Can U.S. High School Students Solve Euro-Zone Problems?

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American high school students are poised to help solve Europe’s economic problems, as teams from 25 high schools, including teams from New York, gather at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on April 30th. > more

CODEcamp Charleston Grows Local Knowledge Economy

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To help fill existing workforce gaps in demand for particular technical skill, Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. and the Charleston Digital Corridor announced the launch of CODEcamp. > more

Calgary's New Green Digital Library

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The Taylor Family Digital Library is the newest addition to the University of Calgary campus. The library houses over 9 million assets including 32,000 print monographs, over 1 million maps and aerial photographs, and 847,461 architectural drawings. It’s fully digital, with a lot of new features, and in a LEED-Certified green building. > more

Developers? Want a job? Go to San Diego

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A recent San Diego Union-Tribune article titled Seven hot tech jobs for 2012 lists mobile applications developers and web developers as two of the “hot” jobs. Now San Diego State University is offering a job for job-ready I.T. developers. > more

Creative Cleveland University Circle iPhone App

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The new University Circle app will provide visitors an easy-to-use navigation and informational guide to Cleveland’s premier urban district and world class center of education, medical, and arts & cultural institutions. > more

NASA encourages young astronomers to spot ‘Armageddon!’

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A new NASA outreach project will enlist the help of amateur astronomers to discover near-Earth objects (NEOs) and study their characteristics. NEOs are asteroids with orbits that occasionally bring them close to the Earth. > more

New York: Intriguing Human Rights student campaign

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Ninth Annual Dare to Dream Conference held on November 17th in New York City showed of a wide variety of student presentations on Human Rights. > more

Kunshan, China: Towards a global outsourcing centre

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Corporate news, yes. But significant as the march of enterprise-focus Chinese cities continues. This is Kunshan, between Shanghai and Jiangsu Province, now working to grow as a centre of global Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) – and thus a newer service focussed element to Chinese innovation segments. > more

Doha, Qatar: World Education Innovation Summit seeks answers

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A global meeting of the WISE – at the World Innovation Summit for Education established by the Qatar Foundation, seeks answers to the problems of global innovation in Doha, Qatar. > more

Science & Maths back on U.S. High School Agenda

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In good news, Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, the United States’ premier high school science competition, is putting science and maths back on the national U.S. agenda. Winners of this leading competition received scholarships and recognition, and chance for further competition. > more

MEDIA: Melbourne Innovation Club: Creative Generation X & Y Club of Ideas!

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NEW! An open-source ethos Melbourne Innovation Club. For Generation X & Y. The price of admission? Ideas & ideas alone! > more