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1 week ago | tropnews.com | Simon Brown

Last Tuesday, students received an email announcing new access to “Adobe Express EDU.”The announcement arrived in students’ inboxes after the university renewed its contract of Adobe products. “Adobe Express EDU is a comprehensive, user-friendly design tool that enables students to create high-quality graphics, web pages and video stories in minutes,” said Vice Chancellor of Information Technology Dr. Greg Price.

1 week ago | businesslive.co.za | Simon Brown

Thanks to loans from the IDC, Amsa has been able to delay the shutdown of its two long-steel plants, saving thousands of jobs — at least in the short term

2 weeks ago | tropnews.com | Simon Brown

Ryan Hardeman presents his Al lecture to students. The learning center in Eldridge Hall held an artificial intelligence (AI) lecture this past Wednesday. Ryan Hardeman, a senior english major from Goodwater, Alabama, presented the lecture on behalf of Troy’s AI-forward initiative. The initiative was founded to embrace the rapidly growing technology as a tool for students. Hardeman’s lecture focused on how AI could be used ethically and effectively in the writing process.

2 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | Simon Brown

In 2004 Rob Rusconi exposed the impact of fee structures on retirement annuities, with some of the higher fees eating away a third of returns for investors. Since then there has been a war on fees locally, helped further by unit trusts coming into direct competition from the much cheaper passive ETFs.By 2007, when I was working at South Africa’s largest stock broker, we were dropping fees every year. Not only transaction fees but also monthly admin fees.

3 weeks ago | tropnews.com | Simon Brown

Simon Brown31 minutes ago2 min readLibby Thornton photosRunners participate in KD's annual Shamrock Run to fight child abuse. Troy University’s Kappa Delta (KD) sorority raised $35,000 at its annual Shamrock Run this past Saturday for its philanthropy, Prevent Child Abuse America. Kappa Delta partnered with the Child Advocacy Center, a subset of Prevent Child Abuse America, to launch the fundraiser. Participants had the option to run or walk in a 5k (3.1 miles) or a one-mile race.