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UNC-CH SDSS students win first and second place in the annual Milwaukee Bucks Hackathon

Mar. 21, 2025 - Two teams of Carolina students won first and second place in the fourth annual hackathon hosted by NBA team Milwaukee Bucks and sponsored by Modine Manufacturing.

#UNC Chapel Hill #data science #ADSA member

UNC-CH SDSS students win first and second place in the annual Milwaukee Bucks Hackathon

Supporting Online Learners: Kristy Simpkins Leads Student Success and Well-Being at UVA Data Science

Mar. 24, 2025 - Discover how Online Student Success and Engagement Director Kristy Simpkins helps online MSDS students thrive.

#university of virginia #graduate #data science #ADSA member

Supporting Online Learners: Kristy Simpkins Leads Student Success and Well-Being at UVA Data Science

Provost reports hiring slow down at Northeastern, denies hiring freeze

Mar. 25, 2025 - Northeastern has “considerably” slowed its hiring.

#Northeastern University #Trump

Provost reports hiring slow down at Northeastern, denies hiring freeze

Clemson University is issuing a hiring freeze to go with 'mission critical' pause on spending

Mar. 25, 2025 - Clemson University has issued a hiring freeze and travel ban, citing economic uncertainties.

Clemson University has issued a hiring freeze and travel ban, citing economic uncertainties.

#Clemson #Trump #budget

Clemson University is issuing a hiring freeze to go with 'mission critical' pause on spending

Introducing GovArchive.us & Mirroring Entire Sites with Web Archives

Mar. 25, 2025 - Webrecorder introduces GovArchive.us and tooling to mirror web sites using web archives.

#data #Trump #technology

Introducing GovArchive.us & Mirroring Entire Sites with Web Archives

Trading Secrets: What Brain Science and AI Can Learn from Each Other

Mar. 19, 2025 - The National Academies’ Neuroscience Forum explored how knowledge about the brain could potentially shape better AI models, and, conversely, how AI models might help us learn more about the brain.

#AI #research #NASEM

Trading Secrets: What Brain Science and AI Can Learn from Each Other

San Diego State implements hiring freeze amid federal and state funding concerns

Mar. 24, 2025 - San Diego State University is implementing a hiring freeze effective immediately as the university looks to reduce its budget amid federal and state funding concerns.

#San Diego State University #budget

San Diego State implements hiring freeze amid federal and state funding concerns

‘Effective immediately': USC implements staff hiring freeze, budget cuts

Mar. 24, 2025 - The University of Southern California announced immediate cost-cutting measures in response to financial strain.

Non-essential business travel, conferences, and entertainment will also be restricted, the university added, and all department units have been directed to streamline operations.

#University of Southern California #Trump

‘Effective immediately': USC implements staff hiring freeze, budget cuts

Out-of-state students fuel LSU's growth, with 40% of freshmen not from Louisiana

Mar. 23, 2025 - The number of out-of-state undergrads at LSU has nearly tripled over the past decade.

#Louisiana State University #undergrad

Out-of-state students fuel LSU's growth, with 40% of freshmen not from Louisiana

Columbia Caved to Trump. It’s Just the Beginning.

Mar. 24, 2025 - Being a private university was never really a shield against politics.

#Trump #Columbia University #UC Berkeley #UC Davis #UC Irvine #UC Riverside #UC San Diego #UC San Francisco #UC Santa Barbara #UC Santa Cruz #UPenn #University of Tennessee Knoxville #USDA #University of Maine #Penn State #Michigan State University #DEI #Hillsdale #Hillsdale College

Columbia Caved to Trump. It’s Just the Beginning.

Education secretary says Columbia University's changes put it on track to recover funding

Mar. 23, 2025 - U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon says Columbia University is “on the right track” to recover federal funding frozen by the Trump administration.

#Columbia University #Department of Education #Trump

Education secretary says Columbia University's changes put it on track to recover funding

How the Ph.D. Project, and 45 colleges, became a target of the Trump administration

Mar. 24, 2025 - For about 30 years, the Ph.D. Project has supported students from underrepresented groups who are earning doctoral degrees in business. Now, it's attracted the attention of the Trump administration.

#Trump #higher ed #graduate

How the Ph.D. Project, and 45 colleges, became a target of the Trump administration

What types of colleges offer the best ROI?

Mar. 25, 2025 - The financial value of 4,600 colleges has been updated in a database from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce.

#data #higher ed #undergrad #Georgetown University

What types of colleges offer the best ROI?

AAUP, AFT sue to block Education Department dismantling

Mar. 24, 2025 - The plaintiffs allege that the executive branch has exceeded its constitutional authority and violated law after the president’s order to wind the agency down.

#Trump #Department of Education #AAUP

AAUP, AFT sue to block Education Department dismantling

The Chaos of NIH Cuts Has Left Early-Career Scientists Scrambling

Mar. 24, 2025 - As graduate programs lose spots and labs face shutdowns following Trump administration cuts to science funding, the path to a science career for students and researchers just got a whole lot harder.

#Trump #graduate #NIH #training #career

The Chaos of NIH Cuts Has Left Early-Career Scientists Scrambling

Vanderbilt’s Jesse Spencer-Smith appointed to Tennessee AI Advisory Council

Mar. 24, 2025 - Gov. Bill Lee has appointed Vanderbilt University’s Jesse Spencer-Smith to the Tennessee Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council.

#Tennessee #ADSA member #Vanderbilt #AI #policy

Vanderbilt’s Jesse Spencer-Smith appointed to Tennessee AI Advisory Council

Dismissal of economic advisory boards raises alarms over data quality

Mar. 21, 2025 - The removal of advisers supporting closely watched monthly releases may mean trouble for agencies that provide vital information on jobs and inflation.

#Department of Labor #data #Trump

Dismissal of economic advisory boards raises alarms over data quality

As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them

Mar. 23. 2025 - The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.

#Trump #data

As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them

Survey Says Women Are Finding New Paths to Cybersecurity

Mar. 21, 2025 - Women are increasingly exploring nontraditional channels to enter into the cybersecurity workforce, according to a survey and recent analysis from a cybersecurity professionals member association.

#cyber #DEI #certificate #higher ed #career #training

Survey Says Women Are Finding New Paths to Cybersecurity

Trump revoking protections for 530,000 Cubans, Haitians and other migrants

Mar. 22, 2025 - Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans who entered the US under a Biden-era program face deportation.

#Trump

Trump revoking protections for 530,000 Cubans, Haitians and other migrants

University of Maryland begins partial hiring freeze

Mar. 21, 2025 - Hiring efforts to fill existing, funded positions will now require additional reviews by senior staff, including the university’s vice president for finance and chief financial officer.

#University of Maryland #UMBC #ADSA member #Trump

University of Maryland begins partial hiring freeze

Pitt Talent Center website closed for now; hiring freeze exceptions being developed

Mar. 21, 2025 - The Pitt Talent Center job site is currently offline as the Office of Human Resources and the Office of the Provost work to finalize the exceptions process to the hiring freeze announced on March 10 for staff and faculty.

#University of Pittsburgh #Trump

Pitt Talent Center website closed for now; hiring freeze exceptions being developed

University of Washington to Relaunch Fintech Incubator

Mar. 20, 2025 - The financial advisory firm Curinos tapped the University of Washington and its innovation hub to support early-stage financial tech companies working in predictive decision-making, AI automation and customer experience.

#University of Washington #AI #finance #research #partnership

University of Washington to Relaunch Fintech Incubator

Generative AI Infrastructure Call 2025 - Data Science Centre

Mar. 21, 2025 - To help ensure that this infrastructure is fit for purpose and serves researchers needs, Research IT together with the UvA Data Science Centre (DSC) are once again looking for users to provide feedback.

#ADSA member #University of Amsterdam #GAI

Generative AI Infrastructure Call 2025 - Data Science Centre

Debra Richardson Defies Gender Stereotypes and Diversifies Computing

Mar. 19, 2025 - As a math major at UC San Diego in the 1970s, Debra Richardson was often one of only two women in her advanced math classes. “Many of my instructors.

#ADSA member #UC Irvine #computer science #DEI

Debra Richardson Defies Gender Stereotypes and Diversifies Computing

Princeton Precision Health: An interdisciplinary, AI-driven approach to tackling big questions about health and disease

Mar. 18, 2025 - PPH researchers apply cutting-edge AI and computational models to massive datasets to develop a deep understanding of the factors that shape health and illness.

#Princeton #AI #health #healthcare #biomedical

Princeton Precision Health: An interdisciplinary, AI-driven approach to tackling big questions about health and disease

UC Berkeley | Mapping the return of Indigenous lands using data science

Mar. 19, 2025 - McKalee Steen traces her career in data science to her family's efforts toward environmental justice.

#dssg #UC Berkeley #environment #data science #Oklahoma

UC Berkeley | Mapping the return of Indigenous lands using data science

UVA | Ken Ono Honored as Cozzarelli Award Finalist for Groundbreaking Work on Prime Numbers

Mar. 19, 2025 - The professor of data science's research reveals a surprising connection between integer partitions and prime numbers, earning him national recognition.

#university of virginia #data science #ADSA member #math

UVA | Ken Ono Honored as Cozzarelli Award Finalist for Groundbreaking Work on Prime Numbers

Pitt Professors, students warn vague conduct hearing rules could open door for abuses of power

Mar. 21, 2025 - Professors and student organization leaders have raised concerns about the Student Code of Conduct, saying it gives the University outsized power to silence political speech and punish campus dissent.

#University of Pittsburgh #policy #politics

Pitt Professors, students warn vague conduct hearing rules could open door for abuses of power

Penn | Annenberg School will not renew part-time lecturers’ contracts, citing financial uncertainty

Mar. 21, 2025 - Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication Sarah Banet-Weiser notified the lecturers of the decision in an email sent on March 19.

#UPenn #Trump

Penn | Annenberg School will not renew part-time lecturers’ contracts, citing financial uncertainty