UW eScience Staff Spotlight: Bryna Hazelton
Jun 26, 2025 - Bryna Hazelton is the Director of Research Programs and Senior Research Scientist.
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Conversation at UC Berkeley workshop shares perspectives on AI and humanity
Jun 30, 2025 - A recent discussion at the National Workshop on Data Science Education illustrated the value of open conversation about the impact of AI on humanity.
UNC-CH SDSS Faculty Member Alex McAvoy builds bridges between AI and population dynamics in special feature of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Jun 27, 2025 - his special feature presents nine articles that explore the intersection of artificial intelligence, evolutionary dynamics and game theory.
UVA SDS | Courtney Hodge discusses how data science is helping realtors on CBS19's ‘Inside The Numbers’
Jun 27, 2025 - M.S. in Data Science graduate Courtney Hodge discusses data science and its importance in the real estate industry on this month's "Inside the Numbers."
UVA SDS | Jonathan Swap discusses capstone on CBS19 for ‘Inside The Numbers’
Jun 27, 2025 - M.S. in Data Science graduate Jonathan Swap discussed his capstone, "Detecting Temporal Anomalies in Multispectral Satellite Imagery," on "Inside the Numbers."
UChicago's Hank Snowdon Took a Swing at Data Science and Landed in the MLB
Jul 1, 2025 - After graduating from the MS in Applied Data Science program in Dec. 2024, Hank Snowdon packed his bags and headed west, joining the Seattle Mariners as a data scientist.
U-M Ann Arbor | Yeyuan Chen wins Best Student Paper Award at STOC 2025
Jun 25, 2025- His winning paper, coauthored with Zihan Zhang from Ohio State University, is titled “Explicit Folded Reed-Solomon and Multiplicity Codes Achieve Relaxed Generalized Singleton Bounds.”
UPenn Engineering Impact of Research
Jun 30, 2025 - Each day, in every school at Penn, researchers are making strides to cure diseases, improve lives, and better understand our world.
The first American ‘scientific refugees’ arrive in France
Jul 1, 2025 - Aix-Marseille University is wooing researchers who feel targeted by the Trump administration.
Sluggishness and defensiveness helped enable an executive order on research integrity
Jun 24, 2025 - The scientific community has largely reacted negatively to the directive, fearing that the way oversight by political appointees is specified in the order will lead to interference in the curiosity-driven process of science.
Why the traditional college major may be holding students back in a rapidly changing job market
Jun 30, 2025 - A scholar and former college dean explains why higher education’s reliance on majors to measure academic quality may be an outdated approach.
HHS accuses Harvard of violating antidiscrimination law after antisemitism probe
Jul 1, 2025 - The latest salvo from the Trump administration threatens "the loss of all federal financial resources.”
Brown University preps for ‘significant cost-cutting’ amid federal funding disruption
Jun 30, 2025 - The Ivy League institution's top officials signaled possible staff reductions along with scaled back capital spending and other measures.
Wake up call for AI: computer-vision research increasingly used for surveillance
Jun 25, 2025 - One analysis suggests that 90% of studies in the field involve data relating to humans.
NIH still screens grants in process a judge ruled illegal
Jun 30, 2025 - Directives by the Trump administration are still being applied to grant materials despite court order.
If AI can do your classwork, why go to college?
Jun 30, 2025 - How students are using AI to finish their assignments, how colleges are (and aren’t) responding to these challenges, and whether you can learn to think when something else does the thinking for you.
Compromising or Capitulating? Faculty Debate Whether Harvard Should Take a Trump Deal
Jun 25, 2025 - Harvard had restarted negotiations with the Trump administration. Several faculty members said they were alarmed by the prospect of striking a deal with the White House.
CA colleges pay millions every year for faulty plagiarism detection
Jun 26, 2025 - California colleges and universities want to catch students using AI to do work, but the tech behind the tool is flawed.
University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration
Jun 27, 2025 - The Justice Department had demanded that James E. Ryan step down in order to help resolve a civil rights investigation into the school.
Stanford update on the 2025-26 budget
Jun 26, 2025 - The University is bracing for layoffs due to the changes in federal research support and an increase in the endowment tax.
Bill Gropp Retires, Capping a Legacy in HPC and AI at NCSA
Jun 25, 2025 - After eight impressive years as NCSA’s Director, Bill Gropp is announcing his retirement.
UUtah | Students Use AI to Solve Air Quality Challenges at Inaugural Hackathon
Jun 27, 2025 - The Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute's Breath of Fresh Air AI Hackathon took place after a month of preparation by 15 virtual training sessions or office hours.
The “Secret Sauce” of Silicon Valley: NVIDIA Chief Scientist Bill Dally on Government’s Role in Tech Breakthroughs
Jun 26, 2025 - Bill Dally, Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President of Research at NVIDIA, said that government research, combined with private sector ingenuity, cultivates a deep pool of talent essential to U.S. industry and it generates the breakthrough technologies.
Turnitin charged colleges vastly different amounts to detect plagarism
Jun 26, 2026 - Purchasing records show some colleges are paying three times more than others.
6 public university systems unveil plans to launch new accrediting agency
Jun 26, 2026 - In his announcement, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis slammed the current system as an "accreditation cartel" and decried diversity standards at accreditors.
The US Department of Education is far behind on producing key statistics
Jun 25, 2025 - Federal education data releases have slowed dramatically, with major gaps in the 2024 Digest and Condition of Education report.
How the Republican Agenda Could Hit Johns Hopkins University
Jun 26, 2025 - The university is not a direct target of the Trump administration but faces some of the biggest cuts, as Republicans seek to trim government spending.
Prestigious NSF graduate fellowship tilts toward AI and quantum
Jun 25, 2025 - Students in the life sciences are shut out of latest cohort of 500 fellows
Harvard vs Trump: what this epic battle means for science
Jun 26, 2025 - Research across science and medicine will probably shrink at one of the world’s most elite universities amid a new political reality.
Mentor Assistance Program Finale Held at San Diego Supercomputer Center
Jun 24, 2025 - The program enabled more than 50 San Diego high school students to participate in year-round research projects with dedicated mentors throughout the UC San Diego campus.