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Stevens Institute of Technology is a college well worth the investment, a new study on the value of higher education by PayScale reveals. Hoboken, NJ (PRWEB) May 03, 2013 PayScale Survey Reveals the Value of a Stevens Education at $1.46 Million after 30 Years Stevens Institute of Technology is a college well worth the investment, a new study on the value of higher education by PayScale reveals. In fact, Stevens ranks 9th among all colleges and universities nationally for 30-year net...

As part of the company’s Earth Week activities, Intelesense Technologies profiles its relationship with one of Hawaii’s most well known environmental research organizations -- the Center for Conservation Research and Training with the Pacific Biosciences Research Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Honolulu, HI (PRWEB) April 26, 2013 As part of the company’s Earth Week activities, Intelesense Technologies, a visionary manufacturer of sensors and sensor management devices,...

Leaño currently serves on the board of the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara’s foundation. Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) April 25, 2013 Sofia University (formerly the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology) announced today the addition of Sofia Fregoso Leaño to its Board of Trustees. Sofia University Trustee Rick Hesel and President Neal King met Sofia Fregoso Leaño during the semi-annual meeting of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP), held in March...

Panel addresses challenging journey of new medical device from idea to market. Fayetteville, Arkansas (PRWEB) April 24, 2013 Robert (Bob) Storey, CEO of OsteoVantage, Inc. and Executive in Residence for VIC Technology Venture Development, presented at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine’s conference “The Business of Medical Devices” on April 9th. Mr. Storey, who also works with the Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer office to obtain funding for promising Hopkins...

MedAptus' Patented Solution Eases the Complex Split-Billing Process for High Volume Hospital BOSTON, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MedAptus® today announced that UMass Memorial Health Care is rolling-out the company's Technical Charge Capture (Tech) software. Tech, currently live in the departments of rheumatology and oncology at UMass Memorial Medical Center, helps to standardize the outpatient facility billing process by automating charge creation and operational...

Happening April 26-27 at NYU-Poly BROOKLYN, N.Y., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Different Games will celebrate its inaugural conference on April 26 and 27, 2013, at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly). A project of NYU-Poly's Department of Technology, Culture and Society, the conference will address the issues of diversity, difference and inclusivity in game design, production, scholarship and criticism. "We want to amplify seldom-heard voices in the games...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, MIT Technology Review releases its 2013 list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies (formerly the TR10). Our definition of a breakthrough is simple: an advance that gives people powerful new ways to use technology. As a whole, we intend this annual list not only to tell you which technologies you need to know about, but also to celebrate the creativity that produced them. (Logo:...

Schools With The Ultimate 4/20 College Experiences NEW YORK, April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- To celebrate 4/20, Fiesta Frog, is releasing the Top 50 Marijuana Schools of 2013 in the United States. Not only, did the Fiesta Frog team poll students and speak to students at colleges across the country, but they have also factored in several previous rankings, to ensure validity. Fiesta Frog has put this list together after months of working to find out who the top schools in the...

PITTSBURGH, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A team of Carnegie Mellon University civil and environmental engineering faculty and students have teamed up with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to help assess the risk of dam failures nationwide. The recently released 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Infrastructure Report Card collectively gave the 84,000 U.S. dams a D grade. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20020422/CMULOGO) "We are working to develop tools...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Transparency allows for consumers to make informed decisions on everything from fast food to automobiles.The same could be held true for physicians, allowing them to order considerably fewer tests or search for lower-priced alternatives when shown the costs of diagnostic procedures, if this transparency was available to them, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. In a study performed at Johns Hopkins Hospital,...