The University of San Diego has joined an elite group of universities that are early adopters of mobile applications. With the release of “MySDMobile,” USD students have access to a diverse suite of nine programs using the Apple iPhone and other smart mobile devices such as the RIM BlackBerry. (more…)

The Coca-Cola Company announced today that it will give $6 million to Spelman
College, Morehouse College, Clark Atlanta University and the Morehouse School of
Medicine, all part of the Atlanta University Center. This support will assist
students at these Atlanta-based historically black colleges and universities
with scholarship funds where economic hardship is impacting the likelihood of
the completion of their education. Additionally, the Company announced that $1.2
million will be given to the Robert W. Woodruff Library on the campus of the
Atlanta University Center to upgrade the Library`s IT infrastructure and enhance
the ability to manage and provide access to critical archival documents, such as
the Martin Luther King, Jr. papers. (more…)

Media are invited to participate in the science and technology tours being held
in conjunction with the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit Sept. 24-25. Twelve one-hour
tours-hosted by the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and
the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-are being offered on Monday, Sept.
21. They will highlight the science and technology that is driving the region`s
economy. (more…)

University of Phoenix alumni have the chance to nominate family members, friends, colleagues or community members for the university’s “Paying It Forward” scholarship. The university encourages its 475,000 alumni to participate in the 2009 program that will award 30 full-tuition scholarships for individuals to pursue and complete a bachelor’s degree. The application deadline is October 16.
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Ron McDaniel, a 1969 University of Dayton alumnus in Chicago, has committed $1 million to his alma mater to start an endowment for “Flyer Angels.” It will be one of a handful of undergraduate angel investment groups in the country when it launches in 2010.

Under the proposed program, Flyer Angels would partner with a local angel organization to evaluate new venture business plans for possible investment. Entrepreneurship majors would help perform due diligence on these start-up companies as well as deciding whether or not to invest. Angel investors are individuals or groups who provide funding for fledgling companies, usually in exchange for a stake in the company. (more…)

The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM), Marquette University and Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), in partnership with several regional companies and foundations, have formed the Southeastern Wisconsin Energy Technology Research Center (SWETRC).

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ABC News is coming — to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications.

The college will open the newest ABC News On Campus bureau this month, offering students the opportunity to work with and learn from professionals at a national broadcast news network. The On Campus program is a partnership between the ABC television network’s news division and seven leading journalism schools.

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If the entering college class of 2013 had been more alert back in 1991 when most of them were born, they would now be experiencing a severe case of déjà vu. The headlines that year railed about government interventions, bailouts, bad loans, unemployment and greater regulation of the finance industry. The Tonight Show changed hosts for the first time in decades, and the nation asked “was Iraq worth a war?”

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Northwestern University President Henry S. Bienen will retire from his position effective August 31, 2009 and will become Vice Chairman of the Rasmussen College, Inc. Board of Directors effective September 1, 2009. Bienen has been a member of the Rasmussen Board of Directors for five years.

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Arizona State University (ASU) will enrich its engineering education and provide students more advanced preparation to enter the workforce through an in-kind software grant from Siemens PLM Software to ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering announced today. Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division, is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services. With a commercial value of nearly $245 million, it is the largest in-kind grant in the university’s history.
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