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Carnegie Mellon Buys Into Product Placement in Films

University agreed to filming on campus in return for prominent use of the college name throughout the movie.  Could be a symptom of the transformation of universities into corporate Educational Maintenance Organizations. 

Universities Cash In on Liar's Science

Technology transfer offices get excited about licensing patents that purport to use brain scans for lie detection. 

Creation Museum: Let There Be Loot

Having freed themselves from the bonds of both theology and science, the promoters of the museum (which is organized as a charity) seem mostly to be singing from the Walt Disney marketing hymnal.   

Charities Unwitting Supporters of Shock Jocks

Thanks to the Ad Council (itself a charity), charity ads fill in when commercial advertisers pull out of raunchy radio shows.

Using Information Technology for Social Change? Insert Coins Here

A new technology journal relies heavily on old closed technologies, to the dismay of those who want to see real change to open models.  And I make a modest suggestion. 

Google Buys Fun Statistical Visualization Tool from Swedish Nonprofit

The entertaining professor who founded the organization may feel a twinge of regret for going the charity route. 

Few US Universities Jump on MIT's Free Courseware Bandwagon

Many schools are limiting their open online offerings to a few select course videos. 

Funding Failure Hides Anne Frank Documents for Thirty Years

A part-time volunteer runs across a file with correspondence from Anne Frank's father while cataloging documents that sat in a warehouse for decades.