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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

Insight Into Diversity

The pair developed JUMP-Start, Journey for Underrepresented Students in Medicine Program, a free, student-organized and executed conference for undergraduates from marginalized groups who have an interest in attending medical school but may not have access to the necessary resources to succeed.

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Laser focused: what are the benefits of single-subject institutions?

The PIE News

From art colleges to medical schools, specialised higher education institutions are nothing new. However, Kaplan Pathways’ latest partner, The Engineering & Design Institute London takes this concept a step further, offering just one subject — Global Design Engineering.

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The Power of Alumni Networks: Featuring Graduate Success Stories in Your Marketing Strategy?

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

The success of graduates provides valuable social proof for prospective students, who can identify with and look up to these role models. Schools can amplify this impact by encouraging alumni to tag their alma mater in their career updates, engage in school-sponsored events, and contribute to online discussions within alumni groups.

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

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. Adelphi’s female faculty members in the industry serve as inspiring role models.

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Pioneers discuss the challenges facing computer science

Inside Higher Ed

The forum is an intimate, invitation-only gathering modeled after its scientific partner, the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings held each July in Lindau, Switzerland. “It’s kind of like in medical school when they talk about the ‘half-life of knowledge.’

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

HEPI

And, at the same time, universities are transitioning to new models of operation with new revenue streams in response to financial pressures arising from fixed rates of student funding in the UK, capped student numbers, declining demand elsewhere, and unpredictable international fee-paying student demand patterns. Universities 4.0