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Harvard Biological Engineering Institute Receives $350M Gift

Inside Higher Ed

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss has donated an additional $350 million to Harvard University to support the research center that bears his name: the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Wyss, a graduate of Harvard Business School, donated $125 million to establish the institute in 2009. Hide by line?:

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The 2024 Insight Into Diversity Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

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The ITA fosters a supportive environment where instructors can share experiences and innovate in teaching, breaking down the usual departmental barriers. KCU faculty members joined the program that includes mentorship, case presentations, curriculum information, how to take a medical history, a suture clinic, and identity workshops.

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

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INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. Read about them here. MS in Business Analytics – STEM-designated Adelphi University Robert B.

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Pioneers discuss the challenges facing computer science

Inside Higher Ed

“It’s kind of like in medical school when they talk about the ‘half-life of knowledge.’ ’ The medical school dean tells graduates, ‘In five years, half of what we tell you will turn out to be false,’” said Alexei Efros, computer science professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Universities 4.0 and their role in driving place-based innovation for socio-economic transformation

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These are all occurring in an environment of declining public affinity for universities and constrained public budgets. A classic example was the Warwick Manufacturing Group in the 1990s which forged deep relationships between an engineering and business school with local manufacturing partners.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

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This academic and professional development initiative encourages and assists students from underrepresented groups to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. . Minority Male Initiative — Broward College. Bridging Gaps for First-Year Latinx Students — Case Western Reserve University.

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The Post-Pandemic College Campus as a Design Challenge

Inside Higher Ed

Me : Just visit a medical school and you’ll be amazed by how extensively these professional schools already make use of simulations including virtual cadavers, hearts, and brains as well as surgery simulators -- leaving those plastic toy human anatomy kits that children have played with in the dust.

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