Higher Education

Some Indiana State University students are helping solve crimes through their processing of digital forensic evidence as part of a High Tech Crime Unit, having even assisted with a recent prosecution.

After issues during the 2024-25 cycle of Free Application for Federal Student Aid applications, the U.S. Department of Education will test the 2025-26 edition of the form. Community-based organizations can apply to help.

Michigan as a state may eventually play a key role in developing new technologies to capture carbon emissions and store the planet-warming gasses deep underground.

Millersville University will use a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry to teach computer skills and hold job-searching workshops, among other initiatives, in Columbia.

There is currently a North Texas college boom where systems are pouring in hundreds of millions of dollars to serve additional tens of thousands of students, particularly in the Fort Worth area.

University of Florida horticulture science professor Rob Ferl is joining five others on the launch of Blue Origin’s suborbital New Shepard rocket for what will be its eighth human spaceflight.

Aerospace engineers, graduate assistants and professors are re-creating the conditions of space as they build and test miniaturized sensors and instruments to help NASA better understand the cosmos.

TeacherServer offers hundreds of secure, generative AI education tools, all built by Dr. Zafer Unal, a professor at the University of South Florida. He created the site this summer, in less than three months.

The federal government is alleging that Georgia Tech and its research arm didn’t follow enforcement of cybersecurity rules stated within U.S. Department of Defense contracts.

The University of Maryland Extension in Frederick, Md., is looking to expand practical research into cover crops with the goal of better understanding how farmers learn from each other.

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.

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.

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?

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.

Virginia Tech CISO Randy Marchany discusses his career, SANS training and all things cybersecurity at a major university in 2024.

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.

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.

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.