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Harvard Management Company Plans $1 Billion Sale of Private Equity Stakes

Apr. 25, 2025 - Harvard Management Company is planning to sell nearly $1 billion of private equity fund stakes, liquidating nearly 5 percent of its private equity portfolio amid mounting threats to the University’s finances by its critics in Washington.

Harvard Management Company Plans $1 Billion Sale of Private Equity Stakes

BC’s Most Popular Majors and Minors: Finance Retains the Top Spot

Apr. 25, 2025 - For the third consecutive year, finance is the most popular major at Boston College.

When it comes to reading the room, humans are still better than AI

Apr. 24, 2025 - Hopkins research shows AI models fall short in predicting social interactions, a skill critical for systems to navigate the real world.

When it comes to reading the room, humans are still better than AI

NSF, DOE funding changes impact Case Western Reserve University

Apr. 25, 2025 - President Eric Kaler sent a campus-wide email updating the Case Western Reserve University community on federal research funding and its effect on CWRU research operations.

NSF, DOE funding changes impact Case Western Reserve University

Five research grants at Pitt are canceled, the highest number in Pennsylvania

Apr. 25, 2025 - The National Science Foundation has canceled 17 grants worth $7.3 million to Pennsylvania institutions of higher education.

Five research grants at Pitt are canceled, the highest number in Pennsylvania

The Guardian view on Trump v universities: essential institutions must defend themselves

Apr. 25, 2025 - Editorial: Harvard is leading the pushback because it can afford to fight. Others are realising that they can’t afford not to

The Guardian view on Trump v universities: essential institutions must defend themselves

A blandly titled law from 1946 may play a key role in Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump administration

Apr. 25, 2025 - Harvard claims Trump’s executive branch isn’t following federal rules for changing key government policies.

A blandly titled law from 1946 may play a key role in Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump administration

Trump administration reverses abrupt terminations of foreign students’ US visa registrations

Apr. 25, 2025 - DOJ announced the reversal in federal court after weeks of intense scrutiny by courts and dozens of restraining orders issued by judges.

Trump administration reverses abrupt terminations of foreign students’ US visa registrations

Women Still Underrepresented in STEM Despite Job Demand

Apr. 23, 2025 - More than one million American women were working in STEM occupations in 2023, only representing 26 percent of the STEM workforce.

Women Still Underrepresented in STEM Despite Job Demand

Oregon Teams With Nvidia for $10M AI Program on College Campuses

Apr. 24, 2025 - Money from the Oregon CHIPS Act, a package of legislation from 2023, will help Oregon colleges and universities hire artificial intelligence faculty and technical experts.

Oregon Teams With Nvidia for $10M AI Program on College Campuses

University of Michigan, Google Launch Agentic AI for TAs

Apr. 23, 2025 - The university's pilot program, which will use virtual teaching assistants to explain course concepts to students and guide them through problems, will contribute to a study on virtual TAs working across 26 campuses.

University of Michigan, Google Launch Agentic AI for TAs

CRA | NSF Director, Sethuraman Panchanathan, Resigns

Apr. 24, 2025 - According to Science, the President’s budget request for NSF is likely to entail, “a 55% cut to the agency’s $9 billion budget next year and fire half its 1,700-person staff.” This news had not previously been reported.

CRA | NSF Director, Sethuraman Panchanathan, Resigns

NSF Statement by Director Sethuraman Panchanathan on his departure

Apr. 24, 2025 - ... "I believe I have done all I can to advance the critical mission of the agency and feel that it is time for me to pass the baton to new leadership." ...

NSF Statement by Director Sethuraman Panchanathan on his departure

Dartmouth only Ivy to abstain from signing letter against Trump administration funding cuts

Apr. 23, 2025 - A College spokesperson said that the President “does not believe that signing open form letters like this one is an effective way to defend Dartmouth’s mission.”

Dartmouth only Ivy to abstain from signing letter against Trump administration funding cuts

A Nature analysis signals the beginnings of a US science brain drain

Apr. 22, 2025 - Data from the Nature show that US scientists submitted 32% more applications for jobs abroad between January and March 2025 than during the same period in 2024.

A Nature analysis signals the beginnings of a US science brain drain

‘The gatekeepers’: Trump’s action on accreditation sparks concerns over government intrusion

Apr. 24, 2025 - The president signed a directive seeking to punish accreditors for diversity criteria while easing the path for new quality-assurance bodies.

‘The gatekeepers’: Trump’s action on accreditation sparks concerns over government intrusion

Federal judges deal major blow to Education Department’s anti-DEI guidance

Apr. 24, 2025 - The agency didn’t follow the proper procedures when it issued sweeping guidance threatening federal funding in February, one court ruled.

Federal judges deal major blow to Education Department’s anti-DEI guidance

Apr. 24, 2025 - The Trump administration's efforts to withhold funds from schools "raise the specter of a public 'witch hunt,'" one ruling said.

Federal judges deal major blow to Education Department’s anti-DEI guidance

Trump targets AI, school discipline in new executive orders

Apr. 23, 2025 - In addition to advancing AI in schools, the orders call for a review of discipline guidance based on “discriminatory and unlawful ‘equity’ ideology.”

Trump targets AI, school discipline in new executive orders

UCSD SDSC Participates in HPC Education Project to Produce New Cyber Training Catalog

Apr. 24, 2025 - SDSC's Mary Thomas has been participating in a U.S. multi-institutional initiative that streamlines discovery and collaboration through an innovative cyber training catalog.

UCSD SDSC Participates in HPC Education Project to Produce New Cyber Training Catalog

UMass Amherst | Luna Dziewietin Receives Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement Award

Apr. 22, 2025 - Luna, a fourth-year undergraduate majoring in Informatics & Social Thought in Political Economy major and member of the DS4CG 2024 team, wins the Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement Award!

UMass Amherst | Luna Dziewietin Receives Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement Award

TAMU TAMIDS Travel Grant Program for Students

Apr. 23, 2025 - The Texas A&M Institute of Data Science (TAMIDS) Student Travel Grant Program supports undergraduate and graduate students to attend and talk at conferences in any domain of Data Science, AI, and Machine Learning.

TAMU TAMIDS Travel Grant Program for Students

UWisconsin DSI Special Seminar with Dr. Talitha Washington

Apr. 23, 2025 - Join the Data Science Institute on May 16 for a seminar with Dr. Talitha Washington, Howard University.

UWisconsin DSI Special Seminar with Dr. Talitha Washington

UUtah SCI Marks One of Its Biggest Presences at Top Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

Apr. 21, 2025 - SCI contributions include four papers, one of which won an honorable mention award, along with a software course and a paper in “alt.chi,” a forum for boundary-pushing research.

UUtah SCI Marks One of Its Biggest Presences at Top Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

UNC-CH & USFQ Partnering to Understand how AI is Transforming Science

Apr. 15, 2025 - A group of UNC – Chapel Hill researchers connected with a team from its strategic partner, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), to hold a workshop.

UNC-CH & USFQ Partnering to Understand how AI is Transforming Science

The University of Chicago Data Science Institute and Google Partner on Cutting-Edge AI and Security Research

Apr. 22, 2025 - This partnership brings together leading experts from both academia and industry to drive meaningful advancements that will enhance user protection, improve AI-driven technologies, and shape the future of responsible data science.

The University of Chicago Data Science Institute and Google Partner on Cutting-Edge AI and Security Research

Five Penn Faculty Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Apr. 24, 2025 - They are joining the nearly 250 new members honored in 2025, recognized for their excellence, innovation, leadership, and broad array of accomplishments.

Five Penn Faculty Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Protecting continued progress in data science

Apr. 23, 2025 - We are in an extraordinary and perilous moment that demands a steadfast response.

Protecting continued progress in data science

The Brown CNTR celebrates its one-year-anniversary and launches the Socially Responsible Computing Handbook.

Apr. 24, 2025 - The horizon is wide open for Brown’s young and hungry Center for Technological Responsibility, Re-imagination, and Redesign (CNTR).

The Brown CNTR celebrates its one-year-anniversary and launches the Socially Responsible Computing Handbook.

NOAA Notice of Changes

Apr. 22, 2025 - Retiring datasets

NOAA Notice of Changes