Supporting Online Learners: Kristy Simpkins Leads Student Success and Well-Being at UVA Data Science
Mar. 24, 2025 - Discover how Online Student Success and Engagement Director Kristy Simpkins helps online MSDS students thrive.
Higher Ed News
Provost reports hiring slow down at Northeastern, denies hiring freeze
Mar. 25, 2025 - Northeastern has “considerably” slowed its hiring.
Clemson University is issuing a hiring freeze to go with 'mission critical' pause on spending
Mar. 25, 2025 - Clemson University has issued a hiring freeze and travel ban, citing economic uncertainties.
Introducing GovArchive.us & Mirroring Entire Sites with Web Archives
Mar. 25, 2025 - Webrecorder introduces GovArchive.us and tooling to mirror web sites using web archives.
Trading Secrets: What Brain Science and AI Can Learn from Each Other
Mar. 19, 2025 - The National Academies’ Neuroscience Forum explored how knowledge about the brain could potentially shape better AI models, and, conversely, how AI models might help us learn more about the brain.
San Diego State implements hiring freeze amid federal and state funding concerns
Mar. 24, 2025 - San Diego State University is implementing a hiring freeze effective immediately as the university looks to reduce its budget amid federal and state funding concerns.
‘Effective immediately': USC implements staff hiring freeze, budget cuts
Mar. 24, 2025 - The University of Southern California announced immediate cost-cutting measures in response to financial strain.
Out-of-state students fuel LSU's growth, with 40% of freshmen not from Louisiana
Mar. 23, 2025 - The number of out-of-state undergrads at LSU has nearly tripled over the past decade.
Columbia Caved to Trump. It’s Just the Beginning.
Mar. 24, 2025 - Being a private university was never really a shield against politics.
Education secretary says Columbia University's changes put it on track to recover funding
Mar. 23, 2025 - U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon says Columbia University is “on the right track” to recover federal funding frozen by the Trump administration.
How the Ph.D. Project, and 45 colleges, became a target of the Trump administration
Mar. 24, 2025 - For about 30 years, the Ph.D. Project has supported students from underrepresented groups who are earning doctoral degrees in business. Now, it's attracted the attention of the Trump administration.
What types of colleges offer the best ROI?
Mar. 25, 2025 - The financial value of 4,600 colleges has been updated in a database from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce.
AAUP, AFT sue to block Education Department dismantling
Mar. 24, 2025 - The plaintiffs allege that the executive branch has exceeded its constitutional authority and violated law after the president’s order to wind the agency down.
The Chaos of NIH Cuts Has Left Early-Career Scientists Scrambling
Mar. 24, 2025 - As graduate programs lose spots and labs face shutdowns following Trump administration cuts to science funding, the path to a science career for students and researchers just got a whole lot harder.
Vanderbilt’s Jesse Spencer-Smith appointed to Tennessee AI Advisory Council
Mar. 24, 2025 - Gov. Bill Lee has appointed Vanderbilt University’s Jesse Spencer-Smith to the Tennessee Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council.
Dismissal of economic advisory boards raises alarms over data quality
Mar. 21, 2025 - The removal of advisers supporting closely watched monthly releases may mean trouble for agencies that provide vital information on jobs and inflation.
As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them
Mar. 23. 2025 - The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.
Survey Says Women Are Finding New Paths to Cybersecurity
Mar. 21, 2025 - Women are increasingly exploring nontraditional channels to enter into the cybersecurity workforce, according to a survey and recent analysis from a cybersecurity professionals member association.
Trump revoking protections for 530,000 Cubans, Haitians and other migrants
Mar. 22, 2025 - Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans who entered the US under a Biden-era program face deportation.
University of Maryland begins partial hiring freeze
Mar. 21, 2025 - Hiring efforts to fill existing, funded positions will now require additional reviews by senior staff, including the university’s vice president for finance and chief financial officer.
Pitt Talent Center website closed for now; hiring freeze exceptions being developed
Mar. 21, 2025 - The Pitt Talent Center job site is currently offline as the Office of Human Resources and the Office of the Provost work to finalize the exceptions process to the hiring freeze announced on March 10 for staff and faculty.
University of Washington to Relaunch Fintech Incubator
Mar. 20, 2025 - The financial advisory firm Curinos tapped the University of Washington and its innovation hub to support early-stage financial tech companies working in predictive decision-making, AI automation and customer experience.
Generative AI Infrastructure Call 2025 - Data Science Centre
Mar. 21, 2025 - To help ensure that this infrastructure is fit for purpose and serves researchers needs, Research IT together with the UvA Data Science Centre (DSC) are once again looking for users to provide feedback.
Debra Richardson Defies Gender Stereotypes and Diversifies Computing
Mar. 19, 2025 - As a math major at UC San Diego in the 1970s, Debra Richardson was often one of only two women in her advanced math classes. “Many of my instructors.
Princeton Precision Health: An interdisciplinary, AI-driven approach to tackling big questions about health and disease
Mar. 18, 2025 - PPH researchers apply cutting-edge AI and computational models to massive datasets to develop a deep understanding of the factors that shape health and illness.
UC Berkeley | Mapping the return of Indigenous lands using data science
Mar. 19, 2025 - McKalee Steen traces her career in data science to her family's efforts toward environmental justice.
UVA | Ken Ono Honored as Cozzarelli Award Finalist for Groundbreaking Work on Prime Numbers
Mar. 19, 2025 - The professor of data science's research reveals a surprising connection between integer partitions and prime numbers, earning him national recognition.
Pitt Professors, students warn vague conduct hearing rules could open door for abuses of power
Mar. 21, 2025 - Professors and student organization leaders have raised concerns about the Student Code of Conduct, saying it gives the University outsized power to silence political speech and punish campus dissent.
Penn | Annenberg School will not renew part-time lecturers’ contracts, citing financial uncertainty
Mar. 21, 2025 - Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication Sarah Banet-Weiser notified the lecturers of the decision in an email sent on March 19.
Northwestern | Medill denies tenure, intends to terminate Prof Steven Thrasher next year
Mar. 20, 2025 - Northwestern denied tenure to Medill Prof. Steven Thrasher and plans not to renew his position in August 2026.