MSU Billings lists summer cybersecurity camps for students entering grades 5-9
City College at MSU Billings listed two hands-on cybersecurity summer camps for 2026, with enrollment capped at 20 students per cohort and tuition set at $50 per class.
Science & Technology
Scientific research, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data, privacy, communications, space, engineering, and technology policy.
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Jersey City proposes ban on data centers as primary industrial use
Jersey City officials introduced Ordinance 26-057, a proposal to bar data centers from serving as the primary principal use of industrial property. A final City Council vote was scheduled for Aug. 19, 2026.
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Portland State joins Oregon semiconductor innovation engine backed by up to $160 million from NSF
Portland State University is a core partner in a statewide semiconductor initiative led by Oregon State University that could receive up to $160 million from the National Science Foundation over 10 years.
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Bonner AI data-center proposal stalls as Missoula County weighs interim zoning pause
A proposed AI data center at Bonner Mill Industrial Park stalled after the property owner withdrew a required land-use application signature July 6, 2026. Missoula County commissioners were scheduled to consider interim zoning two days later.
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Santa Fe County adopts 18-month pause on new data-center development
Santa Fe County commissioners unanimously approved an 18-month moratorium on new data-center development while staff work on permanent standards. The ordinance lowers the review threshold to 1 megawatt and adds environmental-justice, cumulative-impact and monitoring provisions.
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UO-led quantum-networking initiative names Eugene campus as initial site
A University of Oregon-led quantum-networking initiative tied to NSF Project Triad will initially be based on the Eugene campus. The announcement identifies a research milestone, not a commercially operating network.
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UNL-led project receives federal Genesis Mission funding to advance AI and 6G research
A University of Nebraska–Lincoln-led project has received Department of Energy Genesis Mission funding for work involving artificial intelligence and 6G technologies.
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Four quantum companies sign on to Albuquerque’s ABQ-Net network
Four companies have committed to use Albuquerque’s ABQ-Net quantum network to develop and validate security technologies, according to an announcement from network builder Qunnect.
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Penn State Harrisburg to launch bachelor’s degree in artificial intelligence this fall
Penn State Harrisburg plans to begin offering a Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence Methods and Applications in fall 2026, expanding its computing and information-science programs.
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Discarded Falcon 9 upper stage is expected to strike the Moon on August 5
Researchers have published an observing plan for the expected Aug. 5 lunar impact of a discarded Falcon 9 upper stage, an event intended to support tracking and scientific study.
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State senators schedule Aug. 11 listening session on proposed Project Jupiter AI data center
New Mexico state senators Bill Soules and Joseph Cervantes have announced an Aug. 11 listening session on Project Jupiter, a proposed AI data-center development in southern New Mexico.
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ZeroEyes plans $10 million AI research investment, 100-plus veteran hires in Philadelphia area
ZeroEyes says it plans to invest $10 million in artificial-intelligence and machine-learning research and hire more than 100 veterans in Southeastern Pennsylvania over 24 months.
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Connecticut joins settlement resolving claims tied to 23andMe genetic-data breach
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 42 attorneys general in a settlement with 23andMe’s bankruptcy trustee over allegations connected to a 2023 breach that compromised genetic data of 6.9 million customers worldwide.
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UAlbany receives NSF funding for AI-cybersecurity undergraduate research site
The University at Albany will launch a three-year National Science Foundation-supported undergraduate research program in spring 2027, bringing eight students each summer into projects on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
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Pitt cybersecurity centers schedule Aug. 11 workshop on AI and critical-infrastructure threats
University of Pittsburgh cybersecurity centers will convene government, industry and academic experts for an Aug. 11 workshop on protecting water, energy and industrial-control networks.
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Fairbanks expected to see about 37% solar coverage during Aug. 12 partial eclipse
Fairbanks is expected to see about 37% of the Sun covered during a partial solar eclipse scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026.
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Baruch professor to lead DOE-funded AI project probing early-universe particle data
Baruch College professor Stefan Bathe will lead a nine-month Department of Energy-funded effort to develop AI tools for high-energy particle-collision data, starting Aug. 1.
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UMKC names Miguel Mostafá dean of School of Science and Engineering
Miguel Mostafá, Ph.D., is scheduled to begin as dean of UMKC’s School of Science and Engineering on June 1, 2026, leading a unit serving more than 3,000 students and reporting $72 million in ongoing research.
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North Carolina releases statewide AI roadmap with 17 strategic goals
North Carolina’s AI Leadership Council has released a statewide roadmap setting 17 goals for resident protections, workforce preparation and economic development, with phased milestones beginning in September 2026.