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Sinclair Community College encourages bachelor's degree completion with new Arizona State University partnership

Mar. 1, 2025 - Sinclair Community College has partnered with Arizona State University to allow students to transfer an associate's degree to another bachelor's degree program.

Sinclair Community College encourages bachelor's degree completion with new Arizona State University partnership

How the NIH dominates the world’s health research — in charts

Mar. 10, 2025 - Abrupt cuts by the Trump administration to the US National Institutes of Health threaten progress in medical research globally.

How the NIH dominates the world’s health research — in charts

NASA begins mass firings of scientists ahead of Trump team’s deadline

Mar. 11, 2025 - Top advisers in the Office of the Chief Scientist are among the first to go amid downsizing effort.

NASA begins mass firings of scientists ahead of Trump team’s deadline

Andy Konwinski to speak at CDSS undergraduate commencement ceremonies on May 22

Mar. 11, 2025 - Andy Konwinski, co-founder of Databricks, Perplexity, and Laude Ventures, will speak at UC Berkeley’s College of Computing, Data Science, and Society undergraduate commencement ceremonies on May 22.

Andy Konwinski to speak at CDSS undergraduate commencement ceremonies on May 22

Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts

Mar. 11, 2025 - Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.

Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts

UWashington | Working together to address the financial risks facing our University

Mar. 9, 2025 - Given the challenges we now face at the federal and state levels, we expect that some level of budget cuts will become necessary, and the time has now come to expand our financial sustainability efforts.

UWashington | Working together to address the financial risks facing our University

Clemson University limits expenditures through FY25

Jan. 30, 2025 - Clemson University is limiting its expenditures to those deemed “mission critical” in response to the construction of new facilities required by its increasing enrollment rate.

Clemson University limits expenditures through FY25

Introducing openRxiv: a new independent home for preprint sharing in the life sciences - openRxiv

Mar. 11, 2025 - openRxiv as an independent nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences.

Introducing openRxiv: a new independent home for preprint sharing in the life sciences - openRxiv

Pitt institutes hiring freeze at least through June in response to funding uncertainties

Mar. 10, 2025 - The freeze will remain in place through the end of the current fiscal year (June 30) and may be extended into the next fiscal year.

Pitt institutes hiring freeze at least through June in response to funding uncertainties

UNC ranked top public institution in Fulbright scholars, facilitating global exchange

Mar. 9, 2025 - UNC was recently ranked the No. 1 public university for the Fulbright US Students Program, producing 27 Fulbright scholars in the 2024-25 application cycle — more than any other public institution.

UNC ranked top public institution in Fulbright scholars, facilitating global exchange

Faculty Searches in Limbo As Freeze Interrupts Hiring Processes Across Harvard

Mar. 11, 2025 - Harvard’s imposition of a hiring freeze interrupted faculty hiring processes across the University, leaving professors scrambling to figure out how to fill vacancies — and how to keep their departments’ work running if they can’t.

Faculty Searches in Limbo As Freeze Interrupts Hiring Processes Across Harvard

Olinto mandates in-person classes and exams amid ICE presence around campus

Mar. 11, 2025 - University Provost Angela Olinto wrote that all classes and exams must continue in person as scheduled in a Monday morning email to Columbia faculty obtained by Spectator, urging “generosity and mutual patience as we navigate this together.”

Olinto mandates in-person classes and exams amid ICE presence around campus

‘SEND HELP!’: 59% of students face insecurities around needs like food and housing

Mar. 11, 2025 - Among students who stopped-out or are in danger of doing so, 79% cited basic needs insecurities and financial challenges, the Hope Center found.

‘SEND HELP!’: 59% of students face insecurities around needs like food and housing

Education Department warns 60 colleges it could take action over antisemitism concerns

Mar. 10, 2025 - The letters escalate the Trump administration’s scrutiny of how colleges are handling student protests over the Israel-Hamas war.

Education Department warns 60 colleges it could take action over antisemitism concerns

‘America can’t be great without great science. That is where the Academies can help.’

Mar. 10, 2025 - Recent actions by the federal government affecting agencies that fund science in the United States have sent shock waves through the research community.

‘America can’t be great without great science. That is where the Academies can help.’

Robotic helper making mistakes? Just nudge it in the right direction

Mar. 7, 2025 - MIT researchers developed a framework that lets a user correct a robot’s behavior during deployment using simple interactions, such as by pointing to an item, tracing a trajectory, or nudging the robot’s arm.

Robotic helper making mistakes? Just nudge it in the right direction

Harvard Announces Hiring Freeze

Mar. 10, 2025 - Amid funding uncertainties, the University prepares for austerity.

Harvard Announces Hiring Freeze

ASU changes LGBTQ+ resources on University webpages

Mar. 5, 2025 - ASU quietly changed LGBTQ+ resources on multiple websites and redirected the links to a page for the Rainbow Coalition, a student-led coalition that advocates for the LGBTQ+ community on campus.

ASU changes LGBTQ+ resources on University webpages

Columbia Holds Campus-Wide Summit on Artificial Intelligence

Mar. 7, 2025 - The day-long series of events showcased the unparalleled depth of the University’s AI expertise.

Columbia Holds Campus-Wide Summit on Artificial Intelligence

The Data Science Boom: How UC San Diego is Preparing Professionals for the Future

Mar. 7, 2025 - As data-driven decision-making and AI become essential across virtually all industries to stay competitive, the demand for skilled data science professionals is skyrocketing.

The Data Science Boom: How UC San Diego is Preparing Professionals for the Future

Dean’s Blog: Data Availability – A Call to Action — UVA School of Data Science

Mar. 10, 2025 - Recent developments in the U.S. have brought into question the availability and sustainability of public data which is the lifeblood of data science.

Dean’s Blog: Data Availability – A Call to Action — UVA School of Data Science

Search underway for next Penn State ICDS director | Penn State University

Mar. 10, 2025 - Penn State is currently seeking nominations and candidates for the position of director of the Institute for Computational and Data Science (ICDS), housed within the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research.

Search underway for next Penn State ICDS director | Penn State University

Notre Dame announces hiring freeze ‘effective immediately’

Mar. 7, 2025 - The university cited recent executive orders and federal agency directives, saying changes on the horizon have a direct bearing on Notre Dame’s finances.

Notre Dame announces hiring freeze ‘effective immediately’

Universities are facing big cuts to research funding. At Duke, it's a time for 'damage control'

Mar. 8, 2025 - Last year, the school brought in about 130 students, said Beth Sullivan, who oversees the school’s 17 biomedical Ph.D. programs.

Universities are facing big cuts to research funding. At Duke, it's a time for 'damage control'

‘Perplexing and distressing’: Johns Hopkins warns of budget cuts amid Trump-era funding chaos

Mar. 5, 2025 - The institution is grappling with the “unexpected stoppage” of $800 million in funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development.

‘Perplexing and distressing’: Johns Hopkins warns of budget cuts amid Trump-era funding chaos

Connecticut Forms 'AI Alliance' of 16 Universities

Mar. 7, 2025 - In addition to almost every four-year college in the state, the Connecticut AI Alliance will also include six community organizations and nonprofit agencies working together to drive innovation and create jobs.

Connecticut Forms 'AI Alliance' of 16 Universities

Tougher H-1B Visa Scrutiny Anticipated as Annual Lottery Opens

Mar. 6, 2025 - US businesses looking to add high-skilled foreign talent on H-1Bs face the potential for stringent scrutiny from the Trump administration if they come out on top of the annual lottery for the specialty occupation visas.

Tougher H-1B Visa Scrutiny Anticipated as Annual Lottery Opens

Scoop: State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear "pro-Hamas"

Mar 6, 2025 - The effort includes AI-assisted reviews of tens of thousands of student visa holders' social media accounts and marks a dramatic escalation in the U.S. government's policing of foreign nationals' conduct and speech.

Scoop: State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear "pro-Hamas"

The AI Revolution in Data Science (feat. Paul Groth)

Feb. 21, 2025 - This episode features Paul Groth, Professor of Algorithmic Data Science at the University of Amsterdam.

The AI Revolution in Data Science (feat. Paul Groth)

Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social)

Mar. 8, 2025 - The National Cancer Institute (part of NIH) released new guidelines for "controversial, high-profile or sensitive" keywords that require "review prior to publication" if included in a product or materials.

Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social)