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Eight Named to All-ACC Academic Team; Beck Tabbed Scholar … – GoDuke.com
Story Links DURHAM The ACC released the women's tennis All-ACC Academic Team on Wednesday with eight members of the Duke squad receiving honors, while senior Chloe Beck was tabbed the ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive year. Along with Beck on the All-ACC Academic team were Karolina Berankova, Iuliia Bryzgalova, Ellie Coleman, Georgia Drummy, Emma Jackson, Cameron Morra and Brianna Shvets.
International Students Less Likely to Stay in Philadelphia Area After Graduation – Voice of America – VOA News
Jen Kebea, president of Campus Philly, a nonprofit focused on recruitment, engagement and retention of college talent in the Greater Philadelphia area, discussed a 2019 study with Technical.ly, an online news site for technologists and entrepreneurs. Campus Philly completed a retention data study in 2019 that found the region was retaining 54% of its college students, Kebeba told Technical.ly. However, Kebaba said that within the pool of STEM graduates, some are highly retained, such as those in biology and other life sciences-related subjects; others, such as those in computer science and information technology majors, are less likely to stay in the area
Researchers expand ability of robots to learn from videos: Robots … – Science Daily
New work from Carnegie Mellon University has enabled robots to learn household chores by watching videos of people performing everyday tasks in their homes. The research could help improve the utility of robots in the home, allowing them to assist people with tasks like cooking and cleaning. Two robots successfully learned 12 tasks including opening a drawer, oven door and lid; taking a pot off the stove; and picking up a telephone, vegetable or can of soup
Startup’s Big Battery Can Electrify Your Home and Make the Grid … – CNET
If you're thinking of buying a home battery to protect your house from outages or to cash in on rooftop solar panels, a startup called Lunar Energy this year will bring some new competition to the Tesla Powerwall. The Lunar Battery is a compact, modular design intended to automatically control home appliances and pay for itself as soon as possible. The battery system monitors factors like weather, power usage and varying electrical rates to control when the system charges the battery, powers your home or pumps power back onto the grid.
Women pushed into ravine at German castle were recent Illinois college graduates – ABC News
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Science for the Future | Endeavors – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
June 20th, 2023 Marcel Ravidat could never imagine what lay ahead when he and his dog, Robot, came across a foxhole in the southwestern French countryside in 1940. The tunnel was rumored to be a secret passage to a nearby manor, and the curious 18-year-old returned with three friends to investigate further. After days of digging, they found an ancient masterpiece 50 feet underground the cave art of Lascaux.
CICS Hao Zhang Receives 2023 DARPA Directors Fellowship to … – UMass News and Media Relations
Hao Zhang, associate professor in the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences, has been awarded the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Directors Fellowship
Atlas of human brain blood vessels highlights changes in … – MIT News
Your brain is powered by 400 miles of blood vessels that provide nutrients, clear out waste products, and form a tight protective barrier the blood-brain barrier that controls which molecules can enter or exit.
Psychology (H), BA with computer science at SOL – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Delhi Universitys School of Open Learning (SOL) will offer psychology (Hons) from this academic session, giving scope to men to study the subject in DU.
CHIPS for America Announces Selection Committee for the Board of … – HSToday
The CHIPS for America team at the U.S. Department of Commerce announced leaders to serve on a selection committee that will choose board members to form a nonprofit entity that the department anticipates will serve as the operator of the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), a centerpiece of the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Acts research and development (R&D) program.