Jay Springett, a tech strategist and podcast host, joined the social media app Butterflies AI out of curiosity, and ended up staying for more than six months. Read more

The National Institutes of Health claimed that numerous canceled research grants were “antithetical to the scientific inquiry.” A clinical psychology researcher who lost her grant says that characterization smacks of ignorance. Read more

China’s ambition to lead the world in AI is far from unique. Yet its resources, talent and coordination of higher education and industry could just give it the edge, especially as Donald Trump’s policies diminish the US’ allure to top talent. Read more

Northwestern University’s “Intro to Christianity” course is “an exercise in anti-Christian bigotry,” according to a Christian civil rights leader. Read more

Enrollment in trade schools has significantly increased since the pandemic, and it’s only expected to continue over the next decade, according to a new report from Validated Insights. Read more

As the Trump administration has issued a volley of executive orders and policy directives aimed at higher education over the past two months, the sector’s fight back has been led not by individual institutions — like often happened during his first term — but by its acronym-heavy associations. Read more

Fashion retailer H&M is to use artificial intelligence (AI) to create digital "twins" of 30 models. Read more

Some foreign Fulbright students are still waiting to hear about their visas for next academic year while applicants remain in the dark about their status. Read more

Melanie Woodin will succeed Meric Gertler, who has led Canada’s largest university for more than a decade, on 1 July Read more

A new novel-writing competition with the theme “America 2076” hopes to inspire new talent, particularly students, to write the next great American work of fiction. Read more