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64 September/October 2014 BizEd CAR: CR EATIVE_OUTLET/TH I N KSTOCK; CLOU D: G R EYFE B R UARY/TH I N KSTOCK technology ■ C-SUITE TV Author and Bloomberg tele- vision host Jeffrey Hayzlett recently launched C-Suite TV, an online channel for pro- gramming that targets senior level executives. The chan- nel launched with the show "Mind Your Own Business," in which host Hayzlett takes behind-the-scenes looks at the work and lives of execu- tives and thought leaders. For more information, visit www.csuitetv.com. ■ APPLE UPDATES Apple recently added new features to its free iTunesU educational app to allow instructors to create, edit, and manage their course materi- als and students to start dis- cussions and ask questions directly from their iPads. The update also gives instructors the ability to add content directly from iWork Books Author or any other educational app available for iPad, or to use their iPads to capture and upload photos and videos to their courses. ■ HUB FOR HSIs In September, Excelencia in Education launches a cen- tral online resource to share research and best practices involving Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). Partially funded by a US$350,000 grant from TG, a nonprofit that promotes postsecondary education access and com- pletion, the Hispanic Serving Institutions Center for Policy and Practice (HSICP 2 ) will target the 370 higher educa- tion institutions that currently meet the definition of HSIs— which means that at least 25 percent of their undergradu- ates are Hispanic. ■ EVs SPUR STUDY Internet2, a university consor- tium, and Innova UEV LLC, manufacturer of the electric vehicle (EV) Innova Dash, have selected four universi- ties to each receive four EVs to promote research into ways to reduce their cam- puses' carbon footprint, the use of sensor data, and the "Internet of Things" phenom- enon. The schools include Colorado State University, as well as the universities of Pittsburgh, Washington, and Wisconsin. For infor- mation about the project, visit meetings.internet2. edu/2014-global-summit/ internet2-of-things-project/ project-faq/. ■ CGI PLATFORM Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona, and training firm Bluedrop Learning Networks have created an online learn- ing platform for the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), a foun- dation established by former U.S. President Bill Clinton to address global challenges. As part of the CGI Commitments to Action, which calls for busi- ness leaders to pursue proj- ects that make a measurable impact on social problems, the platform will help train CGI members to create effective, meaningful, and measurable plans to effect change. To read about commitments CGI members have made so far, visit www.clintonfoundation. org/clinton-global-initiative/ commitments/. ■ NAME CHANGE The Sloan Consortium, known as Sloan-C, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, has changed its name to the Online Learn- ing Consortium (OLC). The new name was chosen to bet- ter articulate the consortium's mission to advance the quality of online education and its intent to expand its programs and services to global markets. ■ ACADEMIC CLOUD The University of Texas at San Antonio has opened the UTSA Cloud and BigData Laboratory, which will sup- port what the school calls the "largest open cloud in aca- demia." The cloud will include 6,600 CORE processors equipped with open-source OpenStack software. Open- Stack is part of Open Com- puter hardware, a company founded by Facebook to sup- port advanced computing and analytics research. ■ MOOD METER Psychology scholars Mark Brackett and Robin Stern at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, have created Mood Meter, an app for Apple iOS, avail- able for 99 cents through the iTunes store. The app enables users to plot their emotional states on a four-color graph. They then can describe why NEWSBYTES