Moving AI compute to phones massively reduces power use, study finds
Jun 26, 2025 - On-device inference can cut power consumption about 90%, per the study by UC Riverside researchers.
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Persistence and retention rates hit some of their highest levels in nearly a decade
Jun 26, 2025 - Over 86% of first-year students returned to college in the spring, according to the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
HUD plans move to Alexandria, booting National Science Foundation from headquarters
Jun 25, 2025 - The Department of Housing and Urban Development will move its employees out of D.C. to Alexandria, Virginia, booting the National Science Foundation from its headquarters.
UK awarded NSF grant to launch international research analytics network
Jun 25, 2025 - The University of Kentucky was awarded a four-year grant from NSF to establish the Research Evaluation and Analytics Capacity Hub (REACH).
Hundreds of IU degree programs at risk of disappearing
Jun 24, 2025 - The cutoff is 15 graduates/year for undergrad majors, 7 for Masters programs, and 3 for PhD programs, averaged over 3 years.
Parking wars: Education Department cites logistics for delay of laid-off workers’ return
Jun 25, 2025 - The Trump administration laid off about 1,300 Education Department workers. A federal judge ordered the department to bring them back. The Supreme Court could have the final say.
Following court order, NIH ceases new terminations of politically sensitive grants
Jun 25, 2025 - After a judge told agency to restore hundreds of killed grants, NIH backs off plans to cancel more existing projects
New CRA Taulbee Survey - 2024-25
Jun 25, 2025 - Findings Show Record Doctoral Production, Rising Enrollment, and Shifting Undergraduate Trends
Will Gates and other funders save massive public health database at risk from Trump cuts?
Jun 23, 2025 - UN in talks with governments and funding bodies to save highly cited, 40-year health data set used by researchers in more than 90 countries.
AI models' supersonic progress tracked in 120 slides
Jun 25, 2025 - New report from Eric Schmidt's VC fund finds staggering growth along with massive change and uncertainty.
AI tool set to transform characterisation and treatment of cancers
Jun 24, 2025 - A multinational team of researchers developed and tested a new AI tool to better characterise the diversity of individual cells within tumours, opening doors for more targeted therapies for patients.
Trump admin cuts contracts with scientific publishing giant
Jun 25, 2025 - The administration has questioned editorial practices and whether journals are partisans in scientific debates
UW-Madison announces budget cuts for all departments up to 7 percent
Jun 23, 2025 - Facing funding cuts from the Trump administration and uncertainty from the Wisconsin Legislature, the flagship university directed all departments to cut their budgets between 5 percent and 7 percent next year
Judge strikes down National Science Foundation’s 15% funding cap for research overhead
Jun 24, 2025 - With the new ruling, efforts to cap research overhead reimbursement have now been blocked at four federal agencies.
Gov. Braun announces in-state tuition freeze for Indiana's public colleges and universities
Jun 24, 2025 - "Out of all state entities, our higher education institutions are in the best financial position to weather these cuts," Braun said.
Maine community colleges forced to close chapter on free tuition
Jun 24, 2025 - This year's graduates will be the last to benefit from a free tuition program.
The AI Alliance Forms Non-profit AI Lab and AI Technology & Advocacy Association to Scale Open-Source Innovation
Jun 20, 2025 - New legal entities and boards intend to scale the AI Alliance’s mission to support and perform open-source development, open research, education, and advocacy for AI globally.
Artificial intelligence and the wellbeing of workers
Jun 23, 2025 - The authors found no evidence of a sizeable negative impact of AI on workers’ well-being and mental health. If anything, there is evidence of an improvement in health status and health satisfaction, which may be explained by the decline in job physical intensity.
Texas directs public universities to identify undocumented students
Jun 23, 2025 - It’s unclear what information schools might ask from students and how their immigration data will be protected.
Belt-tightening continues at UMass amid federal funding cuts
Jun 22, 2025 - Campus officials have called for various belt-tightening measures, including spending reductions of 3% and 5% in all academic and administrative departments.
Tuition discounts at private nonprofits continue to climb, estimates show
Jun 24, 2025 - Colleges have been giving larger aid packages to greater shares of students.
BU Soars in New Rankings of World Universities and in Digital Leaders in Higher Education
Jun 18, 2025 - Ratings compiled by London’s QS and the French company Emerging
Potential Impact of the NIH's proposed FY26 budget
Jun 23, 2025 - An $estimated 46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide.
NIH grantees may face long wait for restored money
Jun 24, 2025 - Researchers who saw their NIH grants restored could face long waits accessing the money.
Duke researchers want to ensure AI is safe in a health care setting
Jun 24, 2025 - Health systems across the country are investing heavily in AI as a way to reduce burnout for providers and potentially improve care
OSTP Memo: Gold Standard Science - NASA Watch
Jun 23, 2025 - Directed by President Trump's Executive Order (EO) 14303, "Restoring Gold Standard Science"
Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard
Jun 22, 2025 - More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.
Duke | What do students think about AI? Takeaways from the Student Voices Panel at the Triangle AI Summit
Jun 20, 2025 - The Triangle AI Summit brought faculty, staff, and community members together to engage around the ethical, social, humanitarian, and environmental aspects of AI.
How many PhDs does the world need? Doctoral graduates vastly outnumber jobs in academia
Jun 22, 2025 - PhD programmes need to better prepare students for careers outside universities, researchers warn.
UNC-CH | Rethinking AI Responsibility
Jun 23, 2025 - Francesca Tripodi is putting people at the heart of AI — challenging bias, teaching ethics, and shaping a more responsible future for technology.