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Technology
5:31 am
Fri April 19, 2013

Data Scientist: the sexiest job of the 21st century

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NKU's digitorium. The University will begin what it says is the nation's first Data Science Bachelor's Degree this fall.
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NKU's College of Informatics Dean Kevin Kirby and dunnhumby's Milan Mahadevan
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A river app developed by NKU students will add to the big data.
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One sure way to get a job these days is to be a "Big Data" specialist. These are the people who can interpret massive amounts of information and tell businesses how to use it to make money. It's a very specialized set of skills involving computer science, business and statistics. The Harvard Business Review says the dominant trait among data scientists is an intense curiosity. WVXU's Ann Thompson, in Focus on Technology, reports what it takes to be one and about NKU's efforts to begin a new Bachelor's Degree in Data Science this fall.

"Immaterial"
1:31 am
Fri April 12, 2013

Local author Mike Due

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Mike Due is a local author who has penned the first of what he plans on being a trilogy of stories set, in part, at his alma mater, Northern Kentucky University. Immaterial: Book 1: Discovery is part science fiction, part faith and all thought-provoking. Mark Perzel talks with the author about his self-published first book and his plans for the rest of the trilogy.

Northern Kentucky University
2:48 pm
Fri April 5, 2013

Fired NKU athletic director had inappropriate relationships with subordinates and student

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Northern Kentucky University says fired athletic director Scott Eaton had inappropriate, intimate relationships with four university employees, including two women he supervised, and one student in a class he taught.

Click here to read a letter from University President Geoffrey Mearns to Board of Regents Chair Terry Mann.

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