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University of North Dakota President Andrew Armacost has announced the "moonshot" goal for UND to launch or take steps to launch four new companies based on research done at the university. -
Researchers worked with the Federal Reserve to create a predictive model that assesses hundreds of institutional characteristics to estimate the likelihood that a college might close.
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Over the course of three months in 2025, hackers exploited vulnerabilities in Oracle E-Business Suite to exfiltrate Social Security numbers, birth dates and bank information for millions of students and staff.
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In a new report, market researchers said the use of metaverse technology in education will increase greatly in the next four years. The industry, they estimated, will rise from $3.9 billion to $19.3 billion by 2028.
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Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Indiana University have recently been awarded a federal grant to support research of a device to measure lung health using a smartphone.
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The University of Alabama is embracing AI in the classroom with the Artificial Intelligence Teaching Enhancement Initiative, which guides faculty on incorporating the technology in the classroom.
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The pandemic forced universities to stop requiring standardized tests and now students must grapple with a different SAT dilemma: Is it worth the time and energy to take the test?
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Opportunity Machine, in an effort to bridge the gap between academics and innovation, is offering students at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette hands-on experience with local tech startups.
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Virginia Tech CISO Randy Marchany discusses his career, SANS training and all things cybersecurity at a major university in 2024.
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The more we learn about the potential errors, biases and cybersecurity vulnerabilities of artificial intelligence tools, the clearer it becomes that education and caution will need to be priorities going forward.
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An artificial intelligence-focused masters of law degree program at the University of California, Berkeley, will teach students about regulations and legal issues that come with the development and use of the technology.
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Starting this fall, Western Connecticut State University in Danbury will begin offering a master of science degree in artificial intelligence, with in-person classes focused on mathematics and computer science.
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The latest step in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plans to integrate AI into public operations across California is a partnership with NVIDIA intended to tailor college courses and professional development to industry needs.
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Two major Texas universities will co-lead one of five SECURE (safeguarding the entire community of the U.S. research ecosystem) centers dedicated to protecting intellectual property from foreign access.
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A community college in Kentucky recently received $650,000 from the National Science Foundation and a redesignation as a Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD).
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Princeton University's Prison Teaching Initiative this summer launched a program called the Coding Foundations of Research to teach teach interns — formerly incarcerated students — the basics of computer programming.
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For his final project in a nonprofit management course, a student majoring in cybersecurity created Digital Defenders Inc. to make people aware of the ways that can be exploited online.
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Colleges in Miami, Houston and Maricopa County will lead the creation of the National Applied Artificial Intelligence Consortium, a resource hub for AI education and training materials gathered from educators and tech companies.
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Following the bungled rollout of a new FAFSA (Free Application for Financial Aid) system this year, the U.S. Department of Education gathered input from students and families for a new one they will test this fall.
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While interactions with AI bots can be helpful and even life-affirming for anxious teens and 20-somethings, some experts think tech companies are running an unregulated psychological experiment with millions of subjects.
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A Phoenix-based technology services company will integrate its content resource management tools with a messaging service to analyze student performance and conduct outreach from the same platform.
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