UW implements hiring freeze, other budget-cutting measures amid federal, state uncertainty
Mar. 12, 2025 - UW has a "good financial position," but unprecedented federal policy changes have increased the university's risk of funding cuts.
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UMD international students prepare for uncertainty after Trump’s executive orders
Mar. 12, 2025 - Multiple international students who spoke to The Diamondback under anonymity due to fear of retaliation expressed concerns about their freedom of speech and ability to critique the U.S. government under Trump’s new administration.
Tufts administrators, alumni navigate DEI work amid political challenges - The Tufts Daily
Mar. 13, 2025 - Tufts boasts 97 master’s programs, one of which is the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Leadership program.
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Will Keep Budget Flat, Stop Staff Hiring for Fiscal Year 2026
Mar. 12, 2025 - The Faculty of Arts and Sciences will aim to keep spending flat for fiscal year 2026 amid threats from the Trump administration and long-term financial concerns.
UWashington | UW AI Perspectives series hosts NVIDIA vice president Matthew Hull
Mar. 13, 2025 - Matthew Hull, vice president of global AI platform solutions at NVIDIA and UW Foster School of Business master’s student, spoke March 11 as part of UW’s AI Task Force Town
Brown University institutes staff-wide hiring freeze in response to ‘federal government actions’
Mar. 13, 2025 - The freeze will remain in effect through the end of the 2025 fiscal year.
UC Irvine | Ky-Vinh Mai: Beyond the Data
Mar. 12, 2025- UC Irvine language science and data science double-major Ky-Vinh Mai tackles big questions in ethics and AI.
Pitt | Poster Prizes at Data Science Day 2025 Responsible Data Science
Mar. 10, 2025 - This year, RDS@Pitt is awarding a $250 prize for an outstanding student poster that demonstrates excellence in responsible data science.
Texas A&M - Thematic Labs Program, TAMIDS
Thematic Labs Program supports cutting-edge research in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, and Data Science at Texas A&M University.
Utah, NVIDIA Team Up for AI Upskilling in Education, Workforce
Mar. 10, 2025 - NVIDIA is lending teaching materials and upskilling opportunities in AI to Utah's higher education students and state workers in a new partnership with colleges and universities across the state.
Lamont cuts spending at CT public colleges, other agencies
Mar. 10, 2025 - Gov. Ned Lamont took $41 million from more than a dozen agencies, including more than $6 million from public colleges and universities he pledged to shield
Pregnant and parenting students fall victim to lawsuit targeting LGBTQ rights
Mar. 11, 2025 - When a federal judge scrapped new Title IX rules for LGBTQ students, expanded protections for student parents were tossed out, too.
USDA pauses funding to University of Maine System
Mar. 12, 2025 - The funding freeze follows a spat between President Donald Trump and Gov. Janet Mills over his order restricting transgender students from women’s sports.
DOGE-mandated cuts targeted staff at a Native American college. A lawsuit fights back
Mar. 10, 2025 - Federal layoffs at Haskell Indian Nations University disrupted classes, financial aid and the women's basketball team. Now, tribes and students have sued, saying the cuts broke treaty obligations.
Brown places top 10 in Putnam competition for first time in nearly two decades
Mar. 12, 2025 - For the first time since 2006, Brown students placed in the top 10 at the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition — one of the world’s most prestigious collegiate math contests.
UWisconsin-Madison | Gov. Evers’ budget to demolish Mosse Humanities
Mar. 12, 2025 - Gov. Evers 2025-2027 budget plan calls for the removal of the George L. Mosse Humanities Building, expanding campus housing.
As Universities Eliminate DEI Programming, Harvard Stays Its Course
Mar. 11, 2025 - Harvard is quietly maintaining its diversity initiatives and sometimes actively defending diversity on campus.
With Federal Funds Stalled, Two Harvard School of Public Health Graduate Programs Reduce Admissions
Mar. 12, 2025 - The reductions to Biostatistics Ph.D. admissions are the first reported cuts to a graduate program at Harvard amid President Donald Trump’s escalating attacks on federal funding.
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Will Deny All Waitlisted Candidates Amid Financial Uncertainty
Mar. 12, 2025 -The Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will reject all waitlisted candidates for its Ph.D. programs — the University’s latest response to federal funding cuts threatened by the Trump administration.
NYU Shanghai receives record number of applicants for class of 2029
Mar. 12, 2025 - NYU Shanghai received a record-breaking high of nearly 24,000 applications for its class of 2029.
NYU appoints Title VI coordinator as Trump cracks down on Columbia
Mar. 11, 2025 - NYU President Linda Mills announced the overdue appointment of the university’s Title VI coordinator amid the Trump administration’s recent crackdown on Columbia University.
UMass medical school implements hiring and spending freeze, considers layoffs
Mar. 12, 2025 - Leaders at UMass Chan Medical School are freezing hiring and spending, citing ongoing uncertainty surrounding federal funding.
Update: Federal judge imposes preliminary injunction on NIH spending cuts - The Tufts Daily
Mar. 11, 2025 - U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley imposed a preliminary injunction on the National Institutes of Health, preventing the cuts on indirect medical research costs from taking effect nationwide.
UCLA | UC Artificial Intelligence Council launches website for AI-related news, resources
Mar. 11, 2025 - UC Artificial Intelligence Council launched a systemwide platform to share AI-related news, guidelines and projects.
How AI can achieve human-level intelligence: researchers call for change in tack
Mar. 4, 2025 - A survey finds that most respondents are sceptical that the technology underpinning large-language models is sufficient for artificial general intelligence.
U-M launches effort to advance AI research, collaboration
Mar. 12, 2025 - A new hub for artificial intelligence research and collaboration will soon launch at the University of Michigan, aiming to strengthen the university’s role in AI and improve coordination among its researchers and external partners.
NIH cancels $250 million in grants to Columbia as part of $400 million Trump administration cut
Mar. 11, 2025 - The National Institutes of Health announced that the agency is cancelling $250 million in grants to Columbia as part of the Trump administration’s $400 million cut to University funding.
Education Department announces massive layoffs, slashing nearly half its workforce
Mar. 11, 2025 - The agency’s employee count will plummet from 4,133 when President Donald Trump was inaugurated to about 2,183.
Entrepreneur Gifts USF $40M for New College of AI, Cybersecurity at the University of South Florida
Mar. 11, 2025 - The University of South Florida will put its largest-ever donation to use funding scholarships, hiring faculty and developing a new space for the Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing.
University of Hawaii to Offer Free AI Training With Google
Mar. 11, 2025 - The university system's students and staff have free access to “AI Essentials,” a five-hour course in the Google Career Certificate program that teaches people to use AI responsibly and effectively.