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Supporting Community Engagement with Civic Data: The Civic Switchboard Project

The Civic Switchboard project, spearheaded by SCI faculty is increasing access through its focus on open civic data, community-related data shared by governments and civic organizations.

Supporting Community Engagement with Civic Data: The Civic Switchboard Project

Tracking college closures 2024 - The Hechinger Report

More colleges are shutting down as enrollment drops

Tracking college closures 2024 - The Hechinger Report

At selective colleges, fewer students are disclosing race in their applications

Data shows a greater number of students at competitive colleges did not indicate their race or ethnicity in their college applications.

At selective colleges, fewer students are disclosing race in their applications

OPINION: Why we need a joint and urgent effort to teach data science and literacy in the U.S. - The Hechinger Report

American K-12 education underemphasizes data science and data literacy skills. With 1 in 4 job postings in the U.S. requiring data science skills, now is the time to emphasize those skills.

OPINION: Why we need a joint and urgent effort to teach data science and literacy in the U.S. - The Hechinger Report

Lu Group Awarded DOE Funding for Artificial Intelligence for Scientific Research | Department of Statistics and Data Science

The Lu Group (Professor Lu Lu, Department of Statistics and Data Science) has been awarded a new $4 Million grant from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Scientific Computing Research Program (DOE ASCR) as the Lead to develop physics-informed and energy-aware federated learning of neural multi-operator learners as scientific foundation models

Lu Group Awarded DOE Funding for Artificial Intelligence for Scientific Research | Department of Statistics and Data Science

ACT, SAT scores decline year over year

The class of 2024’s average scores were lower compared to peers from the previous graduating class, but participation in school day testing was stronger.

ACT, SAT scores decline year over year

Pennsylvania Western to Launch Center for AI and Emerging Tech

A new Center for Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies at Pennsylvania Western University will provide tools, knowledge and training for faculty to integrate AI effectively into their teaching.

Pennsylvania Western to Launch Center for AI and Emerging Tech

School of Data Science Completes Disability Awareness Certification, Part of Continued Work to Enhance Accessibility — School of Data Science

Oct. 16, 2024 - The VisitAble training session is the latest effort by the School of Data Science to promote awareness of disability and accessibility issues.

School of Data Science Completes Disability Awareness Certification, Part of Continued Work to Enhance Accessibility — School of Data Science

UVA | SDS Symposium Highlights How Data Science Can Unlock ‘Mysteries of the Brain’

Oct. 15, 2024 - Experts in applying data science to brain research gathered at the School of Data Science, highlighting the wide range of work being done at UVA in this area.

UVA | SDS Symposium Highlights How Data Science Can Unlock ‘Mysteries of the Brain’

UCI | Generating the Future with AI

Oct. 17, 2024 - UCI Magazine Cultural anthropologist Mizuko “Mimi” Ito credits her chosen field to her youth spent toggling between the cultures of her

UCI | Generating the Future with AI

Google partners with HBCU to advance AI sports reporting

Thanks to a $100,000 contribution from Google, Morgan State University's School of Global Journalism and Communication (SGJC) has partnered with JRSportBrief Productions to advance sports coverage and news reporting through the use of artificial intelligence (AI).

Google partners with HBCU to advance AI sports reporting

Vanderbilt | Accelerate your AI an “Un-Hackathon”

Vanderbilt University Data Science, AUC Data Science Initiative, and the Morehouse Center for Broadening Participation in Computing are collaborating with leading companies to foster innovation and explore ethical AI practices. This ‘un-hackathon’ welcomes all students, regardless of their proficiency in data science

Vanderbilt | Accelerate your AI an “Un-Hackathon”

What one state learned after a decade of free community college

36 states have since followed Tennessee’s lead and offer some version of free tuition to residents. Advocates say the Tennessee Promise scholarship program, which now costs about $29 million a year, has helped more students go to college and earn two-year associate degrees. It remains unclear if increases in associate degrees in Tennessee can be attributed to the free tuition program. Researchers are still crunching the numbers to make causal conclusions, but the signs are positive.

What one state learned after a decade of free community college

Nearly 90 Portland State University faculty face potential layoffs

The public university’s AAUP chapter has criticized leadership for turning to job cuts while spending on construction and has questioned its budget stance.

Nearly 90 Portland State University faculty face potential layoffs

The Harvard Crimson | Class of 2027 By the Numbers

Florida universities are culling hundreds of general education courses

Universities that keep general education courses against recommendations from the Board of Governors run the risk of losing critical state funding.

Florida universities are culling hundreds of general education courses

Western Washington University to nix about 55 jobs amid $18M budget cut

The public institution blamed the structural deficit in part on “lingering pandemic revenue shortfalls,” salary increases and inflation.

Western Washington University to nix about 55 jobs amid $18M budget cut

Congress Is Underfunding Tribal Colleges by $250 Million Per Year

Decades ago, Congress made a commitment to fund a higher education system for Indigenous communities. But a quarter-billion-dollar annual shortfall has led to crimped budgets and crumbling buildings, even as enrollment rises

Congress Is Underfunding Tribal Colleges by $250 Million Per Year

Pioneering Causal AI for Precision Medicine and Beyond

Professor Cai was awarded an NSF grant to design cutting-edge algorithms that automate the analysis of large-scale and heterogeneous text data and develop novel methodologies with solid theoretical properties and efficient algorithms for impactful applications in precision medicine and personalized recommendations.

Pioneering Causal AI for Precision Medicine and Beyond

Local Innovation, Global Impact: Insights from a Visit to the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory

U.S. News & World Report’s college rankings should do away with peer assessment

The rankings rely too heavily on feedback from leaders at peer institutions, one administrator argues.

U.S. News & World Report’s college rankings should do away with peer assessment

LSU to further dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs • Louisiana Illuminator

The LSU Board of Supervisors passed a resolution to eliminate some DEI programs in its university system.

LSU to further dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs • Louisiana Illuminator

Colorado State Hosting 'AI and Disinformation' Workshops

Colorado State University's Northeast Colorado Engagement Center is holding a series workshops titled "AI & Disinformation," aimed specifically at seniors but available to anyone.

Colorado State Hosting 'AI and Disinformation' Workshops

AAC&U Launches AI Institute for Pedagogy and Curriculum

The American Association of Colleges and Universities recruited 124 institutions to participate in its Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum, an online program to help educators incorporate AI into their courses.

AAC&U Launches AI Institute for Pedagogy and Curriculum

Getting to know Stanford’s first data science faculty

Two researchers are named as inaugural faculty of Stanford Data Science. Their work spans multiple disciplines but is united by the desire to explore and leverage large volumes of real-world data.

Getting to know Stanford’s first data science faculty

UM-Ann Arbor | Institutional Efforts to Help Academic Researchers Implement Generative AI in Research

May 31, 2024 - Academic institutions and their research organizations must develop new mechanisms to help researchers adopt new technologies, especially those that cause major seismic shifts such as generative AI.

UM-Ann Arbor | Institutional Efforts to Help Academic Researchers Implement Generative AI in Research

UTSA | Enabling Widespread Engagement in DS and AI: The Generation AI Curriculum Initiative for Community Colleges

Mar. 15, 2024 - Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.

UTSA | Enabling Widespread Engagement in DS and AI: The Generation AI Curriculum Initiative for Community Colleges

3 Virginia universities face some viability risk

Radford University, University of Mary Washington and Virginia State University have struggled with enrollment or pricing challenges, or both.

3 Virginia universities face some viability risk

AAUP: DEI statements can be valuable to faculty recruiting

The increasing attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts often conflate "institutional values with imposed orthodoxies,” the group said.

AAUP: DEI statements can be valuable to faculty recruiting

University of North Dakota Opens Lab to Build Satellites

The university's new facility includes dedicated lab space for designing and building satellites, a digital engineering lab, and a nanofoundry to develop new materials for satellite construction and quantum computing.

University of North Dakota Opens Lab to Build Satellites