Higher Education Notes: UNL chancellor names interim dean for engineeringOmaha World-HeraldPérez is UNL's associate vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean of graduate studies. He has been a faculty member in the College of Engineering since 1996 …

NSF 15-536 Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer ScienceIIT TodayThe Directorate for Engineering (ENG) and the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), have joined to support the Research Experi …

Wall Street JournalCrude protectionism: Oil export ban shows cracksWashington ExaminerThe U.S. government mostly bars the export of crude oil — a restriction that benefits a handful of politically connected companies and nobody else. A new study from the U …

CBC.caInterest rate cut doubles effect of falling oil price: Don PittisCBC.caIn some ways and in some parts of the country falling oil prices are a big improvement on rate cuts, chief of which is that lower oil does not force people or businesses to borrow …

CBC.caFalling oil hands Stephen Poloz a free interest rate cutCBC.caBut this time, just as Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz offers his latest thoughts on the state of Canadian monetary policy, those three effects are all being caused not by a cut in r …

CBC.caOil slide to $10? Don't scoff, it's happened before: Don PittisCBC.caHow is oil like a beaver? If that sounds like a Canadian joke, I suppose it is. But the punch line may help us speculate on what's next for slumping oil prices. And I us …

Oil prices could go lower still, Bank of Canada saysThe Globe and MailA top Bank of Canada official is warning that the oil price collapse may not be over and crude could stay cheap for a “significant period.” Demand for high-priced oil sands crude will ev …

MarketWatchOpinion: OPEC's squeeze on US oil independence could succeedMarketWatchFor example, oil above $100 a barrel would allow deep water reserves, Arctic oil, tar sands or shale deposits in countries including Canada, Poland, Argentina and Venezue …

Oil prices could go lower still, BoC saysThe Globe and MailA top Bank of Canada official is warning that the oil price collapse may not be over and crude could stay cheap for a “significant period.” Demand for high-priced oil sands crude will eventually re …