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School of Humanities and Sciences told to prepare for budget cuts
School of Humanities and Sciences told to prepare for budget cuts
Apr. 30, 2025 - Stanford’s seven schools had been asked by Provost Jenny Martinez to model budget cuts and submit “high-level plans” for their implementation. H&S’s planning exercise involves modeling a 10% and 15% cut to general funds and a 10% cut to endowment funds.
School of Humanities and Sciences told to prepare for budget cuts
GW seeks reaccreditation as Trump targets accreditors’ DEI standards
GW seeks reaccreditation as Trump targets accreditors’ DEI standards
May 1, 2025 - The start of this process, required every eight years by the accrediting body, comes amid Trump’s new executive order targeting college accreditation bodies that require institutions to have DEI initiatives.
GW seeks reaccreditation as Trump targets accreditors’ DEI standards
Will US science survive Trump 2.0?
Will US science survive Trump 2.0?
Apr. 29, 2025 - The White House is expected to propose a budget for 2026 that would slash investments in science across the federal government.
Will US science survive Trump 2.0?
MIT Working Group on Scholarly Content and Generative AI
MIT Working Group on Scholarly Content and Generative AI
Apr. 28, 2025 - MIT announced a Working Group on Scholarly Content and Generative AI that will advise the Institute on best practices for community members and units using scholarly content to train generative AI (GenAI) models.
MIT Working Group on Scholarly Content and Generative AI
Immigration status records restored for four Yale students
Immigration status records restored for four Yale students
Apr. 27, 2025 - The federal government reactivated the visitor status records of all four Yale students whose records were previously terminated in a Department of Homeland Security database.
Immigration status records restored for four Yale students
UWisconsin-Madison Update on SEVIS terminations
UWisconsin-Madison Update on SEVIS terminations
Apr. 28, 2025 - UW-Madison can report that as of April 26, all 27 of its international students and alumni affected by SEVIS record terminations have been returned to active status.
UWisconsin-Madison Update on SEVIS terminations
The Hottest AI Job of 2023 Is Already Obsolete
The Hottest AI Job of 2023 Is Already Obsolete
Apr. 25, 2025 - The role is basically obsolete thanks to the breakneck speed of AI development and companies’ own maturity in terms of understanding how to use the technology.
The Hottest AI Job of 2023 Is Already Obsolete
Data Rescue Project | ERICA to the Rescue!
Data Rescue Project | ERICA to the Rescue!
Apr. 28, 2025 - Several volunteers and partners of the Data Rescue Project (DRP) have been working tirelessly for the last few weeks to back up the ERIC catalog and full-text PDFs.
Data Rescue Project | ERICA to the Rescue!
UPenn engineers first to train AI at lightspeed
UPenn engineers first to train AI at lightspeed
Apr. 25, 2025 - Penn engineers have developed the first photonic chip that reshapes how light behaves to carry out the nonlinear mathematics at the heart of modern AI while reducing energy use.
UPenn engineers first to train AI at lightspeed