Columbia’s Data Science Institute Awards Seed Funding to Pioneering Research
Feb. 17, 2025 - The DSI announces the latest recipients of its 2025 Seed Fund Program.
Higher Ed News
Texas A&M | TAMIDS MSDS Students Win TAMU Hackathon
Feb. 18, 2025 - A team of graduate students from the TAMIDS Master of Science in Data Science (MSDS) Program competed at TAMUHack 2025 and took home awards for Best Devpost and the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Challenge.
UWisconsin-Madison | Data Science Institute Welcomes 2025 Affiliates Cohort
Feb. 17, 2025 - The Data Science Institute recently welcomed 13 new DSI Affiliates who are actively engaged in foundational or use-inspired research, aligned with the DSI mission and vision, that is relevant to data science.
Columbia’s medical school pauses spending and hiring amid NIH cuts
Feb. 18, 2025 - The Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons is pausing hiring and spending in response to federal funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health, James McKiernan, interim dean of the college, announced in a Feb. 11 email to Vagelos faculty members obtained by Spectator.
Vanderbilt | Graduate student admissions temporarily paused as university monitors federal funding
Updated on Feb. 18, 2025 - Vanderbilt lifted its pause on graduate admissions. Decisions will be made at the school-level to balance program admissions with current student needs.
Want to measure how much college graduates make? Timing matters.
Feb. 18, 2025 - Associate and bachelor’s degree holders have similar earnings right after graduation, but the differences widen over time, research finds.
Missouri State University ends DEI programs
Jan. 29, 2025 - Effective immediately, Missouri State University will stop diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs on campus and close its office of inclusive engagement.
Princeton | Tracking Trump’s executive orders on higher education
The ‘Prince’ has compiled a list of Donald Trump's executive actions.
Brown University to slow faculty, staff growth as it attacks $90M budget hole
Dec. 18, 2024 - The Ivy League institution is rolling out several measures to tackle the deficit over the next five or so years, officials said.
Haskell Indian Nations University lays off dozens of employees after federal orders
Feb. 14, 2025 - About 30% of employees of Haskell Indian Nations University lost their jobs Friday as part of sweeping nationwide cuts ordered by Donald Trump's administration.
NCSU Hiring freeze: Faculty, staff positions on hold amid federal budget uncertainty
Feb. 14, 2025 - NC State leaders told college deans, vice provosts and senior vice provosts on Friday that the university would implement an immediate "pause on all hiring activities" in response to uncertainty about the federal budget.
Boston University, MIT tighten budgets as they brace for federal funding cuts
Feb.13, 2025 - Behind closed doors, colleges and universities are considering hiring and spending freezes.
Northwestern Leadership announces 10% non-personnel spending reduction
Feb. 12, 2025 - Northwestern is placing additional scrutiny on all spending and trying to cut non-personnel spending by 10% this year.
Opinion: Utah is working toward responsible AI leadership
Feb 12, 2025 - As the U.S. hustles to maintain its leadership in AI, Utah is building partnerships to elevate responsible AI initiatives.
Lost NSF Funding
A dashboard that visualizes data from a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee investigation released on February 11, 2025.
Hillsborough Community College Launches AI Open Educational Resources (OER) Creation Program
Hillsborough Community College (HCC) is officially launching its pioneering Artificial Intelligence (AI) Open Educational Resources (OER) Creation program
Scientists fight Norway’s language law, warning of talent exodus
Feb. 11, 2025 - Mandatory language courses for foreign researchers could harm Norway’s ability to attract the best talent, Nobel laureate says, as rule prompts legal challenge.
Are PhDs losing their lustre? Why fewer students are enrolling in doctoral degrees
Feb. 13, 2025 - High living costs paired with stagnant stipends are being blamed for a drop in PhD enrolments in several countries.
Federal data vastly undercount Native American college students. New federal standards could change that.
Feb. 11, 2025 - The challenge of measuring Native American students’ educational access and success is made even more difficult by the poor quality of higher education data.
Which colleges gained R1 status under the revamped Carnegie Classifications?
Howard University, a historically Black college, gained the coveted designation, as did about three dozen other institutions.
Howard University hits record for HBCU research funding
Oct. 21, 2022 - The school is closer to entering an elite group of research universities.
Cancellation of Education Department research contracts sparks concerns
Feb. 11, 2025 - The department didn’t provide a list of canceled contracts but said NAEP, the College Scorecard and the College Navigator were not impacted.
UMichigan-Ann Arbor | Dhruv Jain and Devin McCaslin receive William Demant Foundation grant for AI-driven dizziness diagnosis
The grant will support their pioneering research to improve diagnostics and management of dizziness, a symptom associated with hearing loss, using AI technology.
UMinnesota | DSI Leaders Brief Minnesota Senate on AI’s Economic Impact
Jan. 22, 2025 - The Data Science Initiative (DSI) had the distinct honor of presenting to the Minnesota Senate’s Committee on Jobs and Economic Development.
UMichigan-Ann Arbor | U-M researcher examines cost-effective AI innovations and raises ethical concerns
Professor Tewari addresses serious allegations from OpenAI claiming that DeepSeek might have used OpenAI’s proprietary tech without authorization through a technique called model distillation.
UC Berkeley | Meet Kirstie Whitaker, new executive director at BIDS
Feb. 5, 2025 - The Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) welcomed Kirstie Whitaker as its executive director.
UVA SDS | Peter Alonzi Receives Jefferson Trust Award to Launch Criminal Justice Data Training Initiative
Feb. 6, 2025 - Assistant Professor Peter Alonzi receives a $78,594 grant from the Jefferson Trust to support the launch of the Criminal Data Justice Training Initiative.
UToronto | Upskill Canada Boosts Investment and Propels Growth for the Data Sciences Institute’s In-Demand Skills Certificates
Feb. 6, 2025 - Upskill Canada has invested a second wave of funding for the University of Toronto’s DSI Data Science and Machine Learning Software Foundations certificates, bringing the overall investment to $3.9M by 2026.
Brown DSI | “How to Govern the Future: Artificial Intelligence and the Road Ahead,” with Dr. Alondra Nelson
Feb. 7, 2025 - Brown DSI & CSREA welcome AI policy expert Dr. Alondra Nelson to speak on governing the future of artificial intelligence.
Higher education’s outlook for 2025
Jan. 31, 2025 - Trends, policy changes and legal shifts that college and university leaders could face in the year ahead.