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Pitt EAAMO Reflections: Caleb Finmore | Responsible Data Science

Dec 18, 2025 - Finmore shared unedited notes on the session, left unedited as recognition of my role in this sphere: not leading, not participating, but transcribing as transparently as possible.

Pitt EAAMO Reflections: Caleb Finmore | Responsible Data Science

UUtah | Arzani Receives ASME 2026 Y.C. Fung Early Career Award

Dec 18, 2025 - This prestigious award recognizes young investigators who are committed to pursuing research in the field of Bioengineering and have demonstrated significant potential to make substantial contributions to the field.

UUtah | Arzani Receives ASME 2026 Y.C. Fung Early Career Award

Congressional App Challenge Partners with SDSC to Strengthen the Nation’s Tech Workforce Pipeline

Dec 15, 2025 - Several of San Diego County’s most promising high school coders recently visited SDSC to learn more about coding as part of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge.

Congressional App Challenge Partners with SDSC to Strengthen the Nation’s Tech Workforce Pipeline

Zhang mentors student awarded ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award

Dec 18, 2025 - As an award recipient, Yiqiao’s work will be recognized during the ENAR 2026 Spring Meeting Presidential Invited Address on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.

Zhang mentors student awarded ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award

AI helps Princeton scientists plot the best paths for space exploration

Dec 17, 2025 - With the help of a seed grant from the Princeton Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence, Beeson and his lab are exploring the question: How do we use AI to help us start to take that next step towards autonomy?

AI helps Princeton scientists plot the best paths for space exploration

BU CCDS Hosts Experts and State Officials for Event on AI Progress

Dec 15, 2025 - At an recent event focused on AI work across the state, AI experts came together at CCDS to discuss the future and of AI and its potential for positive impact.

BU CCDS Hosts Experts and State Officials for Event on AI Progress

Columbia University | Why Glen Weyl Says Superintelligence Is Already Here—and It’s Social.

Dec 16, 2025 - Glen Weyl, researcher and economist at Microsoft and co-founder of the Plurality Institute, does not think superintelligence is something we are waiting to build.

Columbia University | Why Glen Weyl Says Superintelligence Is Already Here—and It’s Social.

UC Berkeley BIDS JupyterCon, and the Next 100 Programming Systems

Dec 16, 2025 - How might the Jupyter Ecosystem support not just the future of notebooks, but the next hundred programming systems?

UC Berkeley BIDS JupyterCon, and the Next 100 Programming Systems

Joint Human–AI Systems Panel Brings Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives Together at Ohio State

Dec 18, 2025 - The Translational Data Analytics Institute (TDAI recently hosted a community event marking the close of the first semester of its yearlong theme, Joint Human–AI Systems in an Agentic World.

Joint Human–AI Systems Panel Brings Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives Together at Ohio State

Heman Shakeri Receives Two UVA LaunchPad Awards to Advance Diabetes Detection and Treatment

Dec 15, 2025 - Heman Shakeri received two UVA LaunchPad awards totaling $300,000 to advance data-driven models and early screening tools for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

Heman Shakeri Receives Two UVA LaunchPad Awards to Advance Diabetes Detection and Treatment

UNC-CH | When generations of mathematicians and computer scientists gather together

Dec 16, 2025 - In its twelfth year, SDSS faculty member Harlin Lee was invited to Germany to participate as a young researcher in the HLF.

UNC-CH | When generations of mathematicians and computer scientists gather together

U-M Ann Arbor | Building a blueprint for better LLMs

Dec 16, 2025 - Academic research is quietly shaping the next wave of trustworthy, useful, and equitable AI – right here at U-M.

U-M Ann Arbor | Building a blueprint for better LLMs

UChicago Data Ethics Students Tackle Real-World Challenges in Poster Session

Dec 18, 2025 - 31 teams presented their quarter-long research into today’s pressing ethical questions, from political bias in large language models to algorithmic discrimination in hiring to the ethics of genetic selection.

UChicago Data Ethics Students Tackle Real-World Challenges in Poster Session

2025 CAREER Award Recipient: Nadia Figueroa | Penn

Dec 18, 2025 - . Her work develops adaptive, constraint-aware robots that can sense, learn, and physically collaborate in real-world tasks.

2025 CAREER Award Recipient: Nadia Figueroa | Penn

Penn State Genetic teamwork may be the secret to climate-resilient plants, researchers find

Dec 17, 2025 - hey found that when those genes are better matched in hybrid plants, the plant is more resilient to changing environments.

Penn State Genetic teamwork may be the secret to climate-resilient plants, researchers find

Texas universities deploy AI for course audits

Dec 15, 2025 - Records obtained by The Texas Tribune show how universities are using the technology to reshape curriculum under political pressure, raising concerns about academic freedom.

Texas universities deploy AI for course audits

Berkeley Forward Recap: Democratizing AI Through Platforms

Dec 11, 2025 - A look inside Berkeley Forward brings together Ion Stoica, Fernando Pérez, Darren Kimura, and Napoleon Paxton to discuss artificial intelligence, open platforms, and community driven innovation.

Berkeley Forward Recap: Democratizing AI Through Platforms

What CMU’s Inspire Workshop Reveals About Teaching AI to the Next Generation

Dec 18, 2025 - The workshop was supported by WiDS CMU Ambassadors Rebecca Nugent and Jessie Albright, whose leadership continues to expand opportunities for students across the region.

What CMU’s Inspire Workshop Reveals About Teaching AI to the Next Generation

Christian Brothers University to cut 16 faculty jobs

Dec 19, 2025 - The Catholic institution recently came off accreditor probation after a long restructuring process and past struggles with enrollment.

Christian Brothers University to cut 16 faculty jobs

NYU Eunsol Choi Receives NSF CAREER Award

Dec 4, 2025 - Eunsol Choi has received the Faculty Early Career Development award from the NSF to support her project "Building Interactive Language Systems Navigating Rich Knowledge Sources."

NYU Eunsol Choi Receives NSF CAREER Award

UNC cuts all six area studies research centers, effective 2026

Dec 17, 2025 - The Center for European Studies, the African Studies Center, the Carolina Asia Center, the Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, the Institute for the Study of the Americas and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies are all slated to close, according to the impacted sources. These centers are the first of 14 total UNC centers and institutes to be cut.

UNC cuts all six area studies research centers, effective 2026

NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists

Dec 15, 2025 - Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities

NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists

AI learns to build simple equations for complex systems

Dec 17, 2025 - A research team at Duke University has developed a new AI framework that can uncover simple, understandable rules that govern some of the most complex dynamics found in nature and technology.

AI learns to build simple equations for complex systems

Where do Official Statistics Come From?

Dec 17, 2025 - This post is from Barry Johnson, and provides an overview of different sources of federal data.

Where do Official Statistics Come From?

AI is transforming the economy — understanding its impact requires both data and imagination

Dec 16, 2025 - Social science could help to navigate these uncertainties, but it would require both imagination and grounding.

AI is transforming the economy — understanding its impact requires both data and imagination

Accelerating research to impact with investment from the NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships

Dec 17, 2025 - Explore how the U.S. National Science Foundation is fueling technology breakthroughs, workforce development and regional economic expansion across all states and U.S. territories.

Accelerating research to impact with investment from the NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships

UNC-C Global Heel: Yifei Lou - Global Affairs

Dec 10, 2025 - Data science and mathematics professor strengthens global partnerships and student exchange.

UNC-C Global Heel: Yifei Lou - Global Affairs

Gov. Newsom Taps Universities for State AI Council

Dec 16, 2025 - A 30-member California Innovation Council will include executives and leaders from the UC system, the Brookings Institute, Stanford University and the California Chamber of Commerce, among others.

Gov. Newsom Taps Universities for State AI Council

DePaul University cuts nearly 8% of staff

Dec 16, 2025 - The Catholic institution is trying to plug an unplanned budget shortfall after a sharp decline of international students and other financial woes.

DePaul University cuts nearly 8% of staff

The US wants more apprenticeships. The UK figured out how to make them coveted roles

Dec 15, 2025 ‘Degree apprenticeships’ that pair bachelor’s with jobs can be harder to get into than elite colleges.

The US wants more apprenticeships. The UK figured out how to make them coveted roles