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Education secretary says Columbia University's changes put it on track to recover funding

Mar. 23, 2025 - U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon says Columbia University is “on the right track” to recover federal funding frozen by the Trump administration.

Education secretary says Columbia University's changes put it on track to recover funding

How the Ph.D. Project, and 45 colleges, became a target of the Trump administration

Mar. 24, 2025 - For about 30 years, the Ph.D. Project has supported students from underrepresented groups who are earning doctoral degrees in business. Now, it's attracted the attention of the Trump administration.

How the Ph.D. Project, and 45 colleges, became a target of the Trump administration

What types of colleges offer the best ROI?

Mar. 25, 2025 - The financial value of 4,600 colleges has been updated in a database from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce.

What types of colleges offer the best ROI?

AAUP, AFT sue to block Education Department dismantling

Mar. 24, 2025 - The plaintiffs allege that the executive branch has exceeded its constitutional authority and violated law after the president’s order to wind the agency down.

AAUP, AFT sue to block Education Department dismantling

The Chaos of NIH Cuts Has Left Early-Career Scientists Scrambling

Mar. 24, 2025 - As graduate programs lose spots and labs face shutdowns following Trump administration cuts to science funding, the path to a science career for students and researchers just got a whole lot harder.

The Chaos of NIH Cuts Has Left Early-Career Scientists Scrambling

Vanderbilt’s Jesse Spencer-Smith appointed to Tennessee AI Advisory Council

Mar. 24, 2025 - Gov. Bill Lee has appointed Vanderbilt University’s Jesse Spencer-Smith to the Tennessee Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council.

Vanderbilt’s Jesse Spencer-Smith appointed to Tennessee AI Advisory Council

Dismissal of economic advisory boards raises alarms over data quality

Mar. 21, 2025 - The removal of advisers supporting closely watched monthly releases may mean trouble for agencies that provide vital information on jobs and inflation.

Dismissal of economic advisory boards raises alarms over data quality

As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them

Mar. 23. 2025 - The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.

As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them

Survey Says Women Are Finding New Paths to Cybersecurity

Mar. 21, 2025 - Women are increasingly exploring nontraditional channels to enter into the cybersecurity workforce, according to a survey and recent analysis from a cybersecurity professionals member association.

Survey Says Women Are Finding New Paths to Cybersecurity

Trump revoking protections for 530,000 Cubans, Haitians and other migrants

Mar. 22, 2025 - Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans who entered the US under a Biden-era program face deportation.

Trump revoking protections for 530,000 Cubans, Haitians and other migrants

University of Maryland begins partial hiring freeze

Mar. 21, 2025 - Hiring efforts to fill existing, funded positions will now require additional reviews by senior staff, including the university’s vice president for finance and chief financial officer.

University of Maryland begins partial hiring freeze

Pitt Talent Center website closed for now; hiring freeze exceptions being developed

Mar. 21, 2025 - The Pitt Talent Center job site is currently offline as the Office of Human Resources and the Office of the Provost work to finalize the exceptions process to the hiring freeze announced on March 10 for staff and faculty.

Pitt Talent Center website closed for now; hiring freeze exceptions being developed

University of Washington to Relaunch Fintech Incubator

Mar. 20, 2025 - The financial advisory firm Curinos tapped the University of Washington and its innovation hub to support early-stage financial tech companies working in predictive decision-making, AI automation and customer experience.

University of Washington to Relaunch Fintech Incubator

Generative AI Infrastructure Call 2025 - Data Science Centre

Mar. 21, 2025 - To help ensure that this infrastructure is fit for purpose and serves researchers needs, Research IT together with the UvA Data Science Centre (DSC) are once again looking for users to provide feedback.

Generative AI Infrastructure Call 2025 - Data Science Centre

Debra Richardson Defies Gender Stereotypes and Diversifies Computing

Mar. 19, 2025 - As a math major at UC San Diego in the 1970s, Debra Richardson was often one of only two women in her advanced math classes. “Many of my instructors.

Debra Richardson Defies Gender Stereotypes and Diversifies Computing

Princeton Precision Health: An interdisciplinary, AI-driven approach to tackling big questions about health and disease

Mar. 18, 2025 - PPH researchers apply cutting-edge AI and computational models to massive datasets to develop a deep understanding of the factors that shape health and illness.

Princeton Precision Health: An interdisciplinary, AI-driven approach to tackling big questions about health and disease

UC Berkeley | Mapping the return of Indigenous lands using data science

Mar. 19, 2025 - McKalee Steen traces her career in data science to her family's efforts toward environmental justice.

UC Berkeley | Mapping the return of Indigenous lands using data science

UVA | Ken Ono Honored as Cozzarelli Award Finalist for Groundbreaking Work on Prime Numbers

Mar. 19, 2025 - The professor of data science's research reveals a surprising connection between integer partitions and prime numbers, earning him national recognition.

UVA | Ken Ono Honored as Cozzarelli Award Finalist for Groundbreaking Work on Prime Numbers

Pitt Professors, students warn vague conduct hearing rules could open door for abuses of power

Mar. 21, 2025 - Professors and student organization leaders have raised concerns about the Student Code of Conduct, saying it gives the University outsized power to silence political speech and punish campus dissent.

Pitt Professors, students warn vague conduct hearing rules could open door for abuses of power

Penn | Annenberg School will not renew part-time lecturers’ contracts, citing financial uncertainty

Mar. 21, 2025 - Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication Sarah Banet-Weiser notified the lecturers of the decision in an email sent on March 19.

Penn | Annenberg School will not renew part-time lecturers’ contracts, citing financial uncertainty

Northwestern | Medill denies tenure, intends to terminate Prof Steven Thrasher next year

Mar. 20, 2025 - Northwestern denied tenure to Medill Prof. Steven Thrasher and plans not to renew his position in August 2026.

Northwestern | Medill denies tenure, intends to terminate Prof Steven Thrasher next year

Princeton | Affinity and cultural groups comment on ODUS policy refresher amid Trump’s DEI attacks

Mar. 20, 2025 - Student groups react to the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies’s request to update promotional materials to explicitly say that the groups are open to all Princeton students.

Princeton | Affinity and cultural groups comment on ODUS policy refresher amid Trump’s DEI attacks

Trump DEI rollbacks push NYU Langone to ditch terms like ‘marginalized’ or ‘diverse’

Mar. 21, 2025 - NYU Langone Health is facing pressure from in-house lawyers to omit phrases like “diverse students” and “systemic racism” from its website.

Trump DEI rollbacks push NYU Langone to ditch terms like ‘marginalized’ or ‘diverse’

MIT | AI tool generates high-quality images faster than state-of-the-art approaches

Mar. 21, 2025 - A hybrid AI approach known as hybrid autoregressive transformer can generate realistic images with the same or better quality than state-of-the-art diffusion models, but that runs about nine times faster and uses fewer computational resources.

MIT | AI tool generates high-quality images faster than state-of-the-art approaches

Syracuse USen addresses Department of Education funding cuts

Mar. 20, 2025 - Chancellor Syverud assured SU’s Senate of financial stability while addressing federal changes to the DOEd race-based programs.

Syracuse USen addresses Department of Education funding cuts

US Department of Education investigates Ohio State for alleged racial discrimination due to DEI-related partnership

Mar. 20, 2025 - Ohio State is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights due to alleged racial discrimination in its graduate programs.

US Department of Education investigates Ohio State for alleged racial discrimination due to DEI-related partnership

Emory announces new Open Expression Policy

Mar. 20, 2025 - In the new policy, Emory pledged to use a content-neutral approach, to address open expression issues and policy violations.

Emory announces new Open Expression Policy

UToronto renews five-year research partnership with Konica Minolta

Mar. 20, 2025 - The University of Toronto and Konica Minolta, Inc. are renewing a research partnership focused on AI and internet-connected devices.

UToronto renews five-year research partnership with Konica Minolta

Britain beefs up travel warnings over US border enforcement

Mar. 20, 2025 - Britain has in recent weeks revised its advice for citizens traveling to the US to include a warning that anyone found breaking its entry rules could face arrest or detention.

Britain beefs up travel warnings over US border enforcement

Students report confusion in co-op hiring processes amid federal funding cuts, hiring freezes

Mar. 19, 2025 - Students report that co-op offers have been rescinded from Harvard and Cornell.

Students report confusion in co-op hiring processes amid federal funding cuts, hiring freezes