Zoom bias: The social costs of having a ‘tinny’ sound during video conferences
Mar. 24, 2025 - A new study shows that poor audio quality in videoconferencing negatively affects listeners’ judgments of the people speaking.
Higher Ed News
UUtah | AI paves the way for kids to learn math by teaching it
Mar. 20, 2025 - Amidst declining math scores, AI-powered app co-created by U faculty aims to double learning rate.
Mastercard Foundation Scholar at CMU Ready To Become a Leader in AI
Mar. 25, 2025 - As a Mastercard Foundation Scholar, Clemence Ingabire is developing the skills to lead the charge toward responsible AI use in health care.
Exploring Tidy Tuesday: A Community Initiative for Notre Dame Data Science
Mar. 25, 2025 - The University of Notre Dame's Online Master's in Data Science (NDDS) program fosters this spirit through initiatives like Tidy Tuesday.
BU | Data Days for Good Gets Students to Address Real-World Challenges
Mar. 18, 2025 - Five BU students on Team Weber gathered in front of a big screen for a final run-through of their slide deck. They were among five teams of BU students who spent their spring break participating in MassMutual’s Data Days for Good.
AI symposium: UMichigan Engineering speakers share how they use AI in research
Mar 20, 2025 - Engineers at the MIDAS symposium discussed improving AI's interpretability and preventing misuse.
UWashington eScience | Biodiversity Horizons: Predicting Climate Risks
Mar. 24, 2025 - As global temperatures rise, preserving biodiversity is essential for the planet’s health and human well-being. However, current biodiversity risk projections are often limited to a few snapshots of the future.
UNC-CH SDSS students win first and second place in the annual Milwaukee Bucks Hackathon
Mar. 21, 2025 - Two teams of Carolina students won first and second place in the fourth annual hackathon hosted by NBA team Milwaukee Bucks and sponsored by Modine Manufacturing.
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.
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.