Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. About 200 investors, entrepreneurs and technology transfer professionals listened to appeals on Tuesday from innovators at New Mexico’s major research institutions for funding and assistance to take new technologies to market. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. University tech transfer offices play a central role in the biotech ecosystem, as the successful commercialization of an academic discovery is the aspiration of many young startups. Navigating–and optimizing–this tech transfer process is therefore critical to the health of the biotech sector. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A new technology education program at the University of the District of Columbia will help 100 minority middle school boys learn 3-D modeling and app development and will expose them to future career opportunities in the tech sector. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. OSC World, a pioneer and developer of industry-leading educational test scanning technology and educational technology services, announced today that Facebook geographic social media monitoring and review has been added to Digital Fly,. (http://bit.ly/OSCWorldDigitalFly) a leading real-time geographically fenced public social media monitoring and alert system designed for the education sector. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. In a climate in which every institution is trying to find the answers to the challenges of increasing student retention and closing the graduation gap, Tony Randall, senior manager of the Student Success Initiative at the University of Maryland, may have found the answer: Let the students command their destinies. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Ten immigrants who have received a reprieve from deportation filed another suit in Fulton County Superior Court Tuesday, seeking once again to force the Georgia Board of Regents to allow them to pay substantially lower in-state college tuition. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Several hundred thousand high school students will take the second administration of the new SAT on May 7. Students who took the first offering on March 5 are still waiting for their scores, which will not be sent to them until later this month. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Saying it no longer has a place in Louisville, Mayor Greg Fischer and University of Louisville President James Ramsey announced Friday morning that the 121-year-old Confederate monument on the Belknap campus is being removed. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Oregon State University’s top-rated online education program has launched a weekly podcast, “Research in Action,” to address topics and issues facing researchers across the nation. More...

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. VIRGINIA IS WHERE British Gen. Charles Cornwallis surrendered to Gen. George Washington at Yorktown. It is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents. It is home to both Thomas Jefferson’s alma mater and the University of Virginia, which he founded. More...