The Globe and MailBank of Canada says business confidence 'tepid' as oil shock lingersThe Globe and MailCanada's first half economic slump is taking a toll on business confidence, particularly in the regions and industries affected by the oil p …

Cornell ChronicleBiomed engineering symposium honors Meinig familyCornell ChronicleThe Meinig family made a $50 million gift earlier this year to expand the Department of Biomedical Engineering into the Nancy E. and Peter C. Meinig School of Biomedical Eng …

The RegisterDSSD hires ex-Violin player as hardware engineering veepThe RegisterEMC's flash racking developer DSSD has hired an ex-Violin Memory guy to be its veep of hardware engineering, EMC has now confirmed to The Register. The all-flash array star …

Students take up science, engineeringArkansas OnlineROGERS -- More than 100 Rogers Heritage High School students are learning about engineering through a program that's new to the school and becoming increasingly popular in Northwest Arkansas. Project …

CTV NewsFish compromised after exposure to crude oil, new research showsCTV NewsANCHORAGE, Alaska -- New federal research shows that embryonic salmon and herring exposed to very low levels of crude oil can develop heart defects that hurt their chances for …

WDETMSU Engineering Enrolls 1000 Female StudentsWDETMichigan State University's College of Engineering has more than 1,000 women enrolled for the first time in the school's history. The school says the increased enrollment is a result of recruiting …

USI CommunicationsUSI Trustees approve two engineering degreesUSI CommunicationsUSI has offered a bachelor's degree in engineering since 2002, but this marks the first time the Engineering Department would offer named degrees within the field. The degr …

Algae Biomass Summit Showcases Advances in Engineering and AnalysisPower Engineering MagazineThese speakers will be supplemented by dozens of other presentations in the Summit's Engineering and Analysis track, one of four tracks, plus plenary sessions …

Glasgow Evening TimesEngineering a girls only course at Glasgow CollegeGlasgow Evening TimesPicture Nick Ponty 1/9/15 .City of Glasgow College is running a pilot project to encourage more females into engineering. For the first year the girls will be in a …

Cornell ChronicleJulian Smith, chemical engineering leader, dies at 96Cornell ChronicleJulian C. Smith Jr. '41, M.Eng. '42, professor emeritus of chemical and biomolecular engineering, died Aug. 30 at Kendal at Ithaca. He was 96. Smith joined the C …