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Most people recognize computer terms like memory and data. But few have heard of the term “Big Data”. Big Data is a collection of data sets so large and complex that it becomes difficult to process using on-hand database management tools or traditional data processing applications. These data sets can uncover hidden patterns, unknown correlations…
Davis & Elkins College kicked off its inaugural First-Year Symposium Monday, unveiling a high-impact, learner-centered educational model – and focusing on a vital concept in American life: Democracy. D&E’s Winter Term holds unique promise for initiating something so ambitious. A three-week ‘semester,’ Winter Term has always provided a means for focused, intensive study of a…
“TechConnect West Virginia would like to thank Senator Jay Rockefeller for the tremendous service and leadership he has provided West Virginia over nearly five decades. He has been an outstanding public servant – as a Vista volunteer in Emmons, in the House of Delegates, as Secretary of State, as Governor, and as our United States…
Undergraduate students engaged in energy research in the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University will now have access to funds to support that research, thanks to a $25,000 endowment from Dianne Anderson. The Dianne Dubetz Anderson Scholarship is named in honor of Anderson, who serves as executive director of the…
Two key financial rating services have given West Virginia University high bond ratings, citing philanthropic support, diverse revenues, diverse programs, stable enrollment and state support. Standard and Poor’s gave the University’s 2013 taxable and tax-exempt bonds an “A+” long-term rating that reflected the agency’s analysis of WVU’s diverse academic programs, enrollment stability and continuous support…
David R. Croft, Member in Charge of Spilman’s Wheeling office and one of the region’s leading authorities on estate planning and federal taxation matters, is presenting on the timely subject of mineral interests at the 47th Annual Heckerling Institute, taking place in Orlando, Florida from January 14-18, 2013. Geological formations such as the Marcellus and…