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Universities Have a Computer-Science Problem

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Universities Have a Computer-Science Problem

Last year, 18 percent of Stanford University seniors graduated with a degree in computer science, more than double the proportion of just a decade earlier. Over the same period at MIT, that rate went up from 23 percent to 42 percent. These increases are common everywhere: The average number of undergraduate CS majors at universities … Read more

$8M for space tech to measure Earth’s chemical composition

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$8M for space tech to measure Earth’s chemical composition

Hyperspectral Thermal Imager (HyTI) technology Due to its launch expertise, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Hawaiʻi Space Flight Laboratory (HSFL) secured an $8 million technology demonstration mission funded by the NASA Earth Science Technology Office’s competitive In-Space Validation of Earth Science Technologies program, one of only 15 awarded since 2012. Mechanical Engineer Lance Yoneshige sets … Read more