UVA | Joy Qiu discusses data science and health research on CBS19 for ‘Inside The Numbers’
Sep 3, 2025 - Ph.D. candidate Joy Qui shares how data science is advancing the health field on "Inside the Numbers."
Higher Ed News
Interdisciplinary Teams Win Three Data Storage Awards from Western Digital
Sep 5, 2025 - Researchers from UC San Diego received three Western Digital Petabyte Innovation Quest (Peak) awards for pursuing innovative data storage projects.
U-M Ann Arbor | $3 million DARPA funding for research on emergent capabilities in language models
Sep 5, 2025 - Wei Hu will advance the mathematical understanding of skill composition in large language models with collaborators at Princeton and TTIC.
HDSI | Newly Funded: Six Faculty Special Projects
Sep 4, 2025 - The Harvard Data Science Initiative is pleased to announce support for six new faculty research projects.
Brown | 2025 Incoming CCMB and CNTR PhD students
Sep 5, 2025 - Welcoming new PhD students starting at the Center for Computational Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the Center for Technological Responsibility, Re-imagination, and Redesign (CNTR) this fall!
UC Berkeley | Building Together: Two Days of GeoJupyter Community Innovation
Sep 4, 2025 - Over the course of two lively days, 25 developers, researchers, and enthusiasts from a range of backgrounds came together in Berkeley for the GeoJupyter Hackathon
Library Studies, the Informational Disciplines, and the iSchool: Some Remarks Prompted by LIS Forward
Sep 4, 2025 - A discussion of libraries and library studies in the context of library education. It is the introduction to, and summary of, my response to the LIS Forward position paper.
Nearly a third of Florida professors looking for work in another state
Sep 5, 2025 - 31% of Florida respondents said they plan to seek employment in another state during the next hiring cycle.
University of California would need $5B if it lost federal funding, leader says
Sep 5, 2025 - The public university system’s president warned of a “distinct possibility” that the Trump administration would take further action against it.
How academics and ‘big tech’ can learn from one another
Sep 3, 2025 - Foreseeing clashes of cultures is the key to making industry-academic collaborations mutually beneficial.
Counting the reduction of federal health workforce
Aug 29, 2025 - ProPublica estimated 20,500 workers lost since January 2025.
I study AI cheating. Here’s what the data actually says.
Sep 4, 2025 - What the panic about kids using AI to cheat gets wrong.
When Social Studies Takes the Mic on AI
Sep 3, 2025 - Highlights and insights from the NCSS–DS4E AI Ethics & Tech Conference
Notre Dame | Faculty directors appointed to lead strategic initiatives on Data, AI, and Computing and Global Catholic Research Initiative
Sep 3, 2025 - Nitesh Chawla will lead a University-wide strategic initiative focused on data, artificial intelligence, and computing.
The Future of Artificial Intelligence and the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (AI+MPS)
Sep 2, 2025 - This community paper developed out of the NSF Workshop on the Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Mathematical and Physics Sciences (MPS)
U-M Ann Arbor | Elle O'Brien named new faculty director for MIDAS's Graduate Data Science Certificate
Aug 29, 2025 - O'Brien will be working to make training opportunities for grad students in any scholarly field easy to discover and practice computational methods that are relevant for their research questions.
Our Lady of the Lake University budget cuts end 16 degree programs; nearly 200 students affected, 19 professors let go
Sep 3, 2025 - An OLLU representative confirmed that 16 degree programs were discontinued, leaving affected students less than six months to realign their academic plans.
Federal judge strikes down Trump administration’s $2.2B funding freeze at Harvard
Sep 3, 2025 - Comments from President Donald Trump showed his concerns about the university were "untethered from antisemitism," the judge wrote.
Ohio enacted a law to regulate online program managers. Here’s what it does.
Sep 2, 2025 - The state became the second to create legislation to oversee companies that help colleges launch and run online programs.
University of Chicago braces for job cuts amid effort to shed $100M in costs
Sep 2, 2025 - The private institution is taking dramatic steps like pausing doctoral enrollment for several programs as it faces rising expenses and federal policy shifts.
The grant lottery: award rates at UK national funding agency fall below 20%
Sep 1, 2025 - Application volume is outpacing available funding, intensifying competition and worsening pressure on the peer-review system. But those who win grants are now getting more.
NSF Employees Release Official Whistleblower Complaint
Sep 2, 2025 - Call on Congress to Take Action to Protect Agency
Appeals court sides with EPA in climate grant terminations fight
Sep 2, 2025 - The court said the claims must be brought before a special court that handles contract disputes involving the federal government.
Hundreds of suspicious journals flagged by AI screening tool
Aug 29, 2025 - ystem that searches for signs of bad practice Shelp to weed out questionable titles.
Trump administration proposes 4-year cap on international student visas
Aug 28, 2025 - The proposed rule has been panned by student advocates, one of whom argued it represents a "dangerous overreach by government into academia.”
UTSA and UT Health San Antonio complete merger to become The University of Texas at San Antonio
Sep 1, 2025 - As a merged institution, UT San Antonio now ranks as the third-largest public research university in Texas according to annual research expenditures, behind only Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin.
Two Thousand Of America’s Top Scientists Warn Congress: Don’t Gut Research Funding
Aug 30, 2025 - Open letter from 2,100+ National Academy members warns Congress of dire consequences from FY26 science budget cuts; organizers seek response.
Ohio State, Google announce access to AI tools for students, faculty, staff
Aug 25, 2025 - Ohio State leaders and Google Public Sector representatives announced that university students, faculty and staff can now access secure versions of Google AI tools
Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement
Aug 29, 2025 - Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.
NSF Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) 2024
Aug 28, 2025 - Survey of Earned Doctorates