College
January 31, 2012 3:03 PM
By John Larson:
Numerous studies have shown that many of the most successful, prosperous, and vibrant cities in America are also among the best-educated. While this correlation may not necessarily infer causation - after all, it is entirely likely that educated people are drawn to more vibrant cities - there is little doubt that a rising education level can only have a favorable impact on a municipality's future.
This fact can certainly be examined in light of our local situation. When we consider the revitalization of Buffalo, we undoubtedly are looking for ways to strengthen our city's core industries and make them more competitive and profitable in a globalized world. And there is no better way to do this than by insuring a more educated populace and worker base.
For many Americans and Buffalonians, however, the cost of getting an education is an increasingly expensive and unattainable one. With
College
January 20, 2012 12:30 AM
Young Citizens for ECC delivered a message today to Gov. Andrew Cuomo: "The ECC North Campus expansion happens over our dead bodies!"
The group is protesting Governor's proposed $15 million budget allocation to help build a Health Sciences Center for Excellence at ECC's North Campus, rather than the City Campus where it can tap into
College
October 7, 2011 10:08 AM
After a couple of major new building successes, D'Youville College is in the process of turning one of its intersecting streets into a traffic calming campus. For years Fargo Avenue was used as a speedway for local traffic to jet from Porter to Connecticut. Finally the college decided to do something about it. After a number of public meetings it looked as if the original idea of implementing a roundabout was going to get sidetracked in favor of simple speedbumps. I'm glad to see that the ultra traffic calming roundabout made it into the final plan, because it helps to create a zone that feels
College
May 17, 2011 7:37 AM
New Haven Connecticut, well known as the home of prestigious Ivy League Yale University, hopes to shore up part of its sagging downtown with a college of a very different stripe. Construction has recently been started on a long planned consolidation and expansion of its community college costing over $200M.
Known as Gateway Community College, it will be occupying land which recently held a vacant department store and dead downtown mall. The campus will initially be composed of 2 buildings facing each other across a major downtown street. It will anchor the south end of the
College
May 12, 2011 3:49 PM
The University at Buffalo Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition (Panasci TEC) recently awarded its $10,000 first prize to an information company known as Lectio Labs.
Lectio Labs was a business plan that was concocted by Smruthi Mukund, UB doctoral student, Anurag Bharadwaj, Venu Govindaraju, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Vedanth Satyanarayana and Achint Oommen Thomas. The goal of the company is to aid its users find out about new information through shared interests in their network of intellectual peers.
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