"Ron Yanosky noted that #HigherEd has viewed #ChatGPT with “a combination of anxiety and hostility.” Many faculty and administrators did not recognize its potential at first..." #emchat Read the Inside Higher Ed article: bit.ly/3XNATTr

Our response to the U.S. National Science Foundation’s RFI highlights the benefits that a public interest, sociotechnically oriented Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships would bring to the American public and the AI ecosystem. datasociety.net/announcements/…

We are in a period of science policy innovation, yet there are major evidence gaps in evaluating their effectiveness blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…

Australian #universities have accepted custodianship of clinical trials over the past decade and a half, a new study has found. John Ross reports bit.ly/446gDxS

As the politics of higher education grow more fraught, “universities today are under great pressure to be responsive to their communities,” one expert said. Is public-focused research the answer? chroni.cl/45J24Sj

Scientists are challenging a major funder’s automatic ban on using AI in its grant review process by claiming that it could also apply to googling research topics timeshighereducation.com/news/nih-ban-a…

Science minister says Horizon deal addresses ‘big fear’ UK participation would not recover and allows UK to be net beneficiary, reports John Morgan timeshighereducation.com/news/freeman-h…

“Small and beautiful” because “big and audacious” also equals expensive. Interesting to see how this impacts their higher ed investments along the belt and road.

Science benefits when there is mutual respect between academics and research managers. Team Science, a six-part series, begins by examining a key workplace relationship. go.nature.com/3ZaUJc6

And therein lies the challenge here. These were never going to be equal opportunities for all regions. Where will place-based investments come from? Politicians. How do politicians decide where to put things? Favor and results.

Don’t let the name fool you: Virginia Tech does excellent medical research.

Update: they found the CHIPS money! defense.gov/News/Releases/…

This, regrettably, is a problem of our own creation. The stakes are high for these grads and you can understand why they'd take any opp to get a leg up. Universities need to do better by their grads and postdocs. It starts with us.

One of the world’s richest men is to fund a major new scholarship scheme at University of Oxford to help tackle “humanity’s most serious problems”. bit.ly/45u9SqC

Gosh I feel like there's another university on that side of the bay that also does engineering that might be flustered by this...well played, Cal! news.berkeley.edu/2023/10/16/nas…

Four great examples, and one in particular reminds us that private research universities can do this too--Syracuse University leading by example!