NC State Data Science and AI Academy | Leaving a Legacy of Philanthropy
Aug 11, 2025 - NC State’s Data Science and AI Academy has secured its first legacy endowment.
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Carnegie Mellon University to Build $10M AI Lab
Sep 12, 2025 - Funded in partnership with the Bank of New York Mellon, the BNY AI Lab will support faculty-led research and comprehensive multi-disciplinary projects as well as mentoring and internship opportunities for students.
UTSA Postdoctoral fellow helps community health workers make sense of data using generative AI
Sep 12, 2025 - UT San Antonio fellow is providing specialized training that empowers community health organizations to make better use of their data.
U-M Ann Arbor | $19.4M for an ‘AI oracle’ to solve complex physics problems
Sep 11, 2025 - How much faster could engineering progress with an artificial intelligence oracle that could answer any physics question?
UC Berkeley researchers use Reddit to study AI’s moral judgements
Sep 10, 2025 - A study published by UC Berkeley researchers used the Reddit forum, r/AmITheAsshole, to determine whether artificial intelligence, or AI, chatbots had “patterns in their moral reasoning.”
Brown awarded $20 million to lead artificial intelligence research institute aimed at mental health support
Sep 11, 2025 - The grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation, is part of a White House’s AI Action Plan.
AI-generated medical data can sidestep usual ethics review, universities say
Sep 10, 2025 - Representatives of four medical research centres have told Nature they have waived normal ethical review because 'synthetic' data do not contain real or traceable patient information.
National Research Platform to Democratize AI Computing for Higher Ed
Sep 11, 2025 - By pooling GPUs and cloud resources across institutions, the NRP lets students and faculty run advanced AI workloads without the high costs of individual infrastructure and maintenance.
Cancer research at the University of Utah should get much faster under new $50M A.I. partnership
Sep 10, 2025 - The University of Utah wants to put another $50 million toward artificial intelligence to speed up cancer research and get possible cures to patients sooner.
UUtah’s Responsible AI Community Consortium Unveils AI Leadership Blueprint
Sep 8, 2025 - The AI Leadership Blueprint is a practical, step-by-step guide developed specifically for organizations to adopt and manage AI responsibly.
On being a good open source citizen: supporting a healthy ecosystem through directed and foundational contributions
Sep 3, 2025 - How do you serve the needs of your organizational stakeholders while also acting as a responsible steward of the upstream projects you depend on?
This university is leading the way in AI education and innovation
Sep 8, 2025 - Learn how college students are making real-world impact with AI.
New College of AI, Cyber and Computing launched at UT San Antonio
Sep 9, 2025 - UT San Antonio launched the College of AI, Cyber and Computing to bring together academic programs in AI, cybersecurity, computing and data science.
Penn State | Creating tools that ‘do wonders’: Data analytics alum uses the power of tech
Sep 4, 2025 - When Bharat Sharma was accepted to Penn State Great Valley’s Master of Data Analytics program, he said he remembered feeling joy that gave way to uncertainty about how he would afford graduate school.
A human-centered approach to data visualization
Sep 5, 2025 - MIT Associate Professor Arvind Satyanarayan develops tools for data visualization that amplify creativity and promote human agency.
Harvard Funding Cuts Endanger the Massive Fruit Fly Database That Powers Genetic Research
Sep 8, 2025 - FlyBase lost a multimillion dollar grant when the Trump administration cut off Harvard’s federal funding in May. Now the repository is laying off staff — and researchers worldwide are worried.
Three reasons why universities are crucial for understanding AI
Sep 4, 2025 - There is a “fierce urgency” to understand how AI works, says Stanford physicist Surya Ganguli, who is leading a project to bring the inner workings of AI to light through transparent, foundational research.
Can a bold ‘social contract’ make data sharing more palatable?
Sep 8, 2025 - Hoarding of health data is common across Africa, owing to well-founded concerns about exploitation and misuse of biomedical information.
Eight Carnegie Mellon Students Named SoftBank Group–Arm Fellows
Aug 25, 2025 - Eight Carnegie Mellon University Ph.D. students have received the SoftBank Group–Arm Fellowship to support research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and human collaboration.
UPenn | Where AI models fall short in mimicking the expressiveness of human speech
Sep 4, 2025 - Undergraduates Kevin Li, Henry Huang, and Ethan Yang worked with linguistics professor Jianjing Kuang to compare speech production and perception by humans and AI—research that can help companies move closer to natural and expressive AI speech.
Google honors UCSB computer scientist for pioneering low-cost AI network models
Aug 20, 2025 - UCSB's Arpit Gupta has earned two major Google awards for his work developing low-cost AI network models, paving the way for more accessible, “self-driving” networks.
UCI ICS Summer Academy 2025 Inspires Bright Young Minds
Sep 2, 2025 - While many Southern California high school students spend the summer relaxing at the beach, some spend their time on the UC Irvine campus diving deep into
Georgetown | Connecting Science to Policy - Three Years of MDI’s Research Experience for Undergraduates Program
Sep 3, 2025 - MDI's Summer Research Showcase marked the end of the final year of the Department of Computer Science and MDI’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program “Connecting Science to Policy: From Formal Computer Science Education to Real World Data Science Research to Policy Decision Making”.
Oxford | First direct evidence links gene to fat storage, hinting at new obesity therapies
Sep 4, 2025 - A new study, involving researchers at the Big Data Institute, has shown for the first time that a little-known gene, SLTM, plays a direct role in how fat is stored inside human cells.
AI and machine learning for engineering design
Sep 7, 2025 - In MIT course 2.155/156 (AI and Machine Learning for Engineering Design), students use tools and techniques from artificial intelligence and machine learning for mechanical engineering design, focusing on the creation of new products and addressing engineering design challenges.
SDSC's Sherlock Partners with MCNC to Deliver Secure Cloud and Data Services Across North Carolina
Sep 3, 2025 - Groundbreaking model for cross-country collaboration and networking could serve as technology foundation and potential blueprint for future nationwide expansion.
UM Amherst | AI4CW 2025 Final Presentation Recap
Aug 29, 2025 - This year’s projects showcased creative applications of AI that improved state operations, including streamlining workflows, enhancing customer support, and developing tools for information management and accessibility.
U-M Ann Arbor | CSE welcomes new faculty of 2025-26
Sep 4, 2025 - Get to know CSE’s newest faculty members, advancing U-M leadership in responsible AI, machine learning, and computing education.
UCSD | Data Science and Engineering Students Rev Up and Win Racing Challenge at 2025 Autonomous Karting Series
Sep 5, 2025 - Several students from the University of California San Diego TritonAI Team participated in the Autonomous Karting Series, taking first place in an autonomous go-kart competition of 10 teams.
Columbia | From Data to Intervention: How a Data Science Alum Uses AI to Prevent Harm in NYC’s Child Welfare System
Sep 5, 2025 - Institute alum Shruti Pandey leverages her data science skills for public service, predicting risk and preventing harm for NYC's most vulnerable children and families.