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Gonzaga freshman Chet Holmgren has added another name, image and likeness (NIL) deal, this one breaking new ground with Yahoo Sports’ NCAA tournament bracket contest. Holmgren and Duke freshman standout Paolo Banchero will be co-ambassadors helping promote Yahoo Sports’ Tourney Pick’em best bracket contest. These are believed to be the first NIL deals… Source link

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TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — If you’re taking a walk on the University of Arizona campus and you might see small, white six-wheeled robots that look like mini ice chests. They are the new food delivery rovers that deliver food from select Student Union restaurants to anyone on campus if they order on the Grubhub app. The rovers, created by the company Yandex Self-Driving Group, launched last week and now students are able to order IQ Fresh, Einstein Bagels, On Deck Deli and Sabor. Anyone on… Source link

The Russian tech giant Yandex, in collaboration with Grubhub, has begun offering its food delivery service at the Arizona State University campus, using for the first time in the United States the state-of-the-art robots it has developed for such end, he pointed the signature through a statement. According to the company, known as ‘Russian Google’, the food will be distributed by autonomous vehicles characterized by a more functional design, greater capacity and better performance, in… Source link

CHICAGO, Nov. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Grubhub, the leading online and mobile food-ordering and delivery platform on college campuses, announced today that it’s deploying Yandex Self-Driving Group’s robot delivery technology, also called rovers, on the University of Arizona’s campus. This will be the second campus rolling out this delivery option from Grubhub and Yandex this fall, following Ohio State University.  More than 35,000 Wildcats will be able to order their favorite foods from… Source link

Yahoo! News promoted the 32nd annual “Literacy for All” virtual conference Oct. 16–23. The conference is co-sponsored by the University of Maine, Lesley University and the Reading Recovery Council of Massachusetts. More information is online. Share this: Source link

Less than a week after Liberty University announced and enacted a temporary campus-wide quarantine amid rising infections, the school is reporting a sharp surge in positive COVID-19 cases and offering free vaccinations. The private evangelical Christian university in Lynchburg, Virginia last week ordered a campus-wide quarantine from Aug. 30 to Sept. 10. Prior to the fall semester beginning on Aug. 24, the school did not have a mask or vaccine mandate in place. Liberty’s COVID-19 dashboard on… Source link

Liberty University has joined a handful of colleges that have been forced to shift to online learning as the fall semester kicks off due to a surge in COVID-19 cases. The private evangelical Christian university in Lynchburg, Virginia has ordered a campus-wide quarantine that will go into effect on Aug. 30 and expire on Sept. 10. Prior to the fall semester beginning on Aug. 24, the school did not have a mask or vaccine mandate in place. “To me, it’s just been a very unsafe environment,” Robert… Source link

Russian internet company Yandex has, in cooperation with Moscow State University, launched a new programme of studies focused on data analytics and machine learning. Graduates of the data science programme are expected to work in leading IT companies and R&D entities. Source link

“By partnering with Grubhub, we can bring robotic delivery to some of the people who need it most – students, researchers and professors who are short on time,” says Peter Szelei, Business Development Executive at Yandex SDG. “Not only do the rovers enhance the current food delivery options, but open new possibilities for smarter, better and faster dining.” “Imagine ordering morning coffee and grabbing it from a robot waiting at your doorstep as you head out to class, or studying in… Source link