Machine learning model predicts PTSD symptom severity over time
Mar. 10, 2025 - Using functional brain imaging and machine learning, Yale researchers were able to predict PTSD symptoms 14 months after the initial traumatic event.
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Full list of 43 countries on Donald Trump's draft travel ban
Mar. 15, 2025 - The Trump administration is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for citizens of dozens of countries.
Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models
Mar. 14, 2025 - NIST has issued new instructions to scientists that partner with the US Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI) to eliminate mention of 'AI safety,' 'responsible AI,' and 'AI fairness' in order to reduce 'ideological bias, to enable human flourishing and economic competitiveness.'
DeSantis installs allies at state universities in purge of ‘ideological concepts’
Mar. 12, 2025 - Gov. Ron DeSantis has taken extra care to install political allies with limited higher education experience.
Office for Civil Rights Initiates Title VI Investigations into Institutions of Higher Education
Mar. 14, 2025 - The investigations come amid allegations that these institutions have violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (1964) by partnering with “The Ph.D. Project."
UW-Madison under federal investigation for DEI efforts
Mar. 14, 2025 - The University of Wisconsin-Madison is among 45 universities under federal investigation by U.S. Department of Education for DEI efforts and alleged Title VI violations.
Trump cuts trigger hiring freezes at New York colleges with medical research in jeopardy
Mar. 13, 2025 - New York colleges and universities are freezing hiring and warning that President Trump’s federal cuts endanger the very existence of their research programs.
University launches new research support program
Mar. 13, 2025 - The University of Michigan is initiating a new research funding program that provides temporary support for qualified researchers who have received federal grant and contract stop-work orders.
As US slashes at research, French university opens arms to scientists seeking refuge
Mar. 12, 2025 - Aix-Marseille University has a long tradition of bringing artists and researchers in precarious situations — people struggling to conduct their work in war zones or while facing security threats — onto its campus.
Senator Collins Announces University of Maine’s USDA Funding Restored
Mar. 12, 2025 - After consulting with the Administration, Senator Collins today announced USDA funding to the University of Maine has been restored.
Kentucky lawmakers vote to ban DEI spending at public colleges
Mar. 13, 2025 - Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is unlikely to sign the bill, but Republican lawmakers hold a veto-proof supermajority in the Legislature.
Federal student loan site down Wednesday, a day after layoffs gutted Education Department
Mar. 13, 2025 - An hours-long outage Wednesday on StudentAid.gov, the federal website for student loans and financial aid, underscored the risks in rapidly gutting the Department of Education.
Johns Hopkins’ aid groups to lay off nearly 2,000 amid Trump cuts
Mar. 13, 2025 - Jhpiego and the Center for Communication Programs, global aid groups affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, have begun layoffs and a reorganization as millions in federal funding from USAID is cut off.
Columbia University says it expelled some students who seized building last year
Mar. 13, 2025 - Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring, and had temporarily revoked the diplomas of some students who have since graduated.
UMass Chan freezes hiring, rescinds PhD program admissions amid funding uncertainty
Mar. 13, 2025 - UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester became the latest higher education institution to announce a hiring freeze.
Pitt's hiring freeze is only step one, other cost-cutting measures to follow
Mar. 13, 2025 - Pitt’s Chief Financial Officer Dwayne Pinkney said enrollment trends, inflation and flat state funding were also behind the decision.
Duke to implement staff hiring freeze, series of cost-cutting measures amid federal funding threats
Mar. 13, 2025 - Upcoming spending adjustments include suspending capital spending, freezing staff hiring and salary mid-year adjustments, reviewing all faculty hiring practices and slowing all non-compensation spending.
UW implements hiring freeze, other budget-cutting measures amid federal, state uncertainty
Mar. 12, 2025 - UW has a "good financial position," but unprecedented federal policy changes have increased the university's risk of funding cuts.
UMD international students prepare for uncertainty after Trump’s executive orders
Mar. 12, 2025 - Multiple international students who spoke to The Diamondback under anonymity due to fear of retaliation expressed concerns about their freedom of speech and ability to critique the U.S. government under Trump’s new administration.
Tufts administrators, alumni navigate DEI work amid political challenges - The Tufts Daily
Mar. 13, 2025 - Tufts boasts 97 master’s programs, one of which is the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Leadership program.
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Will Keep Budget Flat, Stop Staff Hiring for Fiscal Year 2026
Mar. 12, 2025 - The Faculty of Arts and Sciences will aim to keep spending flat for fiscal year 2026 amid threats from the Trump administration and long-term financial concerns.
UWashington | UW AI Perspectives series hosts NVIDIA vice president Matthew Hull
Mar. 13, 2025 - Matthew Hull, vice president of global AI platform solutions at NVIDIA and UW Foster School of Business master’s student, spoke March 11 as part of UW’s AI Task Force Town
Brown University institutes staff-wide hiring freeze in response to ‘federal government actions’
Mar. 13, 2025 - The freeze will remain in effect through the end of the 2025 fiscal year.
UC Irvine | Ky-Vinh Mai: Beyond the Data
Mar. 12, 2025- UC Irvine language science and data science double-major Ky-Vinh Mai tackles big questions in ethics and AI.
Pitt | Poster Prizes at Data Science Day 2025 Responsible Data Science
Mar. 10, 2025 - This year, RDS@Pitt is awarding a $250 prize for an outstanding student poster that demonstrates excellence in responsible data science.
Texas A&M - Thematic Labs Program, TAMIDS
Thematic Labs Program supports cutting-edge research in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, and Data Science at Texas A&M University.
Utah, NVIDIA Team Up for AI Upskilling in Education, Workforce
Mar. 10, 2025 - NVIDIA is lending teaching materials and upskilling opportunities in AI to Utah's higher education students and state workers in a new partnership with colleges and universities across the state.
Lamont cuts spending at CT public colleges, other agencies
Mar. 10, 2025 - Gov. Ned Lamont took $41 million from more than a dozen agencies, including more than $6 million from public colleges and universities he pledged to shield
Pregnant and parenting students fall victim to lawsuit targeting LGBTQ rights
Mar. 11, 2025 - When a federal judge scrapped new Title IX rules for LGBTQ students, expanded protections for student parents were tossed out, too.
USDA pauses funding to University of Maine System
Mar. 12, 2025 - The funding freeze follows a spat between President Donald Trump and Gov. Janet Mills over his order restricting transgender students from women’s sports.