mit university, they were originally going to be incubator space. the light side industry emerged in the project and we read more into the master plan. it ended up being over 2 million square feet. we also have everything from the entitlements, development, to oversee construction, to operating. we still pay ground rent to mit. last year, they got $20 million for their participation. so it has been an incredible success of an internationally- renowned life science center. metro tech in new york, 3000 square feet of office in downtown brooklyn. the city of new york, pa sea-tac institute came to us and said that they want to create job growth in the middle of brooklyn. effectively, this project created downtown brooklyn and offered that. stapleton, 4,700 acres of infill development that is the former denver airport. obviously, a tremendous amount of issues related to brownfield, financing structures used throughout this project. there is also an incredibly sustainable model behind that, with 1000 square feet of open space. our next project actually ho

. >> dretzin: like most universities, mit allows laptops in its classes at the professor's discretion. >> i mean, it even changes how teachers teach. because now, the... the pressure is on teaching kind of scintillating powerpoint things that will distract them from the web. >> so, you've hit on most of the key points. i just gave my class a midterm, and i was really asking obvious questions that, had they been attending carefully in lecture, and had they been doing the readings carefully, everyone should have gotten 100% on this exam, and the mean score was probably about a 75%. it's not that the students are dumb. it's not that they're not trying. i think they're trying in a way that's not as effective as it could be because they're distracted by everything else. >> i have 25 in the last 15 minutes. i feel like the professors here do have to accept that we can multitask very well and that we do at all times. and so, if they try and restrict us from doing it, it's almost unfair because we are completely capable, moving in between lecture and other things, and just keeping track of th

last year the university of utah surpassed mit to take the top spot in the country for the number of start-up companies with their beginnings in university research. [applause] this extraordinary goal of 66% by 2020 is, indeed, ambitious, and it will not be accomplished overnight. but we must be bold, and we must begin now. that is why this action plan that you have also includes eight specific proposals. the initial steps recommended unanimously by the commission members, proposals that i ask you to look at and address this session. these initiatives include insuring reading proficiency by the third grade and matching classroom instruction to real world jobs, especially in the areas of science, engineering and math. the pathway to success in postsecondary education which leads to economic prosperity is is -- as an adult begins in elementary school as a child. that is why another of the eight proposals focuses on extended day kickedder garten -- kindergarten. i've listened to teachers and parents explain how this program helps our youngest, most at risk students and improves their abi

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graduate school and is hoping stanford will fill the vote. 19 universities are in the running for the city's engineering school. stanford is up against mit, purdue and cornell. >>> talking about the forecast today, a cold start to the day. a little soggy still. >> a little soggy, a little chilly. and as we see more clearing overnight as we head through the next few nights it will get even colder. so we do have a threat of frost as we head through this weekend. but let's talk about what's happening right here, right now. we have a big line of showers, a steady stream coming into the bay area. mostly the south bay right now is getting hit with rainfall. our daytime highs are going to end up in the low 50s, mid-50s in some cities. we could see more of the isolated thunderstorms pop up heading throughout the afternoon. so you want to stay on guard for that. we'll take a look at what's happening here. it looks like we won't see a lot of easing up for the second half of this day when it comes to our rain showers in the north span along the peninsula. but we'll see breaks of sunshine. this is what's happening. we have a system of low pressure p

hopes that stanford will fill that void. 19 universities are in the running for the new york city engineering school. stanford is up against the likes of mitpurdue. >> their mascot could be the big apple tree. >> maybe it could be. >>> we'll check the forecast right now with rain coming down. we want to see if we can get out and about in our window of opportunity. >> i want to see your dance like a big apple tree. how do you do that as a mascot? well, we'll delve deeper into that in the next few minutes. right now we are talking about rain affecting your commute in the east bay. slick conditions basically all across the board this morning, but the rain is coming down quite consistently over the south bay. this is in the bay area here from over the past few hours. you have showers down to sap jorse this morning. that will be the case throughout the next couple of hours with showers lifting to the north impacting the east bay. i think the immediate coast of the north bay will stay nice and dry today. and showers will last all the way through this afternoon, this evening, tonight finally clearing by 11:00 p.m. that's your hour-by-hour rainfal