Hacker News with Generative AI: Universities

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 6 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 14 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 42 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 68 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 80 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 82 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 86 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 100 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 148 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 156 days ago | 14 comments

Elon Musk acquires the university formerly known as Stanford (stanforddaily.com)

Elon Musk, Universities, Acquisitions

17 points by simonpure 169 days ago | 7 comments

This is MIT and yes, we have bananas (technologyreview.com)

MIT, Universities, Technology, Humor

12 points by impish9208 178 days ago | 1 comments

Stanford's top disinformation research group collapses under pressure (washingtonpost.com)

Disinformation, Research, Universities, Politics, Media

10 points by rmason 246 days ago | 5 comments

MOOC – free courses from University of Helsinki (mooc.fi)