A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north.
Category: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Canada Hires U.S. Scholars From Harvard and Other Top Universities
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Trump Slashed Funding for Science. Now the U.S. Faces a Costly Brain Drain.
The New York Times – Business:The White House’s attacks on academia and budget cuts for research have provided an opening for other countries to poach leading scientists.
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An Epstein Associate Steps Down From Japanese Government Tech Project
The New York Times – Business:Joichi Ito’s involvement in a publicly funded Japanese initiative had come under scrutiny after new details revealed his close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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How a Close Associate of Epstein’s Found Career Redemption in Japan
The New York Times – Business:Top Japanese officials are backing a tech and entrepreneurship initiative led by Joichi Ito, whose involvement with Jeffrey Epstein may endanger efforts to get the project off the ground.
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College Students Choosing A.I. Majors Over Computer Science
At M.I.T., a new program called “artificial intelligence and decision-making” is now the second-most-popular undergraduate major.
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How A.I. Could Reshape the Economic Geography of America
As the technology is widely adopted, some once-struggling midsize cities in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and South may benefit, new research predicts.
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AI Program Aims to Break Barriers for Female Students
A new program, backed by Cornell Tech, M.I.T. and U.C.L.A., helps prepare lower-income, Latina and Black female computing majors for artificial intelligence careers.
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How One Tech Skeptic Decided AI Might Benefit the Middle Class
David Autor, an M.I.T. economist and tech contrarian, argues that A.I. is fundamentally different from past waves of computerization.
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D.E.I. and Donor Pressures Weigh on Harvard
The resignation of Claudine Gay as Harvard’s president reopens the debate over who should run America’s elite universities.
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Robert M. Solow, Groundbreaking Economist and Nobelist, Dies at 99
His elegant work established that the main determinant of economic growth was technology, not growing capital and labor.