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While some AI courses focus purely on concepts, many beginner programs will touch on programming. Python is the go-to language for AI because it’s relatively easy to learn and has a massive library of ...

With the current mania for generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), there is much anguish about AI replacing jobs. Many university lecturers despair that the pinnacle of education, the ability of a ...

Starting in autumn quarter 2025, the University will begin a multi-year restructuring of the undergraduate writing program, which had previously run concurrently with the humanities Core sequence.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...

The University of Arizona is terminating its Writing Skills Improvement Program, a move that closes the door for students to receive instruction from specialists with professional degrees in writing, ...

Ellie Dwyer and her best friend Ruth Erlich, two best friends living out their golden years adventuring together, are planning a trip to Mount Kilimanjaro. With Dwyer in her 60s and Erlich in her 80s, ...

On Friday afternoon, writers who applied for the National Endowment for the Arts’ 2026 Creative Writing Fellowships received an email from the NEA saying that the program had been canceled. The annual ...

The University of Iowa will discontinue the Iowa Youth Writing Project (IYWP) and the Iowa Summer Writing Festival at the end of 2025 due to funding changes. The Iowa Youth Writing Project serves K-12 ...

Ever wonder how computer programs get made? Like, how do people write stuff that a machine can actually understand? Back in the day, it was super hard, almost like talking to a computer in its own ...

First-year students and aspiring filmmakers. Beginner poets and published authors. Songwriters. STEM students, part-time students. Working professionals hoping to put stories to paper. English and ...

Universities across the country are scrambling to understand the implications of generative A.I.’s transformation of technology. Universities across the country are scrambling to understand the ...