Minnesota joins 19 states in suing Trump administration over canceled student visas
Apr. 15, 2025 - The administration has now canceled the visas of nearly 530 students, faculty and researchers across 88 colleges and universities.
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UVU axes center that had served 'multicultural,' LGBTQ and other students
Apr. 15, 2025 - Utah Valley University has abruptly shut a center created last year in response to the 2024 state law dismantling diversity initiatives at Utah's public universities.
Some FSU international students, one at FAMU stripped of visas, universities say
Apr. 15, 2025 - The news comes after several international students from both public and private universities across the nation have had their visas revoked in recent weeks.
52 Kansas University-affiliated scientists recognized for Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Apr. 16, 2025 - Fifty-two physicists affiliated with the University of Kansas — both currently and formerly — are on the teams that recently were awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.
Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States
Apr. 15, 2025 - The Canadian Association of University Teachers released updated travel advice due to the "political landscape" created by the Trump administration.
Many HBCUs need government funding but some are preparing for a future without it
Apr. 16, 2025 - Several HBCU administrators who spoke to NBC News described a shared “culture of concern” across Black colleges.
‘None of these goals are illegal’: Universities struggle to respond to funding threats
Apr. 16, 2025 - More than 30 institutions have overhauled their diversity efforts, according to a POLITICO analysis.
Trump administration asks IRS to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status
Apr. 16, 2025 - The directive to the IRS is a significant escalation of President Trump’s feud with Harvard University and other Ivy League institutions and other nonprofit groups his administration views as “woke.”
What are Hispanic-serving institutions? A primer with 4 story ideas
Apr. 16, 2025 - A research-based explainer to help journalists cover Hispanic-serving institutions and the competition for higher education funding.
New Pathways to Research Experience: A Flexible Research Experience Course to Reach Community College Students
Apr. 16, 2025 - The Computing Talent Initiative (CTI) is an institute at California State University, Monterey Bay, focused on broadening the computing talent pipeline to serve students from all three public higher education systems of California.
Computing Faculty Hiring Impacted by Federal Funding Agency Uncertainty
Apr. 16, 2025 - 34% reported that the uncertainty around federal funding agencies had significantly or moderately affected their faculty search process.
Trump threatens Harvard's tax-exempt status after freezing $2bn funding
Apr. 15, 2025 - Universities, as well as many charities and religious groups, are exempted from paying federal income taxes.
UCSB | Kyle Lee & J. Prescott: NSF GRFP Fellowships
Apr. 15, 2025 - NSF Graduate Research Fellows (GRFP) will receive three years of financial support, totaling nearly $150,000, in the form of an annual stipend, tuition, and fees
Trump throws wrench into NSF’s support for new Texas supercomputer | …
Apr. 15, 2025 - If Trump prevails in a spending showdown with Congress, it could delay or even end construction of Horizon, a $520 million supercomputer at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin.
'Five-alarm fire': Read the Trump proposal that could decimate climate research
Apr. 15, 2025 - NOAA grants provide funding to nine cooperative institutions in California. Several branches of the agency could lose hundreds of millions of dollars.
What proposed NASA budget cuts could mean for current projects
Apr. 15, 2025 - The cuts may mean that projects that don’t have to do with getting humans to the Moon and Mars will come to an end.
2 Duke undergraduates named prestigious Goldwater Scholars for excellence in STEM
Apr. 15, 2025 - Junior Deven Gupta and sophomore Paul Rosu were selected as Goldwater Scholars out of a pool of over 1350 applicants.
Tufts issues declaration supporting lawsuit against the Department of Energy’s new rate cap policy
Apr. 15, 2025 - Tufts issued a declaration supporting a lawsuit filed by several universities against the Department of Energy over its decision to implement a 15% cap on indirect costs for existing and future research grants to universities and colleges.
Vanderbilt's Fourth annual Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats focuses on AI, geopolitics
Apr. 15, 2025 - Hosted by Vanderbilt’s Institute of National Security for the first time, the summit featured over 20 panelists across intelligence, military and business professions.
Nine students with MIT ties have visas revoked
Apr. 14, 2025 - One of the affected individuals has filed a suit against the federal government, with an independent counsel representing the student.
UPenn | Exploring the governance of artificial intelligence
Apr. 11, 2025 - Penn researchers from across the University gathered for an in-depth discussion of key issues surrounding the governance of AI.
2030 Job Market Forecast: The Skills And Roles You’ll Need
Apr. 14, 2025 - “To prepare for careers that don’t yet exist, individuals must nurture flexibility, rapid adaptability and insatiable curiosity,” says Frederic Miskawi, vice president at CGI, an IT and business consulting firm.
UvA DSC Member Spotlight: Stefanie Boss
Apr. 15, 2025 - Stefanie Boss is a PhD Candidate at the Institute for Information Law and the Informatics Institute.
UCSD SDSC's Rick Wagner Takes a Leading Role in Project Jupyter
Apr. 14, 2025 - Jupyter is a cornerstone of UC San Diego’s educational and research infrastructure, supporting tens of thousands of students annually across hundreds of classes.
Boston University Ramps Up Strategy on AI
Apr. 10, 2025 - The Artificial Intelligence Development Accelerator (AIDA) for Academic and Administrative Excellence is an initiative designed to coalesce the long-standing and widespread investment in—and experimentation with—AI at BU.
BU CDS Assistant Professor Joshua Peterson Merges AI and Behavioral Science
Apr. 14, 2025 - The study finds that LLMs tend to assume people behave more rationally than they actually do.
UCSD Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute | Making Everyday AI Safe and Trustworthy
Apr. 14, 2025 - Weng’s project aims to develop a scalable, automated framework that helps people understand how AI make decisions at the model-level.
UToronto DSI-Supported Research Team Links EV Sales to Childhood Asthma Reduction
Apr. 10, 2025 - As Electric Vehicles (EVs) have become a more familiar sight on our streets and highways, one may wonder – has there been a corresponding effect on public health from reduced traffic pollution?
What are colleges’ legal options when threatened with federal funding cuts?
Apr. 14, 2025 - Higher education experts said colleges could work together or lean on their associations if they take up a legal fight against the Trump administration.
Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard over campus activism
Apr. 14, 2025 - The institution says Monday it won’t comply with a list of demands from the Trump administration as part of its campaign against antisemitism.