Dr. Irwin Jacobs

Dr. Irwin Jacobs and his wife Joan are again giving the gift of technology to students at New Bedford High School. Dr. Jacobs, the founder of the Qualcomm technology company, is donating $900,000 dollars to purchase laptop computers and tablets for students...

Could New Bedford High students see tablets in every classroom? Technology mogul Dr. Irwin Jacobs, and his wife Joan, visited the school Tuesday morning. The Qualcomm founder and New Bedford High alumnus spoke with students and teachers participating in a pilot digital math program...

One-hundred-seventy freshman students at New Bedford High School have seen a significant improvement in math achievement using digital tablets. The tablets were donated by Dr. Irwin Jacobs, the founder of Qualcomm and a former New Bedford High graduate...

Administrators at New Bedford High School are getting ready to kick off a pilot math program funded with a grant from New Bedford native Dr. Irwin Jacobs, the founder of Qualcomm. Headmaster Bernadette Coelho says the program will target ninth grade students, and provide them with a mobile device to assist them with algebra...

A new algebra program was announced during Monday's School Committee meeting. The pilot math program will be implemented at New Bedford High School this fall with help from the University of San Diego's Mobile Technology Learning Center.

A long-awaited expansion of the New Bedford Whaling Museum will now happen, thanks to a nearly $2 million gift from Qualcom executive Dr. Irwin Jacobs, a New Bedford native, and his wife Joan.

The Downtown Campus of the Global Learning Charter Public School in New Bedford has been named in honor of Dr. Irwin Jacobs and his wife Joan.

For the 13th consecutive year, Qualcom founder and New Bedford native Dr. Irwin Jacobs returned to his hometown, and presented five New Bedford students with four year scholarships, each one $35,000 apiece.