Advanced AI suffers ‘complete accuracy collapse’ in face of complex problems, study finds
Jun 9, 2025 - Apple paper raises doubts about race to reach stage of AI at which it matches human intelligence.
Higher Ed News
Teachers can use AI to save time on marking, new guidance says
Jun 10, 2025 - For the first time teachers in England are receiving guidelines on how they should and shouldn't use AI.
How scammers are using AI to steal college financial aid
Jun 10, 2025 - Financial aid fraud is exploding, thanks to the rise of artificial intelligence.
NIH employees publish ‘Bethesda Declaration’ in dissent of Trump administration policies
Jun 9, 2025 - Staffers at the US National Institutes of Health published a letter of dissent, taking issue with what they see as the politicization of research and destruction of scientific progress under the Trump administration.
China shuts down AI tools during nationwide college exams
Jun 9, 2025 - New age problems require new age solutions.
UC Irvine to lead use of AI in solving grand challenges below Earth's surface
Jun 9, 2025 - UC Office of the President-funded project involves 5 UC campuses and 2 national labs
New On-Campus Partnership Between Caltech and Meta Focuses Initially on Smart Wearables
Jun 9, 2025 - The collaboration establishes a new on-campus space where Meta employees can interact with Caltech students and researchers while also providing support for innovative projects related to materials, sensing, and wearable technologies.
UMinnesota proposes tuition hikes across all campuses, 7% cut to academic programs
Jun 9, 2025 - The University of Minnesota is proposing tuition hikes of up to 7.5% and cuts to academic programs for the next fiscal year as it navigates what it calls "unprecedented challenges facing higher education."
Ohio State University is requiring every student to use AI in class to become ‘AI fluent’
Jun 10, 2025 - The university's "AI Fluency" initiative aims to ensure all students graduate equipped to apply AI tools and applications in their fields.
More than 12,000 Harvard alumni unite to support university legal challenge
Jun 10, 2025 - Thousands of Harvard University alumni have signed on to a legal message of support for their alma mater.
Harvard Probed for Hiring Discrimination by US House Committee
Jun 10, 2025 - A congressional committee is investigating Harvard University over potential discrimination in its hiring and employment practices.
Williams College stops accepting federal grants, opposing new policy
Jun 10, 2025 -As some universities scramble to cope with the federal government's funding cuts, a Western Massachusetts college has declined the grants.
NAS President Says U.S. Science Is Facing ‘Pessimistic’ Future, Urges Changes to Regain Leadership in Science
Jun 9, 2025 - Marcia McNutt warned of a “pessimistic future” for U.S. science, from federal budget cuts to a burdensome regulatory environment to a loss of international talent, and proposed a range of actions to strengthen the research enterprise.
Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.
Jun 7, 2025 - OpenAI, the firm that helped spark chatbot cheating, wants to embed A.I. in every facet of college. First up: 460,000 students at Cal State.
Ilya Sutskever, a leader in AI and its responsible development, receives UToronto honorary degree
Jun 6, 2025 - Few people have been as influential in shaping the artificial intelligence landscape – and conversations around the technology’s responsible use – as Ilya Sutskever.
Duke | Pratt announces software engineering minor open to all undergraduates, ECE-specific major concentration
Jun 6, 2025 - Both students in Pratt and the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences can complete the new software engineering minor beginning in the fall.
UCLA Professors express concern over research, programs following federal funding cuts
Jun 8, 2025 - The Trump administration has revoked federal grants and contracts from six American universities due to their alleged failure to resolve antisemitism on campus.
Helping machines understand visual content with AI
Jun 9, 2025 - Coactive, founded by MIT alumni, has built an AI-powered platform to help companies understand their visual content without relying on manual sorting and tagging.
MIT Support for lawsuit defending scientific research
Jun 9, 2025 - "We felt compelled to make the case for its countless benefits to the court and, in effect, to the American people."
Proposed NUpath reforms stir debate among faculty
Jun 8, 2025 - NUpath, Northeastern’s set of general education requirements, is designed to allow students to integrate “essential, broad-based knowledge and skills” into their specific field of study.
Visa to Harvard Postdoc Was Denied Under Trump’s Proclamation in Breach of Judge’s Temporary Halt
Jun 8, 2025 - President Donald Trump’s proclamation barred international students from entering the country to attend Harvard — even though a federal judge had temporarily blocked it.
Harvard Research Cuts Halt More Than 570 Subawards to Other Institutions, Including MGB Hospitals
Jun 7, 2025 - Harvard will cease funding more than 570 subawards for research at affiliated institutions across 32 states after cuts to federal support.
Northwestern’s U.S. News & World Report ranking, by category
Jun 9, 2025 - Northwestern reached its highest-ever spot — number six — in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 rankings.
UPenn Dental announces world’s first AI-based living oral health guidelines
Jun 9, 2025 - The initiative uses artificial intelligence to create and update new oral health guidelines based on published scientific findings.
Brown University seeks to back Harvard’s lawsuit against Trump administration's federal funding cuts
Jun 8, 2025 - Brown, along with 17 other colleges and universities, submitted a request to file a friend-of-the-court brief supporting Harvard’s suit against the Trump administration’s cuts to the university’s research funding.
Federal judge issues injunction blocking Trump administration from detaining, arresting, or transferring Yunseo Chung, CC ’26
Jun 9, 2025 - Chung was one of nine individuals arrested at Barnard after a sit-in at the Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning on March 5.
Columbia, Cornell only Ivies to not join amicus brief backing Harvard lawsuit against Trump administration
Jun 8, 2025 - Columbia and Cornell University are the only Ivy League institutions that have not joined an amicus brief in support of Harvard’s lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration over canceled federal funding.
‘Integrity index’ flags universities with high retraction rates
Jun 6, 2024 - A score based on indicators related to research quality could help to prevent institutions gaming the metrics that feed into conventional rankings.
NC State's Data Science and AI Academy Upskills the Wolfpack with Practical AI
Jun 9, 2025 - Explore how the DSA's hands-on, project-based training empowers professionals from all fields to apply AI directly to their work, driving real-world change and tangible outcomes.
US RAiD Pilot: Initial Stakeholders Set the Stage
Jun 4, 2025 - Organizers from Lyrasis, the San Diego Supercomputer Center, GO FAIR US, and the Australian Research Data Commons, hosted the first call for initial stakeholders interested in participating in the US RAiD Pilot.