UVA SDS Ph.D. Student Profile: Medhasweta Sen
Jul 25, 2025 - Medhasweta Sen brings global perspective and AI research passion to UVA’s Ph.D. in Data Science program, focusing on LLMs, ethics, and real-world impact.
Higher Ed News
UPenn | AI Vision, Reinvented: The Power of Synthetic Data
Jul 21, 2025 - Researchers at Penn Engineering and the Allen Institute for AI have developed a new approach to train open-source models.
Penn State University Libraries to host August speakers on AI, the Data Rescue Project
Jul 23, 2025 - Penn State University Libraries will sponsor two speakers on open scholarship topics in conjunction with the second Penn State Open Scholarship Boot Camp, set for Aug. 13-15 on the University Park campus.
U-M Ann Arbor | Improving AI models: Automated tool detects silent errors in deep learning training
Jul 24, 2025 - TrainCheck uses training invariants to find the root cause of hard-to-detect errors before they cause downstream problems, saving time and resources.
DeepMind and OpenAI models solve maths problems at level of top students
Jul 24, 2025 - For the first time, large language models performed on a par with gold medallists in the International Mathematical Olympiad.
State Department Launches Investigation Into Harvard’s Participation in J-1 Visa Program
Jul 25, 2025 - The US State Department launched an investigation into Harvard’s compliance with the Exchange Visitor Program, which allows universities to sponsor short-term J-1 visas for international instructors, researchers, and certain students.
New memo from UNC System orders schools to prove DEI policies are eliminated
Jul 23, 2025 - UNC System schools implemented the "Equality Policy" last year, eliminating DEI positions. Now, leaders on the Board of Governors want schools to verify those realignments succeeded.
Georgia Tech building supercomputer it hopes will speed up the future
Jul 23, 2025 - The $20M supercomputer, NEXUS, is expected to be completed in spring 2026.
AI tracked down nearly 80,000 ‘ghost students’ trying to enroll in California colleges
Jul 23, 2025 - “The only answer for a bad guy with AI is a good guy with AI,” said Kiran Kodithala, whose AI platform is front-and-center in California’s fight against education fraud.
KU requires removal of pronouns from employee email signatures by July 31
Jul 22, 2025 - Kansas University employees must remove personal pronouns from email signatures and university platforms by July 31, following a state directive ending DEI initiatives.
UNO among schools under federal investigation for 'alleged exclusionary scholarships'
Jul 24, 2025 - The Department of Education is investigating the University of Nebraska Omaha among other universities for "alleged exclusionary scholarships."
FY26 Appropriations Update: Senate Releases Funding Plans for NSF, NIST, and NASA; Recommends Mostly Flat Funding
Jul 21, 2025 - Analysis of the Fiscal Year 2026 Senate Appropriations Committee’s Commerce, Justice, Science legislation.
Salary negotiation bias from chatbots
Jul 24, 2025 - Researchers Sorokovikova and Chizhov et al. found that salary suggestions for females were lower than for males.
ASA K-12 Statistics and Data Science Education Outreach Director
Jul 24, 2025 - Kaycie Maddox is the ASA K–12 Statistics and Data Science Education Outreach Director.
Reactions Are Mixed as Trump Unveils AI Action Plan
Jul 23, 2025 - The new federal AI Action Plan aims to secure U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence. Its policies address a range of issues, including worker displacement. Experts have concerns about its impact on state policy.
ChatGPT was a homework cheating tool. Now OpenAI is carving out a more official role in education.
Jul 23, 2025 - A new partnership weaves the startup's powerful AI models into a learning app used by thousands of schools and colleges.
Columbia University to pay Trump admin $200m to settle dispute
Jul 23, 2025 - The New York college becomes the first to agree to pay the Trump administration after it was investigated over campus antisemitism.
Penn State students express frustration, concern over upcoming 2% tuition increase
Jul 23, 2025 - The Penn State Board of Trustees approved a 2% tuition increase for in-state undergraduate students at University Park for the 2026-27 academic year on July 18th.
A new way to edit or generate images
Jul 21, 2025 - MIT and Meta researchers discover that special kinds of neural networks called encoders or “tokenizers” can do much more than previously realized, leading to a new way to edit or generate images.
Duke, national groups back new research funding model amid indirect cost cap litigation
Jul 21, 2025 - The Joint Associations Group on Indirect Costs announced its model July 11. The financial impact on Duke “remains to be seen."
UPenn cuts protections for international graduate students in union contract talks, organizers say
Jul 22, 2025 - The University presented four counterproposals to drafts submitted by GET-UP regarding graduate workers' job expectations, scheduling, recognition, compensation, along with support for international and immigrant workers.
Stanford Report highlights AI’s potential to support learners with disabilities
Jul 21, 2025 - Drawing on a collaborative event including students, educators, and policymakers, Stanford’s Accelerator for Learning has released a white paper calling for AI systems designed around the needs of individuals with learning differences.
Congress passed the Republican tax and spending bill. Here’s how it could impact Brown.
Jul 21, 2025 - While the new endowment tax won’t impact Brown, cuts to federal aid will.
Barnard tuition increases by 4.5 percent for 2025-26 academic year
Jul 21, 2025 - Barnard will charge $70,644 in tuition for the 2025-26 academic year
FY2026 National Science Foundation
Jul 21, 2025 - This page contains interactive tables and charts with budget details for the National Science Foundation in fiscal year 2026.
Record Numbers Of U.S. Students Are Applying To Colleges In The U.K.
Jul 21, 2025 - Amid the Trump administration's continuing campaign against higher education, a record number of American undergraduates are applying to colleges in the United Kingdom.
Temple University to lay off 50 employees
Jul 21, 2025- The public institution is cutting 190 positions in an effort to slash its $60 million deficit in half.
What does Trump’s executive order on foreign gift reporting mean for colleges?
Jul 22, 2025 - Institutions that don’t fully comply with Section 117 could end up in the Trump administration’s crosshairs and miss out on federal grants, experts suggested.
F-1, J-1 Student Visa Issuances Dropped in May
Jul 17, 2025 - An analysis of State Department data shows fewer visas were issued this May than last. Experts worry the trend will continue.
Are Trump's Policies Driving STEM Students to Other Countries?
Jul 14, 2025 - International student interest in U.S. engineering programs has dropped sharply. What does this mean for future innovation?