Why artificial intelligence detectors could penalize academic writing
Feb 19, 2026 - Writing produced using artificial intelligence is becoming more common in academia, which has prompted institutions to look for ways to detect it.
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Microsoft team creates 'revolutionary' data storage system that lasts for millennia
Feb 18, 2026 - Researchers use mini plasma explosions to encode the equivalent of two million books into a coaster-sized device
Most common fields of study, from 1970 to now
Feb 19, 2026 - Over the decades, we can see the shifts (and non-shifts) in professional priorities and interests by looking at what college students are studying.
Why sky-high pay for AI researchers is bad for the future of science
Feb 17, 2026 - To ensure that AI advances benefit everyone, scientific institutions must prioritize collaborative, mission-driven structures instead of chasing top talent with astronomical compensation.
Nanoscience is latest discipline to embrace large-scale replication efforts
Feb 17, 2026 - A European project calls for help to verify whether carbon quantum dots are really able to sense chemicals in cells.
Automation in the Workforce | : Loyola University Chicago
Feb 19, 2026 - This workshop will address how AI impacts labor, from job exposure and the augmentation of human capabilities to biases in AI engineering.
Google.org Impact Challenge: AI for Science
Feb 19, 2026 - The Google.org Impact Challenge: AI for Science is a $30M global initiative to accelerate scientific breakthroughs that improve human health and build climate resilience.
UToronto Schmidt AI Fellows bring foundation models to the forefront of
Feb 18, 2026 - Participants started with an introduction to foundation models and their use cases, then dove into hands-on tutorials, and concluded with a hackathon of solving scientific problems using foundation models.
Prize Competitions and the Genesis Mission | Center for Security and Emerging Technology
Feb 18, 2026 - This blog examines how federal prize competitions—recognized in the Genesis Mission, the FY26 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and recommendations from the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology—can serve as effective implementation tools.
University of North Texas braces for budget cuts amid $45M deficit
Feb 18, 2026 - The institution’s leader attributed the gap to drops in state funding and larger-than-expected declines in international graduate enrollment.
AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking
Feb 17, 2026 - ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are reinforcing users' delusions about other people — fueling fixations linked to stalking and abuse.
Simulated Flies: How Behavior Models Become Scientific Instruments
Feb 18, 2026 - “If the model appears to ‘care’ about a particular cue, can that cue be manipulated in a real fly and the predicted shift observed?”
Transitioning NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center operations
Feb 12, 2026 - Management and operations of the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center are expected to transition to a third-party operator consistent with the terms of NSF's cooperative agreement with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.
Infographic: A Glimpse into Departmental Capacity for AI/ML Teaching and Research
Feb 18, 2026 - Only 56 percent of respondents reported that “Several” or more faculty within their department were equipped to teach advanced AI/ML, leaving nearly half with limited reported capacity to provide high-level instruction.
ACM Education Board Report Examines the Ethical and Societal Impacts of Generative AI in Computing Education
Feb 18, 2026 - The report asks a more foundational question: how should computing educators and institutions reason through the ethical and societal consequences of integrating generative AI into teaching and learning?
CRA Update: Get Excited for the 2026 CRA Summit
Feb 18, 2026 - From July 21-23, 2026, the CRA Summit will convene senior leaders from across academia, industry, and government in Prior Lake, Minnesota, for CRA’s flagship annual gathering focused on the future of computing research
Strengthening the U.S. scientific talent pipeline through postdoctoral fellowships
Feb 12, 2026 - The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation aimed to provide one-time support to maintain the pipeline of scientists-in-training.
SUNY Schools Partner With Local Universities for AI Research
Feb 9, 2026 - Various State University of New York schools are working with University at Albany, Binghamton University, University at Buffalo and Stony Brook University on AI programming and research for students and faculty.
Postdoctoral Appointments Rise While Graduate Enrollment Slows
Feb 18, 2026 - Between 2023 and 2024, the number of postdoctoral appointees (postdocs) rose by 6.1%, from 65,850 to 69,877—the highest number ever reported to the Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (GSS).
Kansas legislature poised to cut funding to universities, cap tuition
Feb 16, 2026 - Only one should survive to the end of the budget process.
Pentagon may bar tuition aid for top universities in Hegseth’s crackdown on ‘biased’ schools
Feb 13, 2026 - Military officers could soon find dozens of top colleges and universities across the United States abruptly off limits for tuition assistance as part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s campaign against schools he describes as being biased against the US military and sponsoring “troublesome partnerships with foreign adversaries.”
CBO: Pell Grant Facing $11.5B Shortfall
Feb 13, 2026 - If Congress doesn’t add money to the Federal Student Aid account by Sept. 30, students could face dramatic grant cuts or eligibility restrictions.
The U.K. is putting critical thinking at the center of AI education. America should too.
Feb 18, 2026 - The U.K. (specifically, England) announced an overhaul of their curriculum in November—and most U.S. education leaders ignored it completely.
Research Assistantships Are Doctorate Recipients’ Most Common Source of Primary Support in Most Fields
Feb 17, 2026 - In 2024, research assistantships and traineeships were the most common source of financial support in most broad fields.
Benchmarking AI Performance on End-to-End Data Science Projects
Feb 15, 2026 - The findings suggest that while AI models could approximate entry-level data scientists on routine tasks, they require verification.
Same Prompt, Different Outcomes: Evaluating the Reproducibility of...
Feb 15, 2026 - The results suggest, as with human data analysis, the data analysis conducted by LLMs can vary, even given the same task, data, and settings.
Berger-Wolf named fellow of international AI association
Feb 13, 2026 - Each year, since 1990, AAAI selects a short list of Fellows based on their distinguished contributions to the field of artificial intelligence over a period of at least a decade.
Notre Dame Data, AI, and Computing Initiative launches 19 faculty-led working groups | Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society
Feb 13, 2026 - Through these targeted investments, the Initiative aims to amplify the University’s existing strengths and cultivate interdisciplinary groups of faculty to identify areas of opportunity to further research and scholarship in data, AI, and computing.
Yale College staff to shrink by 7.5 percent amid budget cuts, dean says
Feb 13, 2026 - The Yale College operating budget, which totals approximately $80 million this academic year, is separate from Yale's $275 million annual financial aid budget.
Wisconsin Assembly passes bill removing race-based higher ed programs
Feb 13, 2026 - Assembly Republicans voted Thursday to change eligibility for certain financial aid programs, and make it easier to sue universities for free speech violations.