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Lucy Family Institute Graduate Scholar Austin Wyman Receives Best Paper Award at International Data Science Conference

Oct 20, 2025 - Emotion detection AI is an emerging tool with applications across the fields of advertising, the automotive industry, education, human resources, and mental

Lucy Family Institute Graduate Scholar Austin Wyman Receives Best Paper Award at International Data Science Conference

Berkeley Institute for Data Science partners with 2i2c on open source infrastructure

Oct 22, 2025 - BIDS is the first premier member of 2i2c’s new community network, recognizing Berkeley’s longstanding contributions and commitment to the development of open source tools and infrastructure.

Berkeley Institute for Data Science partners with 2i2c on open source infrastructure

US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold

Oct 21, 2025 - Some doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding.

US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold

Welcoming Four New Members to the CS&S Board of Directors

Oct 15, 2025 - The new class of board members brings financial expertise, human resources leadership, legal and policy perspective, and experience as part of the fiscally sponsored project program to the CS&S Board of Directors.

Welcoming Four New Members to the CS&S Board of Directors

Former Climate.gov team building Climate.us—a new bridge between scientists and the public

Oct 21, 2025 - Rebecca Lindsey shares their team's plans for Climate.us, especially their rescue of the Fifth National Climate Assessment.

Former Climate.gov team building Climate.us—a new bridge between scientists and the public

It’s Here! Check Out the 2025 CRA Academic Member Book

Oct 21, 2025 - The Computing Research Association (CRA) is thrilled to celebrate the release of the 2025 Academic Member Book!

It’s Here! Check Out the 2025 CRA Academic Member Book

CERP Pulse Survey: A Snapshot of 2025 Undergraduate Computing Enrollment Patterns

Oct 21, 2025 - This article explores current enrollment trends across computing subdisciplines and considers the unique changes within computing relative to institutional enrollment patterns.

CERP Pulse Survey: A Snapshot of 2025 Undergraduate Computing Enrollment Patterns

CRA Update: Navigating the Changing Landscape of Computing Education — Together

Oct 21, 2025 - Many academic units are feeling the ripple effects of the recent headlines through declines in undergraduate enrollments.

CRA Update: Navigating the Changing Landscape of Computing Education — Together

‘Who’s Afraid of AI?’: UToronto event asks what kind of AI future we want

Oct 17, 2025 - The rapid advance of artificial intelligence has so far been met with a mix of optimism and fear – but relatively little insight into what this potentially smarter-than-us technology actually means for our lives.

‘Who’s Afraid of AI?’: UToronto event asks what kind of AI future we want

From facing federal scrutiny to being a ‘good actor’: U.Va. and the Trump administration

Oct 20, 2025 - Although the University ultimately chose not to sign an agreement from the Trump administration, Interim University President Paul Mahoney left open the possibility of future collaboration and alternative approaches in his letter to the Education Department.

From facing federal scrutiny to being a ‘good actor’: U.Va. and the Trump administration

Notre Dame Editorial: AI-proof the Core Curriculum

Oct 17, 2025 - The Core Curriculum is an essential part of a Catholic education that must be saved from AI.

Notre Dame Editorial: AI-proof the Core Curriculum

National Institutes of Health awards $19.5 million to Ohio State ARTEMIS Suicidal Prediction and Prevention Study

Oct 20, 2025 - The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine are launching a study funded by a $19.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

National Institutes of Health awards $19.5 million to Ohio State ARTEMIS Suicidal Prediction and Prevention Study

7 of Duke’s peer institutions decline Trump’s preferential funding compact

Oct 20, 2025 - Signing onto the compact would entail accepting the administration’s positions on topical issues such as admissions, freedom of speech, foreign visas, women’s sports and college affordability.

7 of Duke’s peer institutions decline Trump’s preferential funding compact

Bucknell Professor Jude Okolie Harnesses AI to Assess Sources of Biodiesel Fuel

Oct 15, 2025 - Bucknell chemical engineering professor explores how deep learning can revolutionize biodiesel production.

Bucknell Professor Jude Okolie Harnesses AI to Assess Sources of Biodiesel Fuel

Northeastern researchers wrestle with ‘demoralizing’ grant cuts

Oct 15, 2025 - Katherine Trice's National Institutes of Health’s F31 diversity fellowship supplied a necessary equipment boost for her thesis work.

Northeastern researchers wrestle with ‘demoralizing’ grant cuts

Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles

Oct 21, 2025 - The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for the next two years.

Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles

Princeton's Eisgruber calls Trump administration compact ‘a dangerous step in the wrong direction’

Oct 20, 2025 - The “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” lays out a comprehensive vision for the Trump administration’s educational priorities, and follows months of sustained pressure on Princeton and other elite institutions.

Princeton's Eisgruber calls Trump administration compact ‘a dangerous step in the wrong direction’

Pitt’s “Forging the Future: The Intersection of Health, AI and Tech” global summit kicks off

Oct 20, 2025 - Pitt kicked off its first-of-a-kind global summit, “Forging the Future: The Intersection of Health, AI and Tech,” on Monday, Oct. 20, a day after the annual Global Federation of Competitiveness Council conference on Sunday, Oct. 19.

Pitt’s “Forging the Future: The Intersection of Health, AI and Tech” global summit kicks off

University to launch campus climate survey, fulfilling agreement with federal government

Oct 20, 2025 - The survey will be sent to students next week and will inform the future of diversity and inclusion at Brown.

University to launch campus climate survey, fulfilling agreement with federal government

Under political pressure, colleges try to recruit more rural students

Oct 20, 2025 - Facing calls to diversify viewpoints and cap international enrollment, elite schools are turning to a group often overlooked in admissions: students from small-town America.

Under political pressure, colleges try to recruit more rural students

Arizona colleges face ‘devastating impact’ after Trump slashes grant funds to minority-serving institutions

Oct 20, 2025 - Ten community colleges and universities in Arizona will lose at least $13.8 million after President Donald Trump's administration cut discretionary funding to minority-serving institutions.

Arizona colleges face ‘devastating impact’ after Trump slashes grant funds to minority-serving institutions

Amazon and Carnegie Mellon University Launch Strategic AI Innovation Hub

Oct 15, 2025 - The collaboration between CMU and Amazon will advance research in generative AI, robotics, natural language processing and cloud computing while fostering innovation in foundational and emerging technologies.

Amazon and Carnegie Mellon University Launch Strategic AI Innovation Hub

Be Careful What You Tell Your AI Chatbot

Oct 15, 2025 - A Stanford study reveals that leading AI companies are pulling user conversations for training, highlighting privacy risks and a need for clearer policies.

Be Careful What You Tell Your AI Chatbot

Making Machine Learning Safer in High-Stakes Settings

Oct 20, 2025 - A recent report and webinar explored how to improve the performance and safety of machine learning in these settings.

Making Machine Learning Safer in High-Stakes Settings

How Chinese paper mills use AI to create ‘higher quality’ academic fraud

Oct 15, 2025 - Paper mills that sell authorship or fabricate entire papers are a staple of China’s competitive academic landscape.

How Chinese paper mills use AI to create ‘higher quality’ academic fraud

AI language models killed the Turing test: do we even need a replacement?

Oct 20, 2025 - Chatbots now ace the mathematician's famous imitation game, but imitation never equalled intelligence.

AI language models killed the Turing test: do we even need a replacement?

Baltimore residents protest Johns Hopkins University's plan to build data, A.I. center

Oct 15, 2025 - A group of North Baltimore residents says they are fed up with Johns Hopkins University, claiming it isn't a good neighbor to the people who live near its campuses.

Baltimore residents protest Johns Hopkins University's plan to build data, A.I. center

Harvard’s operations lost $112.6M in FY25 amid Trump’s pressure campaign

Oct 17, 2025 - President Alan Garber called fiscal 2025 extraordinarily challenging for the Ivy League university "even by the standards of our centuries-long history."

Harvard’s operations lost $112.6M in FY25 amid Trump’s pressure campaign

Large language models prioritize helpfulness over accuracy in medical contexts

Oct 17, 2025 - Mass General Brigham researchers highlight the ‘sycophantic’ tendency of artificial intelligence tools like GPT4, which consistently complied with requests that would produce false medical information

Large language models prioritize helpfulness over accuracy in medical contexts

AI analysis of world’s largest heart attack datasets opens way to new treatment strategies

Oct 16, 2025 - A landmark international study led by the University of Zurich has shown that artificial intelligence can assess patient risk for the most common type of heart attack more accurately than existing methods.

AI analysis of world’s largest heart attack datasets opens way to new treatment strategies