75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
Mar. 27, 2025 - More than 1,600 readers answered the poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
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RFK Jr. claws back $11.4B in CDC funding amid wave of top-level departures
Mar. 25, 2025 - The funding went to state health departments for COVID-19 responses.
State Dept. demands 'enhanced' social media vetting of student visa applicants
Mar. 26, 2025 - The Department of State has issued guidance that will make it easier to deny foreign students the ability to study in the US.
‘Anxiety is palpable’: detention of researchers at US border spurs travel worries
Mar. 24, 2025 - Several high-profile incidents in the past month have scientists on edge.
Three prominent Yale professors depart for Canadian university, citing Trump fears
Mar. 27, 2025 - Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore and philosophy professor Jason Stanley will begin teaching at the University of Toronto’s renowned Munk School in fall 2025.
More Than 600 Harvard Faculty Urge Governing Boards To Resist Demands From Trump
Mar. 27, 2025 - More than 600 Harvard faculty signed a letter to Harvard’s governing boards urging the University to publicly condemn attacks on universities and defy orders that interfere with its independence.
NIH pulls funding from UMich transgender health research
Mar. 26, 2025 - Seven grants to the University have been terminated, five of which were related to gender identity in some capacity.
Northeastern warns students of possible travel restrictions amid Trump administration crackdowns
Mar. 27, 2025 - An email sent to Northeastern community members warned of immigration restrictions following a nationwide crackdown on non-citizens who have participated in activism on college campuses.
UMD administration details response to federal inquiry about Chinese students, faculty
Mar. 27, 2025 - The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party sent Darryll Pines a letter urging this university to provide details about Chinese national students.
Amid dropping reading levels, professors find new ways to engage in a shifting classroom
Mar. 26, 2025 - Since the pandemic, student reading levels have dropped, showing little sign of recovery.
Notre Dame acceptance rate drops to 9%
Mar. 24, 2025 - Notre Dame announced regular decision admissions for the class of 2029 Thursday. This admission cycle saw over 5,000 more applications than last year and a 2% decrease in the admission rate.
‘You can’t create 18-year-olds’: What can colleges do amid demographic upheaval?
Mar. 27, 2025 - Raising retention and attendance rates, and accommodating diverse student bodies, could take on existential importance as the number of traditional-age students falls.
Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her
Mar. 26, 2025 - A lawyer for a Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University says she has been detained by Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation.
UToronto | Melanie Woodin named U of T’s 17th president
Mar. 26, 2025 - Melanie Woodin, an internationally recognized neuroscientist who studies the mechanisms underlying learning and memory in the brain, has been named the University of Toronto’s 17th president.
Harvard | Understanding AI Vulnerabilities
Mar. 21, 2025 - As artificial intelligence capabilities evolve, so too will the tactics used to exploit them.
A new way to make graphs more accessible to blind and low-vision readers
Mar. 25, 2025 - Designed to help blind and low-vision readers understand graphics, the “Tactile Vega-Lite” system from MIT CSAIL converts data into a standard visual graph and a tactile chart.
Over 3 million applicants’ data leaked on NYU’s website
Mar. 22, 2025 - A hacker took over NYU’s website for at least two hours Saturday morning to expose over 3 million applicants’ names, test scores, majors and zip codes, as well as information related to family members and financial aid dating back to at least 1989.
Khurana Says Harvard is Preparing for Possible Federal Funding Cuts
Mar. 26, 2025 - Following the Trump administration’s decision to cut $400 million in government grants to Columbia University, a top administrators are planning for the possibility that Harvard may be next.
Students in SINSI, other programs forced to pivot after federal government pulls internships
Mar. 26, 2025 - Students across Princeton’s campus are currently having to change their summer plans after many federal internships have been canceled due to the federal hiring freeze.
Trump’s war on federal education could obstruct financial aid distribution: experts
Mar. 25, 2025 - Donald Trump’s plan to halve the Department of Education’s workforce by nearly 50% and eventually dismantle it could delay and complicate GW’s financial aid distribution.
NIH terminates three Penn research grants, citing incompatibility with ‘agency priorities’
Mar. 24, 2025 - The termination letters stated that the awards were “incompatible with agency priorities, and no modification of the project could align the project with agency priorities.”
Jameson says Penn researchers received ‘stop work orders’ after $175 million federal funding freeze
Mar. 25, 2025 - Researchers across seven of Penn’s schools were notified that their federally contracted research was halted.
Education Department opens second investigation into Yale antisemitism
Mar. 26, 2025 - Amid deep cuts to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and Trump’s efforts to dismantle the department wholesale, the office opened a new investigation into antisemitism at Yale.
Zoom bias: The social costs of having a ‘tinny’ sound during video conferences
Mar. 24, 2025 - A new study shows that poor audio quality in videoconferencing negatively affects listeners’ judgments of the people speaking.
UUtah | AI paves the way for kids to learn math by teaching it
Mar. 20, 2025 - Amidst declining math scores, AI-powered app co-created by U faculty aims to double learning rate.
Mastercard Foundation Scholar Ready To Become a Leader in AI - News - Carnegie Mellon University
Mar. 25, 2025 - As a Mastercard Foundation Scholar, Clemence Ingabire is developing the skills to lead the charge toward responsible AI use in health care.
Exploring Tidy Tuesday: A Community Initiative for Notre Dame Data Science
Mar. 25, 2025 - The University of Notre Dame's Online Master's in Data Science (NDDS) program fosters this spirit through initiatives like Tidy Tuesday.
BU | Data Days for Good Gets Students to Address Real-World Challenges
Mar. 18, 2025 - Five BU students on Team Weber gathered in front of a big screen for a final run-through of their slide deck. They were among five teams of BU students who spent their spring break participating in MassMutual’s Data Days for Good.
AI symposium: UMichigan Engineering speakers share how they use AI in research
Mar 20, 2025 - Engineers at the MIDAS symposium discussed improving AI's interpretability and preventing misuse.
UWashington eScience | Biodiversity Horizons: Predicting Climate Risks
Mar. 24, 2025 - As global temperatures rise, preserving biodiversity is essential for the planet’s health and human well-being. However, current biodiversity risk projections are often limited to a few snapshots of the future.