Sal Khan: Building a better university
FORTUNE -- Student debt is nearing a record $1 trillion in the U.S. Jobless law school grads are suing their alma maters for false advertising. Needless to say, the cost of higher education -- not to mention the return on the investment -- has become a sore spot for many.
Quinn launches initiative aimed at improving job market through education
BLOOMINGTON — Helping Illinois residents get jobs through better education in science, technology, engineering and math is the goal of the Illinois Pathways Initiative, a new partnership rolled out Thursday with the help of Gov. Pat Quinn and Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon.
CSUN dean elected to prominent electrical engineering honor society
S.K. Ramesh, dean of CSUN’s College of Engineering and Computer Science , was elected to a three-year term on the governing board of a prominent international electrical engineering honor society.
Brant James: New IndyCar chassis, engines have drivers excited to log testing miles
SEBRING, Fla. -- Helio Castroneves skulked around the Team Penske engineering station, hoping -- fruitlessly -- that he would have a chance to retake control of the DW12 Chevrolet he and his teammates were shaking down at one of the first IndyCar tests of the season at Sebring International Raceway. Tony Kanaan, meanwhile, was turning lap after lap in his KV Racing Technology team car. Just down ...
Ford CFO Lewis Booth and Global Product Chief Derrick Kuzak to Retire; Veteran Executives Named as Successors
DEARBORN, Mich., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Lewis Booth, executive vice president and chief financial officer, has elected to retire effective April 1, after a 34-year careerDerrick Kuzak, group vice ...
ABB to buy Thomas & Betts for $3.9 billion in U.S. push
(Reuters) - Swiss engineering group ABB has agreed to buy U.S. electrical components maker Thomas & Betts for $3.9 billion to ramp up its presence in the world's largest market for low-voltage products. Under the terms of Monday's deal, ABB will pay $72 per share in cash -- a 24 percent premium over the stock's closing price on Friday -- for the company, which supplies the construction ...
Employment out of college a matter of degree
Some college degrees are better than others when it comes to employment, a recent study shows
Nanoshell whispering galleries improve thin solar panels
Visitors to Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol Building may have experienced a curious acoustic feature that allows a person to whisper softly at one side of the cavernous, half-domed room and for another on the other side to hear every syllable. Sound is whisked around the semi-circular perimeter of the room almost without flaw. The phenomenon is known as a whispering gallery.
First ride: Ducati Monster 795
The Ducati Monster 795 points to the direction Ducati is looking forward to for future growth and prosperity.
Engineering: general
Encompasses the application of science, maths and computing skills to solve practical problems What will I learn? Engineering degrees cover all things related to developing, providing and maintaining the infrastructure, products and services that society needs - from researching how to manufacture a product to building bridges and roads. Students will study all, or part, of the life cycle of a ...