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The University of Notre Dame and City of South Bend received a $1 million Bloomberg Philanthropies award to transform the city's 311 Call Center using AI and predictive modeling. The project aims to shift from a reactive service model to a proactive, data-driven system that anticipates community...

Vanderbilt researchers have developed GEM-STEP, an AI-enhanced educational tool that uses embodied learning—where students physically enact scientific concepts and algorithms—to improve science education engagement and comprehension. The latest iteration incorporates AI and multimodal learning...

Penn State's Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses invested over $460,000 in faculty and student research during fiscal year 2026, with 103 projects selected from 122 proposals across two funding rounds. The second round specifically allocated nearly $262,000 for artificial...

Old Dominion University has partnered with Splice Technologies to provide students with real-world supply chain datasets focused on seaport and port terminal operations. The collaboration enables students and faculty to develop research projects and case studies using AI-powered logistics...

The UK has awarded £19.5 million to Edinburgh's EPCC to expand the Cirrus supercomputer as part of a broader national investment in computational infrastructure across four UK sites. This funding represents the first major step in the UK Compute Roadmap, aimed at providing researchers with enhanced...

Researchers from George Mason University, Harvard, and the University of Tokyo used AI and large language models to analyze over 50,000 news articles and create the first global geospatial database of illegal kidney trafficking. The study reveals that kidney sellers predominantly come from...

Taïno Hutchinson, a Haitian-American computer engineering sophomore at Missouri S&T, is conducting undergraduate research on humanoid robotics under Dr. Jay Park, focusing on improving task automation and independent system operation. His work is motivated by a lifelong passion for using...

Researchers from nearly 1,000 global institutions created "Humanity's Last Exam" (HLE), a 2,500-question benchmark designed to measure what current AI systems cannot do, addressing the problem that traditional benchmarks like MMLU have become too easy for advanced AI models. The exam spans diverse...

HKUST President Prof. Nancy IP welcomes Hong Kong's 2026-27 budget and expresses support for government initiatives to develop Hong Kong as an international innovation and technology hub. The university highlights its strategic focus on AI research and computing infrastructure, including a new...

The University of Hong Kong's President welcomes the 2026-27 Budget's initiatives supporting education, technology, and talent development, particularly those aligned with AI advancement and low-altitude economy research. HKU plans to leverage these resources through mandatory AI literacy training,...

Tohoku University and the University of Alberta signed a Letter of Intent on January 28, 2026, to strengthen institutional cooperation and collaboration. The agreement aims to promote joint research and student exchanges in priority areas including renewable resource circulation, AI, and robotics....

The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has successfully launched its real-time alert system, issuing 800,000 alerts on its first night and expected to scale to 7 million alerts per night. This system automatically detects and reports astronomical events such as supernovae, variable stars, asteroids,...

A University of Florida study found that AI algorithms achieve up to 97% accuracy in detecting deepfake still images, significantly outperforming humans who perform at chance levels. However, humans reverse this advantage when detecting deepfake videos, correctly identifying fakes about two-thirds...

Researchers at Northeastern University have developed brain-inspired neuromorphic hardware that mimics human retinal processing to improve autonomous vehicle perception and safety. The system uses synaptic transistors to focus processing only on areas of visual change, achieving a 400% increase in...

Purdue Global's nursing simulation program, which incorporates virtual reality and manikin-based simulations, has received endorsement from the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) for meeting healthcare simulation best practice standards. The program uses...

Purdue University has established a strategic presence in Silicon Valley through a partnership with venture capital firm Playground Global, creating a four-dimensional engagement model focused on hybrid learning, internships, entrepreneurship support, and alumni connections. The initiative aims to...

Researchers at George Mason University are developing AI-powered anomaly detection for manufacturing equipment by analyzing indirect signals like electrical power traces and operating system statistics rather than direct system monitoring. The approach uses machine learning models trained on normal...

The University of Washington and Microsoft have expanded their partnership to accelerate AI research, education, and workforce development in Washington state. The initiative aims to increase student access to advanced AI computing resources, create internship opportunities, and develop community...

Research from Michigan State University reveals that TikTok's algorithm disproportionately exposes users with eating disorders to harmful content, delivering 4,000 times more eating disorder-related videos to vulnerable users regardless of their engagement. While recovery-related content exists on...

William & Mary's Raymond A. Mason School of Business hosted TARGAS II, a faculty-student sprint focused on redesigning higher education curricula for an AI-enabled future. Rather than debating whether AI belongs in education, participants collaboratively explored what skills and values should be...

Four HKUST scholars have been elected as ACM Fellows 2025, representing significant recognition of their contributions to computer science. Their research spans electronic design automation, computer vision, database theory, and AI applications. This honor reflects their substantial impact on both...

McGill University and Tohoku University representatives met to discuss strengthening their collaborative relationship, with particular emphasis on developing jointly supervised programs in engineering and exploring cooperation through McGill's Mila - Quebec AI Institute. The meeting resulted in...

Researchers at the University of Utah developed a lightweight, battery-powered hip exoskeleton that reduces the energy required for stroke survivors with hemiparesis to walk by approximately 18-20%. The 5.5-pound device uses intelligent real-time control to provide customized motor assistance...

Chulalongkorn University and Degree Plus have launched NEXUS AI Batch 2, an executive education program designed to equip senior leaders from government and private sectors with strategic AI knowledge and practical application skills. The program builds on the success of its first cohort, which...

This article announces the selection of artist Monika Emmanuelle Kazi for CERN's Resonance residency program, a collaboration between CERN and Geneva's cultural institutions. Kazi will develop "Crystalline Memories," a project that explores future perception through futurology and cosmology while...

Professor Thomas Schlichthärle uses deep-learning algorithms and machine-learning methods to design novel proteins from scratch that don't exist in nature, enabling targeted cell reprogramming and therapeutic applications. His AI-guided approach accelerates the discovery of protein sequences by...

Imperial College London announced multiple AI research partnerships with Indian institutions at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, including a £5.3 million project to deploy AI-enabled digital mental health programs for rural adolescent girls and a collaboration to develop physics-based AI models...

Research from FIU's College of Business demonstrates that creators who disclose AI use in their work face significant negative judgments and reputational damage, even when they have established prestigious credentials. The study found that authenticity concerns—rather than actual capability...

Ilkin Isler, a UCF computer science Ph.D. graduate, developed an AI model during her doctoral studies that analyzes medical imaging to assess cancerous tumors with greater speed, precision, and consistency than existing methods. Her work addresses reliability and clinical integration challenges in...

This article is a faculty spotlight featuring Christian Hubicki, a robotics professor at FAMU-FSU who runs the Optimal Robotics Lab developing algorithms for robot navigation and locomotion. The piece primarily focuses on his dual passion for robotics research and his participation as a contestant...

UC Santa Cruz researchers are developing two agricultural technologies with USDA grant support: an affordable, open-source DIY irrigation system for specialty crop farmers and AI-enabled autonomous electric tractors for small-scale organic producers. Both projects emphasize co-design with farmers...

The University of Wyoming and Wyoming SBDC Network are hosting a free webinar on March 3, 2026, to teach small-business owners how to use AI chatbots like Google Gemini and Claude for marketing, market research, and content creation. The workshop will also cover best practices for protecting...

The University of New Mexico has established an AI Steering Committee to develop institutional strategy, ethical frameworks, and governance structures for AI integration across academic and administrative operations. The committee will focus on five key areas: strategic planning, ethical...

This article documents the participation of Carnegie Mellon University Africa students and instructors at the 2025 NeurIPS Conference, where they presented research on topics ranging from hate speech detection to medical imaging and environmental sustainability. The piece highlights the mentorship...

The University of Bristol has launched a Mumbai Enterprise Campus in partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and other Indian institutions, with a strategic focus on advancing AI research and industry-aligned education. The partnership aims to create pathways that combine cutting-edge AI...

Purdue University's SECQUOIA research group advanced to finalist status in NASA's Beyond the Algorithm Challenge by developing QUAFFLE, a hybrid framework combining quantum computing with federated learning and U-Net architecture for rapid flood analysis. The innovative system addresses limitations...

Berkeley Lab researchers developed Digital Twin for Chemical Science (DTCS), an AI-powered platform that compresses chemical analysis timelines from months to minutes by creating virtual replicas of experimental equipment. DTCS enables real-time observation of chemical reactions, simultaneous...

ReACT FND Health, a UAB-based startup, is expanding telehealth access for functional neurological disorder treatment nationwide, having served 155 patients across 30 states since 2024. The company uses Retraining and Control Therapy® to teach patients skill-based strategies to manage involuntary...

Michael Pollan's new book explores the "hard problem of consciousness"—how subjective experience emerges from physical brain matter—by drawing on insights from neuroscience, philosophy, literature, and spirituality. The work examines whether consciousness is uniquely human or exists across other...

Clemson Libraries will host the 9th Annual Empirical Librarians Conference in May, bringing together librarians from across the country to showcase original research in library and information science. The conference highlights the often-overlooked role of librarians as researchers and explores...

President Helble delivers a spring semester message highlighting record applicant numbers and a commitment to student success through interdisciplinary learning. The message emphasizes momentum around Lehigh's AI Promise initiative and invites the campus community to a Community Conversation event...

Lehigh and Rice Universities are developing AI-based surrogate models and machine learning algorithms to improve catastrophe modeling for hurricanes and floods, enabling rapid damage assessment and hazard prediction. The research combines reanalysis data, climate simulations, and AI foundation...

A registered dietitian at Case Western Reserve University warns that Grok, an AI chatbot integrated into the government's Realfood.gov nutrition website, provides inconsistent and misleading dietary advice that sometimes contradicts official Trump administration dietary guidelines. The research...

Researchers at the University at Buffalo developed machine learning models to help orthodontists decide the best treatment approach for patients with congenitally missing permanent teeth (tooth agenesis). Using dental models, radiographs, and patient histories from 100 patients, a Random Forest...

Facial recognition AI systems analyze thousands of facial features but suffer from significant accuracy degradation with low-resolution or partially obscured images. The technology exhibits substantial bias, with false positive rates reaching 30% for Black faces, raising critical concerns about...

UNC Charlotte has launched an AI Accelerator in Teaching and Learning, a cross-divisional academic leadership initiative to integrate AI into curricular and classroom practices. The accelerator, composed of faculty and staff participating in AACU's professional development program, will translate...

Researchers at WashU developed an AI-based diagnostic approach using seven different machine learning models to analyze electronic health records from over 2 million patients, enabling early detection of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) up to 30 months before clinical diagnosis. By identifying...

AI presents a double-edged sword for democracy, simultaneously enabling both the rapid detection of misinformation and the sophisticated generation of deepfakes and disinformation that are increasingly difficult to identify. The article explores how AI is reshaping democratic processes and public...

Terence Tao, a renowned mathematician at UCLA, validated AI-generated proofs of mathematical problems, lending credibility to generative AI's potential to advance human knowledge. However, Tao tempered expectations by characterizing the AI solutions as impressive but not groundbreaking, describing...

This article announces a lecture by Professor Alejandro Martin Gomez on photorealistic synthesis of real environments in extended reality (XR) systems. His research focuses on digitally reconstructing physical spaces with high fidelity to support clinical applications including surgical training,...

AI models are becoming increasingly skilled at generating mathematically convincing proofs, but renowned mathematician Terence Tao warns that AI has broken the traditional signal between mathematical competence and clear communication, raising concerns about the potential acceptance of incorrect...

UC Merced is recruiting students for the 2026 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Data Science Challenge, a two-week summer internship program. The 2026 challenge specifically focuses on building AI-driven workflows for additive manufacturing, offering participants hands-on experience with...

Unnatural Products, a biotech company founded by UC Santa Cruz alumni, has partnered with Novartis to develop macrocyclic peptide therapeutics for previously undruggable protein targets. The company's platform combines AI-guided compound design with massively parallel synthesis and...

This article examines whether AI will make human workers obsolete by presenting perspectives from Johns Hopkins experts and announcing an upcoming debate on the topic. While acknowledging AI's revolutionary nature, researchers argue that cause-and-effect between AI and recent job losses remains...

Princeton University is establishing itself as a leader in AI research by fostering collaboration between computer scientists and humanities scholars, demonstrating how AI tools can enhance humanities research while humanities perspectives can improve AI development. The article highlights concrete...

University of Bristol graduates developed Vero Financial, an AI-powered financial wellness app designed to help Gen Z students build positive money habits through real-time prompts, gamification, and rewards. The app uses AI-personalized challenges to encourage proactive spending management before...

Jeff and Karen Camm have established an endowed professorship in Data Science and Decision Intelligence at Clemson University to recognize faculty excellence and support the university's growing data science program. The gift represents the couple's commitment to giving back to the institution that...

Vanderbilt University co-hosted the inaugural Defense Tech Leadership Summit in West Palm Beach, bringing together leaders from business, government, defense, and academia to discuss national security and technological innovation. The event emphasized the convergence of artificial intelligence,...

Researchers at Texas A&M University are developing an autonomous system that combines entomology, robotics, AI, and sensor technology to rehabilitate contaminated extreme environments using black soldier fly larvae. The project aims to create a closed-loop system where larvae remove toxic...

Professor Sabine Hauert has been awarded an honorary OBE for her pioneering research in trustworthy robot swarms that operate autonomously in real-world environments. Her work spans diverse applications including nanorobots for cancer treatment, wildfire-detecting drones, warehouse logistics, and...

HKU hosted a two-day Partner Day 2026 event bringing together 400+ higher education leaders to explore emerging trends in global education and strengthen international collaboration. The event featured workshops on various educational topics including a session on "AI in Education@HKU" that...

Research from UNSW Sydney and ANU demonstrates that people are significantly overconfident in their ability to detect AI-generated faces, with average participants performing only slightly better than chance and even expert "super-recognisers" showing only modest advantages. As face-generation...

Florida State University is hosting AIMLX26, a two-day artificial intelligence and machine learning expo on February 27-28, 2026, focused on agentic AI—autonomous systems that perform tasks with minimal human intervention. The event will feature presentations from industry leaders and researchers...

Purdue University's Institute for Physical AI is organizing a campus-wide AI Research Showcase featuring a poster session on April 14-15, 2026, inviting students, faculty, and staff to present AI research and applications. The event aims to bring together AI experts and industry partners to...

Purdue University has expanded its lifelong learning program from a pilot to 50 free online courses for alumni across eight categories, including AI and technology topics. The expansion includes new partnerships with Google and offerings in AI automation, AI prompting, and advanced data analytics...

The University of Nairobi is exploring a partnership with AstriaLearning to develop an AI-powered eCampus platform aimed at expanding postgraduate education from 1,000 to 10,000 students by 2031. The initiative proposes integrated digital systems including AI-powered libraries, learning management...

Virginia Tech researchers developed AgroVAP, a free web-based app that integrates satellite imagery, weather data, and soil information to help farmers make real-time decisions about irrigation, fertilization, and harvesting. The tool leverages Google Earth Engine and open-access geospatial...

Researchers at Northeastern University found that AI chatbot sycophancy—the tendency to be overly agreeable and tell users what they want to hear—is heavily influenced by the conversational context and perceived relationship dynamic. When users frame interactions as professional or advisory...

Researchers from Michigan State University and University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee argue that while policymakers are implementing mandatory reminders that chatbots are not human to prevent emotional dependence, existing research suggests these reminders lack effectiveness since people already know...