Several approaches to online education are emerging, and universities across the United States are increasing their online offerings. However, none of these programs...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | January 7, 2013
After years of being wallflowers at Silicon Valley's hottest tech conferences and Sean Parker's after-parties, enterprise technology firms are now part of the "in"...The New York Times From ACM Careers | December 18, 2012
Teaching Introduction to Sociology is almost second nature to Mitchell Duneier, a professor at Princeton: he has taught it 30 times, and a textbook he co-wrote...The New York Times From ACM Careers | November 21, 2012
Shawn and Stephanie Grimes spent much of the last two years pursuing their dream of doing research and development for Apple, the world’s most successful corporation...The New York Times From ACM Careers | November 19, 2012
In the rising light of a mid-September morning, the CSAV Pyrenees, a blue-water freighter sailing out of Suape Port in Brazil, was lashed to its lines at BerthPort...The New York Times From ACM Careers | September 28, 2012
In recent years, Silicon Valley seems to have forgotten about silicon. It’s been about dot-coms, Web advertising, social networking, and apps for smartphones.The New York Times From ACM News | August 28, 2012
MIT professor Anant Agarwal recently completed teaching Circuits and Electronics, the first course in MITx, a massive open online learning platform from MIT, which...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | July 24, 2012
Some budding entrepreneurs and computer whizzes based here in the Pacific Northwest are starting to turn heads down in Silicon Valley.The New York Times From ACM News | July 10, 2012
As a professor and a parent, I have long dreamed of finding a software program that helps every student learn to write well.The New York Times From ACM News | June 11, 2012
When scientists publish their research, they also make the underlying data available so the results can be verified by other scientists.The New York Times From ACM News | May 23, 2012
The Simons Foundation, which specializes in science and math research, has chosen the University of California, Berkeley, as host for an ambitious new center for...The New York Times From ACM News | May 1, 2012
When Maria Klawe became president of Harvey Mudd College in 2006, she was dismayed— but not surprised—at how few women were majoring in computer science.The New York Times From ACM Careers | April 3, 2012
One of the many myths about Apple is that the company's name is a reference to the half-eaten apple reportedly found beside the corpse of the British computer scientist...The New York Times From ACM News | March 26, 2012
Ann Rosenbaum, a former military police officer in the Marines, does not shrink from a fight, having even survived a close encounter with a car bomb in Iraq.The New York Times From ACM News | January 5, 2012
When a college textbook, "Principles of Biology," comes out from the Nature Publishing Group in January, one place it won't be is on the shelves of school bookstores...The New York Times From ACM News | December 20, 2011
Jaden Lender, 3, sings along softly with the "Five Little Monkeys" app on the family iPad, and waggles his index finger along with the monkey doctor at the warning...The New York Times From ACM News | October 26, 2011