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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.

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New HBCU Medical College in NOLA Will Confront Medical Inequities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They expect it will continue to boost the local economy, still recovering from Hurricane Katrina’s impact almost 20 years ago and will also allow for greater collaboration with other medical schools in the area, like Louisiana State University and Tulane University. This can be me.” Drew University of Medicine and Science.

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“Ample room” for int’l students in the US

The PIE News

The data, based on the search behaviour of over 55 million students on Studyportals in the past 12 months, revealed the highest student interest from India , Bangladesh and Nigeria, though Chinese students are not well represented due to internet restrictions in their home country.

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Billion-dollar business: These are higher ed’s top 30 R&D performers

University Business

billion on research and development in math, science, engineering and other major fields during FY 2021, an increase of $3.4 Twenty-four of those universities invested more than $1 billion and all but three reported R&D expenditures for their medical schools. Georgia Institute of Technology: $1.1

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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. Read about them here. MS in Business Analytics – STEM-designated Adelphi University Robert B.

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The Catalysts for Competency-Based Learning and Prior Learning Assessments Have Arrived

eLiterate

Worse, in this new era of economic, geopolitical, rapid technological advancement (e.g., Mr. Hadhad was midway through medical school when he fled Syria. Here’s a guy who was halfway through medical school when he arrived. He hopes to go back to school to become an engineer.

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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.