Change may come slowly in Japanese society, but social media has offered an outlet for a younger generation stifled by a rigid hierarchy.
But does it work?
A look at all the vaccines that have reached trials in humans.
The virus has infected more than 29,855,400 people and has been detected in nearly every country.
The discovery of Mediterranean recluse spiders at the University of Michigan prompted a two-day closure of one of its libraries.
The Bray School, which taught Christianity and reading to free and enslaved Black children, was found tucked inside a campus building at William & Mary in Virginia.
Sasha Jackson remembered passing by Stephen Small-Warner II on a New York subway car, but they didn’t officially meet until years later at Howard University. A collaboration soon began.
“There is no economic recovery in our area unless a working creative engine is driving it,” said Representative Karen Bass of California.
She was a tough yet empathetic voice professor at Oklahoma City University for 67 years. Two of her students, Kelli O’Hara and Kristin Chenoweth, won Tony Awards.
Coronavirus cases have continued to emerge by the tens of thousands this year at colleges, a New York Times survey has found.
VaccineFinder.org is an ambitious but limited attempt to simplify Americans’ search for vaccines.
A student said she was racially profiled while eating in a college dorm. An investigation found no evidence of bias. But the incident will not fade away.
While top-tier colleges are dealing with surges in applications, lesser known ones have seen sharp declines.
The Washington Post led all news organizations, with four prizes. The infectious-disease reporter Helen Branswell, of Stat, took the public service award for a yearlong chronicle of the coronavirus and its effects.
In a sport with declining participation from Black Americans, Xavier University of Louisiana returned to the field on Tuesday for its first intercollegiate baseball game since 1960.
The gift will help Morgan State University, a historically Black college, finance scholarships for financially needy students.
In Pawlet, Vt., where a landowner opened a tactical weapons training site, a zoning dispute has escalated into something more dangerous.
In the humorless world of Woke, the satire is never funny and the statute of limitations never expires, even when it comes to hamantaschen.
Ai Weiwei and other artists say the investor Leon Black should step down as MoMA’s chairman amid revelations that he paid $158 million to Jeffrey Epstein.
The Hindu nationalist government postponed plans for a national student exam on cows that critics said used specious claims and substituted religion for science.
Waiving standardized test requirements during the pandemic brought more hopefuls to the Ivy League and large state schools, while less-selective colleges face an alarming drop.
Some epidemiologists say it’s a bad idea, because the games will attract people from all over the country to Indianapolis and San Antonio, the cities that will host every game of the men’s and women’s tournaments.
Millions of patients with knee osteoarthritis are told to exercise. A new study casts doubt on what sort of exercise is helpful.
An N.C.A.A. decision related to the pandemic inspired some elite players to finish high school early and jump to college to take advantage of an extra year of eligibility.
Medical schools are producing more graduates, but residency programs haven’t kept up, leaving thousands of young doctors “chronically unmatched” and deep in debt.
Medical schools are producing more graduates, but residency programs haven’t kept up, leaving thousands of young doctors “chronically unmatched” and deep in debt.
She and Ron Lieber discuss whether anyone is — or should be — paying full price for college education.
An education program is immersing underprivileged students in Ivy League classes, and the students’ success has raised questions about how elite university gatekeepers determine college prospects.
The government announced an investigation into social science research, broadening attacks on what it sees as destabilizing American influences.
The government announced an investigation into social science research, broadening attacks on what it sees as destabilizing American influences.
More than 160 participants in a master’s program funded by the Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman have urged him to stop donating to election objectors. He has declined.
Her birth represents the first cloning of an endangered species native to North America, and may bring needed genetic diversity to the species.
With some campuses not fully open and a rule allowing seniors to return next year as graduate students, there is growing doubt that spring sports will be staged.
Colleges across the country are figuring out how Covid has changed the college experience, while parents are struggling to understand why schools haven’t changed their price tag.
A massive storm shut down electricity, closed schools and halted food delivery, adding more stress for students and teachers in the South and Midwest.
He developed tools for researchers to analyze categorical data, revolutionizing the study of poverty, income inequality and social mobility. He died of Covid-19.
Readers discuss fairness and the racial wealth gap in debating whether this would be the right move.
Corey Quinn has made it his business to understand Amazon’s cloud-computing charges and have some fun at the company’s expense.
He created the first effective heart defibrillator and co-founded a physicians group that campaigned against nuclear war, earning a Nobel Peace Prize.
Researchers calculated the likelihood of different viruses recombining in the same animal to make new disease-causing pathogens.
There may be less human warmth. But there can be more human connection.
The decision by the University of St. Andrews not to renew the contract of a female philosopher points to broader underrepresentation of women in academia, critics say.
Fusing social activism with style, she helped Jewish immigrants and local Arabs sell traditional crafts, leading to the formation of a fashion house.
More than 700 people have been keeping digital diaries as part of Pandemic Journaling Project. It may be the most complete record of our shifting moods in this isolating year.
Many fans said they are trying to reconcile accusations of misogyny against Joss Whedon, the creator of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” with their love of a show that celebrated female empowerment.
Aunque un estudio mostró que los dispositivos son más propensos a los errores en las personas de piel más oscura, los médicos dicen que son útiles para cualquier persona que monitorea la COVID-19 en casa.
A scholar’s address about racism and music theory was met with a vituperative, personal response by a small journal. It faced calls to cease publishing.
At the Duke Lemur Center, an innovative plan to keep the animals social late in life: pair them with lemurs of another species.
The government in the Philippines has announced a decision to end a 32-year agreement barring security forces from a prestigious campus. Students say they won’t be intimidated.
He was most closely associated with the Yale School, which took on the foundations of literary scholarship in the 1970s and ’80s.
A reader says our planet is stressed enough; another suggests that we need more people for our economy to thrive. Also: Marine vets and military values; the French rejection of cancel culture.
He was a neuroradiologist who came up with an improved way to provide imaging of problems in the brain and spinal cord. He died of complications of Covid-19.
Beach parties in Florida, Texas and Mexico made headlines a year ago for ignoring virus safety advice. Here’s how the travel ritual will look different in 2021.
After learning she had myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart that has been linked to some Covid cases, Vanderbilt basketball player Demi Washington spent months hoping she could play again someday.
The private university in Indiana, which is affiliated with the Lutheran Church, said the Crusader name could be associated with “aggressive religious oppression and violence.”
As the White House struggles to flesh out President Biden’s promise to reopen schools within 100 days, aides have found themselves steadily lowering expectations.
Kevin Jiang’s killing has attracted attention because of ties to Yale and has put a spotlight on an uptick in shootings in New Haven, Conn.
In a clinical trial, participants taking semaglutide lost 15 percent of their body weight, on average.
In a clinical trial, participants taking semaglutide lost 15 percent of their body weight, on average.
Ms. Etuk was attending classes at the University of North Texas when she caught the coronavirus, her mother said. She died of complications of the virus.
After having a rough start to 2020, Jimir Reece Davis, a D.J. who goes by Amorphous, ended it with a bang.
After having a rough start to 2020, Jimir Reece Davis, a D.J. who goes by Amorphous, ended it with a bang.
We can thank our heads and shoulders — and not just our knees and toes — that we evolved to run as well as we do.
A food pantry or a place to vote — or a place to make dance with different expectations: “What we’ve taken off the table is the pressure of the result.”
An artists’ group, criticized as vandals for dumping the bust of an 18th-century king, Frederik V, into Copenhagen Harbor, says it wanted to draw attention to Denmark’s role in slave trading.
The analysis of nearly 62 million electronic medical records in the U.S. also found that Black people with dementia were at an even greater risk.
Many universities instituted new testing protocols, hoping to avoid the problems of the fall. But coronavirus variants and uncooperative students have already driven outbreaks.
A distinguished art historian at Yale, he illuminated the paintings of Seurat, Monet and others by regarding them through a social lens.
She thrived in a profession where she found herself mostly surrounded by men, taking on leadership roles and helping to turn New York University into a top-tier institution.
He helped devise a successful chemotherapy regimen for childhood leukemia, which had long been a death sentence.
The San Antonio region will be the hub for a tournament that normally stretches the country. The men’s competition will be contested in Indiana.
A lawsuit against the University of Tennessee questions when schools can discipline students because of their online speech.
Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually and outdoors in New York City.
The Trump administration had claimed that the school’s practices hurt white and Asian-American applicants, violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Doctors recommend them before, during and even after a pregnancy. But regulation is spotty and finding the right pill can be hard.
The ugly fight between the city and its teachers’ union has frustrated parents, even those who want to keep their children home.
Is it any wonder that plenty of people are tempted to borrow a whole lot of money to send their kids to college?
The rate in January was far below the 10 percent recommended by some experts. Now, officials are aiming to put a more robust program in place.
A new paper by researchers at the University of Oxford underscores the importance of mass inoculation as a path out of the pandemic.
The planned return of a game beloved by fans was announced amid a protracted national debate over whether players should be paid for their images.
Dan-el Padilla Peralta thinks classicists should knock ancient Greece and Rome off their pedestal — even if that means destroying their discipline.
Myanmar seemed to be building a peaceful transition to civilian governance. Instead, a personal struggle between military and civilian leaders brought it all down.
Monroe Gamble became the San Francisco Fed’s first Black research assistant in 2018. His path shows why fixing a striking diversity shortfall will take commitment.
Students and professors at Bogazici University, one of Turkey’s most well-known institutions, are protesting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s appointment of a new rector.
Bijoya Das, a former gymnast with a deep relationship to dance, is training U.C.L.A. team members to let their personality light up the mat.
The way we talk about her covers up uncomfortable truths about American racism.
His breakthrough helped millions get their results quickly in the early days of the pandemic, when tests were scarce and lines were long.
An online tool targets only a small slice of what’s out there, but may open some eyes to how widely artificial intelligence research fed on personal images.
At schools known for ambition, not activism, students are calling for climate change to be at the heart of the curriculum, and telling the companies that recruit them to change their ways.
Réputés élitistes plutôt que militants, ils exigent pourtant que l’environnement soit intégré aux cursus et pressent les grandes entreprises, leurs futurs employeurs, de s’amender.
Los investigadores proponen que algunos ancestros remotos de los nativos americanos podrían haber sido los primeros humanos en forjar el vínculo con los lobos que condujo a la domesticación.
The University of California, Davis, is providing free testing, masks and quarantine housing to tens of thousands of people who live nearby.
Republicans seem more focused on attacking those who break with the former president, than members who continue to push violent conspiracy theories that flourished under his leadership.
A new study suggests that protective antibodies can be transferred through the placenta, and the baby may receive more of them if a mother is infected with Covid earlier in her pregnancy.
“Vaccination is the one thing we’ve gotten right.” How a country that botched so much of its pandemic response has managed one of the fastest rollouts in the world.
“Vaccination is the one thing we’ve gotten right”: How a country that botched so much of its pandemic response has managed one of the fastest distributions in the world.
They have shaken communities and upended the school reopening debate.
A new formula will no longer offer a break to many parents who have multiple children in college at the same time, experts say.
The campus with the worst outbreak of any public college in New York is set to begin in-person classes on Monday. Some students, parents and faculty members weren’t happy about it.
The W.H.O. and the C.D.C. provide differing views, and experts partly blame a lack of data because expectant mothers have been excluded from clinical trials.
She was a longtime university administrator who was given an affectionate nickname in her husband’s newspaper columns. She died of complications of Covid-19.
How the coronavirus spread across the United States.
A stern disciplinarian with a white towel on his shoulder, he made Georgetown’s basketball team champions.
An adenovirus helps prime the immune system to fight the coronavirus.
Catherine Volcy, like college students across America, is studying from home. She is aching to talk in person with her peers and professors about this tumultuous year.
A look at all the vaccines that have reached trials in humans.
President Trump and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. debated for the first time, with Chris Wallace of Fox News moderating. Watch the full video with our fact-checks and analysis.
College campuses, like the rest of the country, are enduring a coronavirus surge.
Expect increased pressure on other teams to change their nicknames and logos, including the Braves, Indians and Chiefs.
Immediate steps to limit social contact in parts of the United States where few cases have been identified are needed to slow the outbreak, a model suggests.
Here is a growing list of public and private schools, as well as colleges and universities, that have suspended or altered classes in the local effort to curb the outbreak.