Trump 2.0’s impact on higher ed: The first year in 8 numbers
Jan 20, 2026 - A chaotic 2025 brought dozens of federal college probes, thousands of revoked international student visas, and billions in threatened research funding.
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OII | New study finds that ChatGPT amplifies global inequalities
Jan 20, 2026 - New analysis from Oxford and Kentucky researchers shows AI systems reproduce long‑standing global biases
NIST AI Standards
Jan 15, 2026 - The report intends to stimulate discussion on a potential approach to evaluate the effectiveness, utility, and relative value of the development of AI standards.
UNC-C hosts the 2026 Women in Data Science Conference
Jan 17, 2026 - This year's WiDS Conference features Rebeca Nugent of Carnegie Mellon University as a keynote speaker, where she shares her story of how she broke into the industry.
ICS Students Win Global CPTC Cybersecurity Championship
Jan 16, 2026 - Students from the UC Irvine Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) went from wildcard to winners of the global cybersecurity
UTSA | Yolanda Gutierrez joins the College of AI, Cyber and Computing
Jan 16, 2026 - Gutierrez supports programs and projects across the college, helping keep operations, logistics and planning moving forward.
UvA DSC | Share your skills: become a certified Carpentry instructor
Jan 19, 2026 - The University Library offers 6 training seats to become a certified Carpentry instructor.
UIC | Chicago Tech Circle’s Data+AI course provides in-demand, real-world experience to students
Jan 16, 2026 - The new initiative, launched with support from Google.org and UIC’s computer science department, provides UIC undergrads with applied data and AI skills.
GT | New LLMs Could Provide Strength-based Job Coaching for Autistic People
Jan 15, 2026 - The team’s goal is to identify job-search pain points and understand how job coaches create better employment prospects for their autistic clients.
USU | Breakthrough Expedition: Hidden Clay Intensified Japan Megaquake, Tsunami
Jan 16, 2026 - An international team, including USU's Srisharan Shreedharan, recently uncovered a hidden reason for the devastation of the 2011 magnitude 9.1 Tohoku earthquake.
UWisc-Madison | Inaugural World Usability Day celebration reaches across campus
Jan 14, 2026 - The School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences hosted its inaugural World Usability Day celebration, where the global movement for accessibility and human-centered design turned interactive at Morgridge Hall.
AMIA Welcomes Philip Payne, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA, as New Board President
Jan 14, 2026 - The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) announces the appointment of Philip Payne, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA, as President and Chair of the AMIA Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2026.
Boston University appoints Joshua Campbell as new director of the Bioinformatics Program
Jan 15, 2026 - Joshua Campbell, Associate Professor at Boston University’s Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, was appointed as the new Director of the Bioinformatics Program, with a secondary appointment in the Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences (CDS).
11 things UC Berkeley AI experts are watching for in 2026
Jan 13, 2026 - How will AI disrupt the labor market? What will deepfake videos mean for our understanding of truth? Are we in a bubble, and if so, will the bubble burst?
UVA Sheng Li Appointed Senior Member of the Association for the Advancement of AI
Jan 16, 2026 - Sheng Li received senior member status from AAAI in recognition of his significant accomplishments in the field of artificial intelligence.
U of T staff: Level up your AI skills with the Data Sciences Institute!
Jan 13, 2026 - The University’s AI Task Force’s report, Toward an AI-Ready University, calls for AI literacy and training for all employees.
UChicago DSI | The Unseminar: A Forum for the Next Generation of AI-Enabled Research Leaders
Jan 14, 2026 - The Unseminar combines some of the program’s greatest strengths: a community of pioneering interdisciplinary researchers, opportunities for professional development, and robust mentorship.
UChicago DSI | Who Bears the Burden of Technological Change?
Jan 16, 2026 - Challenging the conventional wisdom that technological disruption primarily affects STEM and high-skill workers whose jobs exhibit greater skill volatility, the researchers found that jobs with fewer skill requirements, lower wages, and less education experience the greatest skill change.
New AI Courses and Partnerships Signal Latest Push in Howard’s AI Initiative
Jan 14, 2026 - Brand new courses, a revamped class with CodePath and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, and a partnership with Bowie State are just the latest in the university's mission to be a leader in artificial intelligence.
Annual Updates to the Data and Methodology Used to Produce Population Estimates
Jan 15, 2026 - The U.S. Census Bureau’s Population Estimates Program produces annual estimates of the population that reflect year-to-year changes.
What the Brookings Report Really Means for AI in Schools
Jan 15, 2026 - An Educator's Guide to the Findings, the Warnings, and the Path Forward
Research institutions tout the value of scholarship that crosses disciplines – but academia pushes interdisciplinary researchers out
Jan 13, 2026 - Researchers who focus on one specialty are more likely to rise through the academic ranks, even though wicked societal problems require crosscutting work to solve.
Using ChatGPT for Data Science Analyses
Jan 13, 2026 - This paper assesses the potential of ChatGPT for Data Science analyses, illustrating its capabilities for data exploration and visualization, as well as for commonly used supervised and unsupervised modeling tasks.
Prompting the Professoriate: A Qualitative Study of Instructor Perspectives on LLMs in Data Science Education
Jan 13, 2026 - Around 58% have introduced demonstrations, guided activities, or make extensive use of LLMs in their courses, though most expect change to remain slow and uneven.
What a bachelor’s degree is worth today: a comparative survey of income, career advancement, and demographic disparities
Jan 15, 2026 - Bachelor’s degrees supports upward mobility, and salary gaps by race and gender persist even among participants grouped by major.
Former U.S. Chief Data Scientist on Public Data Under Siege
Jan 14, 2026 - Denice Ross, the former U.S. Chief Data Scientist, explains what the recent removal of key public data and reports means for public policy in America.
Rachel Levy named as a Fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics
Jan 16, 2026 - Levy is recognized "for her exceptional leadership and her contributions to knowledge, education, mentorship, communication, programs, professional development and policy advocacy to broaden the appreciation of and participation in the mathematical sciences."
Howard University and Bowie State partner on $4M initiative to Build AI Literacy
Jan 15, 2026 - Howard University and Bowie State University are partnering on ASCEND-AI, a $4M, four-year initiative to build ethical AI literacy and career-ready skills, supported by the U.S. Department of Education.
Clearinghouse Enrollment Insights Series: Clearinghouse Final Fall Enrollment Trends
Jan 15, 2026 - The Final Fall Enrollment Trends report provides comprehensive national and state-level fall enrollment estimates by credential type, institutional sector, student demographics, enrollment intensity, and major field.
UVA SDS MSDS Residential Student Profile
Jan 14, 2026 - From Navy officer to data scientist, Ryan Dallas shares his path to UVA’s MSDS, hands-on learning, career goals in AI, and advice for future students.