Terry College of Business

EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY

CapStone Holdings | February 08, 2022

CapStone Holdings Inc, a self-funded family office business incubator and investment group – announced today their partnership with the Mr. October Foundation to bring its STEM initiative to St. Louis this spring. The collaboration includes a national leading STEM curriculum from STEM 101, the newly emerged City Foundry STL, and added funding and support from Jim Crane, CEO of Crane Worldwide Logistics. The Mr. October Foundation, led by Major League Baseball legend Reggie Jackson, and STE...

EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY

Bluum | January 27, 2022

Having already transformed into North America's leading education technology company, Trox + Tierney will continue to grow in the education markets under the new brand of Bluum beginning today. The higher calling of ensuring every student has access to a world-class education remains the company's mission. The April 2021 Trox and Tierney merger resulted in a technology solutions provider with a robust suite of technology products and services, AV design and integrati...

edsurge | March 15, 2020

Authess, a Boston-based developer of an assessment platform used by students, educators and employers, has been acquired by Elsevier, the academic and research publishing platform best known for its subscription journals. Terms of the deal were not disclosed in the press release. Founded in 2015, Authess offers a platform for companies and educational institutions to create problem-based assessments that it says can better gauge skills and competencies than multiple-choice tests. Its clients hav...

N2Y | June 03, 2020

n2y, a leader in producing special education materials, today announced new for educators to use to help alleviate the stress and anxiety students may be experiencing during school closures and the transition to summer. These Positivity® resources include a social narrative that explores the practice of wearing a face mask and decision trees that help students communicate and respond to their physical and emotional states, such as feeling ill or sad. Megan Moore, Director of Positivity...