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8 UC San Diego Breakthroughs Powering a Safer, Stronger Nation

Aug 12, 2025 - A patient survives a high-risk surgery. A wildfire is stopped before it reaches a neighborhood. A fighter pilot safely returns home. Discover the UC San Diego breakthroughs making these moments possible.

8 UC San Diego Breakthroughs Powering a Safer, Stronger Nation

UNC-CH SSDS | The summer I turned data scientist

Aug 15, 2025 - For many students, summer internships are an opportunity to connect what they have learned in the classroom into the workplace.

UNC-CH SSDS | The summer I turned data scientist

UVA SDS | MSDS researchers aim for improved X-ray diagnostics via neural networks

Aug 8, 2025 - With lecturer Sodiq Adewole, MSDS student researchers Timothy Rodriguez, Alanna Hazlett, and Naomi Ohashi published a paper on X-ray disease detection.

UVA SDS | MSDS researchers aim for improved X-ray diagnostics via neural networks

UToronto | Data Sciences Institute Celebrates SUDS Cohort of 2025 with Showcase

Aug 15, 2024 - The Data Sciences Institute’s (DSI) Summer Undergraduate Data Science (SUDS) Opportunities Program celebrated the achievements of its 2025 cohort with the annual SUDS Showcase.

UToronto | Data Sciences Institute Celebrates SUDS Cohort of 2025 with Showcase

UChicago | MS in Applied Data Science Students Put Data Science Skills to Work Over the Summer

Aug 14, 2025 - Students in the University of Chicago’s Master’s in Applied Data Science (MS-ADS) program spent this summer applying classroom knowledge to real-world impact.

UChicago | MS in Applied Data Science Students Put Data Science Skills to Work Over the Summer

$500K NSF funding for research on human-centered visual question answering

Aug 14, 2024 - Prof. Anhong Guo and colleagues at CU Boulder aim to make AI assistants more transparent and informative for blind and low-vision users.

$500K NSF funding for research on human-centered visual question answering

Penn State University | Q&A: Boosting research with supercomputing

Aug 18, 2025 - Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences co-hires Ed O'Brien and Romit Maulik use Penn State's Roar supercomputer to super charge their research across different scientific domains.

Penn State University | Q&A: Boosting research with supercomputing

Insights from the 2nd Annual Vine to Mind Symposium

Aug 13, 2025 - This series uses the wine industry as a lens to examine how data and AI operate in environments shaped by cultural, environmental, and regulatory complexity.

Insights from the 2nd Annual Vine to Mind Symposium

Brown leads the charge in tech & AI policy education with new summer program

Aug 18, 2025 - The Center for Technological Responsibility, Re-imagination, and Redesign (CNTR)’s Tech & Policy Summer School brings together a new generation of technology policymakers to bridge the gap between technical experts and lawmakers.

Brown leads the charge in tech & AI policy education with new summer program

Beyond AlphaFold: how AI is decoding the grammar of the genome

Aug 18, 2025 - Scientists are seeking to decipher the role of non-coding DNA in the human genome, helped by a suite of artificial-intelligence tools.

Beyond AlphaFold: how AI is decoding the grammar of the genome

Inaccurate, impossible: Experts knock new Trump plan to collect college admissions data

Aug 18, 2025 - New data survey could produce statistics that indicate bias where none exists

Inaccurate, impossible: Experts knock new Trump plan to collect college admissions data

AI is already displacing these jobs

Aug 18, 2025 - Any disruption from AI is so far hitting farther afield, the MIT findings suggest.

AI is already displacing these jobs

Education Department’s anti-DEI guidance struck down in federal court

Aug 15, 2025 - A federal judge ruled that the agency didn’t follow the right steps to issue the Feb. 14 letter and that it violated free speech and due process rights.

Education Department’s anti-DEI guidance struck down in federal court

Many U.S. Colleges May Close Without Immigrants And International Students

Aug 14, 2025 - Many U.S. colleges and universities may be forced to close without immigrants, international students and the children of immigrants

Many U.S. Colleges May Close Without Immigrants And International Students

Ivy League universities are on a debt binge

Aug 13, 2025 - The borrowers, including Harvard, Princeton and Yale, benefit from a “prestige premium”

Ivy League universities are on a debt binge

As Trump Pushes International Students Away, Asian Schools Scoop Them Up

Aug 14, 2025 - The president’s hostility toward foreign students has made American higher education a riskier proposition for them. Other countries are eager to capitalize.

As Trump Pushes International Students Away, Asian Schools Scoop Them Up

Education Department details plans to collect applicant data by race, sex

Aug 14, 2025 -The proposed change to IPEDS reporting, in line with a recent Trump administration memo, could add over 740,000 hours to higher ed’s workload.

Education Department details plans to collect applicant data by race, sex

University revenues up in 2023-24: StatCan

Aug 13, 2025 - Newly released numbers predate the federal cap on international students.

University revenues up in 2023-24: StatCan

Young men are struggling in a slowing job market, even if they have college degrees

Aug 13, 2025 - Men ages 23 to 30 are discovering that a bachelor's degree doesn't offer the same protection from unemployment that it used to.

Young men are struggling in a slowing job market, even if they have college degrees

Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore hundreds of UCLA research grants

Aug 12, 2025 - The grants were terminated over alleged DEI violations. University of California attorneys argued the actions were arbitrary and capricious.

Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore hundreds of UCLA research grants

Applications Now Open for $60,000 NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Awards

Aug 13, 2025 - The application deadline for the 2026-2027 academic year is Monday, Sept. 15, 2025.

Applications Now Open for $60,000 NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Awards

Utah System of Higher Education approves strategic reinvestment plans for 3 universities

Aug 12, 2025 - The Utah System of Higher Education's board on Tuesday approved updated strategic reinvestment plans from the University of Utah, Utah State University and Weber State University.

Utah System of Higher Education approves strategic reinvestment plans for 3 universities

Gender Data Would Be Off-Limits Under Proposed NIH Policy

Aug 12, 2025 - A draft rule would bar scientists funded by the agency from collecting data about gender identity, following other steps the administration has taken to restrict research on LGBT topics.

Gender Data Would Be Off-Limits Under Proposed NIH Policy

Stanford says no to state student aid, yes to legacy and donor admissions

Aug 13, 2025 - The highly selective university will forgo California financial aid for students to circumvent a new law aimed at curbing the admissions practices.

Stanford says no to state student aid, yes to legacy and donor admissions

Pomona College | A Unified Framework for Random Forest Prediction Error Estimation

Aug 12, 2025 - Jo Hardin, professor of math and statistics and Hardison Chair of analytical thinking, explores how Random Forest prediction model works.

Pomona College | A Unified Framework for Random Forest Prediction Error Estimation

AI Research and Real-World Impact Take Shape at UMW's Center for AI and the Liberal Arts

Aug 11, 2025 - UMW’s Center for AI and the Liberal Arts will serve as a hub for research, teaching and public engagement.

AI Research and Real-World Impact Take Shape at UMW's Center for AI and the Liberal Arts

AI content is tainting preprints: how moderators are fighting back

Aug 12, 2025 - Preprint servers are seeing a rise in submissions seemingly produced by paper mills or with help from AI tools.

AI content is tainting preprints: how moderators are fighting back

6 tips for covering tribal colleges and universities

Aug 13, 2025 - TCUs will lose nearly 90% of the funding they get from the U.S. Department of the Interior if Congress supports the administration’s budget proposal for the new fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1.

6 tips for covering tribal colleges and universities

UConn closes seven academic programs, plans to review 70 more

Aug 12, 2025 - The decision comes as UConn looks to save costs.

UConn closes seven academic programs, plans to review 70 more

Bucknell No. 1 Among Liberal Arts Colleges on LinkedIn's Rankings for Long-term Career Success

Aug 12, 2025 - Bucknell is listed 21st overall on a list that ranks the undergraduate programs that best set their alumni up for long-term career success.

Bucknell No. 1 Among Liberal Arts Colleges on LinkedIn's Rankings for Long-term Career Success