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Why adults pursuing career growth or personal interests are the 'new majority' student

Feb 22, 2026 - Millions of adults are continuing their education by returning to school and enrolling in credit and non-credit courses, certificates, micro-credentials, job training and degree programs.

Why adults pursuing career growth or personal interests are the 'new majority' student

UW-Madison AI Meets Society (AIMS) Symposium

Feb 24, 2026 - This event is open to professionals (faculty, policymakers, practitioners, UW staff) and students, with priority for graduate students. Acceptance is not guaranteed and capacity is limited to 300 attendees.

UW-Madison AI Meets Society (AIMS) Symposium

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.

This AI can improve your peer review — and make it more polite

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.

Blueprint for state bills aims to tighten control over gen eds

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Feb 20, 2026 - Purdue says no ban on Chinese students exists, but reportedly rescinded dozens of offers after warnings from legislators

Amid Trump crackdown on Chinese students, one US university appears to block them altogether

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.

Duke Develops AI Education Program for Academic 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.

Statistics Seminar | UW–Madison Event featuring Rebecca Nugent

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.

Rethinking Open Science

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.

Interdisciplinary research: Friend or foe to ethical AI?

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.

UUtah SCI - How a Scientific Visualization PhD Student Became an Award-Winning Sports Journalist

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.

NSF-funded ELEVATE Academy for AI in Math Education at UT San Antonio

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.

Biotech investor set to lead US National Science Foundation

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.

UAlabama Crawford Awarded NSF Grant to Advance Hands-On Data Science Education

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.

UNC-CH | Here’s how Carolina’s new school got its name

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.

Selected Readings on Indigenous Data Governance: 2026 Update

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.

When AI and Humans Produce Partial Truths: Examining Acceptability of Perceived Error and Perceived Associated Harms

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.

What’s New in Digital Equity: Fed Framework for AI Literacy

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.”

Colleges quietly cut ties with organizations that help people of color

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.

Trump administration drops appeal over its $1.2B demand from UC system

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

Spain to Investigate X, Meta and TikTok over AI child abuse content

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.

Measuring More and Learning Less (SSIR)

The Journal for AI Generated Papers

Feb 20, 2026 - At the heart of JAIGP lies a commitment to learning through collaborative exploration.

The Journal for AI Generated Papers

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.

Digital Government Index and Open, Useful and Re-usable Data Index

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.

Caring for data: ethnographic study of data care work in Finland

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.

The agentic AI landscape and its conceptual foundations

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.

Buy versus Build an LLM: A Decision Framework for Governments

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.

Data Governance Without the Jargon: 30 Questions and Answers to Clarify Terms and Trends

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.

Notre Dame | The essential bridge between data science and human impact

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.

Why artificial intelligence detectors could penalize academic writing

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

Microsoft team creates 'revolutionary' data storage system that lasts for millennia