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Trump administration revokes multiple international student visas at Pitt and other Pennsylvania universities

Apr. 9, 2025 - This week, international students at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, among other Pennsylvania colleges, had their visas revoked by the Trump administration.

Trump administration revokes multiple international student visas at Pitt and other Pennsylvania universities

UChicago announces unified Division of the Arts & Humanities

Apr. 9, 2025 - This announcement marks an important step in bringing together these closely connected disciplines in new and meaningful ways.

UChicago announces unified Division of the Arts & Humanities

ACLU attorney raises concerns over terminated student visa

Apr. 9, 2025 - The recent visa record terminations of six University of Wisconsin students and seven alumni have caused concerns regarding international students.

ACLU attorney raises concerns over terminated student visa

3 NJIT Colleges Are Among US News 'Best Graduate Schools'

Apr. 8, 2025 - The latest graduate studies rankings from U.S. News & World Report highlight the national standing of New Jersey Institute of Technology in the fields of engineering, computer science and now business.

3 NJIT Colleges Are Among US News 'Best Graduate Schools'

UC San Diego Leads $20M Grant to Provide Commercial Cloud Resources to National Research Community

Apr. 9, 2025 - CloudBank 2 will be a service-based resource, providing commercial cloud resources, from Jupyter Notebooks and secure data to the latest GPUs and quantum computers.

UC San Diego Leads $20M Grant to Provide Commercial Cloud Resources to National Research Community

BU CDS Student Voices & Inspirations: One Word’25

Apr. 9, 2025 - In the spirit of Giving Day 2025, the Faculty of Computing and Data Sciences is spotlighting eight data science students, all of whom reflect on their educational experience, the CDS community, and what CDS means to them.

BU CDS Student Voices & Inspirations: One Word’25

AI and Tech Innovation at Columbia Data Science Day 2025

Apr. 8, 2025 - At Data Science Day 2025, it was clear that the Data Science Institute is a Columbia engine for interdisciplinary data science and AI research—and a partner helping industry innovate responsibly.

AI and Tech Innovation at Columbia Data Science Day 2025

How a UCSD Climate Scientist Aims to Close the Gap in Cloud Prediction with Machine Learning – Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute

Apr. 9, 2025 - One scientist’s work at the University of California San Diego’s Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI), part of the School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences (SCIDS), aims to demonstrate why federal research support matters.

How a UCSD Climate Scientist Aims to Close the Gap in Cloud Prediction with Machine Learning – Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute

UWisconsin-Madison | Inaugural Open Award Recipients Recognized at the Research Bazaar

Apr. 8, 2025 - On March 20th, campus leaders were recognized at the UW–Madison Open Awards for their significant contributions to open scholarship and open source.

UWisconsin-Madison | Inaugural Open Award Recipients Recognized at the Research Bazaar

U-M Ann Arbor | MIDAS AI in Science Fellows Receive $100K in Funding for a Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning Workshop

Apr. 7, 2025 - On April 2nd, 2025, a proposal by five AI in Science Fellows at the Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society (MIDAS) was awarded by the Schmidt Sciences Community Initiative Fund.

U-M Ann Arbor | MIDAS AI in Science Fellows Receive $100K in Funding for a Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning Workshop

UWashington | The Use of Machine Learning to Predict Hospital Readmissions After Lower Limb Amputation in the Medicare Population – eScience Institute

Apr. 9, 2025 - This work aims to identify which combinations of patient, facility, and community characteristics are most associated with readmission risk.

UWashington | The Use of Machine Learning to Predict Hospital Readmissions After Lower Limb Amputation in the Medicare Population – eScience Institute

ASA DataFest Returns to NC State

Apr. 8, 2025 - The Data Science and AI Academy (DSA) began hosting DataFest on NC State's campus.

ASA DataFest Returns to NC State

UC Berkeley Jennifer Chayes named to Politico's Top 20 Most Influential in California Tech

Apr. 9, 2025 - Jennifer Chayes, professor and dean of the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society, has been recognized by Politico as one the top 20 most influential players in California technology.

UC Berkeley Jennifer Chayes named to Politico's Top 20 Most Influential in California Tech

UVA SDS Dean’s Blog: Women in Data Science

Apr. 9, 2025 - The UVA School of Data Science hosted its 7th Women in Data Science Charlottesville conference, celebrating an inclusive future in data science.

UVA SDS Dean’s Blog: Women in Data Science

UMichigan-Ann Arbor | AI with, for and by everyone can help maximize its benefits

Apr. 9, 2025 - Involving a wider swatch of people in AI development can help maximize its benefits.

UMichigan-Ann Arbor | AI with, for and by everyone can help maximize its benefits

The Penn ASSET Center Advances Trustworthy AI with Support from AWS

Apr. 9, 2025 - As AI continues to evolve, its integration into safety-critical domains, such as autonomous vehicles or medical diagnosis tools, has raised pressing concerns.

The Penn ASSET Center Advances Trustworthy AI with Support from AWS

NCEMS working groups to answer molecular and cellular bioscience questions | Penn State University

Apr. 9, 2025 - The NSF National Synthesis Center for Emergence in the Molecular and Cellular Sciences at Penn State formed 10 initial working groups, which will conduct research in accordance with open science principles, producing peer-reviewed articles, public datasets, reproducible workflows and other forms of openly shared knowledge to advance molecular sciences.

NCEMS working groups to answer molecular and cellular bioscience questions | Penn State University

‘Constantly on defense’: Brown Professors discuss data preservation, integrity under Trump

Apr. 7, 2025 - Five professors across many disciplines spoke at the “Data in the Trump/DOGE Era” panel.

‘Constantly on defense’: Brown Professors discuss data preservation, integrity under Trump

The California State University Weekly Updates

Apr. 9, 2025 - As of April 9, 2025, a total of 40 CSU students have been impacted by visa revocations since the start of the year.

The California State University Weekly Updates

Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws

Apr. 8, 2025 - The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.

Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws

UMichigan-Ann Arbor | Federal research funding fuels innovation, economic growth

Apr. 9, 2025 - Federal grants awarded to University of Michigan researchers help to drive innovation and economic growth, supporting thousands of jobs and generating millions in research-related spending across the United States.

UMichigan-Ann Arbor | Federal research funding fuels innovation, economic growth

Several Penn State international students have visas revoked

Apr. 7, 2025 - Several Penn State international students have visas revoked, according to a letter sent out by Interim Vice Provost of Penn State Global Sabine Klahr.

Several Penn State international students have visas revoked

Could LLMs help design our next medicines and materials?

Apr. 9, 2025 - A new multimodal tool combines a LLM with powerful graph-based AI models to efficiently find new, synthesizable molecules with desired properties, based on a user’s queries in plain language.

Could LLMs help design our next medicines and materials?

Trump administration terminates six UNC-CH international student visas

Apr. 9, 2025 - “ISSS is available to advise, answer questions and provide resources to all university-sponsored international students and scholars,” Media Relations wrote.

Trump administration terminates six UNC-CH international student visas

UW Information School ties for 1st in US News & World Report Best Graduate Schools ranking

Apr. 7, 2025 - The University of Washington’s graduate and professional degree programs were widely recognized as among the best in the nation.

UW Information School ties for 1st in US News & World Report Best Graduate Schools ranking

Department of Commerce announces the end of $4 million in funding of climate risk projects at Princeton

Apr. 9, 2025 - The Department of Commerce cut $4 million to Princeton for three climate-related projects, which it said were actively working against Trump administration objectives.

Department of Commerce announces the end of $4 million in funding of climate risk projects at Princeton

Northwestern faculty navigate attacks on speech, research

Apr. 9, 2025 - Northwestern faculty are grappling with the federal government’s challenges to academic freedom and free speech.

Northwestern faculty navigate attacks on speech, research

Wharton professor cited in Accenture report on organizational structures in age of generative AI

Apr. 9, 2025 - The report introduced AI as representing a "fundamentally different way of working" and drew on the company's "firsthand" experience with AI reinvention to explore questions of how organizations adapt workflows, prepare workers, and create new approaches to organization design.

Wharton professor cited in Accenture report on organizational structures in age of generative AI

Resolution to Establish a Mutual Defense Compact for the Universities of the Big Ten Academic Alliance in Defense of Academic Freedom, Institutional Integrity, and the Research Enterprise - Rutgers University Senate

Apr. 9, 2025 - The Rutgers University Senate urges the President of Rutgers University to formally propose and help establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance

Where Students Have Had Their Visas Revoked

Apr. 8, 2025 - 80-plus colleges and universities have identified over 300 international students and recent graduates who have had their legal status changed by the State Department.

Where Students Have Had Their Visas Revoked