President’s Budget Catastrophic for Federal R&D. Congress Must Reject It
May 2, 2025 - A statement from AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh on the President's proposed skinny budget for federal research & development.
Higher Ed News
CEOs push AI and CS for high schoolers
May 5, 2025 - More than 200 CEOs signed a letter today urging state leaders to mandate artificial intelligence and computer science classes as a high school graduation requirement.
New ICE Policy Puts International Students at Greater Risk
May 2, 2025 - A week after restoring foreign students’ legal status, immigration officials detailed plans for a new policy granting unprecedented leeway to terminate their residency. It could foreshadow a new round of deportation efforts.
Harvard faculty group pledges 10% of salary to help university fight Trump
May 2, 2025 - President Donald Trump again threatened the Ivy League institution's tax-exempt status on Friday as the battle between the two escalates.
Data-driven ventures earn $100,000 in 2025 UTSA Draper Competition
Apr. 28, 2025 - Four out of eight competing teams from across the U.S., Mexico and Canada took home $100,000 in prize money in the 2025 UTSA Draper Data Science Business Plan Competition.
UCSD | Expanse Supercomputer Used to Analyze Unprecedented Number of Stars in Other Galaxies
Apr. 29, 2025 - A team of international scientists has embarked on a massive project to map the chemical history of our Milky Way galaxy and its neighbors using a a powerful new instrument called the Prime Focus Spectrograph.
Cybersecurity Researcher at NJIT Toughens Git Software Repositories
Apr. 29, 2025 - Curtmola and his NYU peers won a Distinguished Paper award at the Internet Society’s Network and Distributed System Security symposium in San Diego.
NC State | Data in Bloom
May 1, 2025 - Data Science and AI Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Kelsey Virginia Dufresne, explores the role of flowers, art, and community in data science by participating in and creating a floral installation for the North Carolina Museum of Art’s (NCMA) 2025 Art in Bloom fundraiser.
UNC-CH School of Data Science and Society celebrates its inaugural class of graduates
May 2, 2025 - In January 2024, SDSS first launched the online Master of Applied Data Science (MADS) for working professionals. Since then, enrollment has grown to more than 130 students.
UVA SDS | Brian Wright Receives 2025 All-University Teaching Award
Apr. 30, 2025 - Quantitative Foundation Associate Professor of Data Science Brian Wright has been named a recipient of the UVA 2025 All-University Teaching Award.
UVA SDS | Master’s in Data Science Students Showcase Real-World Solutions in 2025 Capstone Presentations
May 2, 2025 - M.S. in Data Science students presented their capstone research projects in the Rotunda.
UToronto | Building a VR Community: DSI Hosts Second Annual Questioning Reality Conference
May 1, 2025 - The conference began with a series of mini-grant lightning talks, featuring research teams that had received DSI grants following the 2024 Questioning Reality conference.
UChicago | Reflections from UPCEA 2025: Exploring Data Science and Ethics in Higher Education
May 1, 2025 - Three members of the University of Chicago’s MS in Applied Data Science (MS-ADS) team led a roundtable at the 2025 UPCEA Conference.
Penn | Empowering Futures: How PRECISE Center’s Mentorship with Google is Transforming Academic Careers and Innovation
May 2, 2025 - “It takes a village to raise a child,” the old saying goes. In the world of academic research, the same principle holds true.
HDSI | Newly Funded – Climate Stress, Nutrition, and Chronic Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa
May 2, 2025 - The research aims to identify vulnerable populations affected by climate change and poor nutrition, develop climate-resilient strategies, and demonstrate the effectiveness of digital health tools for research in resource-limited settings.
Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts to US science
May 2, 2025 - Huge reductions, if enacted, could have ‘catastrophic’ effects on US competitiveness and the scientific pipeline, critics say.
Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate
May 2, 2025 - The 15% rate maximum applies only to new awards made to IHEs on or after May 5, 2025.
Updates on NSF Priorities
Last updated on May 2, 2025
NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
May 1, 2025 - US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
Paxson solicits donations, political support for research funding in email to Brown alums, affiliates
Apr. 30, 2025 - The letter asks alums and community members to contact congressional representatives and donate to a new Brown Resilience Fund.
NY budget proposal to allow adults ages 25-55 to attend community college for free
Apr. 30, 2025 - Under the deal is a proposal to make community college free for New Yorkers aged 25 to 55.
Duke University offers buyouts and signals future layoffs as federal cuts hit
Apr. 30, 2025 - The institution signaled that layoffs were likely in the coming months.
School of Humanities and Sciences told to prepare for budget cuts
Apr. 30, 2025 - Stanford’s seven schools had been asked by Provost Jenny Martinez to model budget cuts and submit “high-level plans” for their implementation. H&S’s planning exercise involves modeling a 10% and 15% cut to general funds and a 10% cut to endowment funds.
Harvard Sends International Students’ Info to DHS, Does Not Specify What Records Were Shared
Apr. 30, 2025 - Harvard shared data with the Department of Homeland Security in response to its request for information on international students’ disciplinary records and illegal activity.
Princeton Alumni-led fund aims to replace $210 million in funding cuts
Apr. 29, 2025 - An alumnus-led fund started by Patrick Ho ’08 seeks to replace $210 million in federal research cuts to Princeton.
‘The lifeblood of academic researchers’: DEI-related federal funding cuts loom over Northwestern Ph.D. students’ research
May 1, 2025 - Northwestern Ph.D. students have found themselves navigating an increasingly hostile funding environment.
GW seeks reaccreditation as Trump targets accreditors’ DEI standards
May 1, 2025 - The start of this process, required every eight years by the accrediting body, comes amid Trump’s new executive order targeting college accreditation bodies that require institutions to have DEI initiatives.
Nine MIT international students’ SEVIS statuses are restored without notice
May 1, 2025 - On April 25, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) restored thousands of international students’ visa statuses.
Nobel laureate John Jumper returns to UChicago to discuss the AlphaFold protein revolution
May 1, 2025 - Alum John Jumper delivered Bloch Lecture at standing-room-only event.
AAU, Associations Send Letter in Opposition to the Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan
Apr. 29, 2025 - The overwhelming majority of provisions in the bill would reduce student aid to low-income students and would impose onerous financial penalties on institutions, particularly those least able to meet them.