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AT&T and Learfield Communications’ Campus+ division have partnered to develop and deliver new educational technologies and career opportunities for students in higher education institutions. AT&T said Monday it will coordinate with administrators and other campus stakeholders to address various challenges in on-campus learning, as well as customize academic resources for …

A new report by Deloitte and nonprofit organization Educause says higher education institutions that aim to maintain their federal research contracts and grants should introduce changes to their data management practices as they comply with the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s federal data protection rules. NIST’s Special Publication 800-171 …

NASA has chosen eight university teams to work with the agency’s engineers and scientists on two-year projects to develop new small spacecraft technologies. The space agency said Saturday these collaborations aim to create small, lightweight spacecraft that could support science, exploration and space operations. NASA chose from a variety of submitted proposals …

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Geological Survey have begun to solicit applications from universities and schools that are interested to serve as partners of a geospatial sciences program. NGA formed the Centers of Academic Excellence in Geospatial Sciences program with USGS in an effort to establish partnerships with …

SAP will collaborate with the White House on an initiative that seeks to help K-12 students develop skills in the field of business and computer science. The company will award $2.4 million in grants to nonprofit institutions to help promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics and computer science education to …

SpaceX has tapped AECOM to design and develop a Hyperloop test track for a SpaceX-hosted competition that aims to promote innovation among university students and speed up the development of Hyperloop prototypes. Hyperloop is a type of transport system that would travel up to 760 miles per hour through a …

Northrop Grumman will sponsor a two-day flying event Wednesday as part of the final round of competition for unmanned aerial systems developed by university students in the U.K. The company said Tuesday contenders from 13 universities will take part in the 2015 Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ UAS Universities challenge to be …

The National Science Foundation has estimated a 1.1 percent decrease in university research spending for the 2012 fiscal year, the first decline it recorded since 1974, the Baltimore Sun reported Monday. Scott Dance writes that university officials attributed the decline to budget cuts and the government’s withdrawal of the economic …

NASA will provide $250,000 in grants to 10 universities for projects that focus on technologies used in astrophysics and space exploration. The one year of financial support will be provided under the space technology research grants program within the agency’s space technology mission directorate, NASA said Wednesday. The space agency …

A General Dynamics business unit has been selected the first industrial member of a university research center that aims to foster collaboration and information sharing between the public and private sectors. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute started its data science research center in 2010 to address data-centric and data-intensive research challenges and …

Northrop Grumman Corp. has chosen the University of Southern California to collaborate with the company’s cybersecurity research consortium in an effort to help combat current and emerging cyber threats. USC will bring its big data, computer science and informatics capabilities to the consortium to develop offerings together with existing members …

Cindy Kane, corporate relations director at Harris Corp., has been selected the alumna of distinction for 2013 by the University of Florida’s college of journalism and communications. Kane joined five other awardees during a banquet in April at the university, Harris said Thursday. The company said Kane received the recognition …

SAP has launched an online development training program that offers software developers courses on the HANA platform and aims to give them more knowledge of the product. “Introduction to Software Development on SAP HANA” includes lectures, self-tests, weekly assignments and online forums intended to provide programmers an overview of SAP …

Intel is partnering with an Oregon-based university to develop computing technologies for managing volumes of biomedical data that scientists use to detect complex diseases and discover new treatments. Oregon Health & Science University and Intel aim to create information tools and workflow offerings to help the scientific community understand genetics …

The American University of Afghanistan’s International Campus in Kabul has renamed its soccer field DynCorp International Field. The field hosted the country’s first intercollegiate soccer tournament involving six teams from universities based in the Kabul area, DynCorp said Monday. Afghanistan’s national soccer team has also used the field. “DynCorp International …