Brown awarded $20 million to lead artificial intelligence research institute aimed at mental health support
Sep 11, 2025 - The grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation, is part of a White House’s AI Action Plan.
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Black, Hispanic student enrollment rises increases at Brown University
Sep 11, 2025 - The class of 2028 saw a significant drop in enrollment of Black and Hispanic students, a trend which appears to be reversing this year.
‘It is a shakedown’: Columbia, Penn, Brown settle with government as peer Ivy League institutions remain in crosshairs
Sep 11, 2025 - In the first eight months of Donald Trump’s second term, his administration has escalated federal scrutiny on dozens of universities across the country, including the eight institutions that make up the Ivy League.
AI-generated medical data can sidestep usual ethics review, universities say
Sep 10, 2025 - Representatives of four medical research centres have told Nature they have waived normal ethical review because 'synthetic' data do not contain real or traceable patient information.
U.S. should take a chunk of universities' patent revenue, Lutnick says
Sep 10, 2025 - The Trump administration wants to capture potentially tens or hundreds of billions of dollars in future upside from the work of scientists.
Education Department cancels $350M in grants for minority-serving institutions
Sep 11, 2025 - U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Wednesday decried the funding as promoting "government-mandated racial quotas."
Federal judge declines to restore $1B in grants cut by NSF
Sep 11, 2025 - The lawsuit over the agency’s mass grant terminations will proceed, but plaintiffs will have to seek monetary relief in another court.
National Research Platform to Democratize AI Computing for Higher Ed
Sep 11, 2025 - By pooling GPUs and cloud resources across institutions, the NRP lets students and faculty run advanced AI workloads without the high costs of individual infrastructure and maintenance.
Cancer research at the University of Utah should get much faster under new $50M A.I. partnership
Sep 10, 2025 - The University of Utah wants to put another $50 million toward artificial intelligence to speed up cancer research and get possible cures to patients sooner.
UNC-CH | Percent of Black students enrolled in fall 2025 remains low two years after affirmative action repeal
Sep 9, 2025 - While Black student enrollment has stayed stagnant since last year, the number of Hispanic, Latino or Latina-identifying students has increased from 2023 — the year affirmative action was repealed.
Infographic: Which Fields of Study Are (Not) Leading to Jobs?
Sep 10, 2025 - This chart shows the share of tertiary-educated adults who were unemployed in selected OECD countries, by field of study.
UUtah’s Responsible AI Community Consortium Unveils AI Leadership Blueprint
Sep 8, 2025 - The AI Leadership Blueprint is a practical, step-by-step guide developed specifically for organizations to adopt and manage AI responsibly.
MIT president warns of 'significant new financial pressures'
Sep 10, 2025 - MIT is experiencing significant financial challenges following President Trump's cuts to federal research funding.
On being a good open source citizen: supporting a healthy ecosystem through directed and foundational contributions
Sep 3, 2025 - How do you serve the needs of your organizational stakeholders while also acting as a responsible steward of the upstream projects you depend on?
New NSF Pilot Data on the Prevalence of Work-Related Credentials among STEM Workers from the National Training, Education, and Workforce Survey
Sep 10, 2025 - Work-related and sub-baccalaureate credentials can serve as an important catalyst in career entry or advancement.
Physical Science Careers Disrupted
Sep 9, 2025 - AIP is establishing an ongoing process to collect firsthand accounts of careers derailed or redirected by these funding and policy changes—before details fade and institutional memory is lost
Tufts University to become tuition-free for families making less than $150K
Sep 9, 2025 - Tufts University president said the institution wants "talented students from all socioeconomic backgrounds."
Tri-C to chop 30 associate degree programs, the latest to cite new state law
Sep 8, 2025 - Cuyahoga Community College intends to eliminate 30 associate degree programs, including 15 apprenticeship programs, citing the impact of a new Ohio law that requires programs average five graduates per year.
University of Oregon laying off around 60 employees
Sep 9, 2025 - Overall, the university has let go of almost 120 employees and eliminated 59 vacant jobs this year.
This university is leading the way in AI education and innovation
Sep 8, 2025 - Learn how college students are making real-world impact with AI.
New College of AI, Cyber and Computing launched at UT San Antonio
Sep 9, 2025 - UT San Antonio launched the College of AI, Cyber and Computing to bring together academic programs in AI, cybersecurity, computing and data science.
Penn State | Creating tools that ‘do wonders’: Data analytics alum uses the power of tech
Sep 4, 2025 - When Bharat Sharma was accepted to Penn State Great Valley’s Master of Data Analytics program, he said he remembered feeling joy that gave way to uncertainty about how he would afford graduate school.
A human-centered approach to data visualization
Sep 5, 2025 - MIT Associate Professor Arvind Satyanarayan develops tools for data visualization that amplify creativity and promote human agency.
NYU to establish ‘device-free’ zones and programming
Sep 9, 2025 - NYU is implementing a “device-free environments and events” initiative across its degree-granting campuses in an effort to “further connect with one another.”
Harvard Funding Cuts Endanger the Massive Fruit Fly Database That Powers Genetic Research
Sep 8, 2025 - FlyBase lost a multimillion dollar grant when the Trump administration cut off Harvard’s federal funding in May. Now the repository is laying off staff — and researchers worldwide are worried.
Princeton admitted 4.4 percent of applicants for Class of 2029
Sep 9, 2025 - The admission rate this year was 4.4 percent, down from 4.6 percent last year, and has not been publicized since the Class of 2025, the lowest ever at 4.38 percent.
Penn projected to hit record lobbying spending amid Trump-era funding threats
Sep 8, 2025 - The increased spending comes after the University’s federal funding — which amounts to over $1 billion annually — was threatened several times by the Trump administration this past year.
Three reasons why universities are crucial for understanding AI
Sep 4, 2025 - There is a “fierce urgency” to understand how AI works, says Stanford physicist Surya Ganguli, who is leading a project to bring the inner workings of AI to light through transparent, foundational research.
Yale | YCC prepares to vote on largest budget in recent memory
Sep 9, 2025 - A largely new Senate prepared to vote on a $1.2 million budget after hearing a detailed report on YCC spending trends.
How many undocumented students are enrolled at US colleges?
Sep 9, 2025 - More than 500,000 students without legal status attend colleges nationwide, but Trump administration policies could hinder their enrollment.