According to the latest study conducted by the Netherlands scientist students who use Facebook while doing their study or homework end up having 20% lower grades than other average students who don’t use the social networking site in visual range, or even running in the background on their computers or mobile phones.

The billionaire founder of a popular search engine drew a big crowd Wednesday at Stanford University - and it wasn't one of the guys that started Google Inc. just a few miles from the campus they once attended.  About 600 students crammed into a lecture room to soak up the wisdom of Robin Li, who owns rare bragging rights over Google and its founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

The online gambling portal Casino-online.com declared a six article series focusing on the relationship between university students and poker. These articles represent the first thorough analysis ever done on the topic.According to the research, the rehabilitation of poker and recognition of poker strategy as an important skill has led its incorporation into studies by prestigious entities like Harvard Law School.

On Thursday PayPal introduced its “Make It Count” campaign, featuring great deals and special offers for budget conscious consumers this back-to-school season. PayPal has also unite its efforts with DonorsChoose.org, the online charity that connects individual “citizen philanthropists” with classrooms in underserved urban and rural public schools, targeting to bolster students in need.

Targeting to make campus life easier for students, HFC Bank presented its new e-banking product HFC Transflow, and the University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi has become its latest beneficiary.  HFC Transflow enables students to pay their fees and make other payments to the university directly online. Thus student just need to go to any bank branch and make such payments which will immediately reflect on the screens in the accounts department of the universities.

According to the study commissioned by RIDGID, a leading supplier of professional grade tools, only 6% of high school students have plans to have their future career in some trades like plumbers, carpenters, electricians, heating, ventilation or air conditioning installers, or repair people. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the U.S. is likely to need more skilled professionals by 2014 while its number at the moment is reducing due to age aspect.

According to Finextra report, BNP Paribas implemented new online banking game, Ace Manager that is designed to give students around the world an understanding of its business and attract potential employees. 4000 students from 106 different countries will compete in a virtual world to realize banking related missions.

WSU and U.S. Bank just released the new CougarCard Maxx, that, in addition to allowing students to access their U.S. Bank checking account and purchase goods within the country, can be used to buy from anywhere in the world where Visa is accepted. WSU has become one of only three universities in the United States to offer this program.