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IEEE Spectrum April 2007 Andy Hospodor & Joe Hospodor	Robo-Girls Know the Way to San Jose An unprecedented seven all-girl teams brought their best robots to San Jose State University to compete in the Robotics Silicon Valley Regional match. The routes they took to the competition were as different as their robots.
Fast Company April 1, 2007 Jackie Dishner	Life in the Desert Life in the Sonoran Desert seems hardly possible at all. That makes it the perfect laboratory for Arizona State University's new School of Sustainability, which began classes in January for its first six graduate students.
BusinessWeek April 16, 2007 Christoph Guttentag	The College Crunch: Why Getting In Has Gotten So Tough For many American families, March Madness refers not to a basketball tournament but to the ever-increasing anxiety in the weeks before colleges mail their acceptance letters.
Bank Systems & Technology March 30, 2007 Katherine Burger	A Consortium of U.S. Technology and Academic Organizations Addresses the Decline in Math and Science Graduates. Although information technology added $2 trillion to the economy, the U.S. lags Asia in math and science graduates; the Tapping America's Potential technology consortium aims to rouse Congress to action.
InternetNews March 28, 2007 Roy Mark	Bill Would Hand Colleges Cash For Anti-Piracy Legislation would allow colleges and universities to apply for anti-piracy funding.
Geotimes March 2007 Lisa Rossbacher	Scouting for Geologists Helping young people learn about geology through earning scouting merit badges should be a much larger outreach effort. All the geoscience professional societies can play a role, as well as college and university geology departments.
InternetNews March 22, 2007 David Needle	IBM Makes Software, Web, Accessibility Push Research finds accessibility rarely included in computer science curriculum. IBM announced an initiative to give teachers wider access to learning material about assistive technologies.
IDB America February 2007 Paul Constance	IDBAmerica announces 2006 scholarship competition winners Stories about donating breast milk for premature infants in Uruguay, taming an invasive tree in rural Argentina, and fair trade program for indigenous women in Mexico were selected as winners in IDBAmerica's third annual scholarship competition.
Geotimes March 2007 MacFadden & DeSantis	No More Ivory Tower: Communicating Geoscience to Society Traditionally, geoscience students have had few opportunities to engage in public outreach projects as part of their formal education. Yet their participation in broader impact activities can improve public understanding of science in the immediate future.
BusinessWeek March 19, 2007 Lynn O'Shaughnessy	Scholarships: Not Just For The Needy Why schools are giving more scholarship money to affluent kids.
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