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Students and staff question UMich AI investments
Students and staff question UMich AI investments
Over 50 University of Michigan students, staff and community members attended a hybrid workshop about artificial intelligence’s current impact
Students and staff question UMich AI investments
Penn State Behrend Awarded $6.5M for High-Tech Manufacturing
Penn State Behrend Awarded $6.5M for High-Tech Manufacturing
Nov. 6, 2024 - A state grant will support the Center for Manufacturing Competitiveness, a research facility that will accommodate the nation’s first heavy-haul battery testing for the rail, marine and mining industries.
Penn State Behrend Awarded $6.5M for High-Tech Manufacturing
UC San Diego Launches Data-Sharing Resource for Wildfire Research
UC San Diego Launches Data-Sharing Resource for Wildfire Research
A new data-sharing platform at UC San Diego will bring the latest research and technology on wildfire ecology into one place, allowing researchers, government officials and other experts to collaborate on solutions.
UC San Diego Launches Data-Sharing Resource for Wildfire Research
UW-Madison | MadPrompts 2024 highlights generative AI during Wisconsin Science Festival
UW-Madison | MadPrompts 2024 highlights generative AI during Wisconsin Science Festival
Nov. 7, 2024 - Following the success of MadPrompts 2023, the first generative artificial intelligence (AI) prompt battle on an American university campus, WARF and the UW-Madison DSI hosted MadPrompts 2024 on Oct. 18 in the Discovery Building’s H.F. DeLuca Forum.
UW-Madison | MadPrompts 2024 highlights generative AI during Wisconsin Science Festival
Texas State University Adds 18 New Online Programs
Texas State University Adds 18 New Online Programs
Oct. 1, 2024 - Texas State University partnered with the ed-tech company Risepoint to offer more bachelor's and master's degree programs in high-demand fields, part of a national trend of moving classes online to attract more students.
Texas State University Adds 18 New Online Programs
University of Akron braces for workforce cuts
University of Akron braces for workforce cuts
Nov. 5, 2024 - The public Ohio institution’s president said that rising expenses and cuts in state appropriations have weighed on its budget.
University of Akron braces for workforce cuts
Midland College, Texas, Stays Flexible for Workforce Education
Midland College, Texas, Stays Flexible for Workforce Education
Nov. 5, 2024 - With a division dedicated to workforce education and continuing education, a public community college in Texas can tailor programs to the specific needs of local businesses, and adjust formats to the needs of students.
Midland College, Texas, Stays Flexible for Workforce Education
AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias
AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias
UW researchers tested three open-source, large language models (LLMs) and found they favored resumes from white-associated names 85% of the time, and female-associated names 11% of the time. Over the 3 million job, race and gender combinations tested, Black men fared the worst with the models preferring other candidates nearly 100% of the time.
AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias
More than half of UConn academic programs at risk of being slashed
More than half of UConn academic programs at risk of being slashed
Roughly 240 undergraduate, doctoral, master’s and graduate certificate programs — more than half of UConn’s academic offerings — could be on the university’s chopping block after meeting the provost’s office criteria for a low enrollment program.
More than half of UConn academic programs at risk of being slashed
Vanderbilt | Transforming Automotive Insights: The Nissan-Vanderbilt Collaboration
Vanderbilt | Transforming Automotive Insights: The Nissan-Vanderbilt Collaboration
Oct. 24, 2024 - The Nissan-Vanderbilt Collaboration Innovation in Automotive Design Vanderbilt Data Science is excited to spotlight an innovative collaboration between Nissan and our dedicated Data Science students, focused on developing an AI chatbot that embodies diverse customer personas.
Vanderbilt | Transforming Automotive Insights: The Nissan-Vanderbilt Collaboration
Who's really in charge of our universities?
Who's really in charge of our universities?
As state and federal funding shrinks and schools depend more heavily on private donations, colleges are navigating an erupting tension between upholding principles of academia and making their billionaire donors happy.
Who's really in charge of our universities?