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NJIT, TekStream Launch Student-Run Cybersecurity Center

Jun 11, 2025 - The New Jersey Institute of Technology's Security Operations Center will allow students to gain professional experience while monitoring and addressing cybersecurity threats with help from a cybersecurity firm.

NJIT, TekStream Launch Student-Run Cybersecurity Center

Meet the MIT engineer who invented an AI-powered way to restore art

Jun 11, 2025 - The new method could be 70 times faster than repairing painting by hand.

Meet the MIT engineer who invented an AI-powered way to restore art

Quantum physicists unveil most ‘trustworthy’ random-number generator yet

Jun 11, 2025 - The system produces strings of random bits in a process that is fully traceable.

Quantum physicists unveil most ‘trustworthy’ random-number generator yet

Northwestern freezes hiring and cuts budgets to combat ‘increasing strain’ on finances

Jun 11, 2025 - The highly selective university faces funding threats from the Trump administration along with rising costs and proposed policy changes.

Northwestern freezes hiring and cuts budgets to combat ‘increasing strain’ on finances

Statement for the Record: The Federal Government in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Jun 5, 2025 - Data & Society's statement for the record at a hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the federal government in the age of artificial intelligence.

Statement for the Record: The Federal Government in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Who Is Supporting Harvard in Its Lawsuit To Keep Federal Research Funding?

Jun 11, 2025 - Dozens of outside groups — including activists, Boston-area hospitals, and former federal officials — submitted amici briefs backing Harvard in its lawsuit against the Trump administration.

Who Is Supporting Harvard in Its Lawsuit To Keep Federal Research Funding?

When do girls fall behind in maths? Gigantic study pinpoints the moment

Jun 11, 2025 - Analysis of almost three million children captures when ‘mathematical gender gap’ first emerges and could help focus efforts to stop girls from falling behind.

When do girls fall behind in maths? Gigantic study pinpoints the moment

Utah Opens Public Comment on Math Standards That Put Data Science Front and Center

Jun 9, 2025 - Utah launched a 90-day public comment on new K–12 math standards emphasizing data science, integrated math, and real-world relevance.

Utah Opens Public Comment on Math Standards That Put Data Science Front and Center

Oxford Statistics at the forefront of AI-driven drug discovery

Jun 10, 2025 - Charlotte Deane from the Dept. of Statistics has been announced as a senior principal investigator on a £8 million government-backed consortium that will create the world's largest dataset for AI-driven drug discovery.

Oxford Statistics at the forefront of AI-driven drug discovery

Open-access revolution is squeezing scientific societies’ budgets, survey shows

Jun 9, 2025 - Decline in journal revenues puts scholarships, advocacy, and other activities at risk.

Open-access revolution is squeezing scientific societies’ budgets, survey shows

Data competitions provide invaluable opportunities for Virginia Tech undergraduates

Jun 9, 2025 - These competitions provide students the opportunity to work on open-ended real-world problems.

Data competitions provide invaluable opportunities for Virginia Tech undergraduates

Advanced AI suffers ‘complete accuracy collapse’ in face of complex problems, study finds

Jun 9, 2025 - Apple paper raises doubts about race to reach stage of AI at which it matches human intelligence.

Advanced AI suffers ‘complete accuracy collapse’ in face of complex problems, study finds

Teachers can use AI to save time on marking, new guidance says

Jun 10, 2025 - For the first time teachers in England are receiving guidelines on how they should and shouldn't use AI.

Teachers can use AI to save time on marking, new guidance says

How scammers are using AI to steal college financial aid

Jun 10, 2025 - Financial aid fraud is exploding, thanks to the rise of artificial intelligence.

How scammers are using AI to steal college financial aid

NIH employees publish ‘Bethesda Declaration’ in dissent of Trump administration policies

Jun 9, 2025 - Staffers at the US National Institutes of Health published a letter of dissent, taking issue with what they see as the politicization of research and destruction of scientific progress under the Trump administration.

NIH employees publish ‘Bethesda Declaration’ in dissent of Trump administration policies

China shuts down AI tools during nationwide college exams

Jun 9, 2025 - New age problems require new age solutions.

China shuts down AI tools during nationwide college exams

UC Irvine to lead use of AI in solving grand challenges below Earth's surface

Jun 9, 2025 - UC Office of the President-funded project involves 5 UC campuses and 2 national labs

UC Irvine to lead use of AI in solving grand challenges below Earth's surface

New On-Campus Partnership Between Caltech and Meta Focuses Initially on Smart Wearables

Jun 9, 2025 - The collaboration establishes a new on-campus space where Meta employees can interact with Caltech students and researchers while also providing support for innovative projects related to materials, sensing, and wearable technologies.

New On-Campus Partnership Between Caltech and Meta Focuses Initially on Smart Wearables

UMinnesota proposes tuition hikes across all campuses, 7% cut to academic programs

Jun 9, 2025 - The University of Minnesota is proposing tuition hikes of up to 7.5% and cuts to academic programs for the next fiscal year as it navigates what it calls "unprecedented challenges facing higher education."

UMinnesota proposes tuition hikes across all campuses, 7% cut to academic programs

Ohio State University is requiring every student to use AI in class to become ‘AI fluent’

Jun 10, 2025 - The university's "AI Fluency" initiative aims to ensure all students graduate equipped to apply AI tools and applications in their fields.

Ohio State University is requiring every student to use AI in class to become ‘AI fluent’

More than 12,000 Harvard alumni unite to support university legal challenge

Jun 10, 2025 - Thousands of Harvard University alumni have signed on to a legal message of support for their alma mater.

More than 12,000 Harvard alumni unite to support university legal challenge

Harvard Probed for Hiring Discrimination by US House Committee

Jun 10, 2025 - A congressional committee is investigating Harvard University over potential discrimination in its hiring and employment practices.

Harvard Probed for Hiring Discrimination by US House Committee

Williams College stops accepting federal grants, opposing new policy

Jun 10, 2025 -As some universities scramble to cope with the federal government's funding cuts, a Western Massachusetts college has declined the grants.

Williams College stops accepting federal grants, opposing new policy

NAS President Says U.S. Science Is Facing ‘Pessimistic’ Future, Urges Changes to Regain Leadership in Science

Jun 9, 2025 - Marcia McNutt warned of a “pessimistic future” for U.S. science, from federal budget cuts to a burdensome regulatory environment to a loss of international talent, and proposed a range of actions to strengthen the research enterprise.

NAS President Says U.S. Science Is Facing ‘Pessimistic’ Future, Urges Changes to Regain Leadership in Science

Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.

Jun 7, 2025 - OpenAI, the firm that helped spark chatbot cheating, wants to embed A.I. in every facet of college. First up: 460,000 students at Cal State.

Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.

Ilya Sutskever, a leader in AI and its responsible development, receives UToronto honorary degree

Jun 6, 2025 - Few people have been as influential in shaping the artificial intelligence landscape – and conversations around the technology’s responsible use – as Ilya Sutskever.

Ilya Sutskever, a leader in AI and its responsible development, receives UToronto honorary degree

Duke | Pratt announces software engineering minor open to all undergraduates, ECE-specific major concentration

Jun 6, 2025 - Both students in Pratt and the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences can complete the new software engineering minor beginning in the fall.

Duke | Pratt announces software engineering minor open to all undergraduates, ECE-specific major concentration

UCLA Professors express concern over research, programs following federal funding cuts

Jun 8, 2025 - The Trump administration has revoked federal grants and contracts from six American universities due to their alleged failure to resolve antisemitism on campus.

UCLA Professors express concern over research, programs following federal funding cuts

Helping machines understand visual content with AI

Jun 9, 2025 - Coactive, founded by MIT alumni, has built an AI-powered platform to help companies understand their visual content without relying on manual sorting and tagging.

Helping machines understand visual content with AI

MIT Support for lawsuit defending scientific research

Jun 9, 2025 - "We felt compelled to make the case for its countless benefits to the court and, in effect, to the American people."

MIT Support for lawsuit defending scientific research