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UMD international students prepare for uncertainty after Trump’s executive orders

Mar. 12, 2025 - Multiple international students who spoke to The Diamondback under anonymity due to fear of retaliation expressed concerns about their freedom of speech and ability to critique the U.S. government under Trump’s new administration.

#Trump #University of Maryland #undergrad #graduate

UMD international students prepare for uncertainty after Trump’s executive orders

Tufts administrators, alumni navigate DEI work amid political challenges - The Tufts Daily

Mar. 13, 2025 - Tufts boasts 97 master’s programs, one of which is the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Leadership program.

#Tufts University #DEI #Trump

Tufts administrators, alumni navigate DEI work amid political challenges - The Tufts Daily

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Will Keep Budget Flat, Stop Staff Hiring for Fiscal Year 2026

Mar. 12, 2025 - The Faculty of Arts and Sciences will aim to keep spending flat for fiscal year 2026 amid threats from the Trump administration and long-term financial concerns.

#Harvard #Trump

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Will Keep Budget Flat, Stop Staff Hiring for Fiscal Year 2026

UWashington | UW AI Perspectives series hosts NVIDIA vice president Matthew Hull

Mar. 13, 2025 - Matthew Hull, vice president of global AI platform solutions at NVIDIA and UW Foster School of Business master’s student, spoke March 11 as part of UW’s AI Task Force Town

#AI #University of Washington #Nvidia

UWashington | UW AI Perspectives series hosts NVIDIA vice president Matthew Hull

Brown University institutes staff-wide hiring freeze in response to ‘federal government actions’

Mar. 13, 2025 - The freeze will remain in effect through the end of the 2025 fiscal year.

#Brown #Trump #ADSA member

Brown University institutes staff-wide hiring freeze in response to ‘federal government actions’

UC Irvine | Ky-Vinh Mai: Beyond the Data

Mar. 12, 2025- UC Irvine language science and data science double-major Ky-Vinh Mai tackles big questions in ethics and AI.

#UC Irvine #dssg #ethics #data science #AI

UC Irvine | Ky-Vinh Mai: Beyond the Data

Pitt | Poster Prizes at Data Science Day 2025 Responsible Data Science

Mar. 10, 2025 - This year, RDS@Pitt is awarding a $250 prize for an outstanding student poster that demonstrates excellence in responsible data science.

#University of Pittsburgh #data science #AI

Pitt | Poster Prizes at Data Science Day 2025 Responsible Data Science

Texas A&M - Thematic Labs Program, TAMIDS

Thematic Labs Program supports cutting-edge research in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, and Data Science at Texas A&M University.

#Texas A&M University #AI #data science #research

Texas A&M - Thematic Labs Program, TAMIDS

Utah, NVIDIA Team Up for AI Upskilling in Education, Workforce

Mar. 10, 2025 - NVIDIA is lending teaching materials and upskilling opportunities in AI to Utah's higher education students and state workers in a new partnership with colleges and universities across the state.

#utah #Nvidia #partnership #higher ed

Utah, NVIDIA Team Up for AI Upskilling in Education, Workforce

Lamont cuts spending at CT public colleges, other agencies

Mar. 10, 2025 - Gov. Ned Lamont took $41 million from more than a dozen agencies, including more than $6 million from public colleges and universities he pledged to shield

#Connecticut #higher ed #budget

Lamont cuts spending at CT public colleges, other agencies

Pregnant and parenting students fall victim to lawsuit targeting LGBTQ rights

Mar. 11, 2025 - When a federal judge scrapped new Title IX rules for LGBTQ students, expanded protections for student parents were tossed out, too.

#DEI #Trump #higher ed #K12

Pregnant and parenting students fall victim to lawsuit targeting LGBTQ rights

USDA pauses funding to University of Maine System

Mar. 12, 2025 - The funding freeze follows a spat between President Donald Trump and Gov. Janet Mills over his order restricting transgender students from women’s sports.

#USDA #University of Maine #Trump #DEI

USDA pauses funding to University of Maine System

DOGE-mandated cuts targeted staff at a Native American college. A lawsuit fights back

Mar. 10, 2025 - Federal layoffs at Haskell Indian Nations University disrupted classes, financial aid and the women's basketball team. Now, tribes and students have sued, saying the cuts broke treaty obligations.

#Haskell Indian Nations University #Trump

DOGE-mandated cuts targeted staff at a Native American college. A lawsuit fights back

Brown places top 10 in Putnam competition for first time in nearly two decades

Mar. 12, 2025 - For the first time since 2006, Brown students placed in the top 10 at the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition — one of the world’s most prestigious collegiate math contests.

#Brown #undergrad #math

Brown places top 10 in Putnam competition for first time in nearly two decades

UWisconsin-Madison | Gov. Evers’ budget to demolish Mosse Humanities

Mar. 12, 2025 - Gov. Evers 2025-2027 budget plan calls for the removal of the George L. Mosse Humanities Building, expanding campus housing.

#University of Wisconsin-Madison #budget #humanities

UWisconsin-Madison | Gov. Evers’ budget to demolish Mosse Humanities

As Universities Eliminate DEI Programming, Harvard Stays Its Course

Mar. 11, 2025 - Harvard is quietly maintaining its diversity initiatives and sometimes actively defending diversity on campus.

#Harvard #DEI #Trump

As Universities Eliminate DEI Programming, Harvard Stays Its Course

With Federal Funds Stalled, Two Harvard School of Public Health Graduate Programs Reduce Admissions

Mar. 12, 2025 - The reductions to Biostatistics Ph.D. admissions are the first reported cuts to a graduate program at Harvard amid President Donald Trump’s escalating attacks on federal funding.

#Trump #Harvard #graduate

With Federal Funds Stalled, Two Harvard School of Public Health Graduate Programs Reduce Admissions

Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Will Deny All Waitlisted Candidates Amid Financial Uncertainty

Mar. 12, 2025 -The Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will reject all waitlisted candidates for its Ph.D. programs — the University’s latest response to federal funding cuts threatened by the Trump administration.

#Harvard #Trump #social science

Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Will Deny All Waitlisted Candidates Amid Financial Uncertainty

NYU Shanghai receives record number of applicants for class of 2029

Mar. 12, 2025 - NYU Shanghai received a record-breaking high of nearly 24,000 applications for its class of 2029.

#NYU Shanghai #data #higher ed

NYU Shanghai receives record number of applicants for class of 2029

NYU appoints Title VI coordinator as Trump cracks down on Columbia

Mar. 11, 2025 - NYU President Linda Mills announced the overdue appointment of the university’s Title VI coordinator amid the Trump administration’s recent crackdown on Columbia University.

#NYU #Trump #Department of Education #politics #DEI

NYU appoints Title VI coordinator as Trump cracks down on Columbia

UMass medical school implements hiring and spending freeze, considers layoffs

Mar. 12, 2025 - Leaders at UMass Chan Medical School are freezing hiring and spending, citing ongoing uncertainty surrounding federal funding.

#UMass Chan Medical School #Trump #MIT #Harvard

UMass medical school implements hiring and spending freeze, considers layoffs

Update: Federal judge imposes preliminary injunction on NIH spending cuts - The Tufts Daily

Mar. 11, 2025 - U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley imposed a preliminary injunction on the National Institutes of Health, preventing the cuts on indirect medical research costs from taking effect nationwide.

#NIH #Trump

Update: Federal judge imposes preliminary injunction on NIH spending cuts - The Tufts Daily

UCLA | UC Artificial Intelligence Council launches website for AI-related news, resources

Mar. 11, 2025 - UC Artificial Intelligence Council launched a systemwide platform to share AI-related news, guidelines and projects.

#AI #UCLA

UCLA | UC Artificial Intelligence Council launches website for AI-related news, resources

How AI can achieve human-level intelligence: researchers call for change in tack

Mar. 4, 2025 - A survey finds that most respondents are sceptical that the technology underpinning large-language models is sufficient for artificial general intelligence.

#AI #research

How AI can achieve human-level intelligence: researchers call for change in tack

U-M launches effort to advance AI research, collaboration

Mar. 12, 2025 - A new hub for artificial intelligence research and collaboration will soon launch at the University of Michigan, aiming to strengthen the university’s role in AI and improve coordination among its researchers and external partners.

#AI #University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

U-M launches effort to advance AI research, collaboration

NIH cancels $250 million in grants to Columbia as part of $400 million Trump administration cut

Mar. 11, 2025 - The National Institutes of Health announced that the agency is cancelling $250 million in grants to Columbia as part of the Trump administration’s $400 million cut to University funding.

#Columbia University #NIH #Trump

NIH cancels $250 million in grants to Columbia as part of $400 million Trump administration cut

Education Department announces massive layoffs, slashing nearly half its workforce

Mar. 11, 2025 - The agency’s employee count will plummet from 4,133 when President Donald Trump was inaugurated to about 2,183.

#Department of Education #Trump

Education Department announces massive layoffs, slashing nearly half its workforce

Entrepreneur Gifts USF $40M for New College of AI, Cybersecurity at the University of South Florida

Mar. 11, 2025 - The University of South Florida will put its largest-ever donation to use funding scholarships, hiring faculty and developing a new space for the Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing.

#University of South Florida #AI #funding #cyber #computer science

Entrepreneur Gifts USF $40M for New College of AI, Cybersecurity at the University of South Florida

University of Hawaii to Offer Free AI Training With Google

Mar. 11, 2025 - The university system's students and staff have free access to “AI Essentials,” a five-hour course in the Google Career Certificate program that teaches people to use AI responsibly and effectively.

#University of Hawaii #google #AI #training #certificate

University of Hawaii to Offer Free AI Training With Google

Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research

Mar. 10, 2025 - More than 90 studies on threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation are halted

#DoD #social science #funding #Trump #Darthmouth College #UT Austin

Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research