First Penn, then Columbia, now Brown: Comparing Trump admin. deals across the Ivy League
Aug 21, 2025 - Higher education experts weigh in on the key differences between the White House’s agreements with Brown, Columbia and Penn.
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A ‘Great Defection’ threatens to empty universities and colleges of top teaching talent
Aug 20, 2025 - Political attacks and other problems appear to be driving an exodus of Ph.D.s and faculty from higher education, threatening a diminished experience for undergraduates.
Marquette University welcomes class of 2029 with excitement and nerves
Aug 20, 2025 - Freshmen at Marquette University are moving into dorms, marking the start of their college journey with a mix of emotions and anticipation.
Johnston Community College Announces Record Enrollment
Aug 21, 2025 - JCC sees another semester of double-digit percentage increase in credit students
Supreme Court allows Trump's cuts to health research grants over DEI policies
Aug 21, 2025 - A federal judge had ruled that the more than $1 billion in cuts to research grants, like studies into HIV prevention, violated federal law.
95% of organizations got zero return on AI investment in MIT study
Aug 21, 2025 - Companies are investing tens of billions of dollars in generative AI with little to show for it.
Understanding Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Data Science Instructors
Aug 19, 2025 - Despite the absence of national guidelines, participants demonstrated notable overlap in foundational IDS content, though some instructors felt less confident with advanced or specialized topics.
Notre Dame and Johns Hopkins team up to bring digital privacy and AI literacy education to the Smithsonian
Aug 19, 2025 - The exhibit featured an interactive tool designed for children ages 6+ and was developed by researchers from the University of Notre Dame and Johns Hopkins University, as part of a multi-year NSF–funded project aimed at transforming how users and developers understand and engage with privacy.
Notre Dame | Four faculty teams awarded 2025 Poverty Research Packages
Aug 15, 2025 - The Notre Dame Poverty Initiative has announced a new round of multi-year investments that will support high-impact, poverty-related research projects led by Notre Dame faculty in multiple disciplines.
Dr. Sharad Sharma Named Inaugural Sinha Endowed Professor in Data Science
Aug 15, 2025 - Funded by a generous gift from Dr. Vikas Sinha and Mrs. Anuradha Sinha, this prestigious position supports transformative research and education at the intersection of data science and immersive technologies.
What counts as plagiarism? AI-generated papers pose new risks
Aug 20, 2025 - Researchers argue over whether ‘novel’ AI-generated works use others’ ideas without credit.
Government health datasets altered without documentation
Aug 19, 2025 - The study finds that nearly half of the examined federal health datasets were altered. In most, the term "gender" was replaced with "sex."
NIH director orders new review of grants in outline of top research priorities
Aug 15, 2025 - Many topics on Bhattacharya’s list are familiar, but order to re-evaluate grants draws concerns
State Department has revoked over 6,000 student visas this year
Aug 19, 2025 - A spokesperson said 200 to 300 of the revocations were over support for terrorism, a common Trump administration claim against international students.
A new model predicts how molecules will dissolve in different solvents
Aug 19, 2025 - This type of prediction could make it much easier to develop new ways to produce pharmaceuticals and other useful molecules.
UT Austin to Lead the Next Gen of AI
Aug 6, 2025 - The NSF has reaffirmed its confidence in UT Austin by awarding the NSF AI Institute for Foundations of Machine Learning (IFML) a second round of funding, making it one of only five institutes nationwide to receive renewed investment.
AI helps assemble ‘brain’ of future quantum computer
Aug 15, 2025 - As a demonstration, artificial-intelligence system helps to make a miniature, high-speed animation of physicists’ favorite feline.
LinkedIn Top Colleges 2025: The 50 best colleges for long-term career success in the U.S.
Aug 12, 2025 - See the 2025 LinkedIn Top Colleges list, a data-backed ranking of the 50 best colleges for career success in the U.S.
UNC Charlotte Appoints Abbey Thomas to Co-Direct Sports Analytics Program
Aug 12, 2025 - Associate Professor Abbey Thomas, is a certified athletic trainer with a passion for studying knee injuries, a background in biomechanics, and a devotion to creating new opportunities for Charlotte’s students.
University of Illinois Chicago | Lu Cheng receives NSF CAREER grant to improve AI accuracy, reliability
Aug 14, 2025 - Assistant Professor Lu Cheng received a National Science Foundation CAREER award for her research into developing reliable and fair large language models, which are essential to responsible AI use.
Oxford | Martingale Foundation expands flagship postgraduate scholarship programme with major statistics opportunities
Aug 14, 2025 - The scholarships provide fully funded support to postgraduate students from low socio-economic backgrounds, enabling them to pursue research at top UK universities.
CMU | The AI Tool That Could Make Manufacturing Faster and More Efficient — by Using Lego Bricks
Aug 13, 2025 - A new AI-powered tool created by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science could change the way we manufacture and build things.
UPenn-developed AI tools and datasets help tailor treatments for kidney patients
Aug 15, 2025 - Penn Medicine and Wharton researchers have partnered to create CellSpectra and SISKA, offering clues to better treatments for kidney disease and beyond.
New Pitt research suggests cellphone data could help clinicians identify and treat mental health disorders
Aug 14, 2025 - Colin E. Vize says passive sensing could give clinicians access to more (and more reliable) data about their patients’ lives.
Computer Modeling Using SDSC Software Illustrates Plastic-Degrading Fungus
Aug 18, 2025 - Koji mold, has been used to produce foods like soy sauce and miso for thousands of years, but it may also be key to solving a modern problem: plastic pollution.
UCSD | Visualizing Code: Web-Based Tools Illuminate Data Science Topics for Beginners
Aug 14, 2025 - Researchers with the University of California San Diego and the Fred Hutch Cancer Center have been working on web-based tools that help individuals visualize how specific coding libraries and data science concepts work in real time.
UBC Master of Data Science | Office of the Provincial Health Officer, BC
Aug 15, 2025 - Working with a group of UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) Vancouver students, the Office of the BC Provincial Health Officer aims to examine the impacts of extreme temperatures on death risk and forecast the estimated excess deaths in BC communities.
UW eScience | Staff Spotlight: Niki Burggraf
Aug 15, 2024 - This week’s featured staff member is SSEC Senior Research Software Engineer Niki Burggraf.
UC Berkeley BIDS | Branching out in Open Source: My Summer Experience
Aug 18, 2025 - Kyle Cheng had the unique opportunity to intern at the Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS). It was an eye-opening experience that taught me much about open source software.
Guiding Berkeley’s largest academic department into new territory
Aug 12, 2025 - During her chair term, which ended in June, Tomlin helped dramatically expand the EECS faculty, established the department position under two colleges – a first for the university – and undertook an initiative to honor the department's history.