We’re announcing the 12 recipients of our AI for Science fund
Jan 26, 2026 - A look at the 12 recipients of the first AI for Science fund.
Academic Data Science
UVA Launches Collaboratory on Data, AI, and Health
Jan 22, 2026 - UVA launches the Collaboratory on Data, AI, and Health, uniting six schools and UVA Health to turn data and AI into better care and healthier communities.
NC State DSA launched a Data Science Consulting Program in partnership with the Library
Jan 27, 2026 - The Data Science Consulting Program supports research and learning across disciplines, including help with coding, data cleaning, statistical analysis, machine learning, visualization and more.
STRUDEL enables rapid scientific GUI prototyping in partnership with 2i2c | 2i2c
Jan 27, 2026 - The STRUDEL team hosted an all-day workshop with over thirty participants prototyping web applications using the STRUDEL Design System and AI assistants in a custom hub environment designed and managed by 2i2c.
Schmidt Sciences awards over $3 million to study AI’s impact on jobs - Schmidt Sciences
Jan 27, 2026 - Researcher-led field experiments will explore how AI can support rather than supplant humans in a variety of workplaces worldwide
Yes, AI Can Be Used Responsibly with Federal Datasets, but You Need the Right Framework
Jan 27, 2026 - AI can enhance data quality and integration, helping federal agencies prepare complex datasets for analysis while keeping transparency and trust.
AI learns better when it talks to itself
Jan 27, 2026 - AI models can generalize across different tasks more easily when supported by both inner speech and short-term memory.
UChicago Data Science for Social Impact Summer Experience 2026
Jan 28, 2026 - Eligible students must be enrolled at one of DSSI’s partner institutions.
Experts warn of threat to democracy from ‘AI bot swarms’ infesting social media
Jan 22, 2025 - Misinformation technology could be deployed at scale to disrupt 2028 US presidential election, AI researchers say
ArXiv preprint server clamps down on AI slop
Jan 23, 2026 - First-time posters to venerable platform now need an endorsement from an established author
Quick Takes: The Rise of the Data Sharing Agreement
Jan 27, 2026 - Agencies must notify the public when they plan to use personal information in new ways – including when they intend to share it with another agency – and give the public an opportunity to weigh in.
Guest Post: Help Us Better Understand Repository Resilience: An Introduction to the Repository Crisis Scorecards Project
Jan 27, 2026 - Tessera Strategies describe a recent development in evaluating the sustainability and responsiveness of data repositories during a crisis moment. If you manage a repository, consider participating in this important work.
Opinion: The Open Door in the Age of AI: A New Era of Human Learning for Community Colleges
Jan 23, 2026 - Instead of attempting to insulate ourselves from the "AI Shock," community colleges should realize their open-door mission and use this moment to prepare students for the economic displacements and technological marvels ahead.
Blue Sky Ideas Track: Call for Papers – KDD 2026
Jan 27, 2026 - KDD 2026 Blue Sky Ideas Track co-led by Nitesh Chawla at University of Notre Dame
Ohio State President’s Research Excellence grant sparks AI research to predict Alzheimer’s before symptoms appear
Jan 20, 2026 - A research effort that began with a $50,000 internal grant from The Ohio State University has led to a multimillion dollar federal award aimed at using AI to predict Alzheimer’s disease years before symptoms appear.
Funding metadata in OpenAlex
Jan 26, 2026 - Thanks to a transformative grant from Wellcome of $3.6M over three years, funding metadata will be a major focus of that development.
UW-Madison Inside MadHacks: The Midwest’s premier hackathon
Jan 21, 2026 - Morgridge Hall turned into a hub of caffeinated creativity as MadHacks 2025 drew over 400 participants from across the country — the largest turnout in the event's history.
TXST CADS AI-Ready Office Hours
Jan 26, 2026 - TXST Faculty and Researchers are invited to attend office hours as part of the AI-Ready Series.
NJIT Reflects on the Smithsonian Recognition of Martin Tuchman’s Legacy in Innovation, Entrepreneurship
Jan 20, 2026 - Tuchman received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Newark College of Engineering and in 1968 formed a logistics company, Interpool, now called TRAC Intermodal.
BU Kinan Dak Albab Joins CDS as Assistant Professor, Advancing Research and Education in Data Privacy
Jan 22, 2026 - With expertise at the intersection of data systems, programming languages, cryptography, and privacy law, Kinan’s work focuses on developing practical, interdisciplinary solutions to safeguard digital privacy in real-world systems.
GAIRE Program Award Recipients - TAMIDS
Jan 21, 2026 - GAIRE aims to create AI literacy materials, integrate GenAI tools in the classroom, and understand GenAI's impact on learning.
HPyX: Bringing High-Performance Parallelism to Python – eScience Institute
Jan 22, 2026 - HPyX bridges the gap between Python and high-performance computing by providing Python bindings to the HPX C++ Parallelism Library.
Tom Hartvigsen Receives $1M NIH Grant for Multimodal AI
Jan 21, 2026 - Tom Hartvigsen and his colleagues were awarded a $1 million NIH grant to develop a new participatory approach to multimodal AI systems in dermatology.
UVA Research Co-Leads $4.7M Initiative to Advance Automated Diabetes Care
Jan 23, 2026 - UVA's Heman Shakeri co-leads a $4.7M grant to advance automated insulin delivery. The Forlenza-Shakeri project uses AI to personalize Type 1 Diabetes care.
Lindsay House Selected for 2026 Digital Science Communication Fellowship | DSI
Jan 23, 2026 - Lindsay House, a Postdoctoral Preceptor jointly appointed at the NSF Simons AI Institute for the Sky and the Data Science Institute, has been chosen as a member of the 2026 Digital Science Communication Fellowship
ADVANCING RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION WITH AI: A CASE STUDY FROM EMORY UNIVERSITY
Jan 25, 2026 - This study shares practical insights and experiences from developing a private AI model tailored to support research administration operations.
A Visionary Framework for Human-Centered Innovation in Teaching, Learning, and Research
Jan 25, 2026 - The IU School of Education Generative AI Framework represents an important step in advancing an ethical, transparent, and human- centered approach to generative AI in education.
The AI Challenge: How college faculty assess the present and future of higher education in the age of AI
Jan 25, 2026 - 95% of College Faculty Fear Student Overreliance on AI and Diminished Critical Thinking Among Learners Who Use Generative AI Tools
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
Jan 22, 2026 - After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.
LLMs interpret plots well, until expectations interfere
Jan 22, 2026 - Why exactly do LLMs misinterpret plots like those in bluffbench?