MATR Newsletter – February 27, 2019 The state with the best education wins!
“A couple of decades ago, it was perfectly normal to smoke cigarettes inside. Today, very few would do that. I think it’s the same with cars in the city center: One day we will look back and ask ourselves why we ever thought that was a good idea.”
Our rural communities are full of talent and it’s time for governors, industry, and education partners to work together to give them the tools they need to succeed.
Scientists believe that experiences in “green space” can boost mental health by improving the immune system, encouraging physical activity and social interaction, limiting air pollution and noise that interferes with thinking, and restoring a frenzied mind to a state of calm.
In 2016, TechLink launched a study of the Department of Defense’s SBIR/STTR program that covered all Phase II awards initiated between 1995 and 2012, which total $14.4 billion in funding to 4,420 companies.
March is shaping up to be a busy month for the IVRC with our “VR and the Design Process” meeting next week, dev meetup “3D Assets in Unity”, coffee talks, STEM nights and Hackfort!
“All the research that I’ve seen says there are two things that young people want to see in a community that they are going to move to or stay in,” Mayor Charlie Powell said Monday. “One is a vibrant downtown … the second thing is they want to live down there.”
When bankruptcy came to Kemmerer in October, the blow was powerful and unsettling. A sense of unreality has descended over Kemmerer and Diamondville as they contemplate just what’s been lost in a matter of months — and whether the losses are over.
I’ve sat on many boards over the past 2 decades and seen my share of high-functioning boards and low-functioning boards. Here are some observations I have from this exposure:
As more aspects of work become automated, it is increasingly important for people to focus on building skills that support creative and innovative tasks only human beings can perform.
“The university’s commitment to supporting the success of its startup companies ensures that research discoveries created on campus have the opportunity be brought to the market as new products that will improve our quality of life and enhance societal well-being,” said Kelly Sexton, associate vice president for research-technology transfer and innovation partnerships at U-M.
21st Century Education Initiative – “You Should Care…”
“All through my life it was, ‘if you don’t go to college you’re going to end up on the streets,’ ” Morgan said. “Everybody’s so gung-ho about going to college.”
The study also found that $700 million worth of tape is lost annually when a useless, narrow part of the piece sticks to the roll and accumulates around the edge.
These scenarios, along with a long list of other disasters, are the kind of things that even those who are most concerned about climate change often don’t want to think about, and that others may not yet have even considered.