Trump administration nixes another $450M of Harvard University’s grants
May 13, 2025 - The federal government escalated attacks against the Ivy League institution, calling it a “breeding ground for virtue signaling and discrimination.”
National Science Foundation faces lawsuit over 15% indirect research cap
May 7, 2025 - The legal challenge is at least the third levied against a federal agency in recent weeks for limiting reimbursement rates for colleges’ indirect costs.
Texas A&M TAMIDS | 2025 Data Science Course Development Awardees
May 5, 2025 - TAMIDS has announced six faculty awards that will support the creation of new courses and materials to expand AI, Data Science, and Machine Learning literacy at Texas A&M.
UCSD Expanse System at SDSC Helps Illustrate Way to Control Magnetism for Storage Solution
May 6, 2025 - Controlling magnetism at the atomic level using electric fields may be used to create ultra-efficient electronic devices that perform faster and use less energy.
UW eScience Institute | How Busy are National Parks and other Public Lands?
May 2, 2025 - The U.S. Department of the Interior partnered with expert researchers at the University of Washington’s Outdoor Recreation and Data Lab and the eScience Institute to inform its approach to improving outdoor recreation data as required by the law.
UPenn DDD Welcomes 2025 Data Science Postdoctoral Fellows
May 5, 2025 - These scholars bring together deep disciplinary knowledge paired with cutting-edge expertise in data science, and will contribute to a growing interdisciplinary community at Penn.
Researchers consider innovative, inclusive ways to develop and scale computational health
May 7, 2025 - Researchers from UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco convened a conference to share progress and challenges in connecting disparate healthcare data to improve clinical decision-making and patient outcomes.
Trump administration to halt new research grants for Harvard as battle over political ideology and academic freedom flares
May 6, 2025 - The Trump administration has unveiled new steps to target federal funding to Harvard University, cutting off all new federal research grants unless the elite school enacts political policy changes amid a broader national clash over academic freedom, federal funding and campus oversight.
President von der Leyen puts science centre stage with “Choose Europe” Initiative
May 4, 2025 - Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented today in Paris the main elements of “Choose Europe”, a new policy initiative to ensure Europe continues to be at the forefront of research.
Making AI models more trustworthy for high-stakes settings
May 1, 2025 - MIT researchers made a technique that improves the trustworthiness of machine-learning models, which could help improve the accuracy and reliability of AI predictions for high-stakes settings such health care.
Vanderbilt's LGBTQ+ Policy Lab reports $9.6M loss in federal funding following NIH cuts
May 5, 2025 - Three federally funded research projects were effectively terminated due to these cuts, including research in the experiences of older LGBTQ+ Americans, suicide prevention among LGBTQ+ youth and the mental health effects of legalizing same-sex marriage.
How much Northwestern relies on federal funding for research
May 5, 2025 - In recent weeks, the University has received 98 stop-work orders — primarily from the Department of Defense — and 51 grant terminations, many of which have targeted LGBTQ-related projects.
GW to slash FY2026 expense budget by 3 percent, pause merit increases
May 1, 2025 - The University reduced its budget by 3 percent next fiscal year in light of recent “financial issues” and higher education “headwinds” created by President Donald Trump’s executive actions.
May 2, 2025 - NSF has already terminated hundreds of STEM education-related grants, and Trump’s 2026 budget proposes even deeper cuts across the federal government.
May 5, 2025 - More than 200 CEOs signed a letter today urging state leaders to mandate artificial intelligence and computer science classes as a high school graduation requirement.