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Penn State University | Combination of cosmic processes shapes the size and location of sub-Neptunes

Mar. 17, 2025 - Using a newly developed tool to sift through data from the NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, a team led by a Penn State astronomer has identified young sub-Neptune planets close to their stars.

#Penn State #data science #ADSA member

Penn State University | Combination of cosmic processes shapes the size and location of sub-Neptunes

Building Capacity for One AI, One Harvard – HDSI Celebrates a Gift from OpenAI

Mar. 13, 2025 - The Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI) is delighted to announce a gift from OpenAI to support our commitment to pioneering AI research.

#Harvard #OpenAI #data science #AI #ADSA member

Building Capacity for One AI, One Harvard – HDSI Celebrates a Gift from OpenAI

Brown DSI Sends Comp Bio and Data Fluency Students to 2025 WECode Conference

Mar. 13, 2025 - In February, Data Fluency Certificate undergraduate students Sima Raha, Nazifa Qazizada, and Computational Biology undergraduate Hannah Beakley attended the WECode Conference at Harvard University.

#Brown #data science #undergrad #ADSA member

Brown DSI Sends Comp Bio and Data Fluency Students to 2025 WECode Conference

Department of Education initiates investigation into Notre Dame DEI programs

Mar. 15, 2025 - The University of Notre Dame was included on a list of 50 schools to be investigated by the U.S. Department of Education for race-based discrimination in their graduate programs.

#Notre Dame #Department of Education #Trump #DEI #graduate

Department of Education initiates investigation into Notre Dame DEI programs

Emory admits 336 Early Decision II applicants to Class of 2029

Mar. 15, 2025 - The Emory Wheel is the only independent, student-run newspaper of Emory University, since 1919.

#Emory University #undergrad

Emory admits 336 Early Decision II applicants to Class of 2029

Education Department to investigate NYU for ‘illegal’ DEI partnership

Mar. 17, 2025 - The U.S. Department of Education will investigate NYU for alleged civil rights violations.

#NYU #DEI #Department of Education #Trump

Education Department to investigate NYU for ‘illegal’ DEI partnership

BU under investigation by US Education Department for antisemitic discrimination

Mar. 14, 2025 - Boston University is one of 60 universities under investigation by the United States Department of Education for Title VI violations “relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination."

#Boston University #Trump

BU under investigation by US Education Department for antisemitic discrimination

George Washington U | Percentage of tenured, tenure-track faculty fell in 2024, annual academic metrics report shows

Mar. 13, 2025 - Tenured and tenure-track status for regular faculty dropped to a new low from 2023 to 2024, according to the annual core indicators report presented at the Faculty Senate meeting Friday.

#George Washington University #data

George Washington U | Percentage of tenured, tenure-track faculty fell in 2024, annual academic metrics report shows

Penn launches website to track federal policy changes, monitor impacts on University

Mar. 17, 2025 - The new website intends to centralize updates on ongoing federal actions impacting higher education, research funding, immigration, and other essential areas of Penn's operations.

#UPenn #Trump #DEI

Penn launches website to track federal policy changes, monitor impacts on University

Data science is now UC Berkeley’s largest major

Mar. 14, 2025 - Data science has become the most populated major at UC Berkeley, with a total of 1,960 undergraduate students declaring the major in the 2024-25 school year.

#UC Berkeley #data science #undergrad #data

Data science is now UC Berkeley’s largest major

AI, Data Science, and the Transformation of Scientific Research: A Primer

Mar. 14, 2025 - AI and data science are two closely related yet distinct fields that are driving research and innovation.

#data science #University of Wisconsin-Madison #AI

AI, Data Science, and the Transformation of Scientific Research: A Primer

Brown University professor, doctor deported to Lebanon despite federal judge’s orders

Mar. 16, 2025 - Assistant Professor of Medicine Rasha Alawieh has been deported and is now in Lebanon.

#Brown #Trump

Brown University professor, doctor deported to Lebanon despite federal judge’s orders

Machine learning model predicts PTSD symptom severity over time

Mar. 10, 2025 - Using functional brain imaging and machine learning, Yale researchers were able to predict PTSD symptoms 14 months after the initial traumatic event.

#data science #machine learning #Yale #healthcare

Machine learning model predicts PTSD symptom severity over time

Full list of 43 countries on Donald Trump's draft travel ban

Mar. 15, 2025 - The Trump administration is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for citizens of dozens of countries.

#Trump

Full list of 43 countries on Donald Trump's draft travel ban

Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models

Mar. 14, 2025 - NIST has issued new instructions to scientists that partner with the US Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI) to eliminate mention of 'AI safety,' 'responsible AI,' and 'AI fairness' in order to reduce 'ideological bias, to enable human flourishing and economic competitiveness.'

#AI #NIST #DEI #Trump

Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models

DeSantis installs allies at state universities in purge of ‘ideological concepts’

Mar. 12, 2025 - Gov. Ron DeSantis has taken extra care to install political allies with limited higher education experience.

#higher ed #Florida #politics

DeSantis installs allies at state universities in purge of ‘ideological concepts’

Office for Civil Rights Initiates Title VI Investigations into Institutions of Higher Education

Mar. 14, 2025 - The investigations come amid allegations that these institutions have violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act (1964) by partnering with “The Ph.D. Project."

#Trump #graduate #higher ed #Arizona State University #Boise State University #Cal Poly Humboldt #California State University San Bernadino #Carnegie Mellon University #Clemson #Duke University #Emory University #George Mason #Georgetown University #MIT #Montana State University Bozeman #NYU #Rice University #Rutgers #Ohio State University #Towson University #Tulane University #University of Arkansas Fayetteville #UC Berkeley #UChicago #University of Cincinnati #UCCS #University of Delaware #university of kansas #University of Kentucky #University of Michigan-Ann Arbor #University of Minnesota #university of nebraska #University of New Mexico #University of North Dakota #University of North Texas #Notre Dame #UNV Las Vegas #University of Oregon #University of Rhode Island #University of Utah #University of Washington #University of Wisconsin-Madison #University of Wyoming #Vanderbilt #Washington State University #WUSL #Yale #Grand Valley State University #Ithaca College #University of Alabama #University of South Florida #University of Oklahoma #DEI

Office for Civil Rights Initiates Title VI Investigations into Institutions of Higher Education

UW-Madison under federal investigation for DEI efforts

Mar. 14, 2025 - The University of Wisconsin-Madison is among 45 universities under federal investigation by U.S. Department of Education for DEI efforts and alleged Title VI violations.

#University of Wisconsin-Madison #DEI #Trump

UW-Madison under federal investigation for DEI efforts

Trump cuts trigger hiring freezes at New York colleges with medical research in jeopardy

Mar. 13, 2025 - New York colleges and universities are freezing hiring and warning that President Trump’s federal cuts endanger the very existence of their research programs.

#NYU #Cornell #CUNY City College #CUNY Graduate Center #University of Rochester #Syracuse University #NIH #Trump #Stony Brook University #USAID #DEI

Trump cuts trigger hiring freezes at New York colleges with medical research in jeopardy

University launches new research support program

Mar. 13, 2025 - The University of Michigan is initiating a new research funding program that provides temporary support for qualified researchers who have received federal grant and contract stop-work orders.

#funding #University of Michigan-Ann Arbor #Trump

University launches new research support program

As US slashes at research, French university opens arms to scientists seeking refuge

Mar. 12, 2025 - Aix-Marseille University has a long tradition of bringing artists and researchers in precarious situations — people struggling to conduct their work in war zones or while facing security threats — onto its campus.

#Aix-Marseille University #research #Trump

As US slashes at research, French university opens arms to scientists seeking refuge

Senator Collins Announces University of Maine’s USDA Funding Restored

Mar. 12, 2025 - After consulting with the Administration, Senator Collins today announced USDA funding to the University of Maine has been restored.

#University of Maine #Trump #USDA

Senator Collins Announces University of Maine’s USDA Funding Restored

Kentucky lawmakers vote to ban DEI spending at public colleges

Mar. 13, 2025 - Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is unlikely to sign the bill, but Republican lawmakers hold a veto-proof supermajority in the Legislature.

#Kentucky #higher ed #DEI #politics

Kentucky lawmakers vote to ban DEI spending at public colleges

Federal student loan site down Wednesday, a day after layoffs gutted Education Department

Mar. 13, 2025 - An hours-long outage Wednesday on StudentAid.gov, the federal website for student loans and financial aid, underscored the risks in rapidly gutting the Department of Education.

#Department of Education #Trump

Federal student loan site down Wednesday, a day after layoffs gutted Education Department

Johns Hopkins’ aid groups to lay off nearly 2,000 amid Trump cuts

Mar. 13, 2025 - Jhpiego and the Center for Communication Programs, global aid groups affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, have begun layoffs and a reorganization as millions in federal funding from USAID is cut off.

#USAID #JHU #Trump

Johns Hopkins’ aid groups to lay off nearly 2,000 amid Trump cuts

Columbia University says it expelled some students who seized building last year

Mar. 13, 2025 - Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring, and had temporarily revoked the diplomas of some students who have since graduated.

#Columbia University #Trump #politics

Columbia University says it expelled some students who seized building last year

UMass Chan freezes hiring, rescinds PhD program admissions amid funding uncertainty

Mar. 13, 2025 - UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester became the latest higher education institution to announce a hiring freeze.

#UMass Chan Medical School #Trump #NIH

UMass Chan freezes hiring, rescinds PhD program admissions amid funding uncertainty

Pitt's hiring freeze is only step one, other cost-cutting measures to follow

Mar. 13, 2025 - Pitt’s Chief Financial Officer Dwayne Pinkney said enrollment trends, inflation and flat state funding were also behind the decision.

#University of Pittsburgh #budget #Trump

Pitt's hiring freeze is only step one, other cost-cutting measures to follow

Duke to implement staff hiring freeze, series of cost-cutting measures amid federal funding threats

Mar. 13, 2025 - Upcoming spending adjustments include suspending capital spending, freezing staff hiring and salary mid-year adjustments, reviewing all faculty hiring practices and slowing all non-compensation spending.

#Duke University #Trump

Duke to implement staff hiring freeze, series of cost-cutting measures amid federal funding threats

UW implements hiring freeze, other budget-cutting measures amid federal, state uncertainty

Mar. 12, 2025 - UW has a "good financial position," but unprecedented federal policy changes have increased the university's risk of funding cuts.

#University of Washington #Trump

UW implements hiring freeze, other budget-cutting measures amid federal, state uncertainty