California is kicking off its first year of free community college for first-time students. It joins a growing number of states that have launched 'promise programs' designed to make higher ed more accessible to students from low-income backgrounds.

An app developed by a team of students at University of California, Berkeley promises to address campus food insecurity through the anonymous donation of meal swipes, between those who need them and those who have swipes to share. The team behind the app, called Bear AppÁ©tit, recently won the Modo Labs 2019 national student Ideathon competition.

“Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have a faith in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they’ll do wonderful things with them.” –Steve Jobs Nestled in the river valley and confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers, Binghamton became the industrial and cultural center of the […]