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A climate change diploma for every grad student: 4/22/2024 12:12:07 PM; University of Waterloo graduate students across all six faculties will soon be able to obtain a new interdisciplinary diploma in climate change to help engage with the complexity of the climate crisis and address potential solutions from a local to global scale. Interdisciplinary Graduate Diploma in Climate Change This diploma – the first of its kind in Canada – will be …
Featured video: Moooving the needle on methane: 4/22/2024 12:01:56 PM; Moooving the needle on methane Methane traps much more heat per pound than carbon dioxide, making it a powerful contributor to climate change. “In fact, methane emission removal is the fastest way that we can ensure immediate results for reduced global warming,” says Audrey Parker, a graduate student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
ESA’s astronaut class of 2022 graduate: 4/22/2024 11:16:28 AM; ESA celebrated the graduation of its class of 2022 astronaut candidates. The ceremony, held at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, signified the successful completion of basic training for the five European astronaut graduates and the Australian Space Agency’s first astronaut, all now eligible for spaceflight assignments.
Cepsa Joins PATIO Campus to Drive Innovation in Energy Sector: 4/22/2024 6:10:43 AM; • Cepsa is now part of PATIO Campus, taking the lead in the strategic energy vertical. The company joins a growing list of innovators in this ecosystem, including L’Oréal, BMW, Inditex, Iberia, Mahou San Miguel, Merlin Properties, and Pascual • PATIO Campus will be adding more companies in the coming months in prominent sectors like Banking, Healthcare, and Technology, …
KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. Launches 2024 Editorial Compensation Benchmark Study: 4/17/2024 10:00:00 AM; KGL Consulting, the scholarly publishing consultancy arm of KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. (KGL), has formally announced the opening the 2024 edition of its Editorial Compensation Benchmark Study, designed to provide a basis of comparison for remuneration across journal editorial office positions.
Oakwood University Crowned the 35th Honda Campus All-Star Challenge National Champion: 4/15/2024 4:31:24 AM; • Oakwood University bested 31 teams to win the 2024 Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) National Championship--the nation’s premier HBCU academic competition--and a $100,000 institutional grant from Honda • Howard University, Spelman College and Morehouse College finished in the top four • To watch highlights from the National Championship Tournament, visit …
Has remote work changed how people travel in the U.S?: 4/9/2024 9:27:21 AM; The prevalence of remote work since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic has significantly changed urban transportation patterns in the U.S., according to new study led by MIT researchers.
Helping robots make a better first impression: 4/9/2024 9:20:07 AM; An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Waterloo’s Social and Intelligent Robotics Research Lab (SIRRL) has found that people prefer interacting with robots they perceive to have social identities like their own.
ACD/Labs’ Educational Software for Drawing Chemical Structures Achieves New Milestone: 4/9/2024 9:00:00 AM; ACD/Labs, an informatics company that develops and commercializes software in support of digitalized R&D, today announced that ChemSketch Freeware has been downloaded by over 2.5 million users worldwide.
Tess Korobkin Receives the 20th Annual Frost Essay Award: 4/9/2024 3:42:30 AM; Tess Korobkin is the recipient of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Patricia and Phillip Frost Essay Award for her article “Monumental Absence: Augusta Savage’s Unbuilt Monuments, 1931–1943,” which appeared in the fall 2023 issue (vol.
Mary Ann Chimera’s “Take Charge of Your Career” Will Be Exhibited at the 2024 L.A. Times Festival of Books: 4/1/2024 7:36:26 PM; The self-publishing and book marketing company ReadersMagnet will display Mary Ann Chimera’s “Take Charge of Your Career: A Guide to Organizing and Conducting a Successful Job Search in These Competitive Times” at the 2024 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.
Large language models use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some stored knowledge: 3/26/2024 10:40:56 AM; Large language models, such as those that power popular artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT, are incredibly complex. Even though these models are being used as tools in many areas, such as customer support, code generation, and language translation, scientists still don’t fully grasp how they work.
The world is one step closer to secure quantum communication on a global scale: 3/26/2024 10:31:56 AM; Researchers at the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) have brought together two Nobel prize-winning research concepts to advance the field of quantum communication.
Bloomberg New Voices Launches Initiative in São Paulo: 3/26/2024 5:48:39 AM; Bloomberg announced the expansion of its New Voices program to São Paulo with a celebration and networking reception held at Instituto Tomie Ohtake. This marks the program’s first expansion into South America, and São Paulo now joins New York, London, Paris, Johannesburg, Dubai, Singapore, and more as the initiative’s 16th city.