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Trump administration to halt new research grants for Harvard as battle over political ideology and academic freedom flares

May 6, 2025 - The Trump administration has unveiled new steps to target federal funding to Harvard University, cutting off all new federal research grants unless the elite school enacts political policy changes amid a broader national clash over academic freedom, federal funding and campus oversight.

#Harvard #Trump

Trump administration to halt new research grants for Harvard as battle over political ideology and academic freedom flares

International students are rethinking coming to the U.S. That’s a problem for colleges

May 1, 2025 - Foreign-born students pay double or triple the tuition of domestic students — and are key to universities’ bottom line.

#Trump #higher ed

International students are rethinking coming to the U.S. That’s a problem for colleges

International students in Alabama fearful after researcher with no political ties is detained

May 3, 2025 - Alireza Doroudi has been detained in an immigration facility in Louisiana for nearly six weeks.

#University of Alabama #Trump #DHS

International students in Alabama fearful after researcher with no political ties is detained

President Trump Releases Potentially Disastrous FY26 Budget Request - GovAffairs

May 2, 2025 - The Trump Administration released a high-level overview of their budget request for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26).

#Trump #research #funding #NSF #CRA

President Trump Releases Potentially Disastrous FY26 Budget Request - GovAffairs

President von der Leyen puts science centre stage with “Choose Europe” Initiative

May 4, 2025 - Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented today in Paris the main elements of “Choose Europe”, a new policy initiative to ensure Europe continues to be at the forefront of research.

#European Union #Trump #research

President von der Leyen puts science centre stage with “Choose Europe” Initiative

Making AI models more trustworthy for high-stakes settings

May 1, 2025 - MIT researchers made a technique that improves the trustworthiness of machine-learning models, which could help improve the accuracy and reliability of AI predictions for high-stakes settings such health care.

#MIT #AI #healthcare

Making AI models more trustworthy for high-stakes settings

Letter from Princeton Provost reveals total operating budget, recommends shifts in spending

May 4, 2025 - The total operating budget to be $3.5 billion — nearly a half billion increase from last year’s budget.

#Princeton #budget

Letter from Princeton Provost reveals total operating budget, recommends shifts in spending

Vanderbilt's LGBTQ+ Policy Lab reports $9.6M loss in federal funding following NIH cuts

May 5, 2025 - Three federally funded research projects were effectively terminated due to these cuts, including research in the experiences of older LGBTQ+ Americans, suicide prevention among LGBTQ+ youth and the mental health effects of legalizing same-sex marriage.

#DEI #NIH #Vanderbilt #Trump

Vanderbilt's LGBTQ+ Policy Lab reports $9.6M loss in federal funding following NIH cuts

How much Northwestern relies on federal funding for research

May 5, 2025 - In recent weeks, the University has received 98 stop-work orders — primarily from the Department of Defense — and 51 grant terminations, many of which have targeted LGBTQ-related projects.

#Northwestern #Trump #DoD #digital twins

How much Northwestern relies on federal funding for research

GW to slash FY2026 expense budget by 3 percent, pause merit increases

May 1, 2025 - The University reduced its budget by 3 percent next fiscal year in light of recent “financial issues” and higher education “headwinds” created by President Donald Trump’s executive actions.

#George Washington University #Trump #budget

GW to slash FY2026 expense budget by 3 percent, pause merit increases

Funding Cuts Hit STEM Career Pipelines

May 2, 2025 - NSF has already terminated hundreds of STEM education-related grants, and Trump’s 2026 budget proposes even deeper cuts across the federal government.

#NSF #Trump #STEM #DEI #higher ed

Funding Cuts Hit STEM Career Pipelines

President’s Budget Catastrophic for Federal R&D. Congress Must Reject It

May 2, 2025 - A statement from AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh on the President's proposed skinny budget for federal research & development.

#Trump #AAAS

President’s Budget Catastrophic for Federal R&D. Congress Must Reject It

CEOs push AI and CS for high schoolers

May 5, 2025 - More than 200 CEOs signed a letter today urging state leaders to mandate artificial intelligence and computer science classes as a high school graduation requirement.

#computer science #K12 #policy #education #Trump #Nebraska #Nevada #Louisiana #Mississippi #Tennessee #Arkansas #South Carolina #north carolina #Indiana #West Virginia #Rhode Island #AI

CEOs push AI and CS for high schoolers

New ICE Policy Puts International Students at Greater Risk

May 2, 2025 - A week after restoring foreign students’ legal status, immigration officials detailed plans for a new policy granting unprecedented leeway to terminate their residency. It could foreshadow a new round of deportation efforts.

#Trump #higher ed #ICE

New ICE Policy Puts International Students at Greater Risk

Harvard faculty group pledges 10% of salary to help university fight Trump

May 2, 2025 - President Donald Trump again threatened the Ivy League institution's tax-exempt status on Friday as the battle between the two escalates.

#Harvard #Trump

Harvard faculty group pledges 10% of salary to help university fight Trump

Data-driven ventures earn $100,000 in 2025 UTSA Draper Competition

Apr. 28, 2025 - Four out of eight competing teams from across the U.S., Mexico and Canada took home $100,000 in prize money in the 2025 UTSA Draper Data Science Business Plan Competition.

#UTSA #ADSA member #business

Data-driven ventures earn $100,000 in 2025 UTSA Draper Competition

UCSD | Expanse Supercomputer Used to Analyze Unprecedented Number of Stars in Other Galaxies

Apr. 29, 2025 - A team of international scientists has embarked on a massive project to map the chemical history of our Milky Way galaxy and its neighbors using a a powerful new instrument called the Prime Focus Spectrograph.

#UC San Diego #ADSA member #astronomy

UCSD | Expanse Supercomputer Used to Analyze Unprecedented Number of Stars in Other Galaxies

Cybersecurity Researcher at NJIT Toughens Git Software Repositories

Apr. 29, 2025 - Curtmola and his NYU peers won a Distinguished Paper award at the Internet Society’s Network and Distributed System Security symposium in San Diego.

#cyber #NJIT #ADSA member

Cybersecurity Researcher at NJIT Toughens Git Software Repositories

NC State | Data in Bloom

May 1, 2025 - Data Science and AI Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Kelsey Virginia Dufresne, explores the role of flowers, art, and community in data science by participating in and creating a floral installation for the North Carolina Museum of Art’s (NCMA) 2025 Art in Bloom fundraiser.

#ADSA member #NCSU #dssg

NC State | Data in Bloom

UNC-CH School of Data Science and Society celebrates its inaugural class of graduates

May 2, 2025 - In January 2024, SDSS first launched the online Master of Applied Data Science (MADS) for working professionals. Since then, enrollment has grown to more than 130 students.

#UNC Chapel Hill #ADSA member #data

UNC-CH School of Data Science and Society celebrates its inaugural class of graduates

UVA SDS | Brian Wright Receives 2025 All-University Teaching Award

Apr. 30, 2025 - Quantitative Foundation Associate Professor of Data Science Brian Wright has been named a recipient of the UVA 2025 All-University Teaching Award.

#university of virginia #ADSA member

UVA SDS | Brian Wright Receives 2025 All-University Teaching Award

UVA SDS | Master’s in Data Science Students Showcase Real-World Solutions in 2025 Capstone Presentations

May 2, 2025 - M.S. in Data Science students presented their capstone research projects in the Rotunda.

#data science #university of virginia #ADSA member

UVA SDS | Master’s in Data Science Students Showcase Real-World Solutions in 2025 Capstone Presentations

UToronto | Building a VR Community: DSI Hosts Second Annual Questioning Reality Conference

May 1, 2025 - The conference began with a series of mini-grant lightning talks, featuring research teams that had received DSI grants following the 2024 Questioning Reality conference.

#University of Toronto #technology #ADSA member

UToronto | Building a VR Community: DSI Hosts Second Annual Questioning Reality Conference

UChicago | Reflections from UPCEA 2025: Exploring Data Science and Ethics in Higher Education

May 1, 2025 - Three members of the University of Chicago’s MS in Applied Data Science (MS-ADS) team led a roundtable at the 2025 UPCEA Conference.

#ethics #data science #higher ed #pedagogy #education #UChicago #ADSA member

UChicago | Reflections from UPCEA 2025: Exploring Data Science and Ethics in Higher Education

Penn | Empowering Futures: How PRECISE Center’s Mentorship with Google is Transforming Academic Careers and Innovation

May 2, 2025 - “It takes a village to raise a child,” the old saying goes. In the world of academic research, the same principle holds true.

#google #UPenn #career

Penn | Empowering Futures: How PRECISE Center’s Mentorship with Google is Transforming Academic Careers and Innovation

HDSI | Newly Funded – Climate Stress, Nutrition, and Chronic Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa

May 2, 2025 - The research aims to identify vulnerable populations affected by climate change and poor nutrition, develop climate-resilient strategies, and demonstrate the effectiveness of digital health tools for research in resource-limited settings.

#Harvard #ADSA member #dssg #environment

HDSI | Newly Funded – Climate Stress, Nutrition, and Chronic Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa