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AAU members are hard at work searching for answers that could help us control the spread of H5N1 and find effective treatments.
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On December 19, the Biden administration honored University of Chicago President Paul Alivisatos and Cornell University Professor of Chemistry Héctor D. Abruña with the Enrico Fermi Presidential Award.
On December 17, the Bipartisan House Artificial Intelligence Task Force delivered a report outlining recommendations to ensure that the United States leads the world in AI innovation while protecting the American people from AI risks and harms. The report underscored the critical role universities are playing in AI research.
On December 11, President Biden signed the FAFSA Deadline Act (H.R. 8932) into law. The bill, which AAU endorsed, mandates the Department of Education to release the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on October 1 of each year instead of January 1.
America’s leading research universities are hard at work testing herds and flocks in their states for bird flu and searching for answers about how H5N1 spreads, how it can be controlled, and what can be done to treat infections in both animals and humans.
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Princeton University President and AAU Board Chair Christopher Eisgruber appeared on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal last week to talk about the state of higher education in America.
The latest release of the Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey shows that institutions of higher education are spending more on research and development (R&D) and that those investments in science are making a difference.
Multiple AAU universities announced recently that they’re expanding free tuition programs for students from low- and middle-income families.
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New data show that 1.1 million international students at U.S. colleges and universities contributed $43.8 billion to the U.S. economy during the 2023-24 academic year and supported more than 378,000 jobs.
AAU has joined a new effort designed to maximize the effectiveness and economic impact of community and technical colleges that are partners in the National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines program.