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	IBM & ICRAR join two universities in telescope project (English)
	Tongji University works with IBM on "smarter city" plan (Chinese)
	Outstanding students and teachers receive IBM awards (Chinese)
	IBM System z university program celebrates 45th year (Chinese)
	Students learn IBM technologies at Software Summer Camp (Czech)
	IBM and ISB to further research in service science (English)
	IBM opens COEs at 6 colleges in Maharashtra (English)
	IBM opens COEs at 3 colleges in Madhya Pradesh (English)
	Rational Software Conference coming to Rome & Milan (Italian)
	SLIIT partners with IBM Sri Lanka (English)
	New Innovation Center to help South African institutions (English)
	IBM System z academic program reaches 61 countries (English)

Top Stories Tour the Academic Initiative web site
Take this video tour on YouTube and discover the benefits and offerings available to faculty from accredited institutions around the world. Watch and learn how to register for membership, find software and materials that complement the topics you teach, get technical training or support, and much more.

Nominations are open for IBM Fellowship Awards
IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Awards is a competitive, worldwide program honoring exceptional Ph.D. students who have an interest in solving problems that are important to IBM and fundamental to innovation. Faculty can nominate their Ph.D. students through October 29, 2009.

First of its kind, Green IT college degree announced
Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska is the first to develop a green data center management degree using IBM hardware, software and online skills training resources. The data center is built upon IBM Power Systems servers running AIX, IBM i and Linux environments, and the two-year associates degree includes courses to help students gain technical and business skills to prepare them for careers in the design and management of energy-efficient data centers.

IBM Destination z Scholarships for students
The Destination z community is running its second annual Destination z Enterprise Computing Scholarship program, which awards students in the U.S. for excellence in large systems coursework at Destination z member schools in the United States. To enroll your school in the program, send an e-mail to zskills@us.ibm.com. Then encourage your students to download the application.

Encourage your students to compete and "Master the Mainframe"
College and high school students who are looking for a challenge can take charge of a world-class system in this hands-on "big iron" contest. No experience necessary. Prizes include T-shirts, prepaid debit cards, Lenovo netbooks and Samsung HDTVs. Registration is open to students in USA and Canada (excluding Quebec).

	CV102: DB2 for z/OS Fundamentals
	CV104: DB2 for z/OS Application Development
	CV103: DB2 for z/OS Query Optimization & Performance Tuning
	D8420: Exploring New Features in Lotus Domino Designer 8
	D8510: Fundamentals of Lotus Domino Application Development
	D8550: Developing Composite Applications for Lotus Notes 8
	D8720: Exploring new features in Lotus Domino 8 Administration
	D8750: Lotus Domino 8 System Admin Operating Fundamentals
	D8760: Building the Lotus Domino 8 Infrastructure
	D8770: Managing Lotus Domino 8 Servers and Users
	TX312: IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler 8.5 Administration


Informix workshops, at no charge Introduce database concepts with this series of customizable workshops. The worldwide program includes free academic licenses to Informix software and the option to have an IBM ambassador come to your school to teach Informix database architecture. Upon completion, students get certificates and t-shirts!

Download material from System z Summer School 2009 Were you unable to attend our 2009 System z Summer School education event in June? You can find the presentations, labs and other files in the Courseware Repository. Topics include Rational Developer for System z, DB2 for z/OS, Introduction to COBOL, Virtualization using z/VM, and Java Virtual Machine and SDK Technology. Look for "System z Summer Camp".

Stay tuned to the Rational Software Talks to You series Expose your students to the best minds in IBM Rational as product experts and market thought leaders provide insight into the latest trends through these webcasts, teleconferences, podcasts, and videos. Attend upcoming events or listen to the replays.

Learn AIX user and group administration This article gives all the basics to help you manage the users and groups. It first explains the AIX configuration files for user and group maintenance and then follows with the command-line tools that you use to create, modify, and remove users and groups.

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National Medal Of Technology and Innovation
President Obama recognized IBM Blue Gene supercomputers with the country's most prestigious award.

Celebrating 10 years of IT leadership
developerWorks is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Review the highlights from the last decade.

IBM University Awards Program
Learn all about the IBM awards that are available to faculty, researchers, and PH.D. students. (PDF, 500KB)

New Voice of the CIO
The 2009 IBM Global CIO Study interviewed more than 2,500 CIOs in over 75 countries and 15 industries. Find out what they said.

Get social on My developerWorks
Build your own profile, showcase your interests, share your expertise, and connect with a peer community.

CASCON 2009
Ontario, Canada
November 2-5, 2009
Attend the 19th Annual International Conference hosted by the IBM Centers for Advanced Studies.