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New ICE Policy Puts International Students at Greater Risk

May 2, 2025 - A week after restoring foreign students’ legal status, immigration officials detailed plans for a new policy granting unprecedented leeway to terminate their residency. It could foreshadow a new round of deportation efforts.

New ICE Policy Puts International Students at Greater Risk

Harvard faculty group pledges 10% of salary to help university fight Trump

May 2, 2025 - President Donald Trump again threatened the Ivy League institution's tax-exempt status on Friday as the battle between the two escalates.

Harvard faculty group pledges 10% of salary to help university fight Trump

Data-driven ventures earn $100,000 in 2025 UTSA Draper Competition

Apr. 28, 2025 - Four out of eight competing teams from across the U.S., Mexico and Canada took home $100,000 in prize money in the 2025 UTSA Draper Data Science Business Plan Competition.

Data-driven ventures earn $100,000 in 2025 UTSA Draper Competition

UCSD | Expanse Supercomputer Used to Analyze Unprecedented Number of Stars in Other Galaxies

Apr. 29, 2025 - A team of international scientists has embarked on a massive project to map the chemical history of our Milky Way galaxy and its neighbors using a a powerful new instrument called the Prime Focus Spectrograph.

UCSD | Expanse Supercomputer Used to Analyze Unprecedented Number of Stars in Other Galaxies

Cybersecurity Researcher at NJIT Toughens Git Software Repositories

Apr. 29, 2025 - Curtmola and his NYU peers won a Distinguished Paper award at the Internet Society’s Network and Distributed System Security symposium in San Diego.

Cybersecurity Researcher at NJIT Toughens Git Software Repositories

NC State | Data in Bloom

May 1, 2025 - Data Science and AI Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Kelsey Virginia Dufresne, explores the role of flowers, art, and community in data science by participating in and creating a floral installation for the North Carolina Museum of Art’s (NCMA) 2025 Art in Bloom fundraiser.

NC State | Data in Bloom

UNC-CH School of Data Science and Society celebrates its inaugural class of graduates

May 2, 2025 - In January 2024, SDSS first launched the online Master of Applied Data Science (MADS) for working professionals. Since then, enrollment has grown to more than 130 students.

UNC-CH School of Data Science and Society celebrates its inaugural class of graduates

UVA SDS | Brian Wright Receives 2025 All-University Teaching Award

Apr. 30, 2025 - Quantitative Foundation Associate Professor of Data Science Brian Wright has been named a recipient of the UVA 2025 All-University Teaching Award.

UVA SDS | Brian Wright Receives 2025 All-University Teaching Award

UVA SDS | Master’s in Data Science Students Showcase Real-World Solutions in 2025 Capstone Presentations

May 2, 2025 - M.S. in Data Science students presented their capstone research projects in the Rotunda.

UVA SDS | Master’s in Data Science Students Showcase Real-World Solutions in 2025 Capstone Presentations

UToronto | Building a VR Community: DSI Hosts Second Annual Questioning Reality Conference

May 1, 2025 - The conference began with a series of mini-grant lightning talks, featuring research teams that had received DSI grants following the 2024 Questioning Reality conference.

UToronto | Building a VR Community: DSI Hosts Second Annual Questioning Reality Conference

UChicago | Reflections from UPCEA 2025: Exploring Data Science and Ethics in Higher Education

May 1, 2025 - Three members of the University of Chicago’s MS in Applied Data Science (MS-ADS) team led a roundtable at the 2025 UPCEA Conference.

UChicago | Reflections from UPCEA 2025: Exploring Data Science and Ethics in Higher Education

Penn | Empowering Futures: How PRECISE Center’s Mentorship with Google is Transforming Academic Careers and Innovation

May 2, 2025 - “It takes a village to raise a child,” the old saying goes. In the world of academic research, the same principle holds true.

Penn | Empowering Futures: How PRECISE Center’s Mentorship with Google is Transforming Academic Careers and Innovation

HDSI | Newly Funded – Climate Stress, Nutrition, and Chronic Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa

May 2, 2025 - The research aims to identify vulnerable populations affected by climate change and poor nutrition, develop climate-resilient strategies, and demonstrate the effectiveness of digital health tools for research in resource-limited settings.

HDSI | Newly Funded – Climate Stress, Nutrition, and Chronic Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa

Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts to US science

May 2, 2025 - Huge reductions, if enacted, could have ‘catastrophic’ effects on US competitiveness and the scientific pipeline, critics say.

Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts to US science

Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate

May 2, 2025 - The 15% rate maximum applies only to new awards made to IHEs on or after May 5, 2025.

Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate

Updates on NSF Priorities

Last updated on May 2, 2025

Updates on NSF Priorities

NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

May 1, 2025 - US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

Paxson solicits donations, political support for research funding in email to Brown alums, affiliates

Apr. 30, 2025 - The letter asks alums and community members to contact congressional representatives and donate to a new Brown Resilience Fund.

Paxson solicits donations, political support for research funding in email to Brown alums, affiliates

NY budget proposal to allow adults ages 25-55 to attend community college for free

Apr. 30, 2025 - Under the deal is a proposal to make community college free for New Yorkers aged 25 to 55.

NY budget proposal to allow adults ages 25-55 to attend community college for free

Duke University offers buyouts and signals future layoffs as federal cuts hit

Apr. 30, 2025 - The institution signaled that layoffs were likely in the coming months.

Duke University offers buyouts and signals future layoffs as federal cuts hit

School of Humanities and Sciences told to prepare for budget cuts

Apr. 30, 2025 - Stanford’s seven schools had been asked by Provost Jenny Martinez to model budget cuts and submit “high-level plans” for their implementation. H&S’s planning exercise involves modeling a 10% and 15% cut to general funds and a 10% cut to endowment funds.

School of Humanities and Sciences told to prepare for budget cuts

Harvard Sends International Students’ Info to DHS, Does Not Specify What Records Were Shared

Apr. 30, 2025 - Harvard shared data with the Department of Homeland Security in response to its request for information on international students’ disciplinary records and illegal activity.

Harvard Sends International Students’ Info to DHS, Does Not Specify What Records Were Shared

Princeton Alumni-led fund aims to replace $210 million in funding cuts

Apr. 29, 2025 - An alumnus-led fund started by Patrick Ho ’08 seeks to replace $210 million in federal research cuts to Princeton.

Princeton Alumni-led fund aims to replace $210 million in funding cuts

‘The lifeblood of academic researchers’: DEI-related federal funding cuts loom over Northwestern Ph.D. students’ research

May 1, 2025 - Northwestern Ph.D. students have found themselves navigating an increasingly hostile funding environment.

‘The lifeblood of academic researchers’: DEI-related federal funding cuts loom over Northwestern Ph.D. students’ research

GW seeks reaccreditation as Trump targets accreditors’ DEI standards

May 1, 2025 - The start of this process, required every eight years by the accrediting body, comes amid Trump’s new executive order targeting college accreditation bodies that require institutions to have DEI initiatives.

GW seeks reaccreditation as Trump targets accreditors’ DEI standards

Nine MIT international students’ SEVIS statuses are restored without notice

May 1, 2025 - On April 25, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) restored thousands of international students’ visa statuses.

Nine MIT international students’ SEVIS statuses are restored without notice

Nobel laureate John Jumper returns to UChicago to discuss the AlphaFold protein revolution

May 1, 2025 - Alum John Jumper delivered Bloch Lecture at standing-room-only event.

Nobel laureate John Jumper returns to UChicago to discuss the AlphaFold protein revolution

AAU, Associations Send Letter in Opposition to the Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan

Apr. 29, 2025 - The overwhelming majority of provisions in the bill would reduce student aid to low-income students and would impose onerous financial penalties on institutions, particularly those least able to meet them.

AAU, Associations Send Letter in Opposition to the Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan

The 100 days that shook U.S. science

Apr. 30, 2025 - Trump’s chaotic push to remake federal research will have lasting consequences.

The 100 days that shook U.S. science

A CU professor got a grant to teach kids about artificial intelligence. Then the National Science Foundation abruptly killed it

Apr. 29, 2025 - The grant proposal contained the word “misinformation” -- and the professor thinks that’s why the project was killed.

A CU professor got a grant to teach kids about artificial intelligence. Then the National Science Foundation abruptly killed it