Harvard HDSI | Meet the 2025 SPUDS Fellows
Jul 17, 2025 - SPUDS provides undergraduates with substantive research experience, mentorship from leading Harvard faculty, and the opportunity to join an interdisciplinary community.
Higher Ed News
The Rise of AI Will Make Liberal Arts Degrees Popular Again. Here's Why
Jul 14, 2025 - With AI taking over more routine business and tech tasks, experts say the value of a liberal arts degree is set to rise.
Low-quality papers based on public health data are flooding the scientific literature
Jul 15, 2025 - The appearance of thousands of formulaic biomedical studies has been linked to the rise of text-generating AI tools.
Impact of the 2024 GSS Institutional Eligibility Review on Counts of GSS Master’s Students
Jul 16, 2025 - When these newly ineligible institutions were excluded from the 2023 data, analysis showed that 0.8% fewer graduate students and 1.3% fewer master’s students would have been reported in the 2023 GSS.
Mapping the Academic Open Source Ecosystem: Insights from a Community Survey
Jul 15, 2025 - SustainOSS Academic Ecosystem Map
Confidence in higher education increases for the first time in a decade
Jul 16, 2025 - Among adults surveyed by Gallup and the Lumina Foundation, 42% expressed high confidence in the sector, up from 36% in the last two years.
University of Southern California signals layoffs amid $200M budget gap
Jul 16, 2025 - A transformed operating model is needed to address lower federal research support and a growing shortfall.
How Universities Can Ensure Equitable Access to Data
Jul 16, 2025 - Inequitable access to data continues to hinder the growth and collaboration of many academic institutions.
NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump priorities
Jul 14, 2025 - The move would undo years of work, leaving advisory councils understaffed, and without the full expertise needed for reviews.
Coding is dead: UW computer science program rethinks curriculum for the AI era
Jul 10, 2025 - The University of Washington's Allen School is rethinking how to train the next generation of software engineers in an AI-dominated job market.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping college. Sinclair earmarks $5M to get ahead.
Jul 10, 2025 - The goals include campus-wide AI education, training, incorporation, and updated teaching methods.
American University quietly laid off around 40 employees across the University in early June
Jul 2, 2025 - Participation in voluntary retirement program fell short of goal, leading to layoffs
UToronto | AI used to ‘democratize’ how we predict the weather
Jul 14, 2025 - An AI weather prediction model developed by James Requeima and other researchers is 10x faster and consumes 1,000x less computing power.
Pitt’s move to close diversity office follows trend among American universities
Jul 14, 2025 - Office of Institutional Engagement and Wellbeing evolved from ‘Dear Colleague’ working group.
Harvard's Hiring Freeze Continues
Jul 14, 2025 - University Leaders Say $1 Billion Per Year Is At Risk Due to Federal Actions.
Five MIT faculty elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2025
Jul 14, 2025 - MIT faculty members Rodney Brooks, Parag Pathak, Scott Sheffield, Benjamin Weiss, and Yukiko Yamashita, along with 13 MIT alumni, were elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2025.
Major tax impact on MIT and its mission
Jul 10, 2025 - For MIT, this new 8% tax rate will cost in the range of 10% of our annual central budget.
The rocket scientist behind Duke's AI push: A conversation with Provost Alec Gallimore
Jul 15, 2025 - The Chronicle spoke with Gallimore about his role as provost, Duke’s academic priorities and its shift toward AI.
Harvard Officials Say Federal Actions Could Cost the University $1 Billion Annually
Jul 14, 2025 - The combined financial impact of sweeping federal policy changes could cost the University up to $1 billion annually.
UChicago | Neil Shubin nominated as next president of National Academy of Sciences
Jul 14, 2025 - Renowned evolutionary biologist to lead esteemed organization beginning June 2026.
UW-Madison eliminates Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement, moves programs, staff to other units
Jul 9, 2025 - Fewer than 10 employees previously under DDEEA were laid off.
A language model built for the public good
Jul 9, 2025 - ETH Zurich and EPFL will release a large language model (LLM) developed on public infrastructure.
Oregon State University ending 2 DEI programs in 2025
Jul 11, 2025 - Oregon State University is ending two programs in 2025 as the school continues to evolve what it calls “inclusive excellence.”
Virginia Tech’s Academy of Data Science begins a new era
Jul 1, 2025 - New leadership takes over the academy and managing a new master’s degree in data science.
Emory | Where Tradition Meets High-Tech Scholarship
Jul 8, 2025 - Digital humanities at Emory foster a deeper understanding of the world we live in.
State AI leaders gather at Princeton to consider how the technology can improve public services
Jul 11, 2025 - The conference brought together more than 100 AI leaders, representing 25 states.
SciML Summer School a Success with Students - TAMIDS
Jul 14, 2025 - Members of the TAMIDS team and the Student Ambassador program hosted a week-long scientific machine learning summer school!
eScience Institute | Staff Spotlight: Cordero Core
Jul 11, 2025 - Cordero Core is a Senior Research Software Engineer at our Scientific Software Engineering Center (SSEC).
OSU TDAI Hosts International Conference on Scalable Scientific Data Management (SSDBM 2025)
Jul 10, 2025 - The Translational Data Analytics Institute (TDAI) at The Ohio State University proudly hosted the 37th International Conference on Scalable Scientific Data Management (SSDBM 2025).
UNC-CH SDSS faculty member Can Chen selected for program for early career scholars at Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Jul 10, 2025 - The program provides early career scholars at non-Swedish universities with an opportunity to visit the largest institution in Sweden for technical education and research.