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Credit: UC Berkeley The NFT for Jim Allison’s Nobel Prize-winning invention was minted on May 27 and will go up for auction next week on Foundation, an Ethereum platform. Most of us will never win a Nobel Prize, but the University of California, Berkeley, is offering everyone the opportunity to purchase the next best thing: nonfungible tokens (NFTs) for the patent disclosures at the heart of two Nobel Prize-winning inventions from the university’s research labs. The NFTs link to online digitized documents — internal forms and correspondence that document the initial research findings th...

As schools move more classes online, many turn to publisher-provided content. But to maintain their brand identities, schools need original material. When COVID-19 triggered the world to go into lockdown, higher education instantly pivoted to delivering education virtually. Faculty making the switch had to learn quickly how to lecture online and administer exams virtually. Technology offered solutions in the form of web conferencing, lecture capture, and proctoring services. Technology also came to the rescue with entire courses—from texts to tests—provided by various exte...

2 "There should be more focus on the product or service itself, less time on board meetings, less time on financials." — Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc (Photo: AFP) What is wrong with American corporations? Elon Musk says too many M.B.A.s. are polluting companies' ability to think creatively and give customers what they really want. His comments criticizing M.B.A.s came amid a broader conversation about leadership before an online audience during The Wall Street Journal's CEO Council annual summit, where he also encouraged executives to step away from their spreadsheet...