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Ida Sim: A healthcare pioneer transforming how data works for patients

Ida Sim has spent her career pioneering ways to make medical data more open and shareable. She helped pave the way for more accessible health data. Now, she wants CPH to train the next generation to harness artificial intelligence to develop more precise, personalized treatments. Through it all, she’s kept her role as a primary care doctor central to her work.

#UC Berkeley #UC San Francisco #data science #health

Ida Sim: A healthcare pioneer transforming how data works for patients

Columbia DSI | AI, FemTech, and the Future of Women’s Health: Key Insights from Leading Innovators

Dec. 3, 2024 - Experts at Columbia University explored how AI and FemTech are revolutionizing women’s health through inclusive research, funding, and collaboration.

#Columbia University #AI #DEI #research #ADSA member

Columbia DSI | AI, FemTech, and the Future of Women’s Health: Key Insights from Leading Innovators

University of Michigan will no longer solicit diversity statements from faculty

Dec. 5, 2024 - Before the policy shift, individual academic units could decide if they required such statements for hiring, promotion or tenure considerations.

#University of Michigan-Ann Arbor #DEI #higher ed

University of Michigan will no longer solicit diversity statements from faculty

NIH-Funded Climate and Health Center Launches at Columbia

Sep. 23, 2024 - The new center, Climate and Health: Action and Research for Transformational Change, is led by public health researchers.

#Columbia University #higher ed #research #NIH #funding

NIH-Funded Climate and Health Center Launches at Columbia

Universities of Wisconsin to evaluate low-enrollment campus programs

Dec. 2, 2024 - The changes are based on recommendations from a $2.8 million system-wide third party financial review by Deloitte to assess finances on individual campuses.

#Wisconsin #budget #higher ed

Universities of Wisconsin to evaluate low-enrollment campus programs

National college completion rate ticks up to 61.1%

Dec. 4, 2024 - Those who started at two-year public colleges helped drive the overall increase in students completing a credential.

#higher ed #community college

National college completion rate ticks up to 61.1%

AI Faculty Cluster Hire | University at Albany

#SUNY #AI #data science

AI Faculty Cluster Hire | University at Albany

Minnesota State Grant program faces $211 million budget shortfall

Nov. 21, 2024 - Financial aid to college students across Minnesota could be reduced because of the shortfall in the state’s largest financial aid program.

#Minnesota #budget #higher ed

Minnesota State Grant program faces $211 million budget shortfall

Career education gets a boost with College Board pilot program

Dec. 2, 2024 - Known for its Advanced Placement courses and SAT exams, College Board is broadening its offerings to include AP-equivalent career courses.

#College Board #career #training #higher ed #cyber

Career education gets a boost with College Board pilot program

University of Michigan underpaid its professors for years, lawsuit claims

Nov. 26, 2024 - The lawsuit is seeking potentially millions of dollars in backpay for more than 3,000 tenured faculty members.

#University of Michigan-Ann Arbor #higher ed

University of Michigan underpaid its professors for years, lawsuit claims

Keystone College could lose accreditation after MSCHE vote

Nov. 27, 2024 - Middle States Commission on Higher Education found that the Pennsylvania institution failed to show it can sustain itself.

#Middle States Commission on Higher Education #Keystone College #accreditation #higher ed

Keystone College could lose accreditation after MSCHE vote

Texas Tech Discloses Cyber Attack on Health Sciences Centers

Nov. 27, 2024 - A cyber attack on Texas Tech University's health sciences centers in September resulted in access to, or removal of, files containing private data such as names, birthdates, financial accounts and medical information.

#Texas Tech University #higher ed

Texas Tech Discloses Cyber Attack on Health Sciences Centers

North Carolina Community Colleges Lead the Way with Cutting-Edge Programs: From Electric Vehicles to AI and Drone Operations - NCCCS

#north carolina #community college #AI #certificate #degree #Central Piedmont Community College #Wayne Community College

North Carolina Community Colleges Lead the Way with Cutting-Edge Programs: From Electric Vehicles to AI and Drone Operations - NCCCS

University System of Georgia to ban DEI, commit to neutrality, teach Constitution

Nov. 23, 2024 - The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents has recommended a number of new and revised policies for its institutions, such as a commitment to institutional

#Georgia #DEI #politics #higher ed

University System of Georgia to ban DEI, commit to neutrality, teach Constitution

Iowa Republicans form House higher education committee for ‘long overdue’ review

Nov. 25, 2024 - State Rep. Taylor Collins, who has staunchly opposed diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, will chair the panel.

#Iowa #higher ed #politics #DEI

Iowa Republicans form House higher education committee for ‘long overdue’ review

Saint Augustine’s University cuts its workforce in half to shore up finances

Nov. 25, 2024 - The North Carolina institution is on probation with its accreditor as it tries to stabilize its operations.

#Saint Augustine University #budget #higher ed

Saint Augustine’s University cuts its workforce in half to shore up finances

A tuition freeze without more state aid could leave Texas universitie…

Nov. 22, 2024 - Regional colleges rely more on tuition revenue to operate than flagship campuses. Gov. Greg Abbott’s desire to pause increases could create tight financial conditions.

#Texas #politics #higher ed #budget

A tuition freeze without more state aid could leave Texas universitie…

Cal Maritime and Cal Poly set to merge

Nov. 22, 2024 - A new report from California State University leaders said the nautical college faces a "dire, binary choice": Partner with another university, or close.

#higher ed #budget #Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Cal Maritime and Cal Poly set to merge

Conservative professors and students are suing California's community colleges, and winning

Nov. 21, 2024 - As the state’s community colleges adopt diversity, equity and inclusion policies, conservatives sue, claiming they have gone too far.

#community college #California #DEI #politics #higher ed

Conservative professors and students are suing California's community colleges, and winning

UMass Amherst CDS | Data Core to Develop a Generative AI Playground for Amherst Community

Data Core is leading an exciting initiative to make generative AI accessible across the UMass Amherst campus.

#GAI #EdTech #ADSA member #UMass Amherst

UMass Amherst CDS | Data Core to Develop a Generative AI Playground for Amherst Community

BROWN | CS and CNTR PhD Student Rui-Jie Yew and Collaborators Receive a 2024 AAAI/ACM AIES Paper Award

Nov. 18, 2024 - Second year PhD student Rui-Jie Yew was recently recognized as runner-up for Best Student Paper at the Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society (AIES) Conference in San Jose at the end of October.

#Brown #data science #ADSA member #AI #ethics

BROWN | CS and CNTR PhD Student Rui-Jie Yew and Collaborators Receive a 2024 AAAI/ACM AIES Paper Award

Announcing Four Faculty Special Projects Fund Awards

Oct. 24, 2024 - The Harvard Data Science Initiative has recently granted four new Faculty Special Projects Fund awards to Harvard University faculty.

#Harvard #funding #data science #ADSA member

Announcing Four Faculty Special Projects Fund Awards

UNC Chapel Hill | Data science seed fund spurs innovation, collaboration across campus, continents

Nov. 11, 2024 - This fall, researchers, philosophers, lawyers and students from 21 institutions around the world convened at UNC Chapel Hill for a conference to discuss how to harness artificial intelligence (AI) to address critical issues in society.

#UNC Chapel Hill #AI #funding #ADSA member

UNC Chapel Hill | Data science seed fund spurs innovation, collaboration across campus, continents

Does College Pay Off? A Comprehensive Return On Investment Analysis - FREOPP

May 8, 2024 - While prospective students often ask themselves if college is worth it, this report shows the more important question is when college is worth it.

#higher ed #degree #career #data

Does College Pay Off? A Comprehensive Return On Investment Analysis - FREOPP

A National Talent Surge for Teaching in the AI Era

Nov. 20, 2024 - The new Administration should announce a national talent surge to identify, scale, and recruit into innovative teacher preparation models, expand teacher leadership opportunities, and boost the profession's prestige.

#training #education #policy #STEM #K12 #AI #DS4E #data

A National Talent Surge for Teaching in the AI Era

Admissions to Humanities and Social Science PhD Programs Suspended at Boston University

Nov. 19, 2024 - Boston University has not officially announced the change nor has it fully explained the implications on applicants and existing programs.

#Boston University #graduate #degree #higher ed #budget

Admissions to Humanities and Social Science PhD Programs Suspended at Boston University

Utah college presidents should quickly start cutting ‘inefficient’ programs, state auditors say

Nov. 19, 2024 - A new audit calls on Utah colleges and universities to analyze which of their programs are "successful" in graduating students and landing them in high-paying jobs and cut those that don't show a return.

#utah #budget #higher ed

Utah college presidents should quickly start cutting ‘inefficient’ programs, state auditors say

Drexel University to cut 60 staffers

Nov. 21, 2024 - More than 150 additional employees have accepted buyout offers from the private Philadelphia institution.

#Drexel #higher ed #budget

Drexel University to cut 60 staffers

University of Oklahoma faces conservative backlash over class

Nov. 20, 2024 - A right-wing outlet said an undergraduate education course may violate the state’s diversity, equity and inclusion ban, catching the eye of the governor.

#DEI #politics #higher ed #Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma faces conservative backlash over class

Top Mass. college to offer free tuition for families making under 75K

Nov. 19, 2024 - Another Massachusetts college is offering free tuition for people with family incomes of under $75,000.

#Brandeis University #undergrad #higher ed

Top Mass. college to offer free tuition for families making under 75K