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Cal opens $110M engineering center, plans to auction off West Berkeley admin building

Apr. 25, 2025 - UC Berkeley opened the Grimes Engineering Center, a $110 million project that is a 35,500-square-foot expansion of the former Bechtel Engineering Center.

#UC Berkeley

Cal opens $110M engineering center, plans to auction off West Berkeley admin building

Big Ten faculties ask their administrations to sign a joint defense pact against Trump

Apr. 25, 2025 - The potential pact would mark an escalation in resistance from universities to President Trump's push for them to follow his agenda.

#Northwestern #Trump #University of Southern California #Rutgers #University of Michigan-Ann Arbor #Department of Education #Indiana University #university of nebraska #Michigan State University #University of Washington #Ohio State University #University of Wisconsin-Madison #University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Big Ten faculties ask their administrations to sign a joint defense pact against Trump

How the Harvard Undergraduate Association Spends Half a Million Dollars a Year

Apr. 25, 2025 - More than 400 student clubs apply for funding from the HUA at the start of each semester, and the HUA divides around half a million dollars, among them.

#budget #Harvard #undergrad

How the Harvard Undergraduate Association Spends Half a Million Dollars a Year

Northwestern to receive over $220 million from foreign contracts, gifts made since 2020

Apr. 25, 2025 - Contributions have been made since 2020 amid deepening woes over the Trump administration’s crackdown on foreign funding at universities.

#Northwestern #budget #data

Northwestern to receive over $220 million from foreign contracts, gifts made since 2020

Three Penn affiliates’ visas reinstated amid federal policy reversal

Apr. 25, 2025 - The reactivations come as the Trump administration walked back its cancellation of over 1,500 student visas nationwide on April 25.

#UPenn #Trump #DHS

Three Penn affiliates’ visas reinstated amid federal policy reversal

1,433 students sign letter urging Yale to publicly resist Trump

Apr. 25, 2025 - Co-authored with the YCC and GSA, the letter calls on the University to defend academic freedom, institutional autonomy and the safety of students.

#Yale #Trump

1,433 students sign letter urging Yale to publicly resist Trump

New Yale “America at 250” class tops fall 2025 enrollment, economics courses remain high in demand

Apr. 25, 2025 - Early enrollment numbers for the upcoming fall semester showed “America at 250” and “Intermediate Macroeconomics” taking the top spots.

#Yale #economics #undergrad #history #data

New Yale “America at 250” class tops fall 2025 enrollment, economics courses remain high in demand

Research Funding at Brown

Apr. 25, 2025 - The Herald’s data desk dove into federal and institutional data to understand how research is funded at Brown.

#Brown #Trump

Research Funding at Brown

Novel course at Yale translates data from the natural world into art

Apr. 24, 2025 - In a new course, Yale students are using AI technologies to transform natural phenomena into artistic performances.

#Yale #AI

Novel course at Yale translates data from the natural world into art

Three weeks after Trump cut Princeton’s funding, no demands have been publicly issued. Here’s what we know.

Apr. 25, 2025 - Princeton has still yet to receive any demands, yet the $210 million in federal funding paused on April 1 remains frozen.

#Princeton #Trump

Three weeks after Trump cut Princeton’s funding, no demands have been publicly issued. Here’s what we know.

Harvard Management Company Plans $1 Billion Sale of Private Equity Stakes

Apr. 25, 2025 - Harvard Management Company is planning to sell nearly $1 billion of private equity fund stakes, liquidating nearly 5 percent of its private equity portfolio amid mounting threats to the University’s finances by its critics in Washington.

#Harvard #Trump

Harvard Management Company Plans $1 Billion Sale of Private Equity Stakes

BC’s Most Popular Majors and Minors: Finance Retains the Top Spot

Apr. 25, 2025 - For the third consecutive year, finance is the most popular major at Boston College.

#Boston College #data #undergrad #computer science

When it comes to reading the room, humans are still better than AI

Apr. 24, 2025 - Hopkins research shows AI models fall short in predicting social interactions, a skill critical for systems to navigate the real world.

#AI #JHU

When it comes to reading the room, humans are still better than AI

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