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University ‘awaiting details’ on federal awards reinstatement, EVP for research says

Aug 3, 2025 - Executive VP for Research Jeannette Wing announced that the University is still “awaiting details on how the federal government will operationalize reinstatement of awards and the above-referenced renewals."

University ‘awaiting details’ on federal awards reinstatement, EVP for research says

Higher ed groups ask Supreme Court to preserve lower court order to restore NIH grants

Aug 5, 2025 - The Trump administration has asked the high court to pause the June ruling against the National Institutes of Health’s mass award cancellations.

Higher ed groups ask Supreme Court to preserve lower court order to restore NIH grants

University of Nebraska-Lincoln to slash $27.5M from budget

Aug 5, 2025 - The state’s flagship could eliminate academic programs and offer voluntary separation packages to make the cuts, its chancellor said.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln to slash $27.5M from budget

Georgetown Formal Response — MDI’s Response to NSF Request for Information on Key Technology Areas for TIP

Jul 31, 2025 - The Massive Data Institute and the Department of Computer at Georgetown University offered comments in response to the NSF’s Request for Information on Key Technology Focus Areas for TIP

Georgetown Formal Response — MDI’s Response to NSF Request for Information on Key Technology Areas for TIP

UTSA School of Data Science to transition into new research center

Aug 1, 2025 - A planned new UTSA Center for Data Science is set to continue building on the school’s legacy, with the official transition taking effect on Sept. 1.

UTSA School of Data Science to transition into new research center

Fifth Annual UC Irvine ICS Project Expo Continues to Grow ‘Bigger and Better’

Aug 1 ,2025 - What made the UC Irvine Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences ICS Project Expo unique in 2025?

Fifth Annual UC Irvine ICS Project Expo Continues to Grow ‘Bigger and Better’

Emory | AI reveals unexpected new physics in dusty plasma

Jul 30, 2025 - Physicists used AI to discover new natural laws governing dusty plasma, found everywhere from Saturn’s rings to the Earth’s ionosphere.

Emory | AI reveals unexpected new physics in dusty plasma

MTSU | 2025-26 Data Science Student Steve and Kathy Anderson Scholarship Winners

Aug 1, 2025 - This highly competitive scholarship recognizes outstanding students in the MTSU Data Science program who have demonstrated exceptional academic achievement, passion for data science, and a commitment to making a meaningful impact here at MTSU.

MTSU | 2025-26 Data Science Student Steve and Kathy Anderson Scholarship Winners

Speeding up research at Princeton’s annual Open Hackathon

Jul 28, 2025 - From June 10-13, Princeton hosted its seventh Open Hackathon, bringing together nine teams of participants from campus and off-campus research groups to collaborate both in-person and virtually.

Speeding up research at Princeton’s annual Open Hackathon

Research from NJIT and Yale Leads to Trio of Computing Innovations

Jul 29, 2025 -NJIT Distinguished Professor David Bader said the inspiration for a joint $540,000 National Science Foundation grant, “Scalable Algorithmic and Software Foundations for Subgraph Counting and Enumeration," is that existing pattern-finding science is struggling to keep pace with modern data sets.

Research from NJIT and Yale Leads to Trio of Computing Innovations

UC San Diego HDSI Assistant Professor Hao Zhang Receives Google Junior Faculty Award

Jul 30, 2025 - Hao Zhang of the University of California San Diego has received an inaugural 2025 Google ML and Systems Junior Faculty Award in recognition of the significance and promise of his work in machine learning, systems, and LLMs.

UC San Diego HDSI Assistant Professor Hao Zhang Receives Google Junior Faculty Award

U-M Ann Arbor | Twenty-two papers by CSE researchers at ACL 2025

Aug 1, 2025 - CSE authors are presenting new research in computational linguistics on topics ranging from cross-species acoustic identification to multilingual moral reasoning.

U-M Ann Arbor | Twenty-two papers by CSE researchers at ACL 2025

UBC Master of Data Science | FinlyWealth

Aug 1, 2025 - FinlyWealth teamed up with a group of UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) Vancouver students to build a smarter product search experience.

UBC Master of Data Science | FinlyWealth

UW eScience | Creating a code base for on- and offline analysis of ultrafast X-rayspectroscopy data recorded at the chemRIXS instrument

Aug 5, 2025 - The goal of this project is to create a code base that will be made available for future users of the chemRIXS instrument.

UW eScience | Creating a code base for on- and offline analysis of ultrafast X-rayspectroscopy data recorded at the chemRIXS instrument

UC Berkeley | New database on police use of force and misconduct in California makes records public

Aug 4, 2025 - Public records about use of force and misconduct by California law enforcement officers will now be searchable by the public for the first time thanks to a new database built by UC Berkeley and Stanford University

UC Berkeley | New database on police use of force and misconduct in California makes records public

URochester | How brain-inspired analog systems could make drones more efficient

Jul 28, 2025 - Using predictive coding, University of Rochester engineers aim to mimic the brain’s visual system to create AI tools for autonomous systems.

URochester | How brain-inspired analog systems could make drones more efficient

UVA | Meet the School of Data Science Student Affairs Team

Aug 5, 2025 - Meet the people who will support you during your time in the School of Data Science as a BSDS student.

UVA | Meet the School of Data Science Student Affairs Team

UVA’s Marc Breton is Revolutionizing Diabetes Care

Jul 28, 2025 - Marc Breton’s trajectory from crafting 2 and 3D templates and shapes as a 10-year-old growing up in Paris to pioneering diabetes management technology illustrates an elegant intersection of boyhood wonder, systems engineering, and medical innovation.

UVA’s Marc Breton is Revolutionizing Diabetes Care

UChicago DSI | Moderation at the Crossroads: How Generative AI Platforms Manage Creativity and Content Safety

Aug 4, 2025 - A new study explores how content moderation policies in generative AI tools both protect and sometimes hinder users—offering insights on the path to safer, more creative, and user-friendly platforms.

UChicago DSI | Moderation at the Crossroads: How Generative AI Platforms Manage Creativity and Content Safety

Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences awards 56 research projects

Aug 4, 2025 - The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) has announced that they will support 56 projects to support as part of the Rising Researcher Collaborations Funding Opportunity.

Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences awards 56 research projects

India to penalize universities with too many retractions

Aug 1, 2025 - Having a lot of withdrawn papers will soon count against institutions but some warn the policy could create issues.

India to penalize universities with too many retractions

NSF invests over $74 million in 6 mathematical sciences research institutes

Aug 4, 2025 - From improving medical care to detecting planets in other solar systems, the institutes will explore mathematical sciences with a broad range of applications.

NSF invests over $74 million in 6 mathematical sciences research institutes

College gives lower-income students less of a boost than it once did. Why?

Aug 5, 2025 - Low-income students have become less likely to enroll at research universities and pursue high-return fields than their higher-income peers, a study found.

College gives lower-income students less of a boost than it once did. Why?

College isn't in the plans for many rural students despite stepped-up recruiting efforts

Aug 2, 2025 - America’s rural high school students are less likely to go to college than their urban and suburban peers.

College isn't in the plans for many rural students despite stepped-up recruiting efforts

UCLA | The Loss of Federal Funding is a Loss for America

Jul 31, 2025 - Chancellor Frenk shared a message with the Bruin community.

UCLA | The Loss of Federal Funding is a Loss for America

CSU Faculty Projects Test AI for Creative Majors, Curriculum Design

Aug 1, 2025 - Sixty-three projects funded by the California State University system are experimenting with generative AI, from single-course pilots to full program overhauls, and producing open resources for others to consult.

CSU Faculty Projects Test AI for Creative Majors, Curriculum Design

What you may have missed about Trump’s AI Action Plan

Jul 29, 2025 - It blends culture-war politics and industry giveaways with at times naïve techno-optimism.

What you may have missed about Trump’s AI Action Plan

Brown University to lead national institute focused on intuitive, trustworthy AI assistants

Jul 29, 2025 - A new institute, based at Brown and supported by a $20 million National Science Foundation grant, will convene researchers to guide development of a new generation of AI assistants for use in mental and behavioral health.

Brown University to lead national institute focused on intuitive, trustworthy AI assistants

The Imperative for Grand Challenges in Computing

July 2025 - We believe that taking a long view that is intentional about translation and realizing impacts is appropriate as our field continues to mature.

The Imperative for Grand Challenges in Computing

UChicago | Introducing a New 2-Year Thesis Track for the MS in Applied Data Science Program

Aug 1, 2025 - Starting in Autumn 2026, students interested in the in-person MS in Applied Data Science program at the University of Chicago will have the option to pursue a new 2-Year Thesis Track.

UChicago | Introducing a New 2-Year Thesis Track for the MS in Applied Data Science Program