University closed data centers instead of upgrading them
The University of Minnesota’s data centers manage and store everything from grades and financial data to the websites’ servers, Minnesota Daily reports.
Technologies
Stanford study says MRI scans can predict outcome of math tutoring
When it comes to math, MRIs may be better than IQs -- and even past math scores -- at showing whether a tutor can help a child master…
How MIT became the most important university in the world
Last November, with great fanfare, Harvard celebrated the opening of its sparkling new $20 million Innovation Lab, Boston Magazine reports.
For a piano teacher on Skype, lessons in the key of see
Talc Tolchin ducks into the music studio he built behind his Marin County cottage, where the sun filters through a towering redwood tree and his daughter has dotted…
Qatar university installs robotic receptionist
A Qatar university has installed a robotic receptionist, which talks in English and Arabic, and which will soon be able to read human facial expressions when new upgrades…
Financial aid app available for Illinois college students
College-bound students might check out a new, free smartphone application designed to help them plan, prepare and pay for college, Pantagraph reports.
Free college options still exist, for those willing to build ships, milk cows or salute
When the trustees of Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art voted this week to start charging for an undergraduate degree, it ended the institution’s lengthy…
California launches first ‘Battery University’ to push energy storage technology
The United States’ first graduate program in battery technology launches this autumn at a Silicon Valley university, the National Journal reports.
University opens ‘living lab’ of energy efficiency
Building 661 at the Navy Yard was never a thing of beauty. Built in 1942, during the first months of U.S. involvement in World War II, the brick-and-concrete…
New York man accused of cyberstalking college students
A New York man was charged Tuesday in federal court in Detroit with cyberstalking 15 women, telling them he had nude photos of them and threatening to distribute…