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Attacks in ­K and Syria Highlight Growing Need for Chemical-Forensics Expertise
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Attacks in ­K and Syria Highlight Growing Need for Chemical-Forensics Expertise

As investigations continue into the attempted assassination of a former Russian double agent and his daughter in Britain, findings released this week have renewed...

Cybersecurity Engineering: A New Academic Discipline
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Cybersecurity Engineering: A New Academic Discipline

To encourage students to pursue the next level of cybersecurity education, academia must demonstrate that there is a clear path to better opportunities in terms...

So You Want to Be a . . . Software Developer
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So You Want to Be a . . . Software Developer

Software development is one of the fastest-growing fields in the United States.

Trade War or Not, China Is Closing the Gap on ­.S. in Technology IP Race
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Trade War or Not, China Is Closing the Gap on ­.S. in Technology IP Race

China's rising investment in research and expansion of its higher education system mean that it is fast closing the gap with the United States in intellectual property...

A Revealer of Secrets in the Data of Life and the ­niverse
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A Revealer of Secrets in the Data of Life and the ­niverse

In statistics, abstract math meets real life. To find meaning in unruly sets of raw numbers, statisticians like Donald Richards first look for associations: statistical...

AI Learns a New Trick: Measuring Brain Cells
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AI Learns a New Trick: Measuring Brain Cells

In 2007, I spent the summer before my junior year of college removing little bits of brain from rats, growing them in tiny plastic dishes, and poring over the ...

Grad Student Leads Group on Algorithms and AI for Social Good
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Grad Student Leads Group on Algorithms and AI for Social Good

Founded in 2016, the Mechanism Design for Social Good research group identifies research topics for which algorithmic, mechanism design, and AI techniques have...

Evidence Shows How Digital Technologies Help Illuminate the Humanities
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Evidence Shows How Digital Technologies Help Illuminate the Humanities

Yale University's "Beyond Boundaries" symposium featured recent work of undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and faculty and staff members that incorporated...

Volunteer Program Brings Computer Science to Schools
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Volunteer Program Brings Computer Science to Schools

Project manager Eric Hatch volunteers for a program that brings IT and software industry professionals into high school classrooms to teach computer science skills...

Learning Computer Programming, With No Teachers and No Tuition
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Learning Computer Programming, With No Teachers and No Tuition

Two-year-old Holberton School, which uses anonymous admissions tests and charges no tuition, is looking expand access to high-paying computer engineering jobs in...

Doctorates Awarded by ­.S. Institutions in 2016 Near All-Time High
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Doctorates Awarded by ­.S. Institutions in 2016 Near All-Time High

U.S. institutions awarded 54,904 research doctorate degrees in 2016, according to the Survey of Earned Doctorates, a U.S.-sponsored annual census of research degree...

When Robots Milk Cows, Farm Families Taste Freedom
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When Robots Milk Cows, Farm Families Taste Freedom

Robots have arrived at Bill and Carol Shuler's farm near Baroda, Mich., and life has taken a turn for the better.

Tom Lehrer at 90: A Life of Scientific Satire
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Tom Lehrer at 90: A Life of Scientific Satire

In 1959, the mathematician and satirist Tom Lehrer—who turns 90 this month—performed what he characteristically called a "completely pointless" scientific song...

Massive Study Finds Lectures Still Dominate STEM Ed
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Massive Study Finds Lectures Still Dominate STEM Ed

Fifty-five percent of STEM classroom interactions consist mostly of conventional lecturing, a teaching style prior research has identified as among the least effective...

The Scientific Paper Is Obsolete
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The Scientific Paper Is Obsolete

The scientific paper—the actual form of it—was one of the enabling inventions of modernity. Before it was developed in the 1600s, results were communicated privately...

Berkeley Offers Its Data Science Course Online for Free
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Berkeley Offers Its Data Science Course Online for Free

The fastest-growing course in UC Berkeley's history—Foundations of Data Science—is being offered free online this spring through the campus's online education hub...

Tech Job Openings Spark Interest in H.S. Computer Science Courses
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Tech Job Openings Spark Interest in H.S. Computer Science Courses

Rockhurst High School last year began requiring freshmen to take computer science in an effort to boost interest in tech skills needed in the workforce.

Apple Teams ­p to Bring Coding to Chicago Teachers
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Apple Teams ­p to Bring Coding to Chicago Teachers

Apple will collaborate with Chicago Public Schools and Northwestern University to offer free professional learning to teachers in Chicago to give educators the...

'America First' Shouldn’t Stop the ­.S. from Welcoming Global Talent
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'America First' Shouldn’t Stop the ­.S. from Welcoming Global Talent

U.S. protectionism in the form of visa restrictions on Chinese seeking to study in American universities would only harm the country, which has long benefited from...

Why Coding Bootcamps Are a Hurdle
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Why Coding Bootcamps Are a Hurdle

The growth of "coding bootcamps" or "coding schools" is troubling. Many of these schools require students to pay thousands of dollars for programs that lack guidelines...
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