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 Titans of tech seek to excite UNC, Duke grads about a future beyond themselves

In graduation speeches at Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill respectively, Melinda Gates and Steve Case point to technology as a tool to build a better world. Will the graduates listen?

Time's cover

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 Billionaire founder's latest 'gift' to NC Research Campus could be inflection point

David Murdock, the founder of the N.C. Research Campus in Kannapolis, is announcing another donation today to what Oprah Winfrey has described as his "gift to humanity." Will the endowment he is making secure the NCRC's future as a true hub for health research?

David Murdock at a recent NCRC event.

Billionaire Murdock to make another gift to NC Research Campus

David Murdock, the billionaire owner of Dole Food and founder of the N.C. Research Campus in Kannapolis, will announce another gift to the campus on Wednesday. Murdock has already invested more than $700 million of his own fortune in the project.

NCRC's massive main building.

 Veteran entrepreneur in charge, business accelerator Launch Chapel Hill takes off

Serial entrepreneur Dina Mills is now leading business accelerator Launch Chapel Hill. Read about her thoughts on fostering entrepreneurship in Chapel Hill.

Dina Mills

 Another RTP biotech company files to go public

An emerging biotech company focused on drugs to control bleeding is the latest firm with major operations and links to the Triangle to seek to go public. WRALTechWire Insiders can find out more.

Software targeting musicians takes 2 top honors at Lulu eGames

Metrix, a patent-pending software program designed to link musicians, wins two of the top cash awards in the annual Lulu eGames at N.C. State.

The Lulu eGames

 Study: When it comes to software progamming, older is wiser

New research from N.C. State University runs counter to conventional wisdom about older programmers losing their skills or being unable to learn new ones. In fact, the report says, older can be better.

 On Human Genome Project anniversary, NHGRI's Green sees Big Data bottlenecks ahead

National Human Genome Research Institute Director Eric Green recognizes the progress made since the first human genome was sequenced 10 years ago. Read about the Big Data challenges he sees ahead.

Why older entrepreneurs are crucial, even in Silicon Valley

Opinion: It wasn't long ago that age was equated with knowledge. The apprentice learned from the master and the disciple from the guru. Older workers earned higher salaries because of their experience. Even today, we feel more comfortable with doctors, airline pilots, and Presidents who have grey hair. Yet older workers in many industries can't even get interviews. Whether it is in computer programming or entrepreneurship, older workers have many advantages - they still are the experts.

Experience matters

 The tech industry's darkest secret: It's all about age

Opinion: The harsh reality is that if you are middle-aged, write computer code for a living, and earn a six-figure salary, you're headed for the unemployment lines. Your market value declines as you age and it becomes harder and harder to get a job.

Aging an enemy for tech workers so keep skills current

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 National 'Big Data' consortium launches at UNC; IBM, SAS, Cisco are members

A national Big Data consortium is launching from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Renaissance Computing Institute with the goal of identifying problems with and finding solutions for working with large amounts of data.

 N.C. A&T startup's bioadhesive from manure paves way for cleantech roads

Farmers already use manure as fertilizer but hog farms produce too much hog waste to use it all. Most of the waste ends up stored in lagoons. But Daniel Oldham, a civil engineering student at North Carolina A&T University, has spent the last two years researching an alternative. The result is a process that turns hog waste into a bioadhesive that can replace adhesives used in an array of products such as book bindings, construction materials and roads.

Bioadhesive

 Georgetown team wins top prize in annual Kenan-Flagler VC event

A team of student investors from Georgetown University took home the first-place prize over the weekend in the 16th annual Venture Capital Investment Competition.

 Sustainable Energy Conference focuses on 'Intelligent Energy Future'

Speakers from across the country and companies representing the spectrum of green energy and cleantech will gather at N.C. State today through Wednesday for the 10th annual Sustainable Energy conference.

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 From ivory towers to real startups: Triangle universities produce more entrepreneurs

The Startup Blog: These days, the Triangle's three major universities all have large and robust programs that cater to today's student entrepreneur. This is the result of years of change internally, the fruits of which are now being exposed to the general public.

Refresh Innovations' contact solution wins Duke challenge

 N.C. A&T wins cleantech competition

The N.C. A&T cleantech project that won $100,000 in the business plan competition aims to turn hog waste into a useful building material.