By Ryan Johnson With the passage of the state budget, a program making community college debt-free for state residents could soon be coming to Connecticut. Like other states nationwide, Connecticut has seen a steady decline in community college enrollment, raising concerns about access to education and the employability of its citizens. With residents moving out […]

Anyone would agree that starting a business is no easy feat. It’s a job that demands your attention 24/7. Now imagine doing it while you are in school. Full-time. That’s what Michael Brenndoerfer, founder of cryptocurrency brokerage platform Cryptonite, did when he was pursuing his Master of Engineering (MEng) degree at UC Berkeley last year. […]

By Burt Dixon College business programs are well positioned to prepare students for careers in cannabis but are hampered because marijuana remains federally illegal. It seems without a doubt, the cannabis industry will experience tremendous growth in the coming years, with one analyst estimating that legal marijuana sales in the US could reach $47 billion within the […]

Japanese electronics giant Sony has developed a new blockchain-based digital rights management system that may see commercial rollout. According to a press release from the firm Monday, the system will help manage copyright-related information for digital content, citing educational content as a prime use case. The firm states that, with content rights management currently largely being carried […]

By Adrian Mcdermott  Landfills are more than just dumping grounds. A fair bit of thought and effort goes into the designing of a landfill. The process begins with the selection of an appropriate site for the landfill. You cannot have a site where the water table is high, because this increases the risk of the groundwater […]

By Alex Mardikian It is important to recycle small items. Metal caps, lids, tops, and plastic caps are ubiquitous small items. They are recyclable.  Ensure that the caps of peanut butter bottles, sauce bottles, dry rub containers, etc. are attached to the plastic bottles.  Tetra-Pak boxes too have plastic caps. And the caps can be […]

Global warming is a real threat to our planet and if not prevented, it can truly hurt our ecosystem and life as we know it. While the media keeps repeating about the dangers that come with it, many people, especially the younger ones might not be exactly sure what they can do in order to […]

By Laura Desmond Education models built on blockchain technology have the momentous challenge of programming their blockchains for powerful performance and efficient productivity to overcome. Given the blockchain’s inherent scalability problem (which results in agonizingly slow communication), decentralized education models have adopted different types of distributed networks to decongest their platforms. In this way, they […]

Maybe it’s wrong to look at a university education as your ticket to more money — unless you’re attending Frequent Traveler University. I was one of about 200 people who spent a fall weekend absorbing info from travel experts at a “Frequent Traveler University,” at its makeshift campus of conference rooms at a hotel near […]