This AI can improve your peer review — and make it more polite
Feb 23, 2026 - A system of five models helps peer reviewers to write more constructive comments, but it is not yet known whether this strengthens the papers that are being reviewed.
Higher Ed News
Blueprint for state bills aims to tighten control over gen eds
Feb 23, 2026 - New model legislation from conservative think tank Manhattan Institute would also weaken shared governance by limiting faculty bodies to advisory roles.
Amid Trump crackdown on Chinese students, one US university appears to block them altogether
Feb 20, 2026 - Purdue says no ban on Chinese students exists, but reportedly rescinded dozens of offers after warnings from legislators
Duke Develops AI Education Program for Academic Leaders
Feb 13, 2026 - Duke’s AI Education Program for Academic Leaders is a yearlong, project-based initiative for the Provost’s executive leadership team, which includes deans, vice provosts, and other senior leaders.
Statistics Seminar | UW–Madison Event featuring Rebecca Nugent
Feb 22, 2026 - This talk will look at the research and education efforts of the NSF AI Institute for Societal Decision Making to build pipelines and train the public - including K-12, community college, undergraduates, graduate students, and the workforce - to use data science and AI to positively impact society.
Rethinking Open Science
Feb 22, 2026 - The Open Science movement promises inclusivity and better science but ignores the economic and political realities that shape research.
Interdisciplinary research: Friend or foe to ethical AI?
Feb 16, 2026 - This culture of interdisciplinarity might reinforce a problematic disciplinary isolation of applied AI underlying the very ethical issues it seeks to mitigate – fighting symptoms while playing into their cause.
UUtah SCI - How a Scientific Visualization PhD Student Became an Award-Winning Sports Journalist
Feb 20, 2026 - The New York Times graphics team published an intricate visualization of an event, powered in part by the work of University of Utah Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute PhD student Kalina Borkiewicz.
NSF-funded ELEVATE Academy for AI in Math Education at UT San Antonio
Feb 19, 2026 - The University of Texas at San Antonio is offering an open-access eight-session summer workshop plus one prerequisite session on integrating AI tools with instruction, from July 9 through August 11, 2026.
Biotech investor set to lead US National Science Foundation
Feb 19, 2026 - If confirmed by the US Senate, Jim O'Neill would be the first non-scientist or engineer to lead the agency, a big funder of US basic research.
UAlabama Crawford Awarded NSF Grant to Advance Hands-On Data Science Education
Feb 20, 2026 - Dr. Chris Crawford was awarded a grant from the NSF to support the design and development of an educational platform that introduces high school students to data science through interactive cyber-physical human systems.
UNC-CH | Here’s how Carolina’s new school got its name
Feb 19, 2026 - Stan Ahalt and Diane Kelly detail the collaboration and thoughtfulness that went into naming the School of Data and Information Sciences.
Selected Readings on Indigenous Data Governance: 2026 Update
Feb 18, 2026 - Curated writings from the last two years on Indigenous data sovereignty and Indigenous data governance.
When AI and Humans Produce Partial Truths: Examining Acceptability of Perceived Error and Perceived Associated Harms
Feb 20, 2026 - The study moves beyond traditional misinformation research by focusing on messages that contain both accurate and inaccurate information, instead of entirely false messages.
What’s New in Digital Equity: Fed Framework for AI Literacy
Feb 19, 2026 - Plus, New Mexico is increasing access to affordable Internet, federal legislation has advanced in Congress to better track funding, Indiana residents have expanded access to fiber broadband, and more.
Colleges quietly cut ties with organizations that help people of color
Feb 19. 2026 - Under pressure from the Trump administration, 31 schools have signed agreements to end links with organizations that “restrict participation based on race.”
Trump administration drops appeal over its $1.2B demand from UC system
Feb 20, 2026 - The federal government agreed to no longer challenge an injunction that blocked its mass grant cancellations and hefty payment demand.
Spain to Investigate X, Meta and TikTok over AI child abuse content
Feb 17, 2026 - Spain orders criminal probe into X, Meta and TikTok over AI-generated child sexual abuse material
Measuring More and Learning Less (SSIR)
Feb 11, 2026 - How an excessive focus on methods has distracted attention from the more fundamental challenge of building rigor and learning overall.
The Journal for AI Generated Papers
Feb 20, 2026 - At the heart of JAIGP lies a commitment to learning through collaborative exploration.
Digital Government Index and Open, Useful and Re-usable Data Index
Feb 16, 2026 - This paper presents the 2025 results of the Digital Government Index (DGI), which benchmarks the efforts made by governments to establish the foundations necessary to achieve a coherent, human-centred digital transformation of the public sector; and of the Open, Useful and Re-usable Data Index (OURdata), which measures governments' efforts to design and implement national open government data policies.
Caring for data: ethnographic study of data care work in Finland
Feb 9, 2026 - This article examines its mundane practices within a wellbeing services county in Finland, with a focus on the sticking points that constitute the dark side of data care work.
The agentic AI landscape and its conceptual foundations
Feb 13, 2026 - This paper identifies the most frequently cited features in existing definitions of agentic AI and AI agents, examines how these features are described across sources, and maps them to the key elements of the OECD definition of an AI system.
Buy versus Build an LLM: A Decision Framework for Governments
Feb 13, 2026 - This paper provides a strategic framework for making this decision by evaluating these options across dimensions including sovereignty, safety, cost, resource capability, cultural fit, and sustainability.
Data Governance Without the Jargon: 30 Questions and Answers to Clarify Terms and Trends
Feb 17, 2026 - A practical reference for policy, institutional, and operational design.
Notre Dame | The essential bridge between data science and human impact
Feb 19, 2026 - Ethics for AI and Data Science, isn't just about theory; it’s about giving students the toolkit to tackle real-world dilemmas head-on.
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.
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.