To fill “education deserts,” some states want community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees
May 7, 2025 - To fill higher education deserts, several states are proposing letting community colleges offer bachelor’s degrees.
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National Science Foundation faces lawsuit over 15% indirect research cap
May 7, 2025 - The legal challenge is at least the third levied against a federal agency in recent weeks for limiting reimbursement rates for colleges’ indirect costs.
Walking in two worlds: how an Indigenous computer scientist is using AI to preserve threatened languages
May 2, 2025 - Michael Running Wolf leads artificial-intelligence initiatives to revive lost languages and empower Indigenous people.
Education researchers sue Trump administration, testing executive power
May 5, 2025 - Prominent scholars ask the courts to reverse DOGE cuts at the Education Department.
Texas A&M TAMIDS | 2025 Data Science Course Development Awardees
May 5, 2025 - TAMIDS has announced six faculty awards that will support the creation of new courses and materials to expand AI, Data Science, and Machine Learning literacy at Texas A&M.
NJIT Students Shine at Bank of America Code-a-Thon with Innovative
May 5, 2025 - Four standout students were selected from NJIT’s top talent to represent the university.
BU Fall 2025 CDS Course Spotlight
May 5, 2025 - This course offering, DS 574 - Algorithmic Mechanism Design, focuses on algorithm mathematics and strategic investigations.
UCSD Expanse System at SDSC Helps Illustrate Way to Control Magnetism for Storage Solution
May 6, 2025 - Controlling magnetism at the atomic level using electric fields may be used to create ultra-efficient electronic devices that perform faster and use less energy.
UW eScience Institute | How Busy are National Parks and other Public Lands?
May 2, 2025 - The U.S. Department of the Interior partnered with expert researchers at the University of Washington’s Outdoor Recreation and Data Lab and the eScience Institute to inform its approach to improving outdoor recreation data as required by the law.
UPenn DDD Welcomes 2025 Data Science Postdoctoral Fellows
May 5, 2025 - These scholars bring together deep disciplinary knowledge paired with cutting-edge expertise in data science, and will contribute to a growing interdisciplinary community at Penn.
Researchers consider innovative, inclusive ways to develop and scale computational health
May 7, 2025 - Researchers from UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco convened a conference to share progress and challenges in connecting disparate healthcare data to improve clinical decision-making and patient outcomes.
UMD freshman enrollment dips by 4% since fall 2021 despite record admissions
May 6, 2025 - Fewer than 25 percent of admitted students enrolled at this university in each of the last four fall semesters.
Brown University, others sue National Science Foundation over cuts to research funding
May 6, 2025 - Brown received $34.4 million in federal funding from the NSF, according to court filings.
Columbia University cuts 180 staffers funded by federal grants revoked by Trump administration
May 6, 2025 - The Trump administration pulled $400 million in federal funding from the campus in March.
Trump administration to halt new research grants for Harvard as battle over political ideology and academic freedom flares
May 6, 2025 - The Trump administration has unveiled new steps to target federal funding to Harvard University, cutting off all new federal research grants unless the elite school enacts political policy changes amid a broader national clash over academic freedom, federal funding and campus oversight.
International students are rethinking coming to the U.S. That’s a problem for colleges
May 1, 2025 - Foreign-born students pay double or triple the tuition of domestic students — and are key to universities’ bottom line.
International students in Alabama fearful after researcher with no political ties is detained
May 3, 2025 - Alireza Doroudi has been detained in an immigration facility in Louisiana for nearly six weeks.
President Trump Releases Potentially Disastrous FY26 Budget Request - GovAffairs
May 2, 2025 - The Trump Administration released a high-level overview of their budget request for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26).
President von der Leyen puts science centre stage with “Choose Europe” Initiative
May 4, 2025 - Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented today in Paris the main elements of “Choose Europe”, a new policy initiative to ensure Europe continues to be at the forefront of research.
Making AI models more trustworthy for high-stakes settings
May 1, 2025 - MIT researchers made a technique that improves the trustworthiness of machine-learning models, which could help improve the accuracy and reliability of AI predictions for high-stakes settings such health care.
Letter from Princeton Provost reveals total operating budget, recommends shifts in spending
May 4, 2025 - The total operating budget to be $3.5 billion — nearly a half billion increase from last year’s budget.
Vanderbilt's LGBTQ+ Policy Lab reports $9.6M loss in federal funding following NIH cuts
May 5, 2025 - Three federally funded research projects were effectively terminated due to these cuts, including research in the experiences of older LGBTQ+ Americans, suicide prevention among LGBTQ+ youth and the mental health effects of legalizing same-sex marriage.
How much Northwestern relies on federal funding for research
May 5, 2025 - In recent weeks, the University has received 98 stop-work orders — primarily from the Department of Defense — and 51 grant terminations, many of which have targeted LGBTQ-related projects.
GW to slash FY2026 expense budget by 3 percent, pause merit increases
May 1, 2025 - The University reduced its budget by 3 percent next fiscal year in light of recent “financial issues” and higher education “headwinds” created by President Donald Trump’s executive actions.
Funding Cuts Hit STEM Career Pipelines
May 2, 2025 - NSF has already terminated hundreds of STEM education-related grants, and Trump’s 2026 budget proposes even deeper cuts across the federal government.
President’s Budget Catastrophic for Federal R&D. Congress Must Reject It
May 2, 2025 - A statement from AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh on the President's proposed skinny budget for federal research & development.
CEOs push AI and CS for high schoolers
May 5, 2025 - More than 200 CEOs signed a letter today urging state leaders to mandate artificial intelligence and computer science classes as a high school graduation requirement.
New ICE Policy Puts International Students at Greater Risk
May 2, 2025 - A week after restoring foreign students’ legal status, immigration officials detailed plans for a new policy granting unprecedented leeway to terminate their residency. It could foreshadow a new round of deportation efforts.
Harvard faculty group pledges 10% of salary to help university fight Trump
May 2, 2025 - President Donald Trump again threatened the Ivy League institution's tax-exempt status on Friday as the battle between the two escalates.
Data-driven ventures earn $100,000 in 2025 UTSA Draper Competition
Apr. 28, 2025 - Four out of eight competing teams from across the U.S., Mexico and Canada took home $100,000 in prize money in the 2025 UTSA Draper Data Science Business Plan Competition.