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Google Awards $340,000 in STEM Grants
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Google Awards $340,000 in STEM Grants

Google recently awarded $340,000 to 26 organizations that provide science, technology, engineering, and math enrichment programs to students in K-12 and higher...

We Have Lift-Off
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We Have Lift-Off

Israel has reached "super-power" status, as its technological developments have reached new heights. Israeli computer experts, engineers and scientists are now...

Letting Hackers Compete, Facebook Eyes New Talent
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Letting Hackers Compete, Facebook Eyes New Talent

Late this January, some 75,000 people around the planet sat in front of their computers and pondered how to make anagrams from a bowl of alphabet soup.

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Welcome to the Desktop Degree

Once upon a time, a very long time ago, in 1995 to be precise, a scholar named Eli Noam published an article in the prestigious journal Science under the titleElectronics...

Studying Butterfly Flight to Help Build Bug-Size Flying Robots
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Studying Butterfly Flight to Help Build Bug-Size Flying Robots

By figuring out how butterflies flutter among flowers with amazing grace and agility, researchers at Johns Hopkins University hope to help build small airborne...

2012 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Opens Call for Participation
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2012 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Opens Call for Participation

The 12th Annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing will take place from October 3 - 6 in Baltimore, MD. The annual conference is the world's largest...

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Take That, Cornell! Stanford and Columbia Partner (in Manhattan and the Valley) for Media Innovation

New York is a city bursting with media companies who love technology. Silicon Valley is an incubator for technology talent in love with (and beloved by) the media...

Ge Wang: In Concert With Technology
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Ge Wang: In Concert With Technology

Stanford University Assistant Professor Ge Wang is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of computer music.

U.S. Youth Reluctant to Pursue STEM Careers, Survey Says
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U.S. Youth Reluctant to Pursue STEM Careers, Survey Says

While U.S. teens rank some STEM-related careers as offering the best chance of getting a job in the future, 67 percent of youth in grades 6-12 who are interested...

Computer Coding: Not For Geeks Only
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Computer Coding: Not For Geeks Only

A growing number of people believe that programming is becoming a fundamental piece of knowledge, and that everyone, not just technologists, should understand...

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No More R

Union Square Ventures recently posted an opening for an investment analyst.

How to Make Science and Tech Jobs More Enticing to Undergrads
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How to Make Science and Tech Jobs More Enticing to Undergrads

The number of U.S. undergraduate degrees being awarded in most STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering and math) has risen steadily in recent years...

Drexel Lab Releases Software to Discern and Disguise Authorship
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Drexel Lab Releases Software to Discern and Disguise Authorship

Computer engineers at Drexel University developed a pair of open-source software programs that could help protect the free speech of whistle-blowers, protestors...

Two Prestigious Journals from China Now Available in English
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Two Prestigious Journals from China Now Available in English

IEEE has partnered with Tsinghua University Press and Beijing Institute of Aerospace Information to deliver access to two highly regarded technical journals, Tsinghua...

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Coding For Success

Hoxton, we have a problem. Much has been written about how we need to improve the way we educate our children about technology. This is all great, but it's not...

The World Is Changing: Will Education Change With It?
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The World Is Changing: Will Education Change With It?

Faster computers, social networks like Facebook, and nanotechnology are changing not only the tech sector, but also society, in fundamental ways. As a result, educators...

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Sebastian Thrun Resigns from Stanford to Launch ­dacity

Professor Sebastian Thrun has given up his Stanford position to start Udacity—an online educational venture. Udacity's first two free courses are Building a Search...

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Not All College Majors Are Created Equal

I have this game I play when I meet college students.

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Engage: Apple's New Tools For Interactive Books on Ipad

Engagement is a big word in education. It combines both objective participation and subjective emotion. It's one of the few psychological terms in education that...

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U.s. Losing High-Tech Jobs, R&d Dominance to Asia

U.S. companies are locating more of their research and development operations overseas, and Asian countries are rapidly increasing investments in their own science...
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