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The AI Alliance Forms Non-profit AI Lab and AI Technology & Advocacy Association to Scale Open-Source Innovation

Jun 20, 2025 - New legal entities and boards intend to scale the AI Alliance’s mission to support and perform open-source development, open research, education, and advocacy for AI globally.

The AI Alliance Forms Non-profit AI Lab and AI Technology & Advocacy Association to Scale Open-Source Innovation

Artificial intelligence and the wellbeing of workers

Jun 23, 2025 - The authors found no evidence of a sizeable negative impact of AI on workers’ well-being and mental health. If anything, there is evidence of an improvement in health status and health satisfaction, which may be explained by the decline in job physical intensity.

Artificial intelligence and the wellbeing of workers

Texas directs public universities to identify undocumented students

Jun 23, 2025 - It’s unclear what information schools might ask from students and how their immigration data will be protected.

Texas directs public universities to identify undocumented students

Belt-tightening continues at UMass amid federal funding cuts

Jun 22, 2025 - Campus officials have called for various belt-tightening measures, including spending reductions of 3% and 5% in all academic and administrative departments.

Belt-tightening continues at UMass amid federal funding cuts

Tuition discounts at private nonprofits continue to climb, estimates show

Jun 24, 2025 - Colleges have been giving larger aid packages to greater shares of students.

Tuition discounts at private nonprofits continue to climb, estimates show

BU Soars in New Rankings of World Universities and in Digital Leaders in Higher Education

Jun 18, 2025 - Ratings compiled by London’s QS and the French company Emerging

BU Soars in New Rankings of World Universities and in Digital Leaders in Higher Education

Potential Impact of the NIH's proposed FY26 budget

Jun 23, 2025 - An $estimated 46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide.

Potential Impact of the NIH's proposed FY26 budget

NIH grantees may face long wait for restored money

Jun 24, 2025 - Researchers who saw their NIH grants restored could face long waits accessing the money.

NIH grantees may face long wait for restored money

Duke researchers want to ensure AI is safe in a health care setting

Jun 24, 2025 - Health systems across the country are investing heavily in AI as a way to reduce burnout for providers and potentially improve care

Duke researchers want to ensure AI is safe in a health care setting

OSTP Memo: Gold Standard Science - NASA Watch

Jun 23, 2025 - Directed by President Trump's Executive Order (EO) 14303, "Restoring Gold Standard Science"

OSTP Memo: Gold Standard Science - NASA Watch

Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard

Jun 22, 2025 - More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.

Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard

Duke | What do students think about AI? Takeaways from the Student Voices Panel at the Triangle AI Summit

Jun 20, 2025 - The Triangle AI Summit brought faculty, staff, and community members together to engage around the ethical, social, humanitarian, and environmental aspects of AI.

Duke | What do students think about AI? Takeaways from the Student Voices Panel at the Triangle AI Summit

How many PhDs does the world need? Doctoral graduates vastly outnumber jobs in academia

Jun 22, 2025 - PhD programmes need to better prepare students for careers outside universities, researchers warn.

How many PhDs does the world need? Doctoral graduates vastly outnumber jobs in academia

UNC-CH | Rethinking AI Responsibility

Jun 23, 2025 - Francesca Tripodi is putting people at the heart of AI — challenging bias, teaching ethics, and shaping a more responsible future for technology.

UNC-CH | Rethinking AI Responsibility

A framework for values-based assessment in promotion, tenure, and other academic evaluations

Jun 20, 2025 - The framework includes 14 values (e.g. creativity, inclusivity, engagement, public good), and for each value.

A framework for values-based assessment in promotion, tenure, and other academic evaluations

🚨2025 DAIR³: Data and AI Intensive Research with Rigor and Reproducibility🚨

Jun 23, 2025 - The UTSA, Jackson University and U-M Ann Arbor held a 2-day training on DAIR

🚨2025 DAIR³: Data and AI Intensive Research with Rigor and Reproducibility🚨

Maryland Universities Team With Google for AI, Tech Certificates

Jun 20, 2025 - University System of Maryland students will have free access to Google Career Certificates in cybersecurity, data analytics, digital marketing and e-commerce, IT support, project management and UX design.

Maryland Universities Team With Google for AI, Tech Certificates

Chief AI Officer: Higher Ed’s New Leadership Role

Jun 20, 2025 - Those stepping up to fill education’s new C-suite role say it's more than just understanding IT — it requires communication and skill-building across disciplines and comfort levels, and flexibility to create a road map.

Chief AI Officer: Higher Ed’s New Leadership Role

Temple University eyes job reductions amid $60M deficit for FY26

Jun 20, 2025 - The public institution’s president said that enrollment is starting to rebound after a steep drop since 2017, but costs have increased much more quickly.

Temple University eyes job reductions amid $60M deficit for FY26

The Computer-Science Bubble Is Bursting

Jun 21, 2025 - AI is ideally suited to replacing the very type of person who built it. Enrollment in CS quadrupled from 2005 to 2023, but enrollment was up just 0.2% nationally this year.

The Computer-Science Bubble Is Bursting

Accidental death data threatened by Trump CDC cuts

Jun 23, 2025 - Key data on fatal car accidents, drug overdose deaths, firearm injuries and even dog bites is at risk.

Accidental death data threatened by Trump CDC cuts

UNC-Chapel Hill | Welcome to the Library AI

Jun 12, 2025 - Tar Heels of all skill levels can experiment with generative AI in the new Davis Library space.

UNC-Chapel Hill | Welcome to the Library AI

Trump says he's close to 'a Deal' with Harvard, as judge grants injunction

Jun 20, 2025 - Trump's Truth Social comments came as a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction that would continue blocking the president's efforts to bar international students from attending Harvard.

Trump says he's close to 'a Deal' with Harvard, as judge grants injunction

42 percent of UC Irvine bachelor's degrees earned by first-generation students

Jun 3, 2025 - Over 8,600 class of 2025 members will attend commencement ceremonies this month

42 percent of UC Irvine bachelor's degrees earned by first-generation students

Three UNC-CH SDSS faculty travel on the 2025 Tar Heel Bus Tour

Jun 19, 2025 - SDSS faculty made connections between community experiences and the research they were doing at Carolina.

Three UNC-CH SDSS faculty travel on the 2025 Tar Heel Bus Tour

The Data We Take for Granted

Jun 20, 2025 - Like many things in life, we’ve been taking our data for granted and will miss it terribly when it’s gone.

The Data We Take for Granted

Impact of NIH Grant Terminations on Population Association of America members

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Impact of NIH Grant Terminations on Population Association of America members

How States Are Responding to the Rise of AI in Education

Jun 17, 2025 - When ChatGPT debuted in 2022, no states had policies related to generative artificial intelligence (genAI). Fast forward to April 2025, and at least 28.

How States Are Responding to the Rise of AI in Education

Minnesota State to Offer Robotics Engineering, AI Degrees

Jun 18, 2025 - In response to industry demands, Minnesota State University will offer a bachelor's degree in robotics engineering and a master's degree in artificial intelligence this fall, expecting about 25 students in each.

Minnesota State to Offer Robotics Engineering, AI Degrees

Holyoke Community College to Offer Free 'AI Essentials' Course

Jun 13, 2025 - A college in Massachusetts is working with the nonprofit CanCode Communities to offer a free 12-week course this summer on the fundamentals of AI including prompt engineering, model structures, ethics and other topics.

Holyoke Community College to Offer Free 'AI Essentials' Course