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Penn strikes antidiscrimination protections in graduate student union contract bargaining

Mar. 6, 2025 - The bargaining committee first signed its “Prohibition Against Discrimination, Unlawful Harassment, and Abusive Conduct” proposal, including demands against harassment and discrimination, in October 2024.

Penn strikes antidiscrimination protections in graduate student union contract bargaining

AI-driven, autonomous lab at Argonne transforms materials discovery | University of Chicago News

Mar. 5, 2025 - Argonne, UChicago researchers harness artificial intelligence and automation for electronic polymer processing

AI-driven, autonomous lab at Argonne transforms materials discovery | University of Chicago News

Yale to curb faculty raises, hiring, construction as Trump imperils funding

Mar. 6, 2025 - The University will draft a constrained budget for the 2026 fiscal year in anticipation of federal policies reducing revenue.

Yale to curb faculty raises, hiring, construction as Trump imperils funding

Students use AI to aid United Nations in Ukrainian refugee response | RIT

Mar. 5, 2025 - Two RIT students are creating an AI tool for the United Nations International Organization for Migration that will improve humanitarian response.

Students use AI to aid United Nations in Ukrainian refugee response | RIT

UTSA | SDS Announces its Nonprofit Partners for its Growing Community Innovation Scholars Program.

Mar. 2, 2025 - The Data Science & AI Community Innovation Scholars program places UTSA undergraduates in 10-week paid internships to apply data science and AI solutions to challenges faced by local nonprofits.

UTSA | SDS Announces its Nonprofit Partners for its Growing Community Innovation Scholars Program.

BU | CDS Welcomes Acevedo-Garcia and Chang as Faculty Fellows

Mar. 6, 2025 - Boston University’s Dolores Acevedo-Garcia and Michael Alan Chang have been named Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences (CDS) Faculty Fellows.

BU | CDS Welcomes Acevedo-Garcia and Chang as Faculty Fellows

Fruit Fly Research Led NJIT Scientists and Edison Teens to Better AI

Mar 3, 2025 - A competition to compare the brains of male vs. female fruit flies led NJIT researchers and two high school students to a second-place finish in the latest edition of the FlyWire Data Challenge.

Fruit Fly Research Led NJIT Scientists and Edison Teens to Better AI

UToronto DSI | Drawing on AI and Other Data Sciences to Design Next-Gen Joint Replacements

Mar. 6, 2025 - Supported by a DSI catalyst seed grant, researchers employed data science methodologies with AI tools to analyze massive datasets on joint replacement patients to help design complex microstructure materials.

UToronto DSI | Drawing on AI and Other Data Sciences to Design Next-Gen Joint Replacements

University Hiring Pause | Human Resources | The University of Vermont

Mar. 4, 2025 - The university will pause general hiring for all long-term faculty, staff and postdoctoral positions for 60 days.

University Hiring Pause | Human Resources | The University of Vermont

Updates on federal government directives impacting Emory

Mar. 5, 2025 - "With potential changes in university funding looming, Emory must take prudent measures to prepare for what may be a significant disruption to our finances."

Updates on federal government directives impacting Emory

Trump preparing to sign order to dismantle Education Department | CNN Politics

Mar. 6, 2025 - The president could sign the order as early as Thursday. He would need support from Congress to get it done.

Trump preparing to sign order to dismantle Education Department | CNN Politics

University of Michigan braces for funding cuts as feds terminate Social Security project

Mar. 3, 2025 - The Social Security Administration said that it would be ending its cooperative agreements supporting the Retirement and Disability Research Consortium.

University of Michigan braces for funding cuts as feds terminate Social Security project

UNebraska-Lincoln | Message from the Chancellor - Budget Reductions

Mar. 4, 2025 - The Executive Leadership Team to prepare for additional budget reductions to clear our structural deficit, resulting from rising costs and a decline in net tuition, as well as to prepare for the potential of reduced funding from the state for the next biennium.

UNebraska-Lincoln | Message from the Chancellor - Budget Reductions

Johns Hopkins University | Our bond at a moment of challenge

Mar. 4, 2025 - "As we have been in the past, we are resolute in our commitment to facing the challenges before us together as one university."

Johns Hopkins University | Our bond at a moment of challenge

Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants

Mar. 6, 2025 - Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.

Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants

Bridging North and South - University Affairs

Feb. 27, 2025 - Yukon university serves First Nations communities while demystifying the North as the latest member of Universities Canada.

Bridging North and South - University Affairs

Shaping the future of AI: A Q&A with Rada Mihalcea

Mar. 5, 2025 - The AI Lab has grown in both scope and impact—venturing into cognitive architectures, natural language processing, healthcare computing and more.

Shaping the future of AI: A Q&A with Rada Mihalcea

UMD Carillon Communities program to cut enrollment by more than 65% this fall

Mar. 2, 2025 - The University of Maryland’s Carillon Communities living-learning program will reduce its student enrollment by more than 65 percent beginning this fall.

UMD Carillon Communities program to cut enrollment by more than 65% this fall

'Tears my heart apart': UNC summer research programs canceled amid federal cuts

Mar. 4, 2025 - Multiple summer research opportunities at UNC in the life sciences and social sciences have been put on hiatus or canceled.

'Tears my heart apart': UNC summer research programs canceled amid federal cuts

Harvard | Hoekstra Tells FAS To ‘Prepare for Significant Financial Challenges’ Amid Uncertainty From Washington

Mar. 4, 2025 - Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra told faculty on Tuesday that she has instructed FAS officials “to prepare for significant financial challenges” and “build financial capacity.”

Harvard | Hoekstra Tells FAS To ‘Prepare for Significant Financial Challenges’ Amid Uncertainty From Washington

Penn Engineering develops “quantum qudits” technology to secure communication between devices

Mar. 5, 2025 - Penn Engineering researchers have developed new technology that secures communications between separate devices while limiting the potential for interference.

Penn Engineering develops “quantum qudits” technology to secure communication between devices

Trump threatens to withhold federal funding from universities that allow ‘illegal’ protests

Mar. 5, 2025 - In the March 4 post, Trump threatened non-citizen student protesters.

Trump threatens to withhold federal funding from universities that allow ‘illegal’ protests

Princeton has not asked departments to reduce graduate admissions as other colleges enact cuts

Mar. 5, 2025 - For many graduate students and professors, it is business as usual when it comes to admissions.

Princeton has not asked departments to reduce graduate admissions as other colleges enact cuts

(Undergraduate) Transfer enrollment ticked up 4.4% in the fall, report finds

Mar. 5, 2025 - Previously stopped-out students starting at new institutions made up a majority of transfers, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found.

(Undergraduate) Transfer enrollment ticked up 4.4% in the fall, report finds

Trump administration launches review of Columbia University’s grants and contracts

Mar. 4, 2025 - The Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism is probing the institution’s funding over allegations it hasn’t protected Jewish students from harassment.

Trump administration launches review of Columbia University’s grants and contracts

U-M, OpenAI launch partnership to expand AI research

Mar. 4, 2024 - The University of Michigan has established a partnership with OpenAI that will bring additional artificial intelligence resources, research funding and computing power to campus.

U-M, OpenAI launch partnership to expand AI research

A case study of what’s ahead with Trump DEI crackdowns: Utah has already cut public college DEI initiatives

Feb. 28, 2025 - Utah’s strict laws blocking diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives have been playing out to mixed reviews on its flagship campus.

A case study of what’s ahead with Trump DEI crackdowns: Utah has already cut public college DEI initiatives

More Universities Slow Spending, Admissions Over Federal Funding Chaos

Mar. 3, 2025 - The list of major universities that are trimming their budgets, freezing new hiring, or limiting Ph.D. admissions is growing due to doubts about federal research funding.

More Universities Slow Spending, Admissions Over Federal Funding Chaos

NSF says it’s reinstating fired probationary employees

Mar. 3, 2025 - The National Science Foundation is reinstating probationary employees following a court ruling on the firings.

NSF says it’s reinstating fired probationary employees

U-M takes proactive measures related to federal funding

Feb. 26, 2025 - The University of Michigan is instituting new requirements to reduce spending as a “buffer against negative, long-term impacts on operations” stemming from federal funding cuts.

U-M takes proactive measures related to federal funding