Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs
National Science Foundation staff heard the plans at a meeting Tuesday.
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CSU unveils massive venture to provide free AI tools and training
Feb. 4, 2025 - California State University has unveiled a massive venture with Gov. Gavin Newsom and tech leaders to equip all students, faculty and staff with AI tools and skills.
Exclusive: how NSF is scouring research grants for violations of Trump’s orders
The US National Science Foundation has unfrozen grant funding, but it continues to scrutinize research projects, sowing turmoil.
UVA SDS | MSDS Class of 2024: Celebrating Career Success in a Data-Driven World
Jan. 9, 2025 - The MSDS Class of 2024 achieved high employment, advancing careers across industries with top employers, supported by the School's rigorous program and dedicated career services.
Trump axed support for tribal and Hispanic-serving colleges
Jan. 30, 2025 - President Trump rescinded Biden-era executive orders that bolstered support for tribal colleges and universities with the most Hispanic students.
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UM-Ann Arbor MIDAS | NSF RDSV Project Kickoff Workshop
Jan. 28, 2025 - The Research Data and Systems Vision (RDSV) team launched its inaugural workshop on the Collaborative Design of Data and AI Systems for Science and Society.
Columbia | Agostino Capponi Receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Jan. 17, 2025 - Agostino Capponi has been recognized with the PECASE, which is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government.
UCSD | High School Intern at SDSC Presents Research Outcomes at National Data Science Meeting
Upon completing an internship at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), Rajan Tavathia presented a poster for the recent Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA) Annual Meeting.
UMBC | U.S. News Ranks UMBC’s Online Master’s In Information Systems Among Best In The Nation
Jan. 21, 2025 - U.S. News and World Report has recognized UMBC’s online master’s degree in information systems as #32 on their national list of 2025 Best Online Master’s in Information Technology Programs.
UCI | Codesafe Platform Wins $50,000 in Global EdTech Competition
Jan. 28, 2025 - A trio of researchers from UC Irvine’s Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) received a top award as one of six winners of the
UTSA | SDS researchers receive NIH grant to expand biomedical data science education
Jan. 23, 2025 - Researchers with the UTSA School of Data Science (SDS) and UTSA College of Sciences have been awarded a three-year, $474,000 grant from the NIH.
Data Science and AI in Context: Summary and Insights · Issue 6.3, Summer 2024
This article summarizes some of the book’s key points and adds reflections on AI’s extraordinary growth and societal effects. The article also discusses how to balance inevitable trade-offs and provides further thoughts on societal implications.
A Perspective on Designing Undergraduate Education in the New Discipline of Data Science · Issue 3.2, Spring 2021
What are the foundational topics that should be covered in an undergraduate program? What is the appropriate mix of theory and applications? How should a Data Science undergraduate program differ from existing statistics and computer science programs?
Program: Data Science Minor - University of New Haven - Modern Campus Catalog™
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UChicago DSI | Summer Lab Research Program Expanded with NSF-Funded AI+Science REU Program
Jan 28, 2025 - The University of Chicago Data Science Institute (DSI) is proud to announce the expansion of its successful Summer Lab program through the establishment of the AI+Science Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site.
UToronto DSI | Tackling Liver Transplant Inequalities: Expanding a Data Sciences Institute Project Nationally
Jan. 23, 2025 - Supported by a Data Sciences Institute catalyst seed grant and co-led by investigators’ Rahul G. Krishnan and Mamatha Bhat, DynaMELD and DynaCOMP is a coordinated effort between clinicians and computer scientists to address specific issues with liver transplant wait-times and patient selection.
Degree in hand, jobs out of reach: Why recent grads are struggling in a competitive market | CNN Business
Jan. 26, 2025 - Graduating college no longer gives students a leg up in the workforce. They need real world experience, too. Now, colleges are stepping up their internships and co-op programs to fill the increasing need.
Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education: Supporting Equitable and Effective Teaching
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Are colleges really facing an enrollment cliff?
Oct. 17, 2024 - Colleges and universities in the U.S. are facing some strong headwinds on enrollment figures, forcing some tough conversations.
The coming decline in high school graduate counts, in 5 charts
Jan. 27, 2025 - A recent forecast dove deep into the demographics and number of future traditional-aged college prospects. The news wasn’t all bad.
Graduates Land Top Financial Tech Jobs Through a Unique Program at the University of Delaware
The rise of ChatGPT and other GenAI platforms has caused a major disruption in the education sector. While GenAI technology offers incredible promise for
Raymond Ng’s Transformative Leadership Where Passion Meets Progress
Raymond Ng is the Director of the UBC Data Science Institute, is at the forefront of this holding the baton of academic excellence and real-world impact.
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2023 ADSA Annual Meeting Encompasses Special Session Hosted by UW's eScience Institute
Last month, the University of Washington’s eScience Institute and the West Hub co-hosted a special session at the 2023 Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA) Annual Meeting.
Racing Against Time: Why Scientists May Use AI ‘Research Assembly Lines’
Discover how Artificial Intelligence is revolutionizing the way we approach discovery and innovation.
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UTSA welcomes White House Chief Data Scientist Dominique Duval-Diop
An upcoming conference being hosted by UTSA is highlighting an impressive list of keynote speakers. Among them is Dominique Duval-Diop, the chief data scientist of the United States in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Academic Data Science Alliance | UTSA School of Data Science
ADSA will be hosting its first-ever in-person Annual Meeting at San Pedro I in October 2023.
BU | CDS Hosts 2023 ADSA Data Science Leadership Summit
The Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences (CDS) at Boston University (BU) was proud to host the Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA) 2023 Data Science Leadership Summit.
Tool helps experts, students assess ethics of data science work in society
Data science has unlocked new potential to help understand and address challenges like human health and climate change. But it can be challenging to know how to work ethically with data, especially when it has major impacts on society.
NJIT | New PhD Program in Data Science
Feb. 17, 2023 - NJIT’s Departments of Data Science and Mathematical Sciences have launched a new Ph.D. in Data Science program, dedicated to growing the field and generating top-notch data scientists.