All but three of the UK's top universities achieved higher citation rates than last year, though they still trail the big US institutions like Harvard, Stanford and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Except for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University, which have developed strong networks of fundraisers, most research institutions, he found, were grasping for help getting technology off their shelves.

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Especially since colleges are even giving iPads away to their students, such as Stanford, Duke, Illinois Institute of Technology, and University of Maryland.

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Hallowed schools such as Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are moving toward offering classes online, while startups Learn2.com and Hungry Minds are trying to outflank them.

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Though often in the shadow of heavy-hitters such as Stanford University (No. 5) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (No. 9), UT has succeeded in carving out its own space in tech innovation.

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It is hoped the e-university will meet the challenge of US universities like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Stanford in California, which offer virtual degrees.

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He spent years in academia, as a professor at Princeton, Stanford and New York universities and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, according to the Fed's Web site.

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She has been accepted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and awaits word from Harvard and Stanford universities.

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Ricardo Dolmetsch, a researcher at Stanford University and the Allen Institute for Brain Sciences, is using stem cell technology to study how the neurons of people with autism differ from those of other people.

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Three days after Stanford withdrew, the city awarded the contract to Cornell University and its junior partner, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, the oldest university in Israel.

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