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.
Higher Ed News
What does the end of Grad PLUS loans mean for higher ed?
Sep 22, 2025 - The end of the 20-year program could push more students to the private loan market and force colleges to end some of their graduate offerings.
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.
UWSP Brings in Largest Freshmen Class in Four Decades
Sep 19, 2025 - The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has recorded its largest Freshman class.
Oxford University gives students access to AI platform
Sep 21, 2025 - The rollout is part of a partnership between the institution and OpenAI, which develops ChatGPT.
Education Department Gives Harvard 20 Days To Submit Documents in Admissions Investigation
Sep 19, 2025 - The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights on Friday gave Harvard a 20-day deadline to turn over information in an investigation into its consideration of race in undergraduate admissions, accusing the University of ignoring repeated requests for documents.
Trump Officials Question Harvard’s Stability, Saying Federal Inquiries Raise Financial Risk
Sep 19, 2025 - The administration’s latest attack on the nation’s oldest university comes as negotiations stall for a settlement to restore billions in frozen federal research funds.
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?
Trump student visa policies pose outsized risk to speciality colleges
Sep 19, 2025 - The higher ed institutions poised to be hit hardest by declines in international enrollment are also disproportionately Christian, a new analysis found.
When a College Dies, Who Gets the Campus?
Sep 18, 2025 - When higher ed institutions close, the buildings they leave behind can be puzzles for cities and community members to solve. Here’s how several former college towns have fared.
UA’s Record Enrollment Growth Reinforces In-State Investment, Academic Excellence
Sep 15, 2025 - The University of Alabama set a new enrollment record this year, welcoming 42,360 students for fall 2025, a 3.7% increase.
Tillerson Investments in Civics, Engineering and Longhorn Band Prepare Future Leaders
Sep 17, 2025 - Rex Tillerson has made transformational investments in UT’s School of Civic Leadership, the Cockrell School of Engineering and Longhorn Band.
BSU Faculty win largest NSF award in university history to create semiconductor workforce center
Sep 17, 2025 - A team of Boise State University faculty are making university history and amplifying Idaho’s semiconductor workforce potential with a new $7.4 million U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) award, the largest NSF award in Boise State history.
The AI Threat to Liberal Arts Is More Fundamental Than You Think
Sep 18, 2025 - Maybe Harvard is preparing us perfectly. Maybe the world is what’s broken. And maybe, the best way to prepare for the world while at Harvard is not learning how to understand but instead understanding how to optimize.
Ohio State Regional Campus Commitment to provide free tuition for eligible students
Sep 17, 2025 - New program makes it possible for eligible students who start on a regional campus to earn their Ohio State degree tuition free.
UTS cuts more than 1,100 subjects and 134 full-time jobs in restructure
Sep 17, 2025 - The University of Technology Sydney will close its schools of education and public health under a multi-million-dollar restructure.
Emory: Free tuition for students from families making under $200,000
Sep 18, 2025 - Starting next academic year, Emory University will be tuition-free for undergraduates whose families earn less than $200,000, a move that could help hundreds of students.
Washington State marks three consecutive years of growth among incoming first‑year students
Sep 18, 2025 - Enrollment retention also shows improvement, climbing past 80%.
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).