CMU and MIT Join Forces To Combat Deepfake Threats - News - Carnegie Mellon University
Mar. 12, 2025 - Researchers at CMU and MIT created CHARCHA ( Computer Human Assessment for Recreating Characters with Human Actions).
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Penn State University | Combination of cosmic processes shapes the size and location of sub-Neptunes
Mar. 17, 2025 - Using a newly developed tool to sift through data from the NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, a team led by a Penn State astronomer has identified young sub-Neptune planets close to their stars.
Building Capacity for One AI, One Harvard – HDSI Celebrates a Gift from OpenAI
Mar. 13, 2025 - The Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI) is delighted to announce a gift from OpenAI to support our commitment to pioneering AI research.
Brown DSI Sends Comp Bio and Data Fluency Students to 2025 WECode Conference
Mar. 13, 2025 - In February, Data Fluency Certificate undergraduate students Sima Raha, Nazifa Qazizada, and Computational Biology undergraduate Hannah Beakley attended the WECode Conference at Harvard University.
Department of Education initiates investigation into Notre Dame DEI programs
Mar. 15, 2025 - The University of Notre Dame was included on a list of 50 schools to be investigated by the U.S. Department of Education for race-based discrimination in their graduate programs.
Emory admits 336 Early Decision II applicants to Class of 2029
Mar. 15, 2025 - The Emory Wheel is the only independent, student-run newspaper of Emory University, since 1919.
Education Department to investigate NYU for ‘illegal’ DEI partnership
Mar. 17, 2025 - The U.S. Department of Education will investigate NYU for alleged civil rights violations.
BU under investigation by US Education Department for antisemitic discrimination
Mar. 14, 2025 - Boston University is one of 60 universities under investigation by the United States Department of Education for Title VI violations “relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination."
George Washington U | Percentage of tenured, tenure-track faculty fell in 2024, annual academic metrics report shows
Mar. 13, 2025 - Tenured and tenure-track status for regular faculty dropped to a new low from 2023 to 2024, according to the annual core indicators report presented at the Faculty Senate meeting Friday.
Penn launches website to track federal policy changes, monitor impacts on University
Mar. 17, 2025 - The new website intends to centralize updates on ongoing federal actions impacting higher education, research funding, immigration, and other essential areas of Penn's operations.
Data science is now UC Berkeley’s largest major
Mar. 14, 2025 - Data science has become the most populated major at UC Berkeley, with a total of 1,960 undergraduate students declaring the major in the 2024-25 school year.
AI, Data Science, and the Transformation of Scientific Research: A Primer
Mar. 14, 2025 - AI and data science are two closely related yet distinct fields that are driving research and innovation.
Brown University professor, doctor deported to Lebanon despite federal judge’s orders
Mar. 16, 2025 - Assistant Professor of Medicine Rasha Alawieh has been deported and is now in Lebanon.
Machine learning model predicts PTSD symptom severity over time
Mar. 10, 2025 - Using functional brain imaging and machine learning, Yale researchers were able to predict PTSD symptoms 14 months after the initial traumatic event.
Full list of 43 countries on Donald Trump's draft travel ban
Mar. 15, 2025 - The Trump administration is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for citizens of dozens of countries.
Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models
Mar. 14, 2025 - NIST has issued new instructions to scientists that partner with the US Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI) to eliminate mention of 'AI safety,' 'responsible AI,' and 'AI fairness' in order to reduce 'ideological bias, to enable human flourishing and economic competitiveness.'
DeSantis installs allies at state universities in purge of ‘ideological concepts’
Mar. 12, 2025 - Gov. Ron DeSantis has taken extra care to install political allies with limited higher education experience.
Office for Civil Rights Initiates Title VI Investigations into Institutions of Higher Education
Mar. 14, 2025 - The investigations come amid allegations that these institutions have violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (1964) by partnering with “The Ph.D. Project."
UW-Madison under federal investigation for DEI efforts
Mar. 14, 2025 - The University of Wisconsin-Madison is among 45 universities under federal investigation by U.S. Department of Education for DEI efforts and alleged Title VI violations.
Trump cuts trigger hiring freezes at New York colleges with medical research in jeopardy
Mar. 13, 2025 - New York colleges and universities are freezing hiring and warning that President Trump’s federal cuts endanger the very existence of their research programs.
University launches new research support program
Mar. 13, 2025 - The University of Michigan is initiating a new research funding program that provides temporary support for qualified researchers who have received federal grant and contract stop-work orders.
As US slashes at research, French university opens arms to scientists seeking refuge
Mar. 12, 2025 - Aix-Marseille University has a long tradition of bringing artists and researchers in precarious situations — people struggling to conduct their work in war zones or while facing security threats — onto its campus.
Senator Collins Announces University of Maine’s USDA Funding Restored
Mar. 12, 2025 - After consulting with the Administration, Senator Collins today announced USDA funding to the University of Maine has been restored.
Kentucky lawmakers vote to ban DEI spending at public colleges
Mar. 13, 2025 - Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is unlikely to sign the bill, but Republican lawmakers hold a veto-proof supermajority in the Legislature.
Federal student loan site down Wednesday, a day after layoffs gutted Education Department
Mar. 13, 2025 - An hours-long outage Wednesday on StudentAid.gov, the federal website for student loans and financial aid, underscored the risks in rapidly gutting the Department of Education.
Johns Hopkins’ aid groups to lay off nearly 2,000 amid Trump cuts
Mar. 13, 2025 - Jhpiego and the Center for Communication Programs, global aid groups affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, have begun layoffs and a reorganization as millions in federal funding from USAID is cut off.
Columbia University says it expelled some students who seized building last year
Mar. 13, 2025 - Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring, and had temporarily revoked the diplomas of some students who have since graduated.
UMass Chan freezes hiring, rescinds PhD program admissions amid funding uncertainty
Mar. 13, 2025 - UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester became the latest higher education institution to announce a hiring freeze.
Pitt's hiring freeze is only step one, other cost-cutting measures to follow
Mar. 13, 2025 - Pitt’s Chief Financial Officer Dwayne Pinkney said enrollment trends, inflation and flat state funding were also behind the decision.
Duke to implement staff hiring freeze, series of cost-cutting measures amid federal funding threats
Mar. 13, 2025 - Upcoming spending adjustments include suspending capital spending, freezing staff hiring and salary mid-year adjustments, reviewing all faculty hiring practices and slowing all non-compensation spending.