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- NYU Tandon Launches Center for Robotics and Embodied Intelligence in Brooklyn This article was originally reported in December 2025. On December 11, 2025, the NYU Tandon School of Engineering announced the launch of its Center for Robotics and Embodied Intelligence, a research hub in Downtown Brooklyn that brings together robotics and AI researchers from … Jan 3, 2026
- Brown University Shooting: The December 2025 Attack and Brown’s Campus Safety Overhaul This article was originally reported in December 2025 and has been updated with later developments through November 2026. On Saturday, December 13, 2025, a gunman opened fire in the Barus & Holley engineering and physics building at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Isla… Dec 30, 2025
- USC Rossier Launches Online M.Ed. in Sports Administration and Leadership This article was originally reported in December 2025, based on USC's October 2025 announcement. See the "Latest update" section below for current details. The University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education announced on Oct. 31, 2025, a new fully online Master o… Dec 19, 2025
- Florida State’s Applied Economics Master’s Joins NABE’s Certified Business Economist Partner Program This article was originally reported in December 2025. Florida State University's Master of Science in Applied Economics Program (MAEP) joined the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) university partner program in December 2025. Through the partnership, MAEP studen… Dec 18, 2025
- Duke University Admits 847 Early Students to the Class of 2030 This article was originally reported in December 2025. The profile of the full Class of 2030, released in November 2026, is covered in the latest update at the end. On December 18, 2025, Duke University announced the first members of its undergraduate Class of 2030: 847 students… Dec 18, 2025
- USC School of Dramatic Arts Adds Directing Minor and B.A. Emphasis, With Tony Taccone on Faculty This article was originally reported in November 2025. The University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts (SDA) launched two new undergraduate options in directing in fall 2025, a minor in directing and a directing emphasis within the B.A. in Dramatic Arts, and made f… Dec 17, 2025
- Dartmouth Seeks $35 Million to Fund the Fifth Year of Its Bachelor of Engineering This article was originally reported in December 2025. See the "Latest update" section below for developments since then. Dartmouth College announced in December 2025 that it is seeking $35 million in endowed scholarships to expand financial aid for undergraduates who stay a fif… Dec 17, 2025
- Dartmouth Admits First Members of the Class of 2030 and Stops Publishing Early Application Numbers This article was originally reported in December 2025. A latest update on the full Class of 2030 admissions results has been added below. On December 15, 2025, Dartmouth College released early decision results for the Class of 2030, the students entering in fall 2026. QuestBridg… Dec 16, 2025
- University of Illinois Launches Free Dual-Credit Courses for Illinois High School Students This article was originally reported in December 2025. A latest update from fall 2026 has been added. On December 16, 2025, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign announced its first dual-credit initiative, the Dual Credit Learning Accelerator. Starting in the 2026–27 schoo… Dec 16, 2025
- USC’s First Semester in D.C.: 57 Freshmen Start College at the Capital Campus This article was originally reported in December 2025. Details of the fall 2026 program are in the update at the end. In fall 2025, 57 first-year students at the University of Southern California began college not in Los Angeles but at the USC Capital Campus in Washington, D.C.,… Dec 16, 2025
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Carnegie Mellon Launches a Ph.D. in Computational Cultural Studies
This article was originally reported in December 2025. Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) announced in December 2025 that it is expanding "computational humanities," a field that combines traditional humanistic research with methods such as computer vision, machine learning, netwo… Dec 15, 2025
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USC Launches Three-Year Accelerated JD/MBA Program
This article was originally reported in December 2025. Application details for the 2027 entering class are covered in the latest update at the end. On December 8, 2025, the University of Southern California announced an Accelerated JD/MBA program run jointly by the USC Gould Sch… Dec 15, 2025
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Purdue Approves an AI Working Competency Graduation Requirement for All Undergraduates
This article was originally reported in December 2025. On December 12, 2025, the Board of Trustees of Purdue University approved what the university called a first-of-its-kind "AI working competency" graduation requirement for all undergraduates on its main campus in West Lafaye… Dec 13, 2025
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UVA Admits 1,225 Early Decision Applicants to the Class of 2030
This article was originally reported in December 2025. A latest update with the full Class of 2030 admissions results has been added below. On Friday, December 12, 2025, the University of Virginia sent its first admission offers to the Class of 2030, the students entering in fal… Dec 12, 2025
- Johns Hopkins Admits 553 Students to the Class of 2030 in Early Decision I This article was originally reported in December 2025. Results of the later admission rounds for the Class of 2030 are in the update at the end. On December 12, 2025, Johns Hopkins University admitted the first 553 members of its undergraduate Class of 2030. The students, from 1… Dec 12, 2025
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University of Chicago Launches New Core Writing Course “Inquiry, Conversation, Argument”
(This article reports on news from December 2025.) On December 11, 2025, the University of Chicago described the launch of "Inquiry, Conversation, Argument" (ICA), the new signature writing course of its undergraduate College and the first change to the Core curriculum's writing… Dec 12, 2025
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UVA Darden Named No. 1 Public MBA in Poets & Quants 2025-26 Ranking
This article was originally reported in December 2025. The University of Virginia's Darden School of Business was ranked the No. 1 public full-time MBA program in the United States in Poets & Quants' 2025–26 composite ranking, the third straight year it has led the public sc… Dec 12, 2025
- Vanderbilt and EPB Plan an Institute for Quantum Innovation in Chattanooga This article was originally reported in December 2025. On December 10, 2025, Vanderbilt University and EPB, the city-owned electric and telecommunications utility in Chattanooga, Tennessee, announced plans to create the Institute for Quantum Innovation, a center for research, in… Dec 11, 2025
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Penn State Announces Fee Waivers and Support for Students at Its Seven Closing Campuses
(This article reports on news from December 2025.) On December 11, 2025, Penn State announced fee waivers and support measures for students at the seven Commonwealth Campuses it will close after the spring 2027 semester: DuBois, Fayette, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Shenango, Wilk… Dec 11, 2025
- Cornell Brooks School Launches DC Start, a First-Semester Program in Washington This article was originally reported in December 2025. See the "Latest update" section below for current details. Cornell University's Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy has expanded its Washington, D.C., programs. In fall 2025 it launched DC Start, which lets first-year stud… Dec 11, 2025
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