Higher Ed News

2644 bookmarks

Newest

UTSA | SDS Announces its Nonprofit Partners for its Growing Community Innovation Scholars Program.

Mar. 2, 2025 - The Data Science & AI Community Innovation Scholars program places UTSA undergraduates in 10-week paid internships to apply data science and AI solutions to challenges faced by local nonprofits.

#UTSA #ADSA member #undergrad #AI #data science #partnership #internship

UTSA | SDS Announces its Nonprofit Partners for its Growing Community Innovation Scholars Program.

BU | CDS Welcomes Acevedo-Garcia and Chang as Faculty Fellows

Mar. 6, 2025 - Boston University’s Dolores Acevedo-Garcia and Michael Alan Chang have been named Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences (CDS) Faculty Fellows.

#Boston University #ADSA member

BU | CDS Welcomes Acevedo-Garcia and Chang as Faculty Fellows

Fruit Fly Research Led NJIT Scientists and Edison Teens to Better AI

Mar 3, 2025 - A competition to compare the brains of male vs. female fruit flies led NJIT researchers and two high school students to a second-place finish in the latest edition of the FlyWire Data Challenge.

#NJIT #data science #AI #ADSA member

Fruit Fly Research Led NJIT Scientists and Edison Teens to Better AI

UToronto DSI | Drawing on AI and Other Data Sciences to Design Next-Gen Joint Replacements

Mar. 6, 2025 - Supported by a DSI catalyst seed grant, researchers employed data science methodologies with AI tools to analyze massive datasets on joint replacement patients to help design complex microstructure materials.

#ADSA member #University of Toronto #biomedical #AI #data science

UToronto DSI | Drawing on AI and Other Data Sciences to Design Next-Gen Joint Replacements

University Hiring Pause | Human Resources | The University of Vermont

Mar. 4, 2025 - The university will pause general hiring for all long-term faculty, staff and postdoctoral positions for 60 days.

#Trump #University of Vermont

University Hiring Pause | Human Resources | The University of Vermont

Updates on federal government directives impacting Emory

Mar. 5, 2025 - "With potential changes in university funding looming, Emory must take prudent measures to prepare for what may be a significant disruption to our finances."

#Emory University #Trump

Updates on federal government directives impacting Emory

Trump preparing to sign order to dismantle Education Department | CNN Politics

Mar. 6, 2025 - The president could sign the order as early as Thursday. He would need support from Congress to get it done.

#Department of Education #Trump #K12 #higher ed

Trump preparing to sign order to dismantle Education Department | CNN Politics

University of Michigan braces for funding cuts as feds terminate Social Security project

Mar. 3, 2025 - The Social Security Administration said that it would be ending its cooperative agreements supporting the Retirement and Disability Research Consortium.

#Trump #SSA #DEI #University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

University of Michigan braces for funding cuts as feds terminate Social Security project

UNebraska-Lincoln | Message from the Chancellor - Budget Reductions

Mar. 4, 2025 - The Executive Leadership Team to prepare for additional budget reductions to clear our structural deficit, resulting from rising costs and a decline in net tuition, as well as to prepare for the potential of reduced funding from the state for the next biennium.

#university of nebraska #budget

UNebraska-Lincoln | Message from the Chancellor - Budget Reductions

Johns Hopkins University | Our bond at a moment of challenge

Mar. 4, 2025 - "As we have been in the past, we are resolute in our commitment to facing the challenges before us together as one university."

#JHU #USAID #Trump

Johns Hopkins University | Our bond at a moment of challenge

Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants

Mar. 6, 2025 - Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.

#Trump #NIH #research #DEI #China #environment

Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants

Bridging North and South - University Affairs

Feb. 27, 2025 - Yukon university serves First Nations communities while demystifying the North as the latest member of Universities Canada.

#Yukon University #higher ed #Canada

Bridging North and South - University Affairs

Shaping the future of AI: A Q&A with Rada Mihalcea

Mar. 5, 2025 - The AI Lab has grown in both scope and impact—venturing into cognitive architectures, natural language processing, healthcare computing and more.

#University of Michigan-Ann Arbor #AI

Shaping the future of AI: A Q&A with Rada Mihalcea

UMD Carillon Communities program to cut enrollment by more than 65% this fall

Mar. 2, 2025 - The University of Maryland’s Carillon Communities living-learning program will reduce its student enrollment by more than 65 percent beginning this fall.

#University of Maryland #budget #higher ed

UMD Carillon Communities program to cut enrollment by more than 65% this fall

'Tears my heart apart': UNC summer research programs canceled amid federal cuts

Mar. 4, 2025 - Multiple summer research opportunities at UNC in the life sciences and social sciences have been put on hiatus or canceled.

#UNC Chapel Hill #NIH #NSF #Harvard #social science #life science #Trump

'Tears my heart apart': UNC summer research programs canceled amid federal cuts

Harvard | Hoekstra Tells FAS To ‘Prepare for Significant Financial Challenges’ Amid Uncertainty From Washington

Mar. 4, 2025 - Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra told faculty on Tuesday that she has instructed FAS officials “to prepare for significant financial challenges” and “build financial capacity.”

#Trump #Harvard

Harvard | Hoekstra Tells FAS To ‘Prepare for Significant Financial Challenges’ Amid Uncertainty From Washington

Penn Engineering develops “quantum qudits” technology to secure communication between devices

Mar. 5, 2025 - Penn Engineering researchers have developed new technology that secures communications between separate devices while limiting the potential for interference.

#quantum computing #UPenn #research

Penn Engineering develops “quantum qudits” technology to secure communication between devices

Trump threatens to withhold federal funding from universities that allow ‘illegal’ protests

Mar. 5, 2025 - In the March 4 post, Trump threatened non-citizen student protesters.

#Trump #politics #higher ed

Trump threatens to withhold federal funding from universities that allow ‘illegal’ protests

Princeton has not asked departments to reduce graduate admissions as other colleges enact cuts

Mar. 5, 2025 - For many graduate students and professors, it is business as usual when it comes to admissions.

#graduate #Princeton

Princeton has not asked departments to reduce graduate admissions as other colleges enact cuts

(Undergraduate) Transfer enrollment ticked up 4.4% in the fall, report finds

Mar. 5, 2025 - Previously stopped-out students starting at new institutions made up a majority of transfers, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found.

#higher ed #community college #articulation agreements #data

(Undergraduate) Transfer enrollment ticked up 4.4% in the fall, report finds

Trump administration launches review of Columbia University’s grants and contracts

Mar. 4, 2025 - The Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism is probing the institution’s funding over allegations it hasn’t protected Jewish students from harassment.

#Trump #Columbia University #politics

Trump administration launches review of Columbia University’s grants and contracts

U-M, OpenAI launch partnership to expand AI research

Mar. 4, 2024 - The University of Michigan has established a partnership with OpenAI that will bring additional artificial intelligence resources, research funding and computing power to campus.

#University of Michigan-Ann Arbor #OpenAI #GAI #NextGenAI #CalTech #Duke University #University of Georgia #Harvard #Howard #MIT #University of Mississippi #Ohio State University #University of Oxford #Sciences Po #Texas A&M University #higher ed #partnership #AI

U-M, OpenAI launch partnership to expand AI research

A case study of what’s ahead with Trump DEI crackdowns: Utah has already cut public college DEI initiatives

Feb. 28, 2025 - Utah’s strict laws blocking diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives have been playing out to mixed reviews on its flagship campus.

#University of Utah #DEI #Trump #ADSA member

A case study of what’s ahead with Trump DEI crackdowns: Utah has already cut public college DEI initiatives

More Universities Slow Spending, Admissions Over Federal Funding Chaos

Mar. 3, 2025 - The list of major universities that are trimming their budgets, freezing new hiring, or limiting Ph.D. admissions is growing due to doubts about federal research funding.

#graduate #higher ed #Trump #Cornell #University of Southern California #Vanderbilt #MIT #Washington State University #Northwestern #Columbia University #University of Missouri #Stanford #NIH #NSF #UPenn #Case Western Reserve #University of Louisville #University of Wisconsin-Madison #UC San Diego

More Universities Slow Spending, Admissions Over Federal Funding Chaos

NSF says it’s reinstating fired probationary employees

Mar. 3, 2025 - The National Science Foundation is reinstating probationary employees following a court ruling on the firings.

#NSF #Trump

NSF says it’s reinstating fired probationary employees

U-M takes proactive measures related to federal funding

Feb. 26, 2025 - The University of Michigan is instituting new requirements to reduce spending as a “buffer against negative, long-term impacts on operations” stemming from federal funding cuts.

#Trump #University of Michigan-Ann Arbor #ADSA member

U-M takes proactive measures related to federal funding

New Ed Department Guidance Against Race-Conscious Policies Could Impact Scholarships, Ceremonies at Harvard | News | The Harvard Crimson

Mar. 3, 2025 - The Department of Education's guidance puts affinity commencement celebrations and minority scholarships in jeopardy

#Harvard #Department of Education #Trump #DEI

New Ed Department Guidance Against Race-Conscious Policies Could Impact Scholarships, Ceremonies at Harvard | News | The Harvard Crimson

Vanderbilt | Early decision acceptance rate drops to 13.2% for Class of 2029

Mar. 3, 2025 - The combined acceptance rate for EDI and EDII was 13.2% — a decrease of 2% from the previous year.

#Vanderbilt #undergrad

Vanderbilt | Early decision acceptance rate drops to 13.2% for Class of 2029

The Daily Explains: How Northwestern has responded to Trump’s anti-DEI orders

Mar. 3, 2025 - Northwestern, like other universities nationwide, has been complying with the new Trump administration’s hefty diversity, equity and inclusion initiative crackdowns.

#Northwestern #Trump #DEI

The Daily Explains: How Northwestern has responded to Trump’s anti-DEI orders

Staff Council presses GW for more communication on new promotion, hiring review process

Mar. 3, 2025 - The Staff Council sought clarity on the University’s new promotion and hiring approval process.

#George Washington University #Trump

Staff Council presses GW for more communication on new promotion, hiring review process