Wittenberg University to cut 5 majors, 40 employees
The Ohio-based nonprofit is eliminating staff and faculty roles as it tries to balance its budget by fiscal 2027.
Higher Ed News
NJIT | Annual New Jersey CS Chairs Meeting Explores Upgrading Education
Aug. 19, 2024 - Computer Science department chairs from several New Jersey universities and community colleges met at the Ying Wu College of Computing’s NJIT@JerseyCity location to discuss the state of CS education with a focus on improving access for a broader diversity of students as part of a forward-looking AI workforce.
Columbia DSI | Shaping Tomorrow: Columbia’s Data Science Class of 2026 Ready to Innovate, Explore, and Inspire
Sep. 9, 2024 - The Columbia University Data Science Institute welcomed 195 students in the Fall 2024 Master’s in Data Science cohort
Rajesh Gupta Appointed Interim Dean of School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences
Aug. 15, 2024 - Rajesh K. Gupta was appointed as the interim dean of the School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences (SCIDS), effective July 19, 2024.
UChicago | NSF awards $20 million to DSI to build AI models that predict scientific discoveries and technological advancements
Aug. 9, 2024 - The NSF awarded a DSI research team a $20 million grant to create first-of-their-kind large language models intended to help predict scientific discoveries and tech advancements.
UNC Chapel Hill's School of Data Science and Society announces second cohort of faculty
After hiring 15 new faculty members in its first year, the School of Data Science and Society (SDSS) at UNC Chapel Hill has hired an additional 16 faculty members.
UVA SDS | What's in a Data Science Degree? (podcast)
Jul. 12, 2024 - Prince Afriyie and Brian Wright talk about the process of designing undergraduate data science curriculum at the University of Virginia
National Academies Report on the societal impacts of NSF's funding for engineering research and education
A National Academies Panel identified 10 exemplary engineering impacts on society brought about by NSF investments.
EdArXiv Preprints | Component-Based Research in Education: Emerging Ideas, Possibilities, and Next Steps
On Nov. 15th - 17th 2023, Outlier Research & Evaluation at the Data Science Institute at the University of Chicago hosted a NSF-funded working meeting that focused on the needs and requirements of an infrastructure that could support component-based research (CBR).
Data Science in Utah - High School Data Science Study
A summary of the Utah Data Science Pilot 2023-2024. The the first cohort of high school Pilot included math teachers who taught a data science course for the first time.
UT Austin Opens Robotics Program to Incoming Freshman
Brown University reports drop in diversity among incoming students
18% of Brown’s 3,289 new first-year students 18% were from historically underrepresented groups, down from 27% of the 2023 cohort.
U of Texas at San Antonio Receives ‘Transformational’ $40M Gift
In Summer 2021, UTSA received a gift of $40 million from philanthropists MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett.
Diversifying data science
Loyola University Chicago is helping increase diversity in data science thanks to a new two-year, $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation that will fund undergraduate student-focused programs and initiatives.
SFSU community left scrambling after last-minute course cuts
Lillia Perez, a transfer student from Foothill College studying public health, is not starting her semester at San Francisco State University as she had originally planned.
BU | CDS Associate Provost Azer Bestavros Named ADSA Advisory Board Member
CDS Associate Provost Azer Bestavros has been named as the newest member of the prestigious ADSA Advisory Board.
Indiana College Students Serve as High-Tech Crimefighters
Some Indiana State University students are processing digital forensic to solve crimes as part of a High Tech Crime Unit.
LSU Professor, Students Use AI to Track, Predict Wildfires
Louisiana State University Professor Supratik Mukhopadhyay and a team of students developed an AI system called DeepFire to predict wildfires.
Binghamton set to receive $5M for AI research and development - Binghamton News
Tom Secunda made a $5 million donation to Binghamton to create a pipeline for students to participate in the AI economy of the future.
Building Ramps and Pathways to Data Science in K-12, Minority-Serving Institutions, and Two-Year Colleges
This article explores diverse pathways to data science for various groups, including high school students, those in two-year colleges, and students in small colleges and MSIs.
NC State Secures $500K NEH Grant to Launch AI Center in CHASS
ASU goes big with work-based learning ‘marketplace’
Maricopa Community Colleges is Paving the Way for Artificial Intelligence Programs in Higher Education
Community Colleges Unite to Scale AI Education and Workforce Development
Google Launches New Certificates Built for Hiring
Duke Engineering Announces New Minor in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence
Training Tomorrow’s AI Workforce | Center for Security and Emerging Technology
AI’s Emerging Uses
TRAILS Faculty Launch New Study on Perception Bias and AI Systems | UMIACS
Stony Brook’s Computer Science Department Welcomes New AI Faculty - Institute for AI-Driven discovery and Innovation