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HUD plans move to Alexandria, booting National Science Foundation from headquarters

Jun 25, 2025 - The Department of Housing and Urban Development will move its employees out of D.C. to Alexandria, Virginia, booting the National Science Foundation from its headquarters.

HUD plans move to Alexandria, booting National Science Foundation from headquarters

UK awarded NSF grant to launch international research analytics network

Jun 25, 2025 - The University of Kentucky was awarded a four-year grant from NSF to establish the Research Evaluation and Analytics Capacity Hub (REACH).

UK awarded NSF grant to launch international research analytics network

Hundreds of IU degree programs at risk of disappearing

Jun 24, 2025 - The cutoff is 15 graduates/year for undergrad majors, 7 for Masters programs, and 3 for PhD programs, averaged over 3 years.

Hundreds of IU degree programs at risk of disappearing

Parking wars: Education Department cites logistics for delay of laid-off workers’ return

Jun 25, 2025 - The Trump administration laid off about 1,300 Education Department workers. A federal judge ordered the department to bring them back. The Supreme Court could have the final say.

Parking wars: Education Department cites logistics for delay of laid-off workers’ return

Following court order, NIH ceases new terminations of politically sensitive grants

Jun 25, 2025 - After a judge told agency to restore hundreds of killed grants, NIH backs off plans to cancel more existing projects

Following court order, NIH ceases new terminations of politically sensitive grants

New CRA Taulbee Survey - 2024-25

Jun 25, 2025 - Findings Show Record Doctoral Production, Rising Enrollment, and Shifting Undergraduate Trends

New CRA Taulbee Survey - 2024-25

Will Gates and other funders save massive public health database at risk from Trump cuts?

Jun 23, 2025 - UN in talks with governments and funding bodies to save highly cited, 40-year health data set used by researchers in more than 90 countries.

Will Gates and other funders save massive public health database at risk from Trump cuts?

AI models' supersonic progress tracked in 120 slides

Jun 25, 2025 - New report from Eric Schmidt's VC fund finds staggering growth along with massive change and uncertainty.

AI models' supersonic progress tracked in 120 slides

AI tool set to transform characterisation and treatment of cancers

Jun 24, 2025 - A multinational team of researchers developed and tested a new AI tool to better characterise the diversity of individual cells within tumours, opening doors for more targeted therapies for patients.

AI tool set to transform characterisation and treatment of cancers

Trump admin cuts contracts with scientific publishing giant

Jun 25, 2025 - The administration has questioned editorial practices and whether journals are partisans in scientific debates

Trump admin cuts contracts with scientific publishing giant

UW-Madison announces budget cuts for all departments up to 7 percent

Jun 23, 2025 - Facing funding cuts from the Trump administration and uncertainty from the Wisconsin Legislature, the flagship university directed all departments to cut their budgets between 5 percent and 7 percent next year

UW-Madison announces budget cuts for all departments up to 7 percent

Judge strikes down National Science Foundation’s 15% funding cap for research overhead

Jun 24, 2025 - With the new ruling, efforts to cap research overhead reimbursement have now been blocked at four federal agencies.

Judge strikes down National Science Foundation’s 15% funding cap for research overhead

Gov. Braun announces in-state tuition freeze for Indiana's public colleges and universities

Jun 24, 2025 - "Out of all state entities, our higher education institutions are in the best financial position to weather these cuts," Braun said.

Gov. Braun announces in-state tuition freeze for Indiana's public colleges and universities

Maine community colleges forced to close chapter on free tuition

Jun 24, 2025 - This year's graduates will be the last to benefit from a free tuition program.

Maine community colleges forced to close chapter on free tuition

The AI Alliance Forms Non-profit AI Lab and AI Technology & Advocacy Association to Scale Open-Source Innovation

Jun 20, 2025 - New legal entities and boards intend to scale the AI Alliance’s mission to support and perform open-source development, open research, education, and advocacy for AI globally.

The AI Alliance Forms Non-profit AI Lab and AI Technology & Advocacy Association to Scale Open-Source Innovation

Artificial intelligence and the wellbeing of workers

Jun 23, 2025 - The authors found no evidence of a sizeable negative impact of AI on workers’ well-being and mental health. If anything, there is evidence of an improvement in health status and health satisfaction, which may be explained by the decline in job physical intensity.

Artificial intelligence and the wellbeing of workers

Texas directs public universities to identify undocumented students

Jun 23, 2025 - It’s unclear what information schools might ask from students and how their immigration data will be protected.

Texas directs public universities to identify undocumented students

Belt-tightening continues at UMass amid federal funding cuts

Jun 22, 2025 - Campus officials have called for various belt-tightening measures, including spending reductions of 3% and 5% in all academic and administrative departments.

Belt-tightening continues at UMass amid federal funding cuts

Tuition discounts at private nonprofits continue to climb, estimates show

Jun 24, 2025 - Colleges have been giving larger aid packages to greater shares of students.

Tuition discounts at private nonprofits continue to climb, estimates show

BU Soars in New Rankings of World Universities and in Digital Leaders in Higher Education

Jun 18, 2025 - Ratings compiled by London’s QS and the French company Emerging

BU Soars in New Rankings of World Universities and in Digital Leaders in Higher Education

Potential Impact of the NIH's proposed FY26 budget

Jun 23, 2025 - An $estimated 46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide.

Potential Impact of the NIH's proposed FY26 budget

NIH grantees may face long wait for restored money

Jun 24, 2025 - Researchers who saw their NIH grants restored could face long waits accessing the money.

NIH grantees may face long wait for restored money

Duke researchers want to ensure AI is safe in a health care setting

Jun 24, 2025 - Health systems across the country are investing heavily in AI as a way to reduce burnout for providers and potentially improve care

Duke researchers want to ensure AI is safe in a health care setting

OSTP Memo: Gold Standard Science - NASA Watch

Jun 23, 2025 - Directed by President Trump's Executive Order (EO) 14303, "Restoring Gold Standard Science"

OSTP Memo: Gold Standard Science - NASA Watch

Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard

Jun 22, 2025 - More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.

Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard

Duke | What do students think about AI? Takeaways from the Student Voices Panel at the Triangle AI Summit

Jun 20, 2025 - The Triangle AI Summit brought faculty, staff, and community members together to engage around the ethical, social, humanitarian, and environmental aspects of AI.

Duke | What do students think about AI? Takeaways from the Student Voices Panel at the Triangle AI Summit

How many PhDs does the world need? Doctoral graduates vastly outnumber jobs in academia

Jun 22, 2025 - PhD programmes need to better prepare students for careers outside universities, researchers warn.

How many PhDs does the world need? Doctoral graduates vastly outnumber jobs in academia

UNC-CH | Rethinking AI Responsibility

Jun 23, 2025 - Francesca Tripodi is putting people at the heart of AI — challenging bias, teaching ethics, and shaping a more responsible future for technology.

UNC-CH | Rethinking AI Responsibility

A framework for values-based assessment in promotion, tenure, and other academic evaluations

Jun 20, 2025 - The framework includes 14 values (e.g. creativity, inclusivity, engagement, public good), and for each value.

A framework for values-based assessment in promotion, tenure, and other academic evaluations

🚨2025 DAIR³: Data and AI Intensive Research with Rigor and Reproducibility🚨

Jun 23, 2025 - The UTSA, Jackson University and U-M Ann Arbor held a 2-day training on DAIR

🚨2025 DAIR³: Data and AI Intensive Research with Rigor and Reproducibility🚨