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A U.S. Secret Weapon in A.I.: Chinese Talent
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A U.S. Secret Weapon in A.I.: Chinese Talent

New research shows scientists educated in China help American firms and schools dominate the cutting-edge AI field. Industry leaders worry that worsening political...

'Strategic' Mindset Predicts Success, Researchers Say
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'Strategic' Mindset Predicts Success, Researchers Say

A "strategic mindset" is behind the success of many business people, students, entrepreneurs, and others, according to new research published in the Proceedings...

Media Stereotypes Discourage Students' Science Ambitions
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Media Stereotypes Discourage Students' Science Ambitions

Stereotypes influence young students' perceptions of scientists enough that few who enjoy science express interest in pursuing it as a career.

Indian Tech Graduate Students Plummeted In U.S. Before Covid-19
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Indian Tech Graduate Students Plummeted In U.S. Before Covid-19

Even before Covid-19, fewer graduate students from India decided to study computer science at U.S. universities, with numbers dropping 23.3% between the 2016-17...

More Students Are 'Stacking' Credentials en Route to a Degree
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More Students Are 'Stacking' Credentials en Route to a Degree

The economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic is giving non-traditional education programs, known variously as "stackable credentials" or "microcredentials," a...

Which Degrees Do Software Developers Earn?
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Which Degrees Do Software Developers Earn?

A Stack Overflow survey of professional developers reveals the different educational pathways they use and the degrees they obtain on the way to their full-time...

Team Duetto Takes First Place in All-Woman Virtual Hackathon
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Team Duetto Takes First Place in All-Woman Virtual Hackathon

A group of five female tech engineers from Duetto recently won first place in the Women Hack the Crisis Global All-Women Virtual Hackathon event, with their Hotel...

Rediet Abebe Is Cornell's First Black Female CS Ph.D.
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Rediet Abebe Is Cornell's First Black Female CS Ph.D.

Rediet Abebe, the first black woman to earn a doctorate at Cornell in computer science, is blazing trails not just for herself, but for others, too.

Texas Instruments Makes It Harder to Run Programs on Its Calculators
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Texas Instruments Makes It Harder to Run Programs on Its Calculators

Texas Instruments is pulling support for assembly- and C-based programs on the TI-84 Plus CE calculator and its French counterpart. The move is meant to prevent...

Hatch Coding Wins 2020 EdTech Digest Cool Tool Award
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Hatch Coding Wins 2020 EdTech Digest Cool Tool Award

Hatch Coding's software won the 2020 EdTech Digest Award in the category of Coding, Computer Science, and Engineering Solution.

New Mars Landing Tech Offers Internship and Science Opportunity
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New Mars Landing Tech Offers Internship and Science Opportunity

Intern Tiffany Shi joined the Jet Propulsion Laboratory team this past summer testing new technology for landing NASA's next rover on Mars.

All-Girl Robotics Team in Afghanistan Works On Low-Cost Ventilator . . . With Car Parts
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All-Girl Robotics Team in Afghanistan Works On Low-Cost Ventilator . . . With Car Parts

A group of teenage girls in Afghanistan are trying to build a mechanized, hand-operated ventilator for coronavirus patients, using a design from MIT and parts from...

Graduate Student Solves Decades-Old Conway Knot Problem
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Graduate Student Solves Decades-Old Conway Knot Problem

It took Lisa Piccirillo less than a week to answer a long-standing question about a strange knot discovered over half a century ago by the legendary John Conway...

Master's Program Targets Tomorrow's Tech Leaders
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Master's Program Targets Tomorrow's Tech Leaders

Schaffhausen Institute of Technology has created its new Master of Science program in Computer Science and Software Engineering to better prepare graduates for...

The OPT Program Is In Trump's Crosshairs; Schools Weigh Threat
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The OPT Program Is In Trump's Crosshairs; Schools Weigh Threat

President Donald Trump is reportedly considering suspension of the Optional Practical Training program that schools increasingly have turned to as a lifeline amid...

Academic to Develop Autonomous Vehicle Test Methodologies
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Academic to Develop Autonomous Vehicle Test Methodologies

Researchers at the University of Warwick will develop safety test methodologies for autonomous vehicles thanks to a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship worth £1.2m (USD...

Germany Will Offer Interest-Free Loans to American Students
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Germany Will Offer Interest-Free Loans to American Students

The German government is offering financial support during the pandemic for American students studying in Germany, where more than 220 English-language Master's...

Women CS Graduates Surpass Record Set 17 Years Ago
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Women CS Graduates Surpass Record Set 17 Years Ago

But percentages lag behind.

Tech 'First Responders' Support Remote Teaching Transition
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Tech 'First Responders' Support Remote Teaching Transition

IT experts in Oregon State's College of Engineering are rising to the challenge as technology "first responders," working to smooth the transition to remote teaching...

Another Threat to Universities: Falling Numbers of Graduate Students
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Another Threat to Universities: Falling Numbers of Graduate Students

Even before the coronavirus pandemic, some schools' graduate enrollment and revenues were dropping.
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