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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

Scott Delaney: Google Sheet to track NIH grant cancellations

Mar. 7, 2025 - NIH is cancelling grants, but it's not clear exactly what they're cancelling and why. Without this information, we can't respond.

#Trump #NIH #funding

Scott Delaney: Google Sheet to track NIH grant cancellations

NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders

Mar. 7, 2025 - Information for the NSF community regarding executive orders.

#NSF #Trump #funding

NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders

Sinclair Community College encourages bachelor's degree completion with new Arizona State University partnership

Mar. 1, 2025 - Sinclair Community College has partnered with Arizona State University to allow students to transfer an associate's degree to another bachelor's degree program.

#Sinclair Community College #partnership #Arizona State University #higher ed #undergrad #degree

Sinclair Community College encourages bachelor's degree completion with new Arizona State University partnership

How the NIH dominates the world’s health research — in charts

Mar. 10, 2025 - Abrupt cuts by the Trump administration to the US National Institutes of Health threaten progress in medical research globally.

#NIH #Trump #research

How the NIH dominates the world’s health research — in charts

NASA begins mass firings of scientists ahead of Trump team’s deadline

Mar. 11, 2025 - Top advisers in the Office of the Chief Scientist are among the first to go amid downsizing effort.

#NASA #Trump #DEI

NASA begins mass firings of scientists ahead of Trump team’s deadline

Andy Konwinski to speak at CDSS undergraduate commencement ceremonies on May 22

Mar. 11, 2025 - Andy Konwinski, co-founder of Databricks, Perplexity, and Laude Ventures, will speak at UC Berkeley’s College of Computing, Data Science, and Society undergraduate commencement ceremonies on May 22.

#UC Berkeley #data science

Andy Konwinski to speak at CDSS undergraduate commencement ceremonies on May 22

Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts

Mar. 11, 2025 - Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.

#Trump #JHU

Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts

UWashington | Working together to address the financial risks facing our University

Mar. 9, 2025 - Given the challenges we now face at the federal and state levels, we expect that some level of budget cuts will become necessary, and the time has now come to expand our financial sustainability efforts.

#University of Washington #Trump #ADSA member

UWashington | Working together to address the financial risks facing our University

Clemson University limits expenditures through FY25

Jan. 30, 2025 - Clemson University is limiting its expenditures to those deemed “mission critical” in response to the construction of new facilities required by its increasing enrollment rate.

#Clemson #budget

Clemson University limits expenditures through FY25

Introducing openRxiv: a new independent home for preprint sharing in the life sciences - openRxiv

Mar. 11, 2025 - openRxiv as an independent nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences.

#open science #biomedical #life science #research

Introducing openRxiv: a new independent home for preprint sharing in the life sciences - openRxiv

Pitt institutes hiring freeze at least through June in response to funding uncertainties

Mar. 10, 2025 - The freeze will remain in place through the end of the current fiscal year (June 30) and may be extended into the next fiscal year.

#University of Pittsburgh #Trump #ADSA member

Pitt institutes hiring freeze at least through June in response to funding uncertainties

UNC ranked top public institution in Fulbright scholars, facilitating global exchange

Mar. 9, 2025 - UNC was recently ranked the No. 1 public university for the Fulbright US Students Program, producing 27 Fulbright scholars in the 2024-25 application cycle — more than any other public institution.

#UNC Chapel Hill #Fullbright

UNC ranked top public institution in Fulbright scholars, facilitating global exchange

Faculty Searches in Limbo As Freeze Interrupts Hiring Processes Across Harvard

Mar. 11, 2025 - Harvard’s imposition of a hiring freeze interrupted faculty hiring processes across the University, leaving professors scrambling to figure out how to fill vacancies — and how to keep their departments’ work running if they can’t.

#Harvard #Trump

Faculty Searches in Limbo As Freeze Interrupts Hiring Processes Across Harvard