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4 Ways to Be Digitally Sustainable in the Classroom

Today's Learner

Whenever you use a computer or the internet, you use energy. And since energy resources are finite and can hurt the planet (even renewables can be hard to recycle and are often made unsustainably), we must conserve them whenever we can. If computers use energy, how can we reduce our electricity needs?

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DOE Approves New MSI Grant Funding

Insight Into Diversity

Department of Energy (DOE) announced Monday that it has approved nearly $25 million in grant funding to promote diversity and sustainability within the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) workforce. The awards will go into effect April 1 and extend for three years.

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Texas A&M President responds to national security and Qatar campus rumors

University Business

He says the focus of research at the campus includes energy, water, environment, carbon capture, smart manufacturing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, and data analytics in the energy sector. Read more from KBTX.

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Ohio State Scientists Named AAAS Fellows

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For pioneering studies of viral economics to study viruses in complex communities via quantitative sample-to-sequence pipelines, and linking viruses to hosts, and studying viral impact in the marine environment.

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Panel Explores a Diverse Workforce at HACU Conference

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Johnson joined representatives from Google and Dominion Energy to talk about the importance of focusing on DEIB within the workforce. Tamburri, vice president of diversity, equity & inclusion and employee engagement with Dominion Energy. We can never be complacent in the work,” she warned. “We We have to keep pushing forward.”

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From tutor to teacher: how Illinois’s state tutoring program is building local pathways into teaching

Deans for Impact

I have strong connections with all the teachers…it’s nice coming back, having that welcome [environment], and having them know me.” Having these logistics run at the state level frees up regional ed-prep programs and partnering K-12 schools to focus most of their energy on facilitating responsive and cohesive student experiences.

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Margaret Lo Appointed First Chief Sustainability Officer at Ball State University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At Ball State, in line with the imperatives set forth in our strategic plan , we are committed to being good stewards of our resources and the environment. Margaret’s experience will be a great asset to promote the principles of environmental, social, and economic sustainability throughout campus.”