The Verge

APRIL 8, 2021

Proctorio, a piece of exam surveillance software designed to keep students from cheating while taking tests, relies on open-source software that has a history of racial bias issues, according to a report by Motherboard. Proctorio, and other programs like it, is designed to keep an eye on students while they’re taking tests.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2021

StudyFree — which connects students with international educational opportunities via a community-driven B2C SaaS model — has raised a $3 million seed investment round led by I2BF Global Ventures, TMT Investments and Techstars. It claims that international students using its platform have now received scholarships and grants worth $10.3

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Texas A&M University has brought AR/VR production into its celebrated Visualization program , letting students learn to build state-of-the-art virtual productions before they leave college. Other exhibits focus on the history of Notre Dame and the evolution of life on Earth across nine eras and landscapes.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

Kim Ng made history in 2020 when she became the first woman general manager of an MLB team, the Miami Marlins. At womens colleges such as Smith and Vassar, students organized baseball teams as early as 1866. Callie Maddox is an associate professor of sport leadership and management at Miami University. It wasnt always this way.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 22, 2021

In the most financially challenging time in the history of higher education, proving the value of your technology investments is more important than ever before. Morehouse University , the only historically Black liberal arts college in the U.S. By 2030, the University of Portsmouth aims to be the top modern university in the U.K.

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Candid

MAY 2, 2023

In 1837 Richard Humphreys established the African Institute, now Cheyney University, in Pennsylvania making it the oldest historically Black university in the United States. As a proud alum of Howard University and Fisk University, I understand how critical HBCUs are in the professional and personal development of generations.

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The Verge

APRIL 30, 2021

The University of Minnesota’s path to banishment was long, turbulent, and full of emotion On the evening of April 6th, a student emailed a patch to a list of developers. Fifteen days later, the University of Minnesota was banned from contributing to the Linux kernel. “I How did one email lead to a university-wide ban?

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2025

However, several of those gifts also addressed health and health care, such as Ruth Gottesmans gift of $1 billion to eliminate tuition at Einstein Medical College and Roy and Diana Vageloss $400 million commitment to Columbia University for biomedical research and education.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Now, co-founding partner Ann Miura-Ko and Tyler Whittle, a senior associate with the firm, have developed a new program to help student teams similarly develop an understanding of what big ideas look like — and why most concepts are not big ideas. Are you funding these students? Were these students primarily from Stanford?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

One big one: They don’t have a local credit history, so they can’t avail a range of financial services, including a loan or a credit card — at least not without paying a premium for it. An Indian student studying in the U.S., Kumar said Leap today is helping students with guidance on admission, visas, and test preparation.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

“We want to create the go-to platform where a student, anywhere in the world, can access content in the most frictionless way possible,” Ruano said. And given the fact that “Zoom University” has struggled with accountability and engagement, the founder is optimistic that its a good time for Emile to launch more broadly. So is edtech.

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Tableau

DECEMBER 1, 2021

I am proud to announce that my History of Tableau Innovation viz is now published to Tableau Public. In this blog post, I'll describe my analysis of Tableau's history to drive analytics innovation—in particular, I've identified six key innovation vectors through reflecting on the top innovations across Tableau releases. Release v1.0

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The Verge

AUGUST 21, 2020

University student Nathan Wright made an edit to OpenStreetMap data for part of his degree work last year, adding more than two hundred stories to a building that’s actually just two stories. “I I was using it for a university task and had to add data for class. I didn’t think I would have to see it again.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2023

Summer is coming to an end, which means students will (hopefully) be in air-conditioned classrooms and away from this unrelenting heat wave. From math problem solvers and note-taking tools to book trackers and summary apps, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite educational and organizational apps for students to try this year.

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Tableau

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

As a former student equipment manager at Iowa State University (#CyclONEnation), college football became an integral part of my life and shaped my interests and passion around collegiate athletics. Velleca Michigan Football: A Visual History Bo McCready College Football’s Largest Stadiums David C.

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Candid

MAY 9, 2023

For every $100 foundations give to an Ivy League school, how many dollars do you think foundations give to a historically Black college and university (HBCU)? Candid and ABFE partnered to create and publish Philanthropy and HBCUs: Foundation funding to historically Black colleges and universities. In fact, large U.S.

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DataRobot

MAY 26, 2021

Universities, like other businesses, need to do the same to best serve their students and protect their bottom line. In a marketing use case, the university can build a model to predict whether a prospective student will apply. This can increase the marketing conversion rate and make the university more cost-effective.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Grambling State University is a public, historically Black university in Grambling, Louisiana. Grambling State University is a member-school of the University of Louisiana System and Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Grambling also advances the study and preservation of African American history, art, and culture. .

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The Next Web

JANUARY 2, 2018

It allows students the opportunity collaborate in live time from any device, and from any location, in addition to constantly making learning visible. Strong, powerful, and coherent text is always important- don’t get me wrong- but there are always ways to increase and promote student creativity within Google Docs. #1

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 27, 2021

Cloud for Good provides Salesforce implementation services for institutions looking to modernize their platform to meet the ever-changing needs of students, staff, and faculty. This will provide prospective students with a consistent, data-backed experience no matter who they speak to on the recruitment & admissions team.

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TechSpot

MARCH 26, 2025

That's thanks to a collaborative effort between the Computer History Museum and Google. The source code, originally written by University of Toronto graduate student Alex Krizhevsky, has now been uploaded to GitHub. Read Entire Article

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TechNode

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

On Wednesday, a donation signing ceremony was held at Wuhan University, where Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun donated 1.3 This donation sets a new record for the largest single donation to Wuhan University since its establishment in 1893. Wuhan University ] billion ($183 million) to his alma mater to celebrate its 130th anniversary.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

He mentors young startups at Singapore Management University and True Incube Thailand , a 500 Startups Partner. Instead of trying to market directly to students at those schools (“but we already have a social network!”) Facebook targeted schools in the vicinity, which would inevitably be home to friends of the target school’s students.

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Tableau

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

As a former student equipment manager at Iowa State University (#CyclONEnation), college football became an integral part of my life and shaped my interests and passion around collegiate athletics. Velleca Michigan Football: A Visual History Bo McCready College Football’s Largest Stadiums David C.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

And on Monday, Facebook made one of the biggest policy reversals in its history, banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust. That work was comprehensive enough that, if you didn’t know the history, you might assume that Facebook had carved out an exemption to its hate speech policies specifically to allow for Holocaust denial.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Here are some of their stories: Aleda Schaf fer A student at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, Aleda Schaffer has worked as an American Sign Language Interpreter in Washington, DC, Alaska and Boston. A recent graduate of Rice University, Lum is working on her PhD in statistics at Duke University.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 22, 2012

Kelli Lee I recently graduated from Foothill College with an Associated Arts degree in Business Administration and will be attending San Jose State University in the fall. I worked with students with visual impairments as well as other teachers, focusing on needs and training to use assistive technology.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 24, 2022

Years later, this first girl, Srey Nich, has graduated from university. CCF now has five schools, with the flagship Neeson Cripps Academy (NCA), located less than 300 meters from the landfill site, providing a first class STEM-based education and route to university, vocational training, or directly into a career.

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Tableau

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

One: Instructors spend valuable time building courses in learning management systems—time they could be spending with students. Tableau Academic programs were created to give students worldwide the tools and knowledge to explore, understand, and communicate with data. A brief history of the Tableau Curriculum Program and resources.

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Tableau

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

One: Instructors spend valuable time building courses in learning management systems—time they could be spending with students. Tableau Academic programs were created to give students worldwide the tools and knowledge to explore, understand, and communicate with data. A brief history of the Tableau Curriculum Program and resources.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Amanda DoAmaral is an educator, activist and co-founder and CEO of Fiveable, a social productivity platform for students. She spent five years teaching high school history in Oakland, California, which ignited her passion for creating equitable educational opportunities. Early action equals bigger savings. Prices increase July 29.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 22, 2014

The grad students in my class will be doing an internship as part of their field work, being placed in international organizations in the US and around the world. Students Discussing Their Assessments of Host Organizations. The student should ask to set up a regular meeting time.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

million grant from the Stanton Foundation to work with academic experts on Wikipedia articles related to public policy, which could include everything from political theory to legislative history and issues such as health reform and science. Here are five tips from some of the best in the non-profit business."

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The Verge

JANUARY 5, 2021

As if the coronavirus pandemic hadn’t already blurred the lines between work and home enough, students and teens are going viral on TikTok after making Notion boards that mimic teen Tumblr feeds. cu.rtas i like to think i have it together #university #notion #study #fyp ? ????? ?????? It’s pretty clear who the app’s main audience is!

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Candid

MAY 23, 2023

Uplifting historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) Shaw University, located in Raleigh, NC, was the first HBCU organized in the South and is the birthplace of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). At Howard University, we used to sing the song during convocation.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

If that round size seems huge, it’s because Bubble has had a long history as a bootstrapped company before reaching its current scale. Enterprise pricing is also available, as is special pricing for students. Hinkle, a longtime managing director at the firm, specializes in growth buyout deals as well as growth SaaS companies.

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Forum One

MAY 28, 2024

The Vega Awards acknowledge those who create and continually expand the digital universe. Forum One partnered with the Museum on a full website redesign and upgrade, to welcome more diverse audiences and provide a space to discover our shared American history through a modern, inclusive, and forward-looking digital experience.

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