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Following the introduction of an artificial intelligence concentration and bachelor’s degree, Mississippi State is now offering graduate-level AI education.
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As three longtime North Texas university leaders prepare to step down this summer, they reflect on how higher education has bolstered the region’s workforce development, economy and cultural capital.
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A public research university in Michigan will relocate its current data center in a science complex to a new structure on the southwest end of campus so it can accommodate more research space and a new AI institute.
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With the addition of Stellar Cyber’s Open XDR platform, Boise State's Cyberdome program will offer enterprise-level cybersecurity services, led by students and mentors, to state and local agencies with limited resources.
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A pair of teenagers who met at Harvard University built a website to match Ukrainian refugees with willing hosts, accumulating over 1,000 listings from people in Poland, Germany, Iceland, the United States and elsewhere.
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Although the college is insured against cyber attacks, a piece of ransomware last month disrupted operations by encrypting data on campus servers. Investigators are hopeful but unsure it can be recovered.
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Albany Law professor Rob Heverly says scholars, industry leaders and government regulators need to start pondering quantum Internet regulations, and discussions should be informed by lessons of the past.
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The center, which would be located within the Iowa State University of Science and Technology, would focus on training different groups to prevent cyber attacks and deal with active threats.
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Higher education has not been immune to the impacts of remote work and employee turnover, and many in the IT industry say now is a good time to think about how to preserve institutional knowledge.
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Researchers from the Colorado School of Mines, Missouri University of Science and Technology and Auburn University will develop construction technology and electronics for long-term colonies on the moon.
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The partnership would help students find available jobs and schools that align with their credentials, and help higher education institutions tailor their educational programs to suit workforce demands.
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Nanoengineers at the university have created a prototype shirt that collects sweat to power triboelectric generators, which in turn make energy that the shirt can store and discharge to power small electronics.
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The U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board found that UC Berkeley's research into using CRISPR technology to alter genetic material was distinct because it involved DNA in bacteria as opposed to eukaryotic cells.
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The Dallas Morning News editorial board commends North Texas colleges and universities for earning designations as Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense, given the urgency across industries for cybersecurity.
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Along with new marketing materials and other updates for its 50th anniversary, the Minnesota institution has asked the state for $4.3 million to turn its old cafeteria into a regional cybersecurity training facility.
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The nonprofit Institute for Digital Engineering and Life Sciences has submitted a 20-year plan to convert the former B&M Baked Beans factory into a high-tech graduate school and research center.
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Returning after a one-year hiatus, a summit on climate change at the University of Colorado Boulder covered renewable energies, electrical grids, cultural changes and legal imperatives to reduce fossil fuel emissions.
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The money will go toward faculty training, curriculum content, hands-on labs, digital badges and software to train and diversify a workforce for in-demand jobs in the growing technology industry.
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The Esport Company and Greater Johnstown Community YMCA are putting together a conference called TEC — technology, education, community — with gaming tournaments for high school and college students.
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Donations from a nonprofit, the county, the city and its downtown development authority will go toward hiring new faculty with technology backgrounds and the launch of a web portal summarizing the college's tech efforts.
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Hosted by the State University of New York in Oneonta, seven panelists spoke about the importance of manufacturing for creating employment, and the importance of training and recruiting employees for the industry.
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