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<title><![CDATA[Rational Team Concert Express-C &mdash; just right for collaborative projects]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 4:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Consider the Community Edition of this application lifecycle management product for your courses that require 
collaborative, distributed software development.  It provides full agile practice coverage and support for Subversion, 
Git, Eclipse and Visual Studio.  With a permanent server license and ten free client access licenses, it's great for 
project teams of ten or fewer students. Remember, full-versions are available to Academic Initaitve members in our 
<a href="/developerworks/university/software/get_software.html">Software Catalog.</a>.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apply now for grants to access and use IBM software in the Amazon EC2 cloud]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[IBM has partnered with Amazon Web Services to give Academic Initiative members and their students access to select 
software products in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). For a limited time, members can get grants that will provide 
up to $100 USD in free usage for each student enrolled in degree-earning courses at accredited institutions. 
Don't miss out; apply now!]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IBM unveils Cloud Academy, a global forum for cloud initiatives in education]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Announced at EDUCAUSE, this new program will help educators and students pursue cloud-computing initiatives 
and take advantage of collaboration technology in their studies. IBM will provide the cloud-based infrastructure 
for the program, starting with some basic Lotus collaboration tools. Participants will quickly be able to: 
create working groups on areas of interest, &quot;jam&quot; on education-related topics, work jointly on technical projects 
across institutions, and share research findings.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/28749.wss]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[Congratulations to our outstanding Academic Initiative members]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Over the past three years we've had the pleasure of honoring Academic Initiative members who 
have been breaking ground and using IBM products and technologies in innovative ways. Read their stories 
and let their successes spark your own creative ideas.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/university/spotlights/]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[Apply for an IBM award for X10 research and curriculum innovation]]></title>
<pubDate>Thurs, 29 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The 2010 IBM X10 Innovation Awards will recognize a select group of academic research and curricular development 
activities in the area of computing at scale on cloud computing platforms based on the 
<a href="http://x10-lang.org/">X10 programming language</a>.
This is an ideal opportunity for academic partners to learn, teach and help develop an eco-system built around a modern, open-source 
suitable for developing applications for parallel architectures. The program will sponsor the development of libraries and application 
frameworks using X10 for cloud-based applications, as well as other areas of interest, to further develop the X10 ecosystem.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/university/innovation/]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[Consider serious games for smarter skills and faster learning]]></title>
<pubDate>Thurs, 29 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Gamers&quot; are not just  adolescent boys playing video games on the Xbox.   Game mechanics and game-based learning 
are being integrated into everyday applications for a good reason.  While students remember 10 percent of what they read, 
their retention jumps to almost 90 percent if they do something themselves. Find out more about the future of learning.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ibm.com/software/solutions/soa/newsletter/oct09/article_seriousgames.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[Inspire your students with Grady Booch's "Why Engineering" video]]></title>
<pubDate>Tues, 19 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Grady Booch is an IBM Fellow and Chief Scientist for Software Engineering.  
In this YouTube video he explains the importance of engineering and how it has contributed to many things, 
from a simple clock to complex software systems for transportation, electrical grids, and health care and 
genome tracking. He presents engineers as inventors that can change the world.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0HVjoTD_ro]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[Redbook: Education for a Smarter Planet &mdash; The Future of Learning CIO Report]]></title>
<pubDate>Tues, 19 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Grady Booch is an IBM Fellow and Chief Scientist for Software Engineering.  
This publication is a supplement to the Future of Learning: Executive Insights Report.
It provides an in-depth investigation of three enabling technologies in 
the future of education: consumer IT, open technologies, and cloud computing.  It includes
real-world examples of the how these technologies work and offers guidance for strategic planning.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/redp4564.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[New courses for teaching with Telelogic Rational Rhapsody]]></title>
<pubDate>Tues, 13 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Four new courses help you teach real-time or embedded systems engineering, software development, and testing with 
a model-driven development environment.  Look for (QQ127) Essentials of Rhapsody for Systems Engineers v7.5, 
(QQ135) Telelog Rhapsody Essential Tool Training C++ V7.3,(QQ136) Essentials of Rational Rhapsody v7.5 for Software 
Engineers (C++), and (QQ335) Rhapsody Model Based Systems Engineering Workflow v7.5. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/devtool/scholar/web/coursewarePickPage.do?source=ai-course-rsdd]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[IBM Destination z Scholarship for students]]></title>
<pubDate>Tues, 13 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Destination z community is running its second annual Destination z Enterprise Computing Scholarship
to award students for excellence in their large systems coursework at Destination z member schools.  
To enroll your school in the program, send an e-mail to <a href="mailto:zskills@us.ibm.com">zskills@us.ibm.com</a>. 
Then encourage your students to download the <a href="http://zjournal.com/scholarship/">application form</a>.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/destinationz/]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[Introduce database concepts with Informix workshops]]></title>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;Informix in a Box&quot; is a series of customizable workshops that includes academic licenses 
to Informix software and the option to have an IBM ambassador come to your school to teach Informix database 
architecture. Upon completion, your students can get certificates and t-shirts!]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/IDS101/Faculty_Members]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[Top ten reasons to join the IBM Academic Initiative]]></title>
<pubDate> Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[developerWorks is celebrating its 10th birthday.  To participate in the festivities, we put together a list
of the top 10 reasons to become an Academic Initiative member.  If you had any doubts about joining, this 
impressive list should convince you!]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/university/membership/top10.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[Nominate your best Ph.D. students for an IBM fellowship, through October 29]]></title>
<pubDate> Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Awards is competitive worldwide program honoring exceptional Ph.D. students 
who have an interest in solving problems that are important to IBM and fundamental to innovation.  The program has a new 
scope of interest and will be accepting nominations through October 29, 2009.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/university/phdfellowship/index.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[Creating rich Web 2.0 apps just got easier with EGL Community Edition]]></title>
<pubDate> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[EGL CE is a free Eclipse-based tool that simplifies the development of rich Web 2.0 style applications. 
Instead of coding server-side logic in one language (like Java or PHP) and client-side logic in another 
(HTML and JavaScript), you can code the entire application in EGL. Download now at no cost!]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/cafe/community/egl/ce?view=overview]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[INNOV8 video shows a great way to teach Business Process Management]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are you looking for a fun and effective way to engage your students? Watch this YouTube video to learn how 
San Jose State University's School of Business is using the INNOV8 simulation game to teach Business Process Modeling. 
INNOV8 features a fictional call center with a process model that is not performing well.  The players must find out why 
it is under-performing and then optimize it to meet the demands of the market.
<a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/software/solutions/soa/innov8/full.html">Download INNOV8 now</a>!]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj-tU2LJ4rY]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[Join us 01 October for a no-charge virtual workshop on cloud computing]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This no-charge event will have live presentations, chats, and hands-on labs featuring experts from IBM and 
Amazon Web Services (AWS).  You will learn how to configure, customize and save IBM Development Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), which
are preloaded with IBM software that you can use in your classes and labs. You will also be able to 
engage in the IBM and AWS cloud communities, network with colleagues, post files, and share your successes.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ibm.com/isv/iic/events/description.jsp?event=4337D2D62C6B27C78625761F0054D275&ca=dth-cloud]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[Free 3-day CICS Integration Workshop using Rational Developer for System z]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This free workshop uses a combination of lectures and labs to show the various CICS connectivity options.
Workshops are continually being added at various locations. To find a workshop near you, send email to 
<a href="mailto:zskills@us.ibm.com">zskills@us.ibm.com</a> 	with your name, title, school, and phone number.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/university/systemz/index.html#train]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[Teach Operations research and management science with ILOG software]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ILOG Optimization software has joined the IBM WebSphere portfolio.  It features integrated tools and engines 
for optimization modeling and for solving linear, mixed-integer and quadratic programming problems in resource allocation 
applications. Academic Initiative members can download teaching editions of ILOG CPLEX and OPL-CPLEX Analyst Studio, 
plus related courseware to help them get started.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/university/teachingtopics/or_ms.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[Encourage your students to compete in "Master the Mainframe" contest]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Mainframe skills are becoming increasingly important. College and high school students who are looking for a 
challenge can compete in this hands-on "big iron" contest. No experience is necessary. Prizes include T-shirts, 
prepaid debit cards, Lenovo netbooks and Samsung HDTVs. Registration opens on September 8 for USA and Canada 
(excluding Quebec).]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/university/students/contests/mainframe/]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[Lots of new resources for students on the IBM Student Portal]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Based on feedback from a recent student survey, we've enhanced the IBM Student Portal. We've added a focus on certification,
improved our learning roadmaps, and included introductory videos, tutorials, and demos from developerWorks 
for some of the hottest skills, such as Web 2.0, mashups and database technologies. New community resources help students
connect with their like-minded peers, professors, and industry experts.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/university/students/]]></link>
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