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Mercer University Broadens Mobile Communications

5/10/2007

Mercer University will deploy mobile communication software from Rave Wireless and Sprint for the fall 2007 semester. The software will offer students and faculty a variety of ways to communicate, via text message and mobile Internet, campus information.

Mississippi State Licenses Viz Package

5/10/2007

Mississippi State University recently purchased licensing for an engineering and science visualization software to be used in four of its research facilities. The software, called Ensight, from Computational Engineering International (CEI), will assist the university's High Performance Computing Collaboratory program designed to further computational science and engineering.

Carnegie Mellon To Deploy NeXpose

5/10/2007

Carnegie Mellon announced plans to deploy vulnerability management software from software developer Rapid7 for systems and networks at the university. The NeXpose software is designed to examine and analyze the cause of any problem.

U Missouri Server Hack Exposes 22,396 SSNs

5/9/2007

The University of Missouri has reported that one of its databases was hacked and that the intruder responsible for the breach was able to obtain the names and social security numbers of staff members. This is the second data security breach at the University of Missouri this year.

Campus IT Departments Grapple with Vista

5/9/2007

At colleges, universities, and K-12 institutions, IT decision makers are increasingly showing concern over performance, patching, and hardware requirements of Microsoft Windows Vista. At the same time, the number of organizations using or evaluating Vista has increased to 29 percent, up 8 percent since October 2006. This according to a new survey conducted by Walker Information and released this week by CDW Corp.

Angel Adds LOM, Podcasting in 7.2

5/9/2007

Angel Learning has released Angel LMS 7.2, an update to the company's learning management system. The latest update brings in native podcasting features and adds several new learning tools, including learning outcomes management (LOM) capabilities and native support for additional standards.

ICSAC Expands Bridges to Higher Ed

5/9/2007

The Iowa College Student Aid Commission (ICSAC) is expanding its relationship with developer Bridges Transitions to implement an online, statewide "career exploration" resource for middle schools, high schools, and post-secondary institutions.

Penn State Flunks Napster, Signs Video-Minded Ruckus

5/8/2007

Penn State announced it would not renew its contract with the Napster music service and instead would offer students access to Ruckus, a multimedia service it said offered students greater media flexibility. Under the new contract, Ruckus will provide students downloadable access to 2.75 million songs, full-length feature films, short-form video, sports clips, and music videos, as well as access to a social network site focused on the network.

Survey: Google Most Preferred Place to Work for MBAs

5/8/2007

Google is now the most popular place to work for MBA students, according to a survey by Universum, a branding consultancy.

U New Hampshire Lab Demos at iWarp Interoperability

5/8/2007

The University of New Hampshire successfully demonstrated multi-vendor interoperability between iWARP devices, which it claimed was an industry first.

Internet Health Channel Signs University Hospital Expertise

5/8/2007

realhealth.TV, an Internet TV channel dedicated to consumer health education, is signing up university hospitals as sources of health care expertise.

IBM Grants Mainframe to U Arkansas as Teaching Platform

5/8/2007

IBM is providing the University of Arkansas' Walton College of Business access to its IBM System z900 mainframe and software in an effort to promote curriculum development on mainframe hardware systems.

Report Outlines Higher Ed Concerns on VoIP

5/7/2007

A survey by the Association for Communications Professionals in Higher Education concluded that fewer than half of colleges and universities in North America have migrated to voice over IP networks, but many are readying conversions in the next six months to two years.

University of Texas Profs, Students Unveil High-Speed Chip

5/7/2007

University of Texas computer science professors and graduate students have produced a prototype high-performance processor capable of scaling to trillions of calculations per second.

Carnegie Mellon Engineering Policy Chief Elected to NAS

5/7/2007

Granger Morgan, head of Carnegie Mellon's Department of Engineering and Public Policy, was named to the National Academy of Sciences in honor of his research work over the years.

Stanford CS Taking Steps to Reverse Female Brain Drain

5/7/2007

Stanford is taking steps to retain "the extremely low number of female computer scientists on campus," the Stanford Daily reported. Thirteen percent of Stanford CS undergrads are female, the paper noted, down from 24 percent in the 1999/2000 school year.

HP Awards Classroom Technologies to 172 Institutions

5/3/2007

HP this week announced the recipients of its 2007 HP Technology for Teaching grant program. Forty-two colleges and universities and 130 K-12 schools will be receiving more than $7 million in cash, gear, and professional development.

Full Sail Dishes Out Macs to Creative Students

5/2/2007

Creative arts college Full Sail Real World Education in Orlando, FL will be handing out Apple MacBook Pro systems to students across six disciplines. The notebooks will be pre-loaded with Apple's pro-level creative software, including the Final Cut Studio and Logic Pro.

U Illinois Partners with Nvidia for Parallel Computing Course

5/2/2007

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is partnering with graphics processor developer Nvidia to offer a course in parallel computing--a course that will be taught by both the chair of the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the chief scientist at Nvidia, David Kirk.

Angel LMS Integrates with Tegrity

5/2/2007

Angel Learning this week rolled out enhancements to its Angel LMS (learning management system), bringing integration with Tegrity Campus 2.0, a widely used student achievement system.

Joint Venture To Link 6 Universities Via HD Video

5/1/2007

Three firms involved in high-definition video networks have christened a project to link six universities with HD video channels to support interactive collaboration and research. The three companies are LifeSize, which makes HD equipment; kynamatrix Research Network, a non-profit focused on science education; and GBH Communications, which does Internet-based teleconferencing.

Indiana U Prof Wins ACM 2007 Contributor Award

5/1/2007

The Association for Computing Machinery named David Wise, a professor of computer science at the Indiana University's School of Informatics, the winner of its 2007 Outstanding Contribution Award.

Universities To Upgrade Army Readiness Technology

5/1/2007

The Army awarded a $215 million contract to a consortium of four universities to help manage the Army High Performance Computing Research Center (AHPCRC).

Universities Seek 'Clean Slate' for Internet Security Woes

4/30/2007

A group of university and government researchers has proposed a "clean slate" approach to solving the Internet's myriad security problems. The group, which includes researchers Rutgers, Stanford, Princeton, Carnegie Mellon, MIT, and various Department of Defense research offices, said it thinks it might be time to scrap key components of the Internet that can no longer support today's complex computing and security requirements, according to a report by the Associated Press.

Colo. School of Mines Picks Finalists in Space 2.0 Contest

4/30/2007

The Center for Space Resources at the Colorado School of Mines picked 10 student teams as finalists in a competition to choose the best business plans involving the use of outer-space-based materials and resources.