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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- From toddlers to tweens, life is an ebook, ready to download. Kids can - and do - play, connect and communicate 24/7. The 2012 Annual Sandbox Summit, April 17-18, will make sense of what this real-time technology is teaching our kids and what their usage is teaching us. Taking place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the country's most respected academic institutions, Sandbox Summit will bring together experts in...
Chandler-Gilbert Community College was recently named as a finalist in the Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards, which recognizes Innovation and Excellence in Climate Leadership at Signatory Institutions of the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment. Chandler, AZ (PRWEB) March 10, 2012 Chandler-Gilbert Community College was recently named as a finalist in the Second Nature Climate Leadership Awards, which recognizes Innovation and Excellence in Climate...
BOSTON, March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bunker Hill Community College has installed a state-of-the art "building dashboard" in the lobby of its LEED Gold-certified Health & Wellness Center. Resembling a large flat-screen television, the device monitors the building's energy usage in real time and presents the results in a series of colorful, interactive charts and graphs....
POULTNEY, Vt., March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Over the past three years, Green Mountain College students and faculty have explored the potential of renewable energy systems and ecological design principles through the College's Renewable Energy and Ecological Design (REED) certificate program. Beginning in the fall of 2012, undergraduates at GMC will be able to pursue a full-fledged 42-credit REED major. The new program offers depth of study in renewable energy and...
Dartmouth Students Urge Trustee Diana Taylor To End Sotheby's Lockout Teamsters Art Handlers Hold Teach-In In Hanover About Auction House's Attacks on Workers HANOVER, N.H., March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Teamsters art handlers are continuing their seven-month-long campaign to end their lockout by Sotheby's auction house. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100127/IBTLOGO) Four Teamsters art handlers held a teach-in Friday at Dartmouth College to inform students...
BOSTON, March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- "Not all business schools are the same. Not all business graduates are the same." That's the theme of Hult International Business School's first television advertisement airing on CNN, which embodies Hult's mission of providing international, farsighted and practical business education for global leaders. The commercial, produced in Los Angeles by the award-winning production company Logan under the creative direction of Dave Smith, Simon Carbery...
Accomplished leaders Barry L. Cox, James D. Plummer and John J. Tracy bring expertise and insight to Olin's President's Council. Needham, Mass. (PRWEB) March 03, 2012 Richard K. Miller, president of Olin College of Engineering, today announced the appointment of three distinguished individuals to the college’s President’s Council. Named were Barry L. Cox, a member of the board of directors of Audience, Inc. and Summit Microelectronics; James D. Plummer, dean of the School of...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In light of the recent U.S. economic downturn, higher education institutions have experienced a steep decline in the amount of government funding that is available to support operations and investment. As a result, institutions are struggling to fund the next-generation educational technologies that have become critical components of higher education over the past decade. Administrators tasked with ensuring that the latest classroom...
BOSTON, Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Maria Hinojosa, managing editor and host of the weekly NPR program Latino USA and one of the first Latinas to hold a national broadcast media position, will deliver the main commencement address for Simmons College, Friday, May 18, at the Bank of America Pavilion in Boston. Hinojosa who also anchors the talk show Maria Hinojosa: One on One on WGBH/La Plaza, will serve as the keynote speaker for the 10 a.m. undergraduate ceremony...
MassDiGI to Kick Off Program in May, with Application Process Opening March 15 WORCESTER, Mass., Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute (MassDiGI), based at Becker College, announces a new program for college and university students who are looking to break into the interactive entertainment industry. The MassDiGI Summer Innovation Program gives eligible students the chance to work on the winning video game concepts...
