Is data advancing science at the cost of deeper insight?
Aug 4, 2025 - Neuroscientist Grace Huckins argues that while powerful AI tools and vast datasets are driving practical advances, they may not be deepening our understanding of the universe.
Higher Ed News
Brown University braces for layoffs despite agreement with Trump administration
Aug 5, 2025 - University administrators announced various strategies intended to help Brown manage a $30 million impact from federal actions.
Where is all the NIH data? A Landscape Analysis of the 150 NIH Repositories and the Path Beyond the Mountains
Jul 31, 2025 - 'Less is more' when establishing repositories that help scientists easily find and securely access distinct data types for their research. This level of cross architecture coordination and federation will require support from both research grantors and recipients.
Open-Access Publishing in a Global Context
Aug 6, 2025 - The number and share of Open-access (OA) articles has grown since 2003 from an infrequent type of peer-reviewed publication to almost half of global publications in 2022.
Trump’s Deal-Making With Other Elite Schools Scrambles Harvard Negotiations
Aug 4, 2025 - The university was open to spending $500 million, but a $50 million settlement with Brown has prompted new debates in Cambridge.
University ‘awaiting details’ on federal awards reinstatement, EVP for research says
Aug 3, 2025 - Executive VP for Research Jeannette Wing announced that the University is still “awaiting details on how the federal government will operationalize reinstatement of awards and the above-referenced renewals."
Higher ed groups ask Supreme Court to preserve lower court order to restore NIH grants
Aug 5, 2025 - The Trump administration has asked the high court to pause the June ruling against the National Institutes of Health’s mass award cancellations.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln to slash $27.5M from budget
Aug 5, 2025 - The state’s flagship could eliminate academic programs and offer voluntary separation packages to make the cuts, its chancellor said.
Georgetown Formal Response — MDI’s Response to NSF Request for Information on Key Technology Areas for TIP
Jul 31, 2025 - The Massive Data Institute and the Department of Computer at Georgetown University offered comments in response to the NSF’s Request for Information on Key Technology Focus Areas for TIP
UTSA School of Data Science to transition into new research center
Aug 1, 2025 - A planned new UTSA Center for Data Science is set to continue building on the school’s legacy, with the official transition taking effect on Sept. 1.
Fifth Annual UC Irvine ICS Project Expo Continues to Grow ‘Bigger and Better’
Aug 1 ,2025 - What made the UC Irvine Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences ICS Project Expo unique in 2025?
Emory | AI reveals unexpected new physics in dusty plasma
Jul 30, 2025 - Physicists used AI to discover new natural laws governing dusty plasma, found everywhere from Saturn’s rings to the Earth’s ionosphere.
MTSU | 2025-26 Data Science Student Steve and Kathy Anderson Scholarship Winners
Aug 1, 2025 - This highly competitive scholarship recognizes outstanding students in the MTSU Data Science program who have demonstrated exceptional academic achievement, passion for data science, and a commitment to making a meaningful impact here at MTSU.
Speeding up research at Princeton’s annual Open Hackathon
Jul 28, 2025 - From June 10-13, Princeton hosted its seventh Open Hackathon, bringing together nine teams of participants from campus and off-campus research groups to collaborate both in-person and virtually.
Research from NJIT and Yale Leads to Trio of Computing Innovations
Jul 29, 2025 -NJIT Distinguished Professor David Bader said the inspiration for a joint $540,000 National Science Foundation grant, “Scalable Algorithmic and Software Foundations for Subgraph Counting and Enumeration," is that existing pattern-finding science is struggling to keep pace with modern data sets.
UC San Diego HDSI Assistant Professor Hao Zhang Receives Google Junior Faculty Award
Jul 30, 2025 - Hao Zhang of the University of California San Diego has received an inaugural 2025 Google ML and Systems Junior Faculty Award in recognition of the significance and promise of his work in machine learning, systems, and LLMs.
U-M Ann Arbor | Twenty-two papers by CSE researchers at ACL 2025
Aug 1, 2025 - CSE authors are presenting new research in computational linguistics on topics ranging from cross-species acoustic identification to multilingual moral reasoning.
UBC Master of Data Science | FinlyWealth
Aug 1, 2025 - FinlyWealth teamed up with a group of UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) Vancouver students to build a smarter product search experience.
UW eScience | Creating a code base for on- and offline analysis of ultrafast X-rayspectroscopy data recorded at the chemRIXS instrument
Aug 5, 2025 - The goal of this project is to create a code base that will be made available for future users of the chemRIXS instrument.
UC Berkeley | New database on police use of force and misconduct in California makes records public
Aug 4, 2025 - Public records about use of force and misconduct by California law enforcement officers will now be searchable by the public for the first time thanks to a new database built by UC Berkeley and Stanford University
URochester | How brain-inspired analog systems could make drones more efficient
Jul 28, 2025 - Using predictive coding, University of Rochester engineers aim to mimic the brain’s visual system to create AI tools for autonomous systems.
UVA | Meet the School of Data Science Student Affairs Team
Aug 5, 2025 - Meet the people who will support you during your time in the School of Data Science as a BSDS student.
UVA’s Marc Breton is Revolutionizing Diabetes Care
Jul 28, 2025 - Marc Breton’s trajectory from crafting 2 and 3D templates and shapes as a 10-year-old growing up in Paris to pioneering diabetes management technology illustrates an elegant intersection of boyhood wonder, systems engineering, and medical innovation.
UChicago DSI | Moderation at the Crossroads: How Generative AI Platforms Manage Creativity and Content Safety
Aug 4, 2025 - A new study explores how content moderation policies in generative AI tools both protect and sometimes hinder users—offering insights on the path to safer, more creative, and user-friendly platforms.
Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences awards 56 research projects
Aug 4, 2025 - The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) has announced that they will support 56 projects to support as part of the Rising Researcher Collaborations Funding Opportunity.
India to penalize universities with too many retractions
Aug 1, 2025 - Having a lot of withdrawn papers will soon count against institutions but some warn the policy could create issues.
NSF invests over $74 million in 6 mathematical sciences research institutes
Aug 4, 2025 - From improving medical care to detecting planets in other solar systems, the institutes will explore mathematical sciences with a broad range of applications.
College gives lower-income students less of a boost than it once did. Why?
Aug 5, 2025 - Low-income students have become less likely to enroll at research universities and pursue high-return fields than their higher-income peers, a study found.
College isn't in the plans for many rural students despite stepped-up recruiting efforts
Aug 2, 2025 - America’s rural high school students are less likely to go to college than their urban and suburban peers.
UCLA | The Loss of Federal Funding is a Loss for America
Jul 31, 2025 - Chancellor Frenk shared a message with the Bruin community.