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NSF, DOE funding changes impact Case Western Reserve University

Apr. 25, 2025 - President Eric Kaler sent a campus-wide email updating the Case Western Reserve University community on federal research funding and its effect on CWRU research operations.

#Case Western Reserve #Trump #Department of Energy #NSF

NSF, DOE funding changes impact Case Western Reserve University

Five research grants at Pitt are canceled, the highest number in Pennsylvania

Apr. 25, 2025 - The National Science Foundation has canceled 17 grants worth $7.3 million to Pennsylvania institutions of higher education.

#University of Pittsburgh #NSF #Trump

Five research grants at Pitt are canceled, the highest number in Pennsylvania

The Guardian view on Trump v universities: essential institutions must defend themselves

Apr. 25, 2025 - Editorial: Harvard is leading the pushback because it can afford to fight. Others are realising that they can’t afford not to

#Harvard #higher ed #Trump

The Guardian view on Trump v universities: essential institutions must defend themselves

A blandly titled law from 1946 may play a key role in Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump administration

Apr. 25, 2025 - Harvard claims Trump’s executive branch isn’t following federal rules for changing key government policies.

#Harvard #Trump

A blandly titled law from 1946 may play a key role in Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump administration

Trump administration reverses abrupt terminations of foreign students’ US visa registrations

Apr. 25, 2025 - DOJ announced the reversal in federal court after weeks of intense scrutiny by courts and dozens of restraining orders issued by judges.

#Trump #higher ed #DHS

Trump administration reverses abrupt terminations of foreign students’ US visa registrations

Women Still Underrepresented in STEM Despite Job Demand

Apr. 23, 2025 - More than one million American women were working in STEM occupations in 2023, only representing 26 percent of the STEM workforce.

#STEM #research #data #K12 #gender #DEI #career

Women Still Underrepresented in STEM Despite Job Demand

Oregon Teams With Nvidia for $10M AI Program on College Campuses

Apr. 24, 2025 - Money from the Oregon CHIPS Act, a package of legislation from 2023, will help Oregon colleges and universities hire artificial intelligence faculty and technical experts.

#Oregon #higher ed #AI #Nvidia

Oregon Teams With Nvidia for $10M AI Program on College Campuses

University of Michigan, Google Launch Agentic AI for TAs

Apr. 23, 2025 - The university's pilot program, which will use virtual teaching assistants to explain course concepts to students and guide them through problems, will contribute to a study on virtual TAs working across 26 campuses.

#University of Michigan-Ann Arbor #google #AI #EdTech

University of Michigan, Google Launch Agentic AI for TAs

CRA | NSF Director, Sethuraman Panchanathan, Resigns

Apr. 24, 2025 - According to Science, the President’s budget request for NSF is likely to entail, “a 55% cut to the agency’s $9 billion budget next year and fire half its 1,700-person staff.” This news had not previously been reported.

#CRA #NSF #Trump

CRA | NSF Director, Sethuraman Panchanathan, Resigns

NSF Statement by Director Sethuraman Panchanathan on his departure

Apr. 24, 2025 - ... "I believe I have done all I can to advance the critical mission of the agency and feel that it is time for me to pass the baton to new leadership." ...

#NSF #Trump #research

NSF Statement by Director Sethuraman Panchanathan on his departure

Dartmouth only Ivy to abstain from signing letter against Trump administration funding cuts

Apr. 23, 2025 - A College spokesperson said that the President “does not believe that signing open form letters like this one is an effective way to defend Dartmouth’s mission.”

#Darthmouth #Trump

Dartmouth only Ivy to abstain from signing letter against Trump administration funding cuts

A Nature analysis signals the beginnings of a US science brain drain

Apr. 22, 2025 - Data from the Nature show that US scientists submitted 32% more applications for jobs abroad between January and March 2025 than during the same period in 2024.

#research #higher ed #Trump

A Nature analysis signals the beginnings of a US science brain drain

‘The gatekeepers’: Trump’s action on accreditation sparks concerns over government intrusion

Apr. 24, 2025 - The president signed a directive seeking to punish accreditors for diversity criteria while easing the path for new quality-assurance bodies.

#higher ed #Trump #accreditation

‘The gatekeepers’: Trump’s action on accreditation sparks concerns over government intrusion

Federal judges deal major blow to Education Department’s anti-DEI guidance

Apr. 24, 2025 - The agency didn’t follow the proper procedures when it issued sweeping guidance threatening federal funding in February, one court ruled.

#higher ed #DEI #K12 #Department of Education #Trump

Federal judges deal major blow to Education Department’s anti-DEI guidance

Apr. 24, 2025 - The Trump administration's efforts to withhold funds from schools "raise the specter of a public 'witch hunt,'" one ruling said.

#DEI #K12 #higher ed #Trump

Federal judges deal major blow to Education Department’s anti-DEI guidance

Trump targets AI, school discipline in new executive orders

Apr. 23, 2025 - In addition to advancing AI in schools, the orders call for a review of discipline guidance based on “discriminatory and unlawful ‘equity’ ideology.”

#K12 #pedagogy #AI #DEI #Trump

Trump targets AI, school discipline in new executive orders

UCSD SDSC Participates in HPC Education Project to Produce New Cyber Training Catalog

Apr. 24, 2025 - SDSC's Mary Thomas has been participating in a U.S. multi-institutional initiative that streamlines discovery and collaboration through an innovative cyber training catalog.

#ADSA member #UC San Diego #cyber

UCSD SDSC Participates in HPC Education Project to Produce New Cyber Training Catalog

UMass Amherst | Luna Dziewietin Receives Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement Award

Apr. 22, 2025 - Luna, a fourth-year undergraduate majoring in Informatics & Social Thought in Political Economy major and member of the DS4CG 2024 team, wins the Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement Award!

#UMass Amherst #ADSA member

UMass Amherst | Luna Dziewietin Receives Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement Award

TAMU TAMIDS Travel Grant Program for Students

Apr. 23, 2025 - The Texas A&M Institute of Data Science (TAMIDS) Student Travel Grant Program supports undergraduate and graduate students to attend and talk at conferences in any domain of Data Science, AI, and Machine Learning.

#Texas A&M University #ADSA member #data science #graduate

TAMU TAMIDS Travel Grant Program for Students

UWisconsin DSI Special Seminar with Dr. Talitha Washington

Apr. 23, 2025 - Join the Data Science Institute on May 16 for a seminar with Dr. Talitha Washington, Howard University.

#University of Wisconsin-Madison #Howard #ADSA member #dssg #DEI

UWisconsin DSI Special Seminar with Dr. Talitha Washington

UUtah SCI Marks One of Its Biggest Presences at Top Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

Apr. 21, 2025 - SCI contributions include four papers, one of which won an honorable mention award, along with a software course and a paper in “alt.chi,” a forum for boundary-pushing research.

#ADSA member #HCI #University of Utah

UUtah SCI Marks One of Its Biggest Presences at Top Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

UNC-CH & USFQ Partnering to Understand how AI is Transforming Science

Apr. 15, 2025 - A group of UNC – Chapel Hill researchers connected with a team from its strategic partner, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), to hold a workshop.

#AI #biology #UNC Chapel Hill #partnership #ADSA member

UNC-CH & USFQ Partnering to Understand how AI is Transforming Science

The University of Chicago Data Science Institute and Google Partner on Cutting-Edge AI and Security Research

Apr. 22, 2025 - This partnership brings together leading experts from both academia and industry to drive meaningful advancements that will enhance user protection, improve AI-driven technologies, and shape the future of responsible data science.

#ADSA member #UChicago #partnership #google #AI #LLM #GAI #dssg #computer science #data science

The University of Chicago Data Science Institute and Google Partner on Cutting-Edge AI and Security Research

Five Penn Faculty Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Apr. 24, 2025 - They are joining the nearly 250 new members honored in 2025, recognized for their excellence, innovation, leadership, and broad array of accomplishments.

#UPenn #AAAS

Five Penn Faculty Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Protecting continued progress in data science

Apr. 23, 2025 - We are in an extraordinary and perilous moment that demands a steadfast response.

#ADSA member #Harvard #AI #data science

Protecting continued progress in data science

The Brown CNTR celebrates its one-year-anniversary and launches the Socially Responsible Computing Handbook.

Apr. 24, 2025 - The horizon is wide open for Brown’s young and hungry Center for Technological Responsibility, Re-imagination, and Redesign (CNTR).

#Brown #ADSA member #dssg

The Brown CNTR celebrates its one-year-anniversary and launches the Socially Responsible Computing Handbook.

NOAA Notice of Changes

Apr. 22, 2025 - Retiring datasets

#data #NOAA #Trump

NOAA Notice of Changes

International students stripped of legal status in the US are piling up wins in court

Apr. 23, 2025 - Some international students in the U.S. who have had their legal status terminated in recent weeks have found a measure of success in court, with federal judges around the country issuing orders to restore students’ status at least temporarily.

#higher ed #Trump #DHS

International students stripped of legal status in the US are piling up wins in court

Carnegie Classifications debuts redesign of system to group colleges

Apr. 24, 2025 - It now has multiple categories to capture the size and mission of colleges and a new classification focused on student access and earnings.

#data #higher ed

Carnegie Classifications debuts redesign of system to group colleges

Infographic: A Breakdown of Harvard's Funding

Apr. 23, 2025 - The chart shows Harvard University's operating revenue for fiscal year 2024, by source.

#Harvard #budget

Infographic: A Breakdown of Harvard's Funding