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A private research university in New York will offer a bachelor’s degree in AI this fall, as well as a six-course minor in the subject, featuring courses on machine learning, natural language processing and analytics. -
The Robson Center for Science and Technology in Oklahoma will entail 44,000 square feet of multifunctional labs mixed with open spaces for robotics and drone work, as well as a teaching kitchen for nutritional science.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed budget calls for an expansion of SUNY Reconnect, a program that offers free college to adult New Yorkers in fields like cybersecurity and digital forensics, environmental science and nursing.
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A private liberal arts college in Pennsylvania is offering 28 microcredentials, or digital badges that indicate acquired skills, in fields like AI engineering, game design and cybersecurity risk analysis.
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A recent professional learning session for College Community School District educators featured speakers from Google and the University of Iowa, and conversations about AI's future in the workforce and the classroom.
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Through a new partnership with the cybersecurity education company CyberproAI and and its platform, Cympire, Ivy Tech South Bend-Elkhart will train its students on various real-world scenarios in the classroom.
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The Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence at the University of Kentucky bridges the gap between technology expertise and research savvy, offering AI tools and support to accelerate research.
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Though nearby township officials were not part of negotiations for the site of the university's planned $1.2-billion data center campus, they opposed it over concerns about the environment, health, safety and noise.
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New degree programs at a public university in Oklahoma include a master's in cybersecurity and a bachelor's in artificial intelligence, the latter of which will focus on how large language models function.
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Students of a private Catholic university in Houston are temporarily unable to access its website, log-on system, financial aid information and other resources after an intruder hacked into the university's servers.
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Through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), the FBI will use university-led research and development to address weaknesses in the electric grid, water utilities and other systems and infrastructure.
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A new International Gaming Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas has launched a new AI Research Hub (AiR Hub) to tackle some of the most pressing challenges facing the gaming industry's digital transformation.
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An Iowa college's $29 million renovation project added educational spaces for e-sports, cybersecurity, mechatronics and other programs to its career and technical education center.
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Noting demand for the field and nearby technology and defense companies, university officials said the new program this fall will make cybersecurity careers more attainable to dual-enrolled and junior college students.
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An analysis of 9,000 U.S. educators using SchoolAI shows that the more they use the platform, the more they gravitate toward teacher-facing features that support tasks like lesson planning and grading.
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Amid so many technology tools designed to solve problems and augment or supplant human labor, university IT departments should not lose sight of the importance of a human touch in customer service.
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Through its new Department of AI and Society, the university will allow students to enroll in academic programs that combine AI with traditional academic disciplines like communication, language and policy analysis.
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Their initiative will make available a new platform combining AI tools, labor market data and student input. It’s intended to help University of Hawaii graduates identify job opportunities and start their careers within the state.
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As generative AI models progress and gain more attention online, Calhoun Community College and Athens State University are both working to update their AI policies for students.
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A data breach in June potentially affected nearly 870,000 students, applicants and employees. Someone claiming to be the hacker told Bloomberg News their goal was to expose race-based admissions practices.
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Historically Black colleges and universities are often located in broadband deserts, impacting their ability to give students the tools they need on campus. Strong partnerships and ongoing funding sources are key.
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