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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Twelve journalists from diverse backgrounds have been named Chips Quinn Scholars for spring 2012 by the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute and participating news organizations. This year marks the 21st anniversary of the Chips Quinn Scholars program, which began with six scholars in 1991. Chips Quinn Scholars are college students or recent graduates pursuing journalism careers. After completing an intensive orientation and...
DETROIT, Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today SAE International and Nissan Americas unveiled the newest component of the SAE International A World In Motion® program during the North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center in Detroit. SAE International and Nissan introduced the new program during a press conference at the Nissan booth. Students from Detroit Public Schools, Richfield Public Academy and St. Michael School in Livonia participated in the conference,...
TEL AVIV, Israel, January 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RiT Technologies (NASDAQ: RITT) today launched the RiT CenterMind(TM) Solution, a new approach to data center infrastructure management [http://www.rittech.com/rit_centermind ] (DCIM), which enables data center managers to optimize performance through a real-time consolidated view of data center IT assets, connectivity, power and environmental conditions. The RiT CenterMind Solution presents a major shift in the DCIM...
Second year festival will be held April 20-29, 2012 and includes more than 100 events, most free of charge PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Last year, the Philadelphia Science Festival brought together more than one hundred partners in an unprecedented collaboration highlighting the region's role as a worldwide leader in science and technology innovation. The result - the inaugural citywide science festival - featured Philadelphia organizations large and...
$50,000 Awarded to Pilot Programs That Encourage Participation of Women Boulder, Colo. (PRWEB) January 08, 2012 TheNational Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) and Microsoft Research today announced the winners of the most recent NCWIT Academic Alliance Seed Fund, which provides U.S. academic institutions with start-up funds to develop and implement initiatives that recruit and retain women in computing and technology fields of study. Since 2007, NCWIT and Microsoft...
American Sentinel University was named a 2012 Top Military-friendly University by Military Advanced Education Magazine for the fourth consecutive year and will be featured in the magazine’s ‘2012 Guide to Military-friendly Colleges and Universities Honorees.' For more information on American Sentinel’s distance learning degrees and certification programs relevant to students’ military and post-military careers, visit http://www.americansentinel.edu/military. AURORA, Colo....
NORCROSS, Ga., Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- OFS, a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of innovative fiber optic network products, is pleased to announce that Dr. Yi Sun, lead engineer for Enterprise Local Area Network Lab for OFS, received the Spirit of Endeavor Award in recognition of her mentoring work this summer, best preparing her student for a future career in the technology field. The Spirit of Endeavor Awards, hosted by TechAmerica Georgia and the Technology...
HOUSTON and WARMINSTER, Pa., Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sam Houston State University has received a $25 million pledge from Pennsylvania-based Therm-Omega-Tech, Inc. to support the university's engineering technology components within the current industrial technology program and to establish a new engineering technology program. The founder of Therm-Omega-Tech, Inc., is alumnus Frederick Pirkle, who graduated from SHSU with a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial arts in 1970...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A San Diego-area student is starting the New Year with considerably less financial stress. Brendan Cotter, a student at Universal Technical Institute in Rancho Cucamonga, is one of two nationwide recipients of the Roger Penske Outstanding Student Award as selected by the Universal Technical Institute Foundation. The $12,000 scholarship is awarded twice a year to two top students who meet certain criteria, including exceptional...
SANTA FE, New Mexico, Dec. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sigma Labs, Inc. (OTCBB: SGLB) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately owned Sumner Associates, Inc. and La Mancha Company, both of whom are under the same management team. Sumner Associates and La Mancha Company provide consulting services to the private and public sectors, especially with regard to emerging technologies and alternative applications of established technologies. The...
