Michigan education authorities and Microsoft are to create an online course to help students understand how the new global economy will impact their work lives and career opportunities.
Beginning in the 2006-2007 school year, the course aims to help students learn how the global economy is changing the nature of work in the US and the [...]

Microsoft has granted scholarships worth 90,000 ($107,000) over three years to 22 doctorate-level students in Europe, the company said.
The students are doing projects in areas such as improving search tools and using computers to better understand problems in the natural sciences.
The awards from Microsoft Research in Cambridge, England, complement the company’s European Science Initiative, a [...]

The Microsoft Research European PhD Scholarship Programme is aimed at recognising and supporting exceptional students who show the potential to make an outstanding contribution to science.
The programme will support students in computing and those working at the intersection of computing and the sciences, including biology, chemistry and physics.

The Microsoft Research European PhD Scholarship Programme is aimed at recognising and supporting exceptional students who show the potential to make an outstanding contribution to science.
The programme will support students in computing and those working at the intersection of computing and the sciences, including biology, chemistry and physics.
Eligibility
Any European national student who has been accepted [...]