U.S. Freezes Visas to 75 Countries
Jan 14, 2026 - Read the leaked diplomatic cable
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Pentagon rolls out major reforms of R&D, AI - Breaking Defense
Jan 13, 2026 - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth consolidates tech offices under Pentagon CTO Emil Michael, launches new AI initiatives from swarms to sims to GenAI, and breaks up the sprawling Advana database.
Purdue blocks admission of many Chinese grad students in unwritten policy
Jan 16, 2026 - Faculty members say university is overreacting to pressure from the Trump administration and Congress
Meet ND Lucy Family Institute Faculty: Fanny Ye
Jan 21, 2026 - Fanny Ye is the Galassi Family Collegiate Professor in Computer Science and Engineering and Associate Director of Applied Analytics in the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society at the University of Notre Dame.
AI Programs in U.S. Universities
Jan 21, 2026 - An interactive map of undergraduate degree programs in Artificial Intelligence across U.S. colleges and universities, helping students discover AI education opportunities nationwide.
UNC's data science school adds a doctorate program and a new master's degree
Jan 12, 2026 - The two new professional degree programs come after UNC announced it would merge the School of Data Science and Society and the School of Information and Library Science. The unnamed merged school is set to launch on July 1.
Find Data Analyst Associate Degree Programs
Jan 14, 2026 - A data analyst associate degree is a great entry-level degree in growing data fields and can help uncover data-related careers.
Trump's admissions data collection strains college administrators
Jan 19, 2026 - Universities must report student demographics, grades and test scores by March 18
As men stop going to college, women have now overtaken them in graduate and professional degrees
Jan 20, 2026 - Women have outdistanced men in graduate and professional programs as male college-going rates continue to decline, with implications for the economy and even marriage and birth rates.
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.
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