Avaya Accessibility Solution Helps Atlanta Technical College Protect its Technology Investment, Improve Service to Students and Prospects

Students and recent graduates in the Department of Design at the University of Kansas walked away big winners at the third annual American Institute of Graphic Artists Kansas City Design Awards. The event, also known as A3 Awards, took place Jan. 19 in Kansas City, Mo. KU received 27 awards at the competition - the most awards given to a participating group.

A study of global homework patterns suggests that the benefits of more homework assignments to boost student test scores may vary widely according to the grade level, the quality of a nation's schools and the perceived value of homework. Therefore, researchers caution that government and education policymakers need to consider the appropriate grade levels and related impact before trying to create overall homework policies for schools.

A revolution in the field of diagnostic testing for learning disabilities - Dr. Evelyn Shatil from The Center for Brain Research and Learning Disabilities and Prof. Baruch Nevo from the Department of Psychology at the University of Haifa have developed a standardized test for identifying and diagnosing learning disabilities.

Give college students less instruction and more freedom to think for themselves in laboratory classes, and the result may be a four-fold increase in their test scores.

Space suits for astronauts may get a new and better design following a University of Houston doctoral student's locomotion stability research. Melissa Scott-Pandorf is a Fellow of the Texas Space Grant Consortium.

Student Developers Increasingly Adopt Solaris and OpenSolaris Project

Ford of Britain has awarded this year's WISE prize to 22-year-old mechanical engineering student Holly Castleton.

Austin Showcases Challenge X Student-Designed, Environmentally Friendly Vehicles

Boston Ballet II, the pre-professional company of Boston Ballet, and students from Boston Ballet School's Trainee program will dance excerpts from Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen's production of The Nutcracker in Moscow as part of a special celebration organized by the government marking Russian Orthodox Christmas. In addition to performing, the young dancers will participate in master classes at the Bolshoi Ballet School, and observe rehearsals.