As the supply of applicants declines, college admissions gets kinder and gentler
Nov 18, 2025 - Applicants are finding fee waivers, one-click applications, later deadlines and easier acceptance rates.
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Ramapo College DMC Partners with South Brunswick High School on AI in Computer Science Education
Nov 18, 2025 - The DMC Center is collaborating with South Brunswick High School on a research project exploring how generative AI tools can support student learning in introductory computer science courses.
How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts
Nov 17, 2025 - Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.
The future of AI
Nov 14, 2025 - Artificial intelligence is flying high. Nature asked leading innovators what they think will happen next.
Grad school cuts are shrinking Ph.D. enrollment at Duke
Nov 17, 2025 - Duke University made deep cuts, while N.C. State and UNC-Chapel Hill kept growing.
UNC-C SDS Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Dongsong Zhang
Nov 14, 2024 - The School of Data Science at UNC Charlotte is proud to highlight the leadership, scholarship, and impact of Dr. Dongsong Zhang.
UPenn Machine learning and the social sciences
Nov 14, 2024 - Daniel Gillion’s course teaches students without a coding background how to apply models to a wide range of problems across political science, economics, and sociology.
UCI | After Service, New Purpose: UC’s Student Veterans Find Their Next Mission: Amanda Lassiter
Nov 12, 2025 - Meet a few of UC’s veteran and active-duty students and alumni.
MTSU Predicting Workers’ Compensation Dispute Outcomes with Large Language Models
Nov 14, 2024 - Dr. Vajira Manathunga from MTSU’s Department of Mathematical Sciences talks about some of his work on applying LLM’s in actuarial science. His work compares the results from LLM to NLP pipelines.
CDS Affiliate John Byers Selected to Lead AIDA and Advise the Provost on AI Strategy for BU
Nov 14, 2025 - AIDA is dedicated to equipping faculty, staff, and students with the knowledge, tools, and critical frameworks to navigate the evolving landscape of generative AI.
Second Cohort of UC San Diego’s 2025 Convene and Influence Awardees Announced
Nov 11, 2025 - Six new faculty-led teams have been selected as UC San Diego’s Fall 2025 Convene and Influence Awardees.
UVA SDS Faculty spotlight: Building smarter, safer systems for the real world
Nov 11, 2025 - Daniel Graham, an associate professor in the School of Data Science, studies how to build intelligent systems that are safe and reliable.
Understanding the nuances of human-like intelligence
Nov 11, 2025 - Can we better understand ourselves if we better understand the artificial intelligence systems that are becoming a more significant part of our everyday lives?
UChicago DSI Opens the Doors to Its New Home
Nov 14, 2025 - The new space represents both a milestone and a commitment to the DSI’s future.
University of Michigan Plans $250M Biomedical Innovation Institute
Nov 14, 2025 - A major new institute under development at the University of Michigan will involve a five-year investment and focus on biological artificial intelligence, clinical trials and commercialization.
Johns Hopkins University to offer free tuition to families making under $200K
Nov 13, 2025 - The university will also cover room and board and other living expenses for students whose families make under $100,000.
Keene State to lay off staff positions, asking faculty to retire after state cuts
Nov 13, 2025 - A round of layoffs is coming down the pike at a college in Keene NH after state-level cut to the state university system left the school with a $4 million gap to close by the end of next fiscal year.
Texas A&M University professors now need approval for some race and gender topics
Nov 13, 2025 - Texas A&M University System regents on Thursday adopted a new policy requiring professors to first get approval to discuss some race and gender topics.
International students in US up 4.5% in 2024-25 — but warning signs loom
Nov 17, 2025 - U.S. colleges enrolled more foreign students than ever before in the last academic year. But newly surveyed colleges say that enrollment is now falling.
Sterling College in Vermont to close
Nov 14, 2025 - The environmental-focused institution, which has under 40 students, said that closing now was the responsible move to support their transitions.
NC State Researchers to Develop Students’ Data Acumen with $1.1M NSF Grant
Nov 11, 2025 - A 3-year, $1.1 million project funded by the NSF Data Science Corps program will enable NC State researchers to leverage partnerships between data scientists, researchers, data science education experts and teachers to develop high school students’ data acumen, decision making using data and use of data tools.
Education Department zeroes in on 4-year colleges for expanded IPEDS collection
Nov 13, 2025 - The plan would exclude two-year colleges and open-enrollment institutions that award financial aid solely based on need.
Faculty and Student Voices from Cal Poly Humboldt: Data Science in Action (feat. Kamila Larripa, John Gerving, and Jonathan Juarez)
Nov 14, 2025 - this episode features Kamila Larripa, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Data Science Program Lead at Cal Poly Humboldt, along with her former students John Gerving and Jonathan Juarez.
Enhancing Statistical Literacy | Stats + Stories Episode 375
Nov 14, 2025 - What is statistical literacy? How do we measure it and teach it?
NYU Establishes New School: The Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science
Nov 13, 2025 - With science and technology a strategic priority for NYU, new school will build on areas of renowned strength and further accelerate the university’s meteoric rise in research and Innovation .
Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign
Nov 13, 2025 - A report describing an a highly sophisticated AI-led cyberattack
Why a researcher is building robots that look and act like bats
Nov 12, 2025 - These palm-sized robots use ultrasound signals to navigate harsh conditions in search and rescue missions.
UNC-CH SILS Student Viviane Ito Receives Prestigious 2025 Google PhD Fellowship in Human-Computer Interaction
Nov 13, 2025 - The fellowship recognizes her innovative and human-centered approach to understanding how AI systems shape trust, learning, and decision-making in health information seeking.
Report: Nebraska data science courses for K-12 students should aim to expand
Nov 12, 2025 - Data science education is in early stages in Nebraska schools, according to a report from national initiative “Data Science 4 Everyone.”
Influential list of highly cited researchers now shuts out more scientists: here’s why
Nov 12, 2025 - Rule change weeds out many who co-author papers with others linked to suspicious practices.