University Leaders Propose New Research Funding Model
Jul 14, 2025 - Some lawmakers and the Trump administration have criticized the government’s long-standing model for reimbursing universities for indirect research costs.
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George Mason Is the Latest University Under Fire From Trump. Its President Fears an “Orchestrated” Campaign.
Jul 11, 2025 - When university president Gregory Washington received notice that the Trump administration had opened an investigation into complaints of antisemitism, he was “perplexed.”
Rajesh Gupta Appointed Dean of School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences
Jul 10, 2025 - Rajesh K. Gupta, a distinguished computer scientist and seasoned academic leader, has been named founding dean of the School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences (SCIDS).
Announcing GenAI Processors: Build powerful and flexible Gemini applications
Jul 10, 2025 - A new open-source Python library for building powerful and flexible Gemini applications with streamlined, real-time multimodal processing.
Medical needles in the hands of AI: Advancing toward autonomous robotic navigation
Jul 9, 2025 - AI guidance is enabling robots to perform medical needle-based procedures with greater safety and accuracy.
Research-integrity sleuths say their work is being ‘twisted’ to undermine science
Jul 9, 2025 - Some sleuths fear that the business of cleaning up flawed studies is being weaponized against science itself.
CUNY Professor Receives $1.78M Simons Foundation Grant to Launch Climate Data Science Research Group
Jul 9, 2025 - Professor Viviana Acquaviva (GC/City Tech, Physics, Astrophysics) has received a $1.78 million grant from the Simons Foundation to build a research group in the emerging field of climate data science.
Over Half of R&D Expenditures at U.S. Colleges and Universities Have Been Funded by the Federal Government
Jul 10, 2025 - Since the 1950s, over half of R&D expenditures at U.S. colleges and universities have been funded by the federal government, with the share of institution funding increasing to a fourth of the total in recent years.
'Sovereignty' Myth-Making in the AI Race
Jul 7, 2025 - Tech companies stand to gain by encouraging the illusion of a race for 'sovereign' AI, write Rui-Jie Yew, Kate Elizabeth Creasey, Suresh Venkatasubramanian.
University of Tennessee plans to attract 'rockstar' researchers amid US college 'turmoil'
Jul 9, 2025 - University of Tennessee at Knoxville Chancellor Donde Plowman says she wants to take research to the "next level" at the state's flagship campus.
George Washington University hints at layoffs amid federal policy upheaval
Jul 9, 2025 - The private nonprofit is facing an “unsustainable compounding deficit” and uncertainty about research funding, top officials said in a community message.
Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations
Jun 30, 2025 - Would you pay $169 for an introductory ebook on machine learning with citations that appear to be made up?
Field of Bachelor's Degree in the United States: 2022
Jul 9, 2025 - This report provides a comprehensive review of field of bachelor’s degree data and associated earnings using recently released American Community survey data.
Predicting the Future of Supercomputing
Jul 1, 2025 - The need to solve high-complexity problems using large-scale tightly coupled computing (that is, supercomputing) continues to grow. In this article, we address the needs, challenges, and opportunities for supercomputing over the next decade.
Boston University to lay off 120 staffers amid budget challenges
Jul 9, 2025 - The private institution faces federal funding uncertainty along with operational headaches such as rising costs.
Data manipulation within the US Federal Government
Jul 3, 2025 - US public health agencies that publish large amounts of data on their websites have been altering the contents of those datasets in ways that might be politically motivated and not transparent
3 charts that tell the story of spring 2025 enrollment
Jul 7, 2025 - Recent data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center showed which cohorts are driving the sector's slow-moving recovery from the pandemic.
Making the Case for the CS Degree in the Age of Artificial Intelligence » CCC Blog
Jul 3, 2025 - Boise State University Associate Professor Casey Kennington's recent article draws directly from The Future of Programming in the Age of Large Language Models
This AI ‘thinks’ like a human — after training on 160 psychology studies
Jul 2, 2025 - The Centaur model goes beyond single tasks and predicts a wide array of human behaviour.
Signs of AI-generated text found in 14% of biomedical abstracts last year
Jul 2, 2025 - Abstracts included telltale words, such as ‘unparalleled’ and ‘invaluable’, that are common in text generated by large language models.
MSU to begin layoffs due to increasing costs and uncertain state and federal funding
Jul 1, 2025 - The layoffs are part of a larger plan to reduce general fund spending by 9% over the next two years.
Yale pauses hiring, tightens budget in anticipation of endowment tax hike
Jul 1, 2025 - The University will implement a 90-day hiring pause alongside other financial constraints as it navigates financial uncertainty in anticipation of a potential increase in the endowment gains tax.
NIH makes taxpayer-funded studies public
Jul 3, 2025 - It's the latest move by the Trump administration to challenge the scientific publishing industry.
Appalachian State University Develops AI-Driven Robotic Microscope
Jul 1, 2025 - Researchers used a $2.3 million grant from NCInnovation, which supports commercializing research discoveries, to develop a robotic microscope to help farmers find and count animal parasites.
Indiana public colleges to shed or consolidate over 400 degree programs
Jul 2, 2025 - The dramatic restructuring comes in response to a statute that aims to end programs that produce low numbers of graduates over a three-year period.
Columbia University formally notified its accreditation "may be in jeopardy."
Jul 1, 2025 - This comes on the heels of the Education Department claiming the university had violated antidiscrimination laws.
Chris Kanich earns highest UIC teaching honor
Jun 25, 2025 - Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Chris Kanich received UIC’s Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2025-2026.
Georgetown's MDI is Hiring: Fall 2025 MDI Scholars
Jul 1, 2025 - A call for applications for the Fall 2025 cohort of the MDI Scholars Program
2024-2025 Digital Accessibility Fellows Champion Access and Inclusion at UC Irvine
Jun 27, 2025 - To enhance the culture of digital accessibility across campus, associate professor of Informatics Stacy Branham partnered with UC Irvine’s Information
Emory | When talking about AI, definitions matter
Jun 25, 2025 - In this Q&A, Joe Sutherland, director of the Center for AI Learning, answers common questions about artificial general intelligence and what it means for our future.