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TAMIDS Announces New Thematic Labs, GAISE and SPARTA, to Advance AI Research - TAMIDS

Aug 28, 2025 - Co-sponsored by the Texas A&M Global Cyber Research Institute (GCRI), SPARTA will focus on developing capabilities for advanced data-driven cybersecurity and resilience enhancements across disciplines, with a particular emphasis on critical infrastructures, trustworthy human-AI interactions, and cyberinfrastructure for scientific research.

TAMIDS Announces New Thematic Labs, GAISE and SPARTA, to Advance AI Research - TAMIDS

Gemini AI Now Available at the University of Minnesota

Sep 7, 2025 - The University of Minnesota is excited to announce the availability of Gemini, Google’s generative AI tool with enterprise-grade security, for all students, faculty, and staff.

Gemini AI Now Available at the University of Minnesota

JHU Cancer AI Alliance Named to TIME Magazine’s Top 100 AI

Sep 2, 2025 - The Cancer AI Alliance, a pioneering partnership including Johns Hopkins Engineering and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine has been recognized in TIME.

JHU Cancer AI Alliance Named to TIME Magazine’s Top 100 AI

A Global Database of Seismic Phases: How the Denolle Quake Lab uses Cloud Computing Resources @ UW

Aug 28, 2025 - The eScience Institute and Information Technology at the University of Washington provide cloud computing resources to researchers with the help of cloud credits.

A Global Database of Seismic Phases: How the Denolle Quake Lab uses Cloud Computing Resources @ UW

NC State Data Science and AI Academy Receives Major COMAP Gift to Revolutionize K-12 Data Science and Mathematical Modeling Education

Aug 28, 2025 - The NC State Data Science and AI Academy (DSA) is thrilled to announce a major gift of $130,000 from the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP).

NC State Data Science and AI Academy Receives Major COMAP Gift to Revolutionize K-12 Data Science and Mathematical Modeling Education

Humanoid robots face challenges in gaining real-world skills, says Berkeley expert

Sep 2, 2025 - Berkeley robotics expert Ken Goldberg describes how what he calls the “100,000-year data gap” will prevent robots from gaining real-world skills as quickly as AI chatbots are gaining language fluency.

Humanoid robots face challenges in gaining real-world skills, says Berkeley expert

OSU TDAI Faculty Member, Huan Sun, Attracts Funding from Open Philanthropy

Sep 5, 2025 - These are the first Ohio State projects funded by Open Philanthropy’s Call for Technical AI Safety Research.

OSU TDAI Faculty Member, Huan Sun, Attracts Funding from Open Philanthropy

UChicago | A Bet Worth Placing: Computing and Data Science at UChicago

Sep 3, 2025 - DSI Faculty Co-Directors Mike Franklin and Dan Nicolae, with Liew Family Chair of Computer Science Henry Hoffmann, outline the value of computing and data to our educational and research communities in a new op-ed for The Chicago Maroon.

UChicago | A Bet Worth Placing: Computing and Data Science at UChicago

UToronto | AI in Genomics: Building a Collaborative Future for Health Innovation

Sep 3, 2025 - AI in Genomics is a community-building day of presentations and discussions designed to explore how AI can accelerate discoveries in genomics and improve patient outcomes

UToronto | AI in Genomics: Building a Collaborative Future for Health Innovation

UVA | Ph.D. students showcase data science research across disciplines

Sep 5, 2025 - UVA’s Ph.D. in Data Science Showcase featured student research in AI, health, climate, and equity, highlighting data science for the common good.

UVA | Ph.D. students showcase data science research across disciplines

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."

UVA | Joy Qiu discusses data science and health research on CBS19 for ‘Inside The Numbers’

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.

Interdisciplinary Teams Win Three Data Storage Awards from Western Digital

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.

U-M Ann Arbor | $3 million DARPA funding for research on emergent capabilities in language models

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.

HDSI | Newly Funded: Six Faculty Special 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!

Brown | 2025 Incoming CCMB and CNTR PhD students

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

UC Berkeley | Building Together: Two Days of GeoJupyter Community Innovation

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.

Library Studies, the Informational Disciplines, and the iSchool: Some Remarks Prompted by LIS Forward

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.

Nearly a third of Florida professors looking for work in another state

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.

University of California would need $5B if it lost federal funding, leader says

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.

How academics and ‘big tech’ can learn from one another

Counting the reduction of federal health workforce

Aug 29, 2025 - ProPublica estimated 20,500 workers lost since January 2025.

Counting the reduction of federal health workforce

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.

I study AI cheating. Here’s what the data actually says.

When Social Studies Takes the Mic on AI

Sep 3, 2025 - Highlights and insights from the NCSS–DS4E AI Ethics & Tech Conference

When Social Studies Takes the Mic on AI

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.

Notre Dame | Faculty directors appointed to lead strategic initiatives on Data, AI, and Computing and Global Catholic Research Initiative

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)

The Future of Artificial Intelligence and the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (AI+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.

U-M Ann Arbor | Elle O'Brien named new faculty director for MIDAS's Graduate Data Science Certificate

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.

Our Lady of the Lake University budget cuts end 16 degree programs; nearly 200 students affected, 19 professors let go

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.

Federal judge strikes down Trump administration’s $2.2B funding freeze at Harvard

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.

Ohio enacted a law to regulate online program managers. Here’s what it does.

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.

University of Chicago braces for job cuts amid effort to shed $100M in costs