Education

OU energy faculty met with tribal leaders, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff recently to discuss the potential of geothermal energy production as a component of energy sovereignty.

Money from a federal court settlement with an e-cigarette company will help many school districts across the country to install vape sensors, some of which resemble smoke detectors but are more sophisticated and costly.

A Minnesota school district has gone back to pencils and paper since officials shut down its network due to suspicious activity. Classes were canceled Monday so teachers could prepare for "old school" lessons.

Michigan launched the EV Scholars program, a $10,000 scholarship for students who accept job offers as electric engineers or software developers at 15 companies partnering with the state, to staff growing industries.

An Alabama school district is still holding classes without Internet access two weeks after a ransomware attack forced it to shut down network operations, with no certain timeline for returning to normal.

While other universities have suffered steep enrollment declines since COVID-19, the University of North Texas has experienced continual enrollment growth through the help of data analytics and a platform from SAS.

Some who spent considerable time and resources to enter the $1 million contest launched by state education officials say it was a sham, drumming up attention but demanding a miracle and turning down practical ideas.

Public details are scant, but the university has offered free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services to about 10,500 people whose personal information may have been compromised.

Colleges and universities are convening working groups, rewriting academic integrity policies and preparing to use plagiarism checkers while professors think of ways to integrate generative AI into their curricula.

The Texas Education Agency has approved i-Ready software from the ed-tech company Curriculum Associates for personalized instruction planning, assessment and classroom management at the elementary level.

Funded by federal and state grants and tax credits, Baltimore City Public Schools has entered a 12-year contract with Massachusetts-based Highland Electric Fleets for 20 buses and 25 chargers starting this fall.

A audit report from the state said Walton Central School District officials did not conduct annual inventories of information technology or adopt a comprehensive written policy for tracking equipment.

Arizona State University is planning a $200 million investment to make its Polytechnic campus in southeast Mesa an epicenter for advanced manufacturing students interested in electric vehicles and batteries.

A private university in Pennsylvania will host gaming experts and members of the public next week as it prepares construction of a gaming center this spring and the launch of its competitive esports program this fall.

The venture capital firm Deep Science Ventures has launched a doctorate program with online and in-person components that challenge students to study real-world problems and form their own tech startups to address them.

Montana has replaced the old bubble sheets with an online version of the ACT, which students may take on school-approved devices under supervision, allowing for greater flexibility with scheduling.

Micron Technology expects to need 1,000 technicians and 1,000 engineers to operate each of four planned chip-fab facilities in Clay, New York, and area colleges are gearing their courses to help fill those positions.

The Florida Board of Governors issued an emergency rule last week prohibiting TikTok, WeChat, Vkontakte, Kaspersky and Tencent QQ over security concerns about the collection of faceprints, voiceprints and personal data.