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UCR researchers fortify AI against rogue rewiring

Sep 4, 2025 - As generative AI models move from massive cloud servers to phones and cars, they’re stripped down to save power. But what gets trimmed can include the technology that stops them from spewing hate speech or offering roadmaps for criminal activity.

UCR researchers fortify AI against rogue rewiring

UCSD | UCR Scientists Use NSF Supercomputers to Reveal How “Jumping Genes” can Transform Gene Editing Technologies

Sep 18, 2025 - UC Riverside (UCR) researchers recently utilized U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) ACCESS allocations to uncover how a bacterial protein can steer the “jumping” of genes to specific spots in the genome.

UCSD | UCR Scientists Use NSF Supercomputers to Reveal How “Jumping Genes” can Transform Gene Editing Technologies

WashU | Kannampallil and Wiley named among 24 new ACMI Fellows

Sep 18, 2025 - Thomas Kannampallil, PhD, FAMIA, and Laura Wiley, PhD, FAMIA, have been named among 24 new Fellows to be inducted into the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI).

WashU | Kannampallil and Wiley named among 24 new ACMI Fellows

Princeton AI Lab Welcomes New Postdocs

Sep 9, 2025 - The incoming postdocs will contribute to the research coming from the AI Lab’s three initiatives, AI for Accelerating Invention (AI2), Natural and Artificial Minds (NAM), and Princeton Language and Intelligence (PLI).

Princeton AI Lab Welcomes New Postdocs

JHU Data Science and AI Institute announces 22 new faculty

Aug 25, 2025 - These newly appointed faculty members join more than 150 Data Science and AI Institute faculty members across Johns Hopkins.

JHU Data Science and AI Institute announces 22 new faculty

UW eScience | Software for Community-Driven Enumeration: Needs Assessment of People Experiencing Homelessness

Sep 8, 2025 - To better understand and support people living without shelter, Dr. Zack Almquist, and his team are partnering with the King County Regional Homelessness Authority to develop a new way of counting and learning about this population.

UW eScience | Software for Community-Driven Enumeration: Needs Assessment of People Experiencing Homelessness

NC State | Meet Our 2025 Incoming Class

Sep 8, 2025 - The newest members of our Wolfpack are ready to make the most of their time at NC State. Get to know six students in the incoming class of 2025.

NC State | Meet Our 2025 Incoming Class

UC San Diego Plays Key Role in National Effort to Build a Fusion Research Data Platform

Sep 16, 2025 - The data platform will unite scattered research data and workflows into a single U.S. resource.

UC San Diego Plays Key Role in National Effort to Build a Fusion Research Data Platform

UNC-Chapel Hill New majors, minors and more begin in fall 2025

Sep 8, 2025 - Carolina’s latest academic options include a minor in risk management and a graduate program in Africana studies.

UNC-Chapel Hill New majors, minors and more begin in fall 2025

UVA Data Science Faculty Awarded Jefferson Trust Grant to Advance AI-Empowered Student Support

Sep 17, 2025 - UVA Data Science faculty win $154K Jefferson Trust grant to build scalable AI tools that personalize student support and transform teaching assistants’ roles.

UVA Data Science Faculty Awarded Jefferson Trust Grant to Advance AI-Empowered Student Support

U-M Ann Arbor | Simulated humanoid robots learn to hike rugged terrain autonomously

Sep 16, 2025 - Now able to learn locomotion and navigation together, robots develop balanced gaits and safe routes.

U-M Ann Arbor | Simulated humanoid robots learn to hike rugged terrain autonomously

UPenn Pranam Chatterjee Designs Novel AI Frameworks for Biotechnology

Sep 18, 2025 - Chatterjee turned to artificial intelligence (AI) as his tool of choice in the engineering world.

UPenn Pranam Chatterjee Designs Novel AI Frameworks for Biotechnology

Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences Symposium scheduled for Oct. 6

Sep 15, 2025 - The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) annual symposium event will be held Monday, Oct. 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences Symposium scheduled for Oct. 6

Brown CCMB Junior Faculty Ying Ma receives 3 grants from NSF and NIH

Sep 15, 2025 - Ying Ma, the Edens Family Assistant Professor of Healthcare Communications and Technology and Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, will address genomic challenges using computational methods in her upcoming research supported by three recent grants from the NSF and NIH.

Brown CCMB Junior Faculty Ying Ma receives 3 grants from NSF and NIH

UUtah | Second Annual Symposium Recap: Initiative Fuels State Leadership in Responsible AI

Sep 18, 2025 - The University of Utah One-U Responsible AI Initiative (One-U RAI) showcased how it’s raising the state’s profile in ethical innovation by forging cross-sector partnerships, boosting regional infrastructure, and supporting researchers using AI to improve lives—to diagnose rare diseases in children, restore water to the Great Salt Lake, help middle schoolers learn math, and more.

UUtah | Second Annual Symposium Recap: Initiative Fuels State Leadership in Responsible AI

4 UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, staff named to NC AI Leadership Council

Sep 11, 2025 - The 24-member group will advise and support Gov. Josh Stein and state agencies on artificial intelligence strategy, policy and training.

4 UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, staff named to NC AI Leadership Council

Photos Capture the Extreme, Beautiful Work of Climate Science

Sep 15, 2025 - Building an accurate model of Earth’s climate requires a lot of data. Photography reveals the extreme efforts scientists have undertaken to measure gases, glaciers, clouds and more.

Photos Capture the Extreme, Beautiful Work of Climate Science

Secrets of DeepSeek AI model revealed in landmark paper

Sep 17, 2025 - First peer-reviewed study shows how a Chinese start-up firm made the market-shaking LLM for US$300,000.

Secrets of DeepSeek AI model revealed in landmark paper

Which diseases will you have in 20 years? This AI accurately predicts your risks

Sep 17, 2025 - A modified large language model called Delphi-2M analyses a person’s medical records and lifestyle to provide risk estimates for more than 1,000 diseases.

Which diseases will you have in 20 years? This AI accurately predicts your risks

Explore the Future: Three New MTSU Data Science Courses

Sep 17, 2025 - Data Science at Middle Tennessee State University is thrilled to announce three new courses, each offering unique topics in one of today’s most important and fast-evolving fields.

Explore the Future: Three New MTSU Data Science Courses

The Newest Face of Long-Term Unemployment? The College Educated.

Sep 15, 2025 - For years, only a small portion of the people experiencing long spells of joblessness were college graduates. That’s starting to change.

The Newest Face of Long-Term Unemployment? The College Educated.

Cal Poly state funding cut by $9.7 million amid statewide budget deficit

Sep 16, 2025 - Cal Poly faces $9.7 million state funding reduction, impacting operations. Tuition increase and deferred funding amidst budget deficit.

Cal Poly state funding cut by $9.7 million amid statewide budget deficit

Elon University and Queens University of Charlotte announce intent to merge

Sep 17, 2025 - The private North Carolina institutions said the combination would help meet the educational and workforce needs of Charlotte, the state's biggest city.

Elon University and Queens University of Charlotte announce intent to merge

Thrilling progress in brain-computer interfaces from UC labs

Sep 17, 2025 - UC researchers and the patients they work with are showing the world what's possible when the human mind and advanced computers meet.

Thrilling progress in brain-computer interfaces from UC labs

Maryville College plans new $80M science center focused on Southern Appalachia

Sep 15, 2025 - Maryville College is planning to build a new 65,000-square-foot science center on campus.

Maryville College plans new $80M science center focused on Southern Appalachia

Connecticut Professors Fear Dependence, Cognitive Decline Over AI Use

Sep 15, 2025 - Professors at Central Connecticut State University worry that reliance on artificial intelligence tools is already changing student behavior — less thinking abstractly, less engagement and potential cognitive decline.

Connecticut Professors Fear Dependence, Cognitive Decline Over AI Use

Anthropic Taps Higher Education Leaders for Guidance on AI

Sep 16, 2025 - The AI company Anthropic has convened two former university presidents, three campus technology leaders and the president of an education nonprofit for an advisory group to inform the company's education-focused tools.

Anthropic Taps Higher Education Leaders for Guidance on AI

'Mixed blessing' | Record enrollment at University of Arkansas pressures city's housing demand

Sep 16, 2025 - "They help drive the local culture and local economy, and at the same time, they drive and fuel demand for housing," City Council member Mike Wiederkehr said.

'Mixed blessing' | Record enrollment at University of Arkansas pressures city's housing demand

Adult learners need more than tweaks, and here’s how some colleges are stepping up

Sep 16, 2025 - Colleges eager to help adult learners—especially Black, Hispanic and Latino, and Native American adults who have historically been left behind—know this goal requires more than surface-level tweaks. It demands deep, sustained, and mission-driven institutional change.

Adult learners need more than tweaks, and here’s how some colleges are stepping up

UW-Madison RISE AI Collaboration HQ to build connections and advance research, teaching and engagement

Sep 16, 2025 - The group will catalyze research communities centered on innovative focus areas and build connections among UW–Madison’s AI community, which includes the more than 35 new RISE-AI hires and current faculty, staff and students.

UW-Madison RISE AI Collaboration HQ to build connections and advance research, teaching and engagement