The Central Institute of Technology in Western Australia commissioned a video entitled "It's a snap" starring Perth duo Henry & Aaron to advertise their college. The up and coming comedians are graduates of the school.
UCSB professor earns national honor for research
The National Academy of Engineering awarded UCSB professor Steven DenBaars membership into the prestigious group last week for his improvements to energy efficiency in solid-state lighting.
UNC uses online voting system for student elections
Students who voted in today’s student elections were able to cast their ballots on studentlife.unc.edu, a website the university paid for two years ago.
5 helpful (and cool) apps for students
While smart phones might be used primarily to distract you from your studies, they can actually help you improve your school work. If you have the right apps that is.
Video: Your body on Ramen
Personally, I find the stuff completely unappealing, but some people live off the stuff. If you’d like to continue to enjoy your Ramen, DO NOT watch the following video.
USC Kerk School discovers new stem cell
The Keck School of Medicine of USC has announced that researchers have discovered a stem cell that can be used as an effective cell model to study a cancer that effects AIDS patients.
Student sends MIT acceptance letter into space
Most students who get acceptance letters from their prospective colleges put them on their parent’s fridges, show them to their school counselors or post copies on Facebook to show to family and friends...
All Facebook users will be switched to timeline
Whenever Facebook goes through even the smallest of changes, you see a collective grumbling on the status updates of your classmates, family and pretty much anyone else who you’re friends with on the social media site.
UCLA offers laptop protection on campus
There is probably nothing scarier than heading home from school or heading to your next class, only to find that you don’t have your handy-dandy laptop with you.
More colleges join the eTextbook revolution
Along with Berkeley, four other universities across the nation have joined a new program with the company Courseload, the Internet2 consortium and McGraw-Hill to use eTexts.