Tag: Ivy League

  • How Minerva Plans To Make Its Affordable, Next-Gen University

    Non-Profit Innovation: How Minerva Plans To Make Its Affordable, Next-Gen University A Reality Rip Empson, techcrunch.com The Min­er­va Project burst onto the scene last year with an ambi­tious goal: To cre­ate the next elite Amer­i­can uni­ver­si­ty, online, and, in so doing, help rethink the role of high­er edu­ca­tion in the Dig­i­tal Era. Not only that,…

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  • Cornell scientists use Twitter to capture global mood, chronobiology

    Most adults I know dismissed Twitter, with only 140 characters at their disposal, as a waste of time just a year ago. But after the Iranian revolts, the Arab Spring and the London riots in which Twitter played a key part, it is not so easily dismissed anymore. But its seemingly brief and trivial nature is…

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  • Cornell University Information Science

    Cornell has a great Information science program as well… Cornell University – Information Science – Overview. Related articles Cornell NYC Begins Accepting Applications for ‘Highly Selective’ Beta Class (betabeat.com) Artificial Vision: Cornell and Stanford Researchers crack Retinal Code (pharmaceuticalintelligence.com) Cornell University to install nets on bridges in bid to prevent suicides (foxnews.com)

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