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UC Berkeley | Steering AI for the good of humanity

Apr. 2, 2025 - As an undergraduate mathematics student 14 years ago, Jacob Steinhardt began to consider a future where artificial intelligence would automate most cognitive work, which he thought could have an even bigger impact than the Industrial Revolution.

UC Berkeley | Steering AI for the good of humanity

UVA SDS Professors Baek and Gates Win $900K Award from NNSA to Advance Physics-Informed Machine Learning

Apr. 2, 2025 - Under the grant award, the team will use data science theories and methods to contribute to the safe storage, monitoring, and handling of energetic materials.

UVA SDS Professors Baek and Gates Win $900K Award from NNSA to Advance Physics-Informed Machine Learning

How AI Is Transforming Climate Change Prediction And Mitigation

Apr. 1, 2025 - During a recent event hosted by the University of Virginia, a panel of experts discussed how AI is transforming climate change prediction, risk modeling, and mitigation - while balancing energy use, equity, and transparency in deployment.

How AI Is Transforming Climate Change Prediction And Mitigation

Brown Computational Biology Undergrad Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Apr. 2, 2025 - Skylar Walters, an undergraduate concentrator at CCMB, has a bright future ahead of her in computational biology research.

Brown Computational Biology Undergrad Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Wayne State University Receives $50M for New Engineering College

Apr. 4, 2025 - A record-breaking alumni donation will be used to drive research in mobility, energy storage, AI and other growing fields by supporting doctoral fellowships, undergraduate student experiences and recruitment efforts.

Wayne State University Receives $50M for New Engineering College

Northeastern University Launches 'Claude' AI for Critical Thinking

Apr. 4, 2025 - A private research university in Massachusetts is deploying Claude for Education, a chatbot designed by Anthropic to walk students through a reasoning process to help them build critical thinking skills.

Northeastern University Launches 'Claude' AI for Critical Thinking

UC San Diego preps budget for up to a $500M hit from federal cuts

Apr. 4, 2025 - Citing “unprecedented conditions,” the university’s chancellor said it was freezing hiring and delaying capital projects.

UC San Diego preps budget for up to a $500M hit from federal cuts

Researchers sue NIH over mass cuts to DEI grants

Apr. 3, 2025 - Plaintiffs argue that agency leaders “upended NIH’s enviable track record of rigor and excellence, launching a reckless and illegal purge.”

Researchers sue NIH over mass cuts to DEI grants

Visas revoked for 12 UC Davis students and graduates, university says

Apr. 5, 2025 - Chancellor Gary S. May says the federal government provided no explanation for the terminated visas.

Visas revoked for 12 UC Davis students and graduates, university says

Data-Driven, Interactive Map Shows Local Economic Impact of Cuts to Federal Funding for Health Research

Apr. 3, 2025 - Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Maryland show that proposed NIH funding cuts lead to an estimated $16 billion in economic loss and 68,000 jobs lost nationwide.

Data-Driven, Interactive Map Shows Local Economic Impact of Cuts to Federal Funding for Health Research

UNC Chapel Hill business school announces hiring freeze, cites political disruptions

Apr. 3, 2025 - The temporary hiring freeze was announced in a Thursday email to Kenan-Flagler employees.

UNC Chapel Hill business school announces hiring freeze, cites political disruptions

Exclusive: American University's business school launches new "applied AI" institute

Apr. 3, 2025 - The goal is to weave AI into every aspect of business education.

Exclusive: American University's business school launches new "applied AI" institute

Harvard Faculty Address Trump’s Assault on Higher Education

Apr. 3, 2025 - Arts and Sciences engages with the Trump administration’s assault on higher education.

Harvard Faculty Address Trump’s Assault on Higher Education

Vana is letting users own a piece of the AI models trained on their data

Apr. 3, 2025 - The firm created a user-owned network that allows individuals to upload their data and govern how they are used to train AI models.

Vana is letting users own a piece of the AI models trained on their data

Harvard FAS Is Developing a Contingency Plan for Drastic Federal Funding Cuts

Apr. 3, 2025 - Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra said that the FAS is developing a contingency plan for the looming possibility that the Trump administration hits Harvard with steep federal funding cuts.

Harvard FAS Is Developing a Contingency Plan for Drastic Federal Funding Cuts

Princeton punts on releasing total operating budget after funding cuts, says it will support financial aid

Apr. 3, 2025 - The Board of Trustees approved significant increases in undergraduate financial aid and graduate student support for the 2025–26 academic year.

Princeton punts on releasing total operating budget after funding cuts, says it will support financial aid

UPenn Wharton announces new major, concentration in artificial intelligence

Apr. 3, 2025 - The new AI program will be jointly administered by the Statistics and Data Science Department and the Operations, Information and Decisions Department with support from the Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative.

UPenn Wharton announces new major, concentration in artificial intelligence

UC Berkeley expects students to contribute more toward educational costs

Apr. 3, 2025 - UC Berkeley is increasing students’ financial self-help expectations in response to rising economic challenges.

UC Berkeley expects students to contribute more toward educational costs

Stanford Science Fellows 2025 cohort is largest ever

Apr. 2, 2025 - Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences has awarded 11 scholars from top research programs the distinguished Stanford Science Fellowship.

Stanford Science Fellows 2025 cohort is largest ever

Yale to face “far more constrained” budget next fiscal year amid low endowment returns

Apr. 3, 2025 - Due to low endowment returns and an uncertain economic climate, Yale will be able to pay for existing expenses, but not new initiatives in the 2026 fiscal year.

Yale to face “far more constrained” budget next fiscal year amid low endowment returns

Brown University hires external firms to lobby Congress, Trump administration

Apr. 2, 2025 - For the first time since at least 2002, Brown has enlisted two firms, one of which is staffed by operatives who have almost exclusively worked in the Republican Party, to lobby Congress and the Trump administration on its behalf.

Brown University hires external firms to lobby Congress, Trump administration

North Dakota Announces Launch of State Data Hub, Dashboards

Apr. 2, 2025 - Its new State Data Hub offers a centralized platform for information on state topics ranging from housing to education. It is intended to simplify access to the details, both for decision-makers and the public.

North Dakota Announces Launch of State Data Hub, Dashboards

How Europe aims to woo US scientists and protect academic freedom

Apr. 1, 2025 - The European Union’s new research chief Ekaterina Zaharieva speaks to Nature about attracting disaffected US scientists and cutting grant bureaucracy.

How Europe aims to woo US scientists and protect academic freedom

Community Colleges Expand Four-Year Degree Options as Illinois Joins National Trend

Apr. 1, 2025 - The move aligns Illinois with a growing national trend that has seen dramatic expansion in community college baccalaureate (CCB) programs across the country.

Community Colleges Expand Four-Year Degree Options as Illinois Joins National Trend

Letters and Petitions — We Are Higher Ed

Apr. 2, 2025 - Letters, statements, and petitions by We Are Higher Ed which represents administrators, faculty, staff, students, and allies.

Letters and Petitions — We Are Higher Ed

The CDC Has Been Gutted

Apr. 2, 2025 - Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.

The CDC Has Been Gutted

Princeton considers issuing bonds same day as federal government pauses grants

Apr. 2, 2025 - The University announced its consideration to sell approximately $320 million of taxable bonds on Tuesday, following a notification from government agencies about the suspension of research grants.

Princeton considers issuing bonds same day as federal government pauses grants

WSU to pause hiring and non-essential travel amid financial crunch

Mar. 31, 2025 - WSU said they are making a "proactive move intended to ensure Washington State University continues to fulfill its historic mission during financially uncertain times."

WSU to pause hiring and non-essential travel amid financial crunch

Trump administration suspends USDA grants for College of Menominee Nation in Wisconsin

Mar. 31, 2025 - U.S. Department of Agriculture grants that fund tribal colleges and universities in Wisconsin and beyond have vanished.

Trump administration suspends USDA grants for College of Menominee Nation in Wisconsin

NSF has awarded almost 50% fewer grants since Trump took office

Mar. 31, 2025 - The reasons aren’t clear—and the agency’s director claims the president’s policies haven’t slowed grant awards.

NSF has awarded almost 50% fewer grants since Trump took office