The following article originally appeared in Inside Higher Ed. A few years ago, Northwestern University alumnus Stephen Colbert spoke to our graduating seniors about improvisation. He said one of the ...

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With the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, commentators from all disciplines are offering insights into “what it all meant.”.Let's instead stick to results closer to home: What did the ...

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Most people think of the children’s classic “Charlotte’s Web” as a story of devoted friendship between a spider and a pig. But it can also be read as a story of a budding engineer – Charlotte – who ...

IEEE TryEngineering is celebrating 20 years of empowering educators with resources that introduce engineering to students at an early age. Launched in 2006 as a collaboration between IEEE, IBM, and ...

Engineering school was a valuable learning experience that provided me with a wealth of knowledge. But school can only prepare a student so much for an engineering career and looking back, there are a ...

Some swimmers, runners, and other athletes gearing up for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London have gotten a little help from engineers to improve their performance. The National Science Foundation and ...

System Engineering evangelists Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie analyze the system approach behind the Internet in their new book. A combination of first principles analysis, collaboration, luck, and a ...