UPenn DDD AI x Science Seminar: René Vidal
Oct 7, 2025 - This talk will present new insights into the learning dynamics of gradient flow in the feature-learning regime.
Higher Ed News
PSU | New seed grant program accepting proposals for multi-disciplinary research
Oct 7, 2025 - The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences has announced the new Mid-Scale Seed Grant Program.
HDSI Creating a Benchmark for Multi-Step Verified Programming
Oct 10, 2025 - Led by Nada Amin, this project aims to build the first large-scale benchmark for verified programming, uniting program synthesis and formal verification.
MIT | New prediction model could improve the reliability of fusion power plants
Oct 7, 2025 - These fusion machines use powerful magnets to contain a plasma hotter than the sun’s core and push the plasma’s atoms to fuse and release energy.
MIT Schwarzman College of Computing and MBZUAI launch international collaboration to shape the future of AI
Oct 3, 2025 - The new effort to strengthen the building blocks of artificial intelligence and accelerate its use in pressing scientific and societal challenges.
GT | IC Award Roundup: Regents’ Professor to be Recognized for Lasting Impact at CSCW
Oct 9, 2025 - The ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) will award Regents’ Professor Amy Bruckman and three former Georgia Tech graduate students with its 2025 Lasting Impact Award.
MIT becomes first college to reject Trump’s higher education compact
Oct 10, 2025 - University President Sally Kornbluth said some of the terms would restrict the institution’s free expression and independence.
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Some Texas community colleges remove course materials amid broader pu…
Oct 9, 2025 - At least two community colleges, Alvin and Blinn, are also considering what they can and can’t teach to high schoolers enrolled in their fast-growing dual credit courses.
Carnegie Mellon lays off 75 employees at engineering institute amid federal funding shifts
Oct 10, 2025 - The cuts amount to 10% of the Software Engineering Institute’s workforce, which has taken a financial hit from recent policy changes.
Meet the 22 artists, scientists and authors who will each get $800,000 MacArthur genius grants
Oct 8, 2025 - The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced its 2025 class of fellows on Wednesday, a prize often called the “genius award.”
UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’
Oct 9, 2025 - SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.
How AI agents will change research: a scientist’s guide
Oct 7, 2025 - Researchers are increasingly turning to artificial-intelligence tools that can handle complex, multi-step processes.
Trump’s higher ed compact draws condemnation from faculty and college unions
Oct 8, 2025 - At least two faculty senates have voted to oppose the proposed agreement sent to nine research universities, while other workers have publicly rebuked it.
UW Graduate Certificate in Human Centered Artificial Intelligence
Oct 3, 2025 - This certificate prepares professionals to design and apply AI systems that prioritize human needs. Coursework builds fluency in AI concepts, examines societal impacts, and guides students in creating responsible frameworks across industries.
AI models that lie, cheat and plot murder: how dangerous are LLMs really?
Oct 8, 2025 - Tests of large language models reveal that they can behave in deceptive and potentially harmful ways. What does this mean for the future?
Smith college makes historic free tuition offer for families making up to $150K
Oct 6, 2025 - It is the first women’s college in the nation to offer free tuition for some students with its loan-free financial aid.
Mathematical discovery in the age of artificial intelligence
Oct 6, 2025 - The authors consider how AI tools are reshaping the way mathematical research is conducted and discuss how future developments of this technology will transform mathematical practice.
Stop treating code like an afterthought: record, share and value it
Oct 7, 2025 - Scientists, research institutions, funders, libraries and publishers must all improve software practices.
Scalable AI tracks motion from single molecules to wildebeests
Oct 2, 2025 - University of Michigan researchers have developed a tool powered by artificial intelligence that can help them examine the behavior of a single molecule out of a sea of information in the blink of an eye—or at least overnight.
Cutting-edge imaging, AI research seeks out minuscule defects in chips
Oct 6, 2025 - Purdue research is improving semiconductor chip quality in everything from cars to cell phones with high-resolution images to detect defects during manufacturing and artificial intelligence to improve process efficiency.
Pitt | Nearly 1,300 more first-year students help boost overall enrollment by 4.5%
Oct 3, 2025 - In almost every enrollment category, the numbers are up this year at Pitt, even at the regional campuses. The only significant drop from last year is in the number of international students, which was down about 6%.
William & Mary receives $2.8M to train 300 teachers for the nation’s 250th anniversary
Oct 6, 2025 - Three-year grant will launch a national program in history, civics and democracy.
Half a million Badgers and counting
Oct 6, 2025 - UW–Madison has reached the milestone of 500,000 living alumni. See how they’re spreading the Wisconsin Idea around the state, country and world.
Dept. of Computer Science rolls out waitlist system for TA hiring, drawing mixed reviews
Oct 6, 2025 - Teaching assistants placed on the waitlist were given a final decision at the end of shopping period.
Higher ed groups sue over Trump administration’s $100K H-1B visa fee
Oct 6, 2025 - The surprise policy rolled out last month could cause “catastrophic setbacks” to research in the U.S., the lawsuit alleges.
Small US college towns reel amid Trump immigration crackdown: ‘They need international students’
Oct 4, 2025 - From Ohio to Florida, the US government’s clampdown on students from abroad threatens rural universities and local businesses
Building Bridges: Supporting University-Community Partnerships at the University of Virginia
Oct 3, 2025 - Tools and strategies that have allowed UVA's Center for Community Partnerships to bring together community partners, staff, faculty, and students from departments across the university to do transformative work.
Nearly 20 Percent Fewer International Students Traveled to the U.S. in August
Oct 6, 2025 - The data shows the steepest decline in August international student arrivals since the pandemic.
What’s Lost When Community Colleges Go Virtual
Oct 3, 2025 - In our increasingly digital world, online classes are here to stay. But there’s no substitute for being on campus.
Top US researchers rush to relocate to Europe
Sep 29, 2025 - U.S.-based applicants to a prestigious EU research scheme have increased five-fold.