The Best Undergraduate Artificial Intelligence Programs
Sep 25, 2025 - See the rankings data for the best undergraduate artificial intelligence programs at US News.
Academic Data Science
UC Berkeley ranked #1 in data science and #2 in computer science by U.S. News
Sep 23, 2025 - UC Berkeley’s undergraduate data science program retained its No. 1 spot in the 2026 U.S. News and World Report rankings released today.
University launches ethical framework for AI use at summit
Sep 24, 2025 - University leaders, business executives, academics, journalists and others have gathered on campus this week for discussion on the role ethics, especially virtue drawn from Catholicism, might be able to play in society’s adaptation to the rise of generative AI.
New tool makes generative AI models more likely to create breakthrough materials
Sep 22, 2025 - A new tool called SCIGEN allows researchers to implement design rules that AI models must follow when generating new materials. The advance could speed the development of materials that enable technological breakthroughs.
W&M Dr. Cristiano Fanelli Awarded Prestigious NSF Career Award for AI-Driven Nuclear Physics Research
Sep 17, 2025 - His project, Advancing Precision Nucleon Tomography through Deep Learning and Uncertainty Quantification, aims to unlock new insights into the fundamental building blocks of matter.
UVA Welcomes New Class of 125 B.S. in Data Science Students
Sep 22, 2025 - This fall, the University of Virginia School of Data Science welcomed its newest undergraduate class: 125 students pursuing the B.S. in Data Science.
World’s first AI-designed viruses a step towards AI-generated life
Sep 19, 2025 - Scientists used AI to write coherent viral genomes, using them to synthesize bacteriophages capable of killing resistant strains of bacteria.
UNM professor joins $152 million project to build transparent AI models for science
Sep 20, 2025 - One of the biggest challenges with artificial intelligence today is the quality of data. Many models were trained on the internet, full of falsehoods and lies.
Building a Hub for Data Justice (feat. Dr. Amy Yeboah Quarkume)
Sep 19, 2025 - Dr. Amy Yeboah Quarkume at Howard University shares how she’s building Howard into a hub for data science, social justice, and environmental justice.
UVA Data Points Podcast: Trustworthy AI
Sep 19, 2025 - What does it really mean for artificial intelligence to be “trustworthy”? And why should it matter to you?
Governor Hochul Announces $300 Million Investment in SUNY at Stony Brook’s Quantum Research and Innovation Hub
Sep 17, 2025 - Gov. Hochul announced $300 million to establish the Quantum Research and Innovation Hub at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, further catapulting New York’s national leadership in groundbreaking research that saves lives, grows the economy and improves national security.
Microsoft to open quantum research center near University of Maryland, College Park
Sep 17, 2025 - Microsoft is opening a new quantum research center near the University of Maryland, part of a push to make the state a hub for quantum science.
H. Andrew Schwartz joins Vanderbilt's College of Connected Computing
Sep 13, 2025 - H. Andrew Schwartz, whose “HLAB” research includes improvements to state of the art in artificial intelligence, has moved to the new College of Connecting Computing.
How to build AI scaling laws for efficient LLM training and budget maximization
Sep 16, 2025 - MIT and MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab researchers have developed a universal guide for estimating how large language models (LLMs) will perform based on smaller models in the same family.
UIllinois Chicago | Former student Khairi Reda joins CS faculty
Sep 16, 2025 - Reda earned both of his graduate degrees from UIC; he completed his MS in 2009 and his PhD in 2014. He works primarily in data visualization and computer graphics.
UNC-C | Mitu Banerjee: Redefining Her Path Through Lifelong Learning
Sep 17, 2025 - After nearly three decades away from the classroom, Mitu Banerjee made the bold decision to return to higher education
UPenn | Deepfakes, digital doubles, and the law: Jennifer Rothman on protecting identity in the AI era
Sep 15, 2025 - The evolution of AI technology may require more robust copyright laws and guardrails that protect people’s control of their own identities, says the Penn Carey Law professor.
UCR researchers fortify AI against rogue rewiring
Sep 4, 2025 - As generative AI models move from massive cloud servers to phones and cars, they’re stripped down to save power. But what gets trimmed can include the technology that stops them from spewing hate speech or offering roadmaps for criminal activity.
UCSD | UCR Scientists Use NSF Supercomputers to Reveal How “Jumping Genes” can Transform Gene Editing Technologies
Sep 18, 2025 - UC Riverside (UCR) researchers recently utilized U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) ACCESS allocations to uncover how a bacterial protein can steer the “jumping” of genes to specific spots in the genome.
WashU | Kannampallil and Wiley named among 24 new ACMI Fellows
Sep 18, 2025 - Thomas Kannampallil, PhD, FAMIA, and Laura Wiley, PhD, FAMIA, have been named among 24 new Fellows to be inducted into the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI).
Princeton AI Lab Welcomes New Postdocs
Sep 9, 2025 - The incoming postdocs will contribute to the research coming from the AI Lab’s three initiatives, AI for Accelerating Invention (AI2), Natural and Artificial Minds (NAM), and Princeton Language and Intelligence (PLI).
JHU Data Science and AI Institute announces 22 new faculty
Aug 25, 2025 - These newly appointed faculty members join more than 150 Data Science and AI Institute faculty members across Johns Hopkins.
UW eScience | Software for Community-Driven Enumeration: Needs Assessment of People Experiencing Homelessness
Sep 8, 2025 - To better understand and support people living without shelter, Dr. Zack Almquist, and his team are partnering with the King County Regional Homelessness Authority to develop a new way of counting and learning about this population.
UC San Diego Plays Key Role in National Effort to Build a Fusion Research Data Platform
Sep 16, 2025 - The data platform will unite scattered research data and workflows into a single U.S. resource.
UNC-Chapel Hill New majors, minors and more begin in fall 2025
Sep 8, 2025 - Carolina’s latest academic options include a minor in risk management and a graduate program in Africana studies.
UVA Data Science Faculty Awarded Jefferson Trust Grant to Advance AI-Empowered Student Support
Sep 17, 2025 - UVA Data Science faculty win $154K Jefferson Trust grant to build scalable AI tools that personalize student support and transform teaching assistants’ roles.
U-M Ann Arbor | Simulated humanoid robots learn to hike rugged terrain autonomously
Sep 16, 2025 - Now able to learn locomotion and navigation together, robots develop balanced gaits and safe routes.
UPenn Pranam Chatterjee Designs Novel AI Frameworks for Biotechnology
Sep 18, 2025 - Chatterjee turned to artificial intelligence (AI) as his tool of choice in the engineering world.
Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences Symposium scheduled for Oct. 6
Sep 15, 2025 - The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) annual symposium event will be held Monday, Oct. 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Brown CCMB Junior Faculty Ying Ma receives 3 grants from NSF and NIH
Sep 15, 2025 - Ying Ma, the Edens Family Assistant Professor of Healthcare Communications and Technology and Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, will address genomic challenges using computational methods in her upcoming research supported by three recent grants from the NSF and NIH.