
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As a strategic partner for Louisiana State University's Institute for Energy Innovation, ExxonMobile will collaborate on research into carbon capture, advanced recycling, batteries and solar power.
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Whether or not they agree with calls to halt innovation, many professors and computer scientists in higher education share the feelings of tech leaders that emerging AI needs oversight and regulation.
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