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  • University of Toledo Hosts Meal Drive for Caribbean Hurricane Relief

    University of Toledo Hosts Meal Drive for Caribbean Hurricane Relief

    The University of Toledo (UT) is hosting its third annual meal drive for hurricane relief in the Caribbean on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 26-27. The university expects 800 community volunteers — students, employees and alumni — to help assemble meals in the Health Education Building on Main Campus. After a year jam-packed with hurricanes that… Read More

  • UW-Madison Faculty Presses University to Take Climate Action

    UW-Madison Faculty Presses University to Take Climate Action

    Faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are joining the fight to tackle climate change. They have adopted a resolution calling for the university to take action and adopt measures that would ensure an environmentally friendly campus. The resolution encourages funding, creation and implementation of a campus-wide climate action plan with specific and measurable targets.… Read More

  • UK’s First Digital Control Tower to Be Installed at University-Owned Cranfield Airport

    UK’s First Digital Control Tower to Be Installed at University-Owned Cranfield Airport

    Cranfield University, the only university in Europe with its own airport and runway, has recently agreed to have a digital control tower installed at Cranfield Airport. The new digital tower will be installed by Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions AB, a Swedish aerospace company, in the next couple of years. The new digital tower —… Read More

  • Ohio State, Apple Partner to Offer ‘Comprehensive, University-Wide Digital Learning’

    Ohio State, Apple Partner to Offer ‘Comprehensive, University-Wide Digital Learning’

    Ohio State University and Apple have teamed up to create a university-wide digital learning initiative to give students, faculty, staff, and members of the Ohio State community access to new educational and economic development opportunities. Through the Digital Flagship University initiative, Ohio State will tackle three primary goals. First, Ohio State will further the integration… Read More

  • PepsiCo Recycling Zero Impact Fund Challenges Students to Green Their Campus with Cash Prizes

    PepsiCo Recycling Zero Impact Fund Challenges Students to Green Their Campus with Cash Prizes

    PepsiCo, through its Recycling Zero Impact Fund, is giving students the chance to win as much as $10,000 to fund new sustainability projects or to improve existing efforts on their campuses. “We all want to protect the planet,” said Tom Mooradian, manager of environmental sustainability at PepsiCo. None of us can do it alone, but… Read More

  • University of Northampton’s Sustainable Waterside Campus Ready in 2018

    University of Northampton’s Sustainable Waterside Campus Ready in 2018

    The University of Northampton (UON) in England is preparing to relocate students to its new sustainable and state-of-the-art Waterside campus in 2018. The new campus, located on the banks of the River Nene, will provide academic facilities for 15,000 students, and has been designed to be as energy efficient as possible. The buildings have been… Read More

  • Outdoor Flight Lab Now at University of Maryland

    Outdoor Flight Lab Now at University of Maryland

    The University of Maryland A. James Clark School of Engineering (Clark School) recently opened Fearless Flight Facility, an outdoor flight laboratory that could stem innovation in flight control, sensing, autonomy, collaboration, and unmanned aircraft system (UAS) testing. The new facility is just a short drive away from the main College Park campus in the university’s… Read More

  • Southern Cross University Researchers Use Sexuality of Coral Reefs to Restore Damaged Reefs

    Southern Cross University Researchers Use Sexuality of Coral Reefs to Restore Damaged Reefs

    A team of researchers from Southern Cross University in Australia has successfully used the sexuality and reproduction capability of coral reefs to repair damaged reefs in the Philippines. The research is led by Professor Peter Harrison, founding director of the Marine Ecology Research Centre and director of the Institute for Development, Environment and Sustainability (IDEAS)… Read More

  • Dyson’s Novel Approach to Solve Engineer Shortage

    Dyson’s Novel Approach to Solve Engineer Shortage

    A university degree is expensive. There’s a shortage of engineers in developed nations. And there’s a huge gender gap in the field of engineering. So how do you solve these problems? Well, if you are Sir James Dyson, you start your own school. The name James Dyson has been synonymous with innovative technological advances for… Read More

  • Stanford University Researchers Tackle Pollution From Artisanal Brick Kilns to Save the Environment and Improve Health

    Stanford University Researchers Tackle Pollution From Artisanal Brick Kilns to Save the Environment and Improve Health

    Artisanal brick kilns contribute significantly to pollution in developing nations. Fortunately, a team of researchers from Stanford University has come up with a novel way to reduce pollution from such brick kilns. The team’s approach could have a major impact in mitigating global warming, improving air quality, and reducing negative health effects in adjoining communities.… Read More

  • University of Texas at Austin Researchers Invent Pen That Accurately Detects Cancer in 10 Seconds

    University of Texas at Austin Researchers Invent Pen That Accurately Detects Cancer in 10 Seconds

    A team of scientists and engineers at The University of Texas (UT) at Austin has invented a pen device capable of accurately identifying cancerous tissue in just 10 seconds. The MasSpec Pen will help surgeons pinpoint cancerous tissue during surgery, so they know where to cut or preserve.   “One of the real problems in… Read More

  • Universities of Glasgow, Stratchclyde, West of Scotland and Galway Researchers Grow Bone with ‘Nanokicking’ Technology

    Universities of Glasgow, Stratchclyde, West of Scotland and Galway Researchers Grow Bone with ‘Nanokicking’ Technology

    Researchers from the Universities of Glasgow, Stratchclyde, West of Scotland and Galway are using ‘nanokicking’ technology to grow three-dimensional mineralized bone samples in their laboratory. Broken, sprained, or otherwise damaged sections of bone have long presented challenges for doctors, so this technology is poised to transform the lives of many patients worldwide. The study is… Read More

  • Arizona State University Researchers Use Neuroimaging to Solve Mystery Behind Self-Control

    Arizona State University Researchers Use Neuroimaging to Solve Mystery Behind Self-Control

    Self-control is a key factor of behavior, which can vary depending on the importance of a decision, or when the decisionmaker is asked to make a choice, according to researchers from Arizona State University (ASU), who used neuroimaging to arrive at their conclusion. The researchers plan to use this insight to explore brain function and… Read More

  • George Washington University Student Creates ‘Save A Million’ Campaign

    George Washington University Student Creates ‘Save A Million’ Campaign

    The Student Association (SA) at The George Washington University (GW) has launched a campaign to save 1 million pieces of paper by next summer at the behest of Logan Malik, a senior and SA’s director of sustainability policy. The campaign kicked off on September 10, and will run through June 2018. The “Save a Million”… Read More

  • Tired of Traffic? Carnegie Mellon’s AI Traffic Tech Cuts Travel Times and Emissions

    Tired of Traffic? Carnegie Mellon’s AI Traffic Tech Cuts Travel Times and Emissions

    Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have installed smart traffic signals to monitor and conduct traffic lights at select intersections in a pilot area in Pittsburgh. The technology uses existing cameras and radar systems to track traffic in real time. Then, an artificial intelligence (AI) uses algorithms to determine the best way to move the… Read More

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