A Ministry of Mercy

The Aevia Group and Ascension University are organizing Curricular Focus Teams in an ongoing effort to insure the essential curriculum is always given the proper attention in course development. A Ministry of Mercy (MOM), is one such curriculum management component and the team will operate as part of the School for Service to All. The … Read more

The Master Experience Key

The Aevia Group and Ascension University are organizing Curricular Focus Teams in an ongoing effort to insure the essential curriculum is always given the proper attention in course development. The Master Experience Key (MEK), is one such curriculum management component and the team will operate as part of the Aevia Institutes of Management. The philosophical … Read more

Deep Abiding Devotion

The Aevia Group and Ascension University are organizing Curricular Focus Teams in an ongoing effort to insure the essential curriculum is always given the proper attention in course development. Deep Abiding Devotion (DAD), is one such curriculum management component and the team and will operate as part of the School for Service to All. The … Read more

Where Your Career Comes to Light

We describe Ascension University as a place where your career comes to light and our curricular focus is informed by the critical path to enlightenment. The universe is clearly illuminated by three kinds of light: material light, intellectual insight, and spirit luminosity. This  luminosity we speak of is made manifest through spiritual growth to the … Read more

Light Fields vs. Conventional Photography

Click around on the picture . . . Light field cameras will unleash capabilities that were never before possible with conventional 2D digital cameras. Focusing a picture after it’s taken, re-orienting the scene by shifting the perspective view, and even switching between 2D and 3D views are all made possible through light field technology. Aevia … Read more

New York to London via Bearing Straits?

A remnant of the Last Ice Age, the strait between Alaska and the Russian Far East is thought to have been a land-bridge for late Palaeolithic human trans-migrations, from the Old World to the New, perhaps dating to 85,000 years ago. (See AMERICAN INDIAN — An Overview on the Ascension University CMS) Over the past … Read more

Startup Scene

In the past year or so, there have been some important developments that have dramatically changed the startup landscape. First, entrepreneurs involved with startups have grown more sophisticated, experienced and creative about how they start, operate and finance a new business. These are people who have been earning their stripes and valuable experience working for … Read more

The Entrepreneurial Education of Researchers

The National Science Foundation wants to take researchers’ big ideas from the laboratory to marketplace through a new program called Innovation Corps. The public-private partnership between NSF, the Kauffman Foundation, and the Deshpande Foundation will provide $50,000 grants to help scientists turn research into viable products, says NSF program manager Errol Arkilic. The grants are … Read more

Struggling with Europe’s Highest Jobless Rate

Spanish debt has again been in the firing line on financial markets after a review for possible downgrade from credit rating agency Moody’s on Friday. It cited weak growth and hefty regional spending as key challenges for the euro zone’s fourth largest economy. Spain’s prime minister called early elections on Friday, gambling that a summer … Read more