Hacker News with Generative AI: Universities

Charles M. Lieber joins Tsinghua University (chemistryworld.com)
Charles Lieber, the former chair of Harvard University’s chemistry department who was convicted of failing to disclose significant Chinese funding, has joined Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (SIGS) in China.
China, Education, Science, Universities
17 points by mnming 5 days ago | 3 comments
Ryukoku University FTP Server (ryukoku.ac.jp)
Universities, FTP, Japan
3 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 6 days ago | 0 comments
Why can't Ivies cope with losing a few hundred million? (economist.com)
Columbia, the first victim of Donald Trump’s assault on America’s grandest universities, has an endowment of roughly $15bn. Mr Trump’s administration withheld a mere $400m in federal funding when it handed Columbia its peremptory list of demands. Why, indignant alumni ask, did Columbia not simply tell Mr Trump to get lost and fall back on its plump cushion of billions?
Education, Politics, Economics, Universities
88 points by sneakerblack 9 days ago | 290 comments
Resist, eggheads Universities are not as weak as they have chosen to be (arstechnica.com)
The wholesale American cannibalism of one of its own crucial appendages—the world-famous university system—has begun in earnest.
Education, Higher Education, Universities, Opinion, United States
25 points by pjmlp 21 days ago | 3 comments
White House may seek binding control over Columbia through consent decree (theguardian.com)
The Trump administration is considering placing Columbia University under a consent decree, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal, a dramatic escalation in the federal government’s crackdown on the Ivy League institution.
Politics, Law, Education, Universities, United States
80 points by howard941 28 days ago | 82 comments
Dozens of international student visas canceled at Univ of California, Stanford (latimes.com)
The Trump administration has canceled dozens of international student visas at California campuses, including UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, UC Berkeley and Stanford, university leaders, students and faculty at campuses confirmed to The Times.
International Students, Immigration, Education, Universities, United States
20 points by petethomas 33 days ago | 0 comments
A university president makes a case against cowardice (newyorker.com)
Last Friday could have passed for a lovely spring day on the Connecticut campus of Wesleyan University. Students with books and laptops dotted a green hillside; flocks of admissions visitors trailed tour guides; baseball season had just begun, and practice was under way. It was almost possible to forget the grim straits of American higher education in 2025.
Education, Universities, Leadership, Courage
468 points by pseudolus 36 days ago | 847 comments
University student targeted by Trump leaves the US (bbc.com)
A Cornell University graduate student who had his US visa revoked due to protest activities against Israel has chosen to leave the US rather than be deported.
Politics, Immigration, Universities, United States
13 points by tartoran 38 days ago | 0 comments
Georgetown University researcher on student visa arrested and detained by ICE (cbsnews.com)
Washington — A Georgetown University researcher was detained by immigration authorities earlier this week amid the Trump administration's crackdown on activists across college campuses, according to court records and the Department of Homeland Security, which alleged he has "close connections" to a Hamas official.
Immigration, Law Enforcement, Politics, Universities
26 points by bloomingkales 50 days ago | 0 comments
Trump demands admissions overhaul and control of academic department at Columbia (pbs.org)
The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the Ivy League school unless it cedes control of an international studies department and implements sweeping changes to other campus policies.
Politics, Higher Education, Universities, Trump Administration
20 points by zekrioca 52 days ago | 7 comments
380M-year-old fossils dumped in landfill after college didn't pay UPS bill (nbcnews.com)
A professor filed a lawsuit against a New Jersey university claiming the school's negligence led to 380-million-year-old fossils ending up in a landfill in Nashville, Tennessee, last year.
Fossils, Lawsuits, Universities, Negligence
18 points by impish9208 52 days ago | 0 comments
Renowned US health research hub Johns Hopkins to slash 2k jobs (medicalxpress.com)
Prestigious US university Johns Hopkins said Thursday it will lay off more than 2,000 employees around the world in the aftermath of the Trump administration's massive reduction in foreign aid funds.
Healthcare, Job Cuts, US News, Universities
12 points by bikenaga 56 days ago | 1 comments
Yale Suspends Palestine Activist After AI Article Linked Her to Terrorism (gizmodo.com)
The dystopian future is here. Yale University has suspended a scholar in its law school after a Jewish news website that uses AI to produce articles called her a member of a terrorist group. It comes as the Trump administration has launched a relentless campaign to silence any speech sympathetic to the Palestinian cause.
Artificial Intelligence, Free Speech, Palestine, Universities
24 points by nickthegreek 58 days ago | 3 comments
Universities are facing big cuts to research funding (apnews.com)
Facing the potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, Duke University is preparing for the worst.
Education, Research Funding, Universities
11 points by hydrolox 61 days ago | 1 comments
US universities curtail PhD admissions amid science funding cuts (nature.com)
Some universities across the United States are reducing or halting their PhD admissions because of federal-funding uncertainties stemming from actions taken by the administration of US President Donald Trump.
Science, Education, Funding, United States, Universities
11 points by rbanffy 67 days ago | 3 comments
These universities have the most retracted scientific articles (nature.com)
A first-of-its-kind analysis by Nature reveals which institutions are retraction hotspots.
Science, Research, Universities, Retractions
5 points by gradus_ad 73 days ago | 1 comments
U. of Pittsburgh pauses Ph.D. admissions amid research funding uncertainty (wesa.fm)
Amid uncertainty about frozen research aid from the National Institutes of Health, the University of Pittsburgh has put its Ph.D. admissions on ice.
Research Funding, Higher Education, Science, Universities
142 points by jslezak 75 days ago | 13 comments
How Medical Research Cuts Would Hit Colleges and Hospitals in Every State (nytimes.com)
A proposal by the Trump administration to reduce the size of grants for institutions conducting medical research would have far-reaching effects, and not just for elite universities and the coastal states where many are located.
Medical Research, Politics, Funding, Healthcare, Universities
119 points by erickhill 82 days ago | 99 comments
National Institutes of Health cuts support to universities (arstechnica.com)
Sudden and drastic change will make it hard for researchers to keep the lights on.
Science, Research, Government Funding, Universities
38 points by dangle1 90 days ago | 39 comments
Northeastern's redesign of the CS curriculum (huntnewsnu.com)
On a university level, what makes for a good computer science curriculum?
Computer Science, Education, Curriculum, Universities
162 points by nickmain 119 days ago | 185 comments
'I received a first but felt tainted': inside the university AI cheating crisis (theguardian.com)
More than half of students are now using generative AI, casting a shadow over campuses as tutors and students turn on each other and hardworking learners are caught in the flak. Will Coldwell reports on a broken system
Education, Artificial Intelligence, Cheating, Universities, Generative AI
4 points by YeGoblynQueenne 145 days ago | 1 comments
Universities enrolling foreign students with poor English, BBC finds (bbc.com)
Education, Language, Immigration, Universities, International Relations
40 points by impish9208 157 days ago | 97 comments
Oxford Electric Bell (wikipedia.org)
The Oxford Electric Bell or Clarendon Dry Pile is an experimental electric bell, in particular a type of bell that uses the electrostatic clock principle that was set up in 1840 and which has run nearly continuously ever since.
Science, History, Experiments, Electromagnetism, Universities
8 points by thunderbong 158 days ago | 0 comments
Student rocket group shatters amateur space record (viterbischool.usc.edu)
Aftershock II, the latest rocket designed and built by the student-run USC Rocket Propulsion Lab (USCRPL) at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, has broken the international altitude record – reaching further into space than any non-governmental and non-commercial group has ever flown before.
Space Exploration, Aerospace Engineering, Student Projects, Records, Universities
281 points by wallflower 163 days ago | 233 comments
Australia's top university to halt international student admissions next year (msn.com)
Education, International Students, Australia, Universities
6 points by teleforce 177 days ago | 3 comments
Universities are not just businesses, but an investment in future generations (nature.com)
Many UK universities are in a financial crisis. But the government is leaving them to flounder, treating higher education as a private-sector industry and research as a public investment.
Education, UK Politics, Universities, Higher Education, Government Policy
6 points by rntn 224 days ago | 0 comments
Univ. of North Texas' body parts business: Cutting up and leasing out the poor (nbcnews.com)
The University of North Texas Health Science Center built a flourishing business using hundreds of unclaimed corpses. It suspended the program after NBC News exposed failures to treat the dead and their families with respect.
Ethics, Healthcare, Business, Universities
22 points by Geekette 233 days ago | 14 comments
Elon Musk acquires the university formerly known as Stanford (stanforddaily.com)
Elon Musk, Universities, Acquisitions
17 points by simonpure 245 days ago | 7 comments
This is MIT and yes, we have bananas (technologyreview.com)
MIT, Universities, Technology, Humor
12 points by impish9208 254 days ago | 1 comments
Stanford's top disinformation research group collapses under pressure (washingtonpost.com)
Disinformation, Research, Universities, Politics, Media
10 points by rmason 323 days ago | 5 comments