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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.

#William and Mary #NSF #AI #physics

W&M Dr. Cristiano Fanelli Awarded Prestigious NSF Career Award for AI-Driven Nuclear Physics Research

‘It’s a capitulation’: Berkeley grieves as its university bends to Trump

Sep 20, 2025 - Berkeley is in upheaval after Trump turned his attention from East Coast universities to the West.

#UC Berkeley #Trump

‘It’s a capitulation’: Berkeley grieves as its university bends to Trump

U.S. student applications to colleges in Europe, U.K. and Asia jump amid rising costs and political turmoil

Sep 20, 2025 - Applications and interest by U.S. students in colleges abroad have risen, as higher education has been hampered by student debt and political turmoil.

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U.S. student applications to colleges in Europe, U.K. and Asia jump amid rising costs and political turmoil

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.

#university of virginia #undergrad #data science #data #ADSA member

UVA Welcomes New Class of 125 B.S. in Data Science Students

Here's everything Trump is changing with H-1B visas

Sep 22, 2025 - President Donald Trump raised the fee for an H-1B visa to $100,000 on Friday, leaving companies scrambling to respond.

#h-1b visas #Trump #policy

Here's everything Trump is changing with H-1B visas

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.

#Stanford #AI

World’s first AI-designed viruses a step towards AI-generated life

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.

#higher ed #graduate

What does the end of Grad PLUS loans mean for higher ed?

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.

#AI #University of New Mexico #collaboration

UNM professor joins $152 million project to build transparent AI models for science

UWSP Brings in Largest Freshmen Class in Four Decades

Sep 19, 2025 - The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has recorded its largest Freshman class.

#University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point #data #undergrad

UWSP Brings in Largest Freshmen Class in Four Decades

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.

#University of Oxford #ChatGPT #OpenAI #EdTech

Oxford University gives students access to AI platform

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.

#Harvard #Department of Education

Education Department Gives Harvard 20 Days To Submit Documents in Admissions Investigation

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.

#Harvard #Trump

Trump Officials Question Harvard’s Stability, Saying Federal Inquiries Raise Financial Risk

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.

#data science #education #sociotechnical systems #ADSA member #Howard #UC Berkeley #dssg #DEI

Building a Hub for Data Justice (feat. Dr. Amy Yeboah Quarkume)

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?

#university of virginia #ADSA member #AI #policy

UVA Data Points Podcast: Trustworthy AI

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.

#Trump #higher ed

Trump student visa policies pose outsized risk to speciality colleges

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.

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When a College Dies, Who Gets the Campus?

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.

#University of Alabama #undergrad #data

UA’s Record Enrollment Growth Reinforces In-State Investment, Academic Excellence

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.

#UT Austin #funding

Tillerson Investments in Civics, Engineering and Longhorn Band Prepare Future Leaders

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.

#Boise State University #NSF

BSU Faculty win largest NSF award in university history to create semiconductor workforce center

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.

#AI #education #Harvard #higher ed

The AI Threat to Liberal Arts Is More Fundamental Than You Think

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.

#Ohio State University #undergrad

Ohio State Regional Campus Commitment to provide free tuition for eligible students

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.

#University of Technology Sydney #budget

UTS cuts more than 1,100 subjects and 134 full-time jobs in 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.

#Emory University #undergrad

Emory: Free tuition for students from families making under $200,000

Washington State marks three consecutive years of growth among incoming first‑year students

Sep 18, 2025 - Enrollment retention also shows improvement, climbing past 80%.

#Washington State University #data #undergrad

Washington State marks three consecutive years of growth among incoming first‑year students

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.

#SUNY #quantum computing

Governor Hochul Announces $300 Million Investment in SUNY at Stony Brook’s Quantum Research and Innovation Hub

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.

#Microsoft #University of Maryland #quantum computing

Microsoft to open quantum research center near University of Maryland, College Park

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.

#Vanderbilt #AI

H. Andrew Schwartz joins Vanderbilt's College of Connected 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.

#MIT #LLM #IBM

How to build AI scaling laws for efficient LLM training and budget maximization

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.

#University of Illinois Chicago #computer science

UIllinois Chicago | Former student Khairi Reda joins CS faculty

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

#UNC Charlotte #ADSA member

UNC-C | Mitu Banerjee: Redefining Her Path Through Lifelong Learning