President Biden will deliver the commencement addresses in May as U.S. support for Israel fuels protests on other campuses.
Around the nation, editorial boards at college newspapers have defended free speech and pro-Palestinian protesters in recent weeks.
Behavior that would be scandalous if aimed at other minorities are treated as understandable or even commendable when directed at Jews.
I do not believe that the Columbia demonstrators are driven by antisemitism, but their actions have gone way too far.
In a Washington war room, Columbia’s president, Nemat Shafik, decided to call police officers to arrest protesting students. The backlash now threatens her leadership.
These university graduates in Gaza finished training just one week before the war began. We reached out to everyone in the class WhatsApp group to find out what happened to them.
Readers, including parents of suspended students, discuss the unrest. Also: Responses to Liz Cheney on the Supreme Court and Donald Trump’s immunity claim.
Unos 50 estudiantes de la Universidad de Harvard, que integran una clase dedicada a Taylor Swift, se reunieron para esperar el lanzamiento de su nuevo álbum. Justo a la medianoche, comenzó el análisis.
Robert Kraft, an alumnus of Columbia, suggested he would withhold donations to the school. Other alumni are keeping quiet.
Plus, “Blair Witch” actors push for royalties.
Peter Gordon, who studied with Terry Riley, has always made music that is surprising but accessible. Now he’s starting his own record label.
Siblings, parents and grandparents are collaborators and muses in a variety of upcoming shows around the country that highlight family traditions and bonds.
Grupos de estudiantes llevan varias noches durmiendo en tiendas de campaña en el campus y han estallado enfrentamientos entre manifestantes y contramanifestantes dentro y fuera de la universidad.
Dozens were arrested Monday at N.Y.U. and Yale, but officials there and at campuses across the country are running out of options to corral protests that are expected to last the rest of the school year.
Pro-Palestinian protesters, many of whom are Jewish, prepared Seder dinners at college protest encampments, even as other Jewish students sought community in more traditional settings.
On a day the university president asked students to stay home, a tent city on a campus lawn kept growing, protesters met in tense confrontations and police and politicians converged to weigh in.
The police arrested students at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at Yale University, days after more than 100 student demonstrators were arrested on the campus of Columbia University.
Jacob Beacher is accused of stealing a Palestinian flag and causing $40,000 in damage to religious artifacts at Rutgers University during the Eid-al-Fitr holiday.
The university senate is expected to vote as early as Wednesday on a resolution censuring Nemat Shafik, a reaction to her testimony before Congress and the arrests of student protesters.
Demonstrations appeared to be unfolding mainly at universities in the Northeast, although protests spread to some other campuses.
The arrests of more than 100 protesters at Columbia last week led to more campus demonstrations, at Yale, M.I.T. and as far away as the University of Michigan.
After the arrests of more than 100 protesters at Columbia last week, demonstrations spread across other elite campuses.
Readers praise the House speaker over the passage of the aid bill. Also: A juror’s duty; banning guns; poverty and health; anxious parents and kids.
Protests continued at Yale University following the arrests of dozens of students at a pro-Palestinian encampment on the campus.
Demonstrations outside the school gates have added to the upheaval, with protesters who appear unconnected to the university targeting Jewish students.
Demonstrators were rounded up Monday morning at an encampment set up in support of Columbia University protesters.
The campus has been shaken by pro-Palestinian demonstrations that have left some Jewish students fearing for their safety.
National Labor Relations Board testimony, now in the hands of a judge, could have wide-ranging consequences — positive and negative — for athletes and their institutions.
Who let the grown-ups out?
After reports of harassment by demonstrators, some Jewish students said they felt unsafe. Others said they felt safe, while condemning antisemitism.
A mother found the bone in her son’s rock collection in 2002. In 2024, researchers finally identified the person’s remains.
Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives have become a target of conservatives across the nation, with several states passing laws against them.
Evangelicals, fundamentalists and Pentecostals are taking the church in very different directions.
In 1968, the Democratic National Convention was overshadowed by clashes between police and demonstrators.
Three people were hospitalized, including a man who was struck in the head with a bottle, and more than 1,000 passengers were evacuated, the authorities said.
The first woman on the faculty of Yale Law School, she was named to the State Supreme Court in 1978 and became its first female chief justice six years later.
Students who camped in tents to protest the war in Gaza, including the daughter of Representative Ilhan Omar, may be barred from finishing the semester.
Jon M. Chu, the director of “Crazy Rich Asians,” and Billie Jean King were set to be among the featured guests.
Espousing his ideas in best sellers, he insisted that religion was an illusion, free will was a fantasy and evolution could only be explained by natural selection.
The students taking Harvard University’s class on the singer are studying up. Their final papers are due at the end of the month.
Dr. Shafik, who also goes by Minouche, is facing criticism from multiple sides over how she is handling protests over the war in Gaza on her campus.
The campus chapter of a faculty organization said it would “fight to reclaim our university.” Students were undeterred by the crackdown on their protest.
David McCormick has often spoken about his modest upbringing on a farm in Pennsylvania. A close look at his past tells a different story.
If Columbia can’t protect free speech, what hope is there for America’s institutions?
Readers discuss the arrests of demonstrators and the university president’s congressional testimony. Also: The Israel-Iran airstrikes; the Mayorkas impeachment.
A landowner named Hezekiah Beers Pierrepont started selling plots of his Brooklyn land in the 1820s restricted by eight-foot setbacks still in effect today, rankling modern developers.
The police arrested more than 100 students demonstrators at a tent encampment set up on the campus of Columbia University in New York City.
Will more stringent tactics subdue protests? Or fuel them?
Youth America Grand Prix, a student ballet scholarship group, wanted to make its mark by having the most ballet dancers on pointe at the same time.
Harvard’s recent decision to remove the binding of a notorious volume in its library has thrown fresh light on a shadowy corner of the rare book world.
The new regulations extended legal protections to L.G.B.T.Q. students and rolled back several policies set under the Trump administration.
The university president broke with a decades-long tradition and called in the police to quell the pro-Palestinian protest. The encampment was then dismantled.
The latest campus antisemitism hearing was a travesty.
During the Vietnam War, students seized campus buildings for a week until university officials and the police cracked down.
After years of tolerating unruly protests, some schools are starting to suspend and expel students, raising questions about where they should draw the line.
Isra Hirsi, the Democratic congresswoman’s daughter, was part of a tent encampment, organized to protest the war in Gaza, that has escalated tensions on campus.
The university called in the police to empty an encampment of demonstrators. But students have vowed to stay, no matter the consequences.
A report to the Election Assistance Commission from researchers at Rutgers University found that disabled voters’ turnout lagged non-disabled voters’ by 11 percentage points, down from 17.
A class of freshly minted dentistry graduates in Gaza had big plans. Now they are counting the dead and trying not to join them.
Roommate matching eliminates an important part of the college experience.
For Columbia’s president, Nemat Shafik, a hearing on antisemitism went relatively well. But on campus, intense protests suggest a difficult road ahead for the university.
The deal, which could be announced in coming weeks, would bring an end to one of the last major cases stemming from a horrific sports scandal.
The closely watched hearing included several tense exchanges between members of Congress and Columbia representatives.
Hundreds of earthquakes were detected in the weeks preceding the eruption of the volcano in North Sulawesi province. Hundreds of people were evacuated.
Lawmakers grilled officials over comments the faculty members Joseph Andoni Massad, Katherine Franke and Mohamed Abdou made after the Hamas-led attack on Israel.
Representative Elise Stefanik was already a rising star within her party, but her grilling of the presidents of Harvard, Penn and M.I.T. at a December hearing became a defining moment.
Several university task forces created in response to student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have struggled to identify what, precisely, constitutes antisemitism.
On campus, the debate over free speech and antisemitism has only become more charged.
Bus stations. Traffic stops. Beaches. There’s no telling where you’ll find the next story in Accra, Ghana’s capital. Peace Adzo Medie shares some of her favorites.
Nemat Shafik, Columbia University’s president, will address the congressional committee that questioned the presidents of Harvard, M.I.T. and the University of Pennsylvania last year.
Nemat Shafik said some contested phrases — like “from the river to the sea” — might warrant discipline, angering some supporters of academic freedom.
The university cited security concerns at the graduation. But the student, who is Muslim, said the school was “succumbing to a campaign of hate meant to silence my voice.”
Responses to a front-page story about an aging doctor. Also: Donald Trump’s snooze in court; women vs. Trump; free speech’s limits; the gun show
Representative Virginia Foxx is a blunt partisan. But her life in rural North Carolina informs her attacks against these schools, starting with whether Harvard is truly “elite.”
Columbia University’s president, Nemat Shafik, will speak to the same congressional committee before which the Harvard and University of Pennsylvania presidents stumbled.
His testimony as an expert witness in some 600 trials helped plaintiffs win billions of dollars in cases involving malfeasance by pharmaceutical makers.
Which A.I. system writes the best computer code or generates the most realistic image? Right now, there’s no easy way to answer those questions.
Though the academic scene continues to imbue this coastal Connecticut city with a certain gravitas, surrounding neighborhoods are showing off their own cultural capital in the realms of art, food, music and more.
Emi Nietfeld didn’t have access to lacrosse or advanced placement classes, but she did have standardized tests.
Donald Trump leads Joe Biden, 46 percent to 45 percent, among registered voters.
Results of a nationwide New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 1,059 registered voters from April 7 to 11, 2024.
Donald Trump leads Joe Biden, 47 percent to 46 percent, among the likely electorate.
The president’s popularity has ticked up slightly, though voters still view Donald J. Trump more favorably and have dour views of the economy.
The New York Times/Siena College Poll has earned a reputation for accuracy and transparency. But as with any poll, there are limits to just how much you can derive.
He diagnosed dozens of patients with what he said were suppressed memories of being tortured by cults. He later lost his license.
Pro-Palestinian supporters disrupted a dinner for law students. There was a tussle over the microphone and conflicting claims of harm.
Responses to an Opinion guest essay by two N.Y.U. professors. Also: Biden-Trump debates; Rosie the Riveter; never enough money.
The share of those paying the full advertised cost has declined over the last couple of decades, a new report found. Yet many don’t understand how much they’ll really pay.
Choking has moved from porn to pop culture to the dorm room. And the consequences for young women could be very serious.
Welcome to the new “Office of Access and Engagement.” Schools are renaming departments and job titles to try to preserve diversity programs.
A university program seeks to improve cross-cultural understanding in Australia’s publishing industry.
Fue estrella de fútbol americano, actor, publicista y acusado de un espantoso doble asesinato cuyo juicio conmovió al país.
He was a football star, actor, commercial pitchman, and a defendant in a gruesome double murder whose trial gripped the nation.
Un laberinto de YouTube llevó a Blanka Amezkua hasta un pueblito mexicano y el oficio centenario del papel picado, una actividad que esculpe patrones intrincados en delicado papel de colores.
To dig into the complex views voters have about the upcoming rematch, we asked poll respondents to describe their feelings in their own words.
The universities are the latest highly selective schools to end their policies that made submitting SAT or ACT scores optional.
Patrick Dai pleaded guilty to posting a series of messages in which he threatened to stab, rape and behead Jewish people.
Melina Abdullah, a racial justice activist in Los Angeles and professor of Pan-African Studies at California State University, joins the independent presidential ticket.
In two hearings, House lawmakers scrutinized Miguel Cardona’s record over persistent problems with the new FAFSA form.
Readers discuss Boeing’s woes. Also: Arizona’s abortion ban; student loans; “nice” countries; “pro-humanity” protesters; caring about fish.
El bosón de Higgs lleva su nombre. Es un elemento clave del modelo estándar, que encapsulaba todo el conocimiento humano hasta el momento sobre las partículas elementales.
Lisa Kaltenegger, director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University, hunts for aliens in space by studying Earth across time.
La propuesta afectaría a casi 30 millones de personas y se centraría en grupos que han tenido dificultades para devolver sus préstamos.
Para quienes quieren ingresar en determinadas órdenes religiosas, saldar deudas antes de hacer voto de pobreza puede resultar difícil. Pero sus comunidades están dispuestas a ayudar.
The trend toward the Republican Party among white voters without a college degree has continued, and Democrats have lost ground among Hispanic voters, too.
Readers discuss his statement that abortion policy should be left to the states. Also: J Street; student “brands”; GPS satellites; alternatives to social media.
The Higgs boson was named for him. It was a key element of the Standard Model, which encapsulated all human knowledge so far about elementary particles.
He shared a Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries that paved the way for high-speed internet communication, mobile phones and bar-code readers.
The proposal would affect nearly 30 million people and would target groups that have had hardships in repaying their loans.
Nicaragua’s accusation against Germany in the International Court of Justice comes 40 years after the country filed a claim against the United States in the same court.
Nicaragua’s accusation against Germany in the International Court of Justice comes 40 years after the country filed a claim against the United States in the same court.
The New York school is praised as a model college in a new report on diversity in higher education.
Today’s parents are suffering from anxiety about their children’s anxiety, and it’s not easy to persuade them that all is OK.
The fight over a new stadium for the Eugene Emeralds highlights a wider challenge for cheaper alternatives to big-league live sports.
Brandon Blackwell, a 30-year-old from Queens, helped turn London’s Imperial College into a “University Challenge” powerhouse.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations surrounded an appearance at a new research center named after the former secretary of state and presidential nominee at her alma mater.
Students from Colby College helped harvest ice from a pond for a new mikvah, or ritual bath, at a synagogue in Waterville.
La estrella del baloncesto de la Universidad de Iowa ha realizado un tiro perfecto tras otro. Su entrenadora y otros expertos en ejercicios afirman que todo radica en el entrenamiento físico y mental.
The all-Black Tennessee A&I basketball team won three back-to-back national championships at the height of the Jim Crow era, but were never invited to the White House. That changed on Friday.
Mr. Schieffer, the former CBS newsman, has taken up painting in his retirement. His work will be seen at the American University Museum in Washington.
Some Vanderbilt students will have $100,000 in total expenses for the 2024-25 school year. The school doesn’t really want to talk about it.
The University of Iowa basketball star has made one “logo” shot after another. Her coach and other fitness experts say it’s all in the physical and mental training.
Silencing pro-Palestinian speech and action sets a dangerous precedent.
Un ensayo en California está probando una máquina diseñada para reflejar la luz solar en el espacio con la finalidad de disminuir temporalmente las temperaturas del planeta.
In remarks at an award ceremony, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. described his colleague as a trailblazing and civic-minded presence on the Supreme Court.
Dr. Levin faces the challenge of guiding the university through politically fraught times.
The contest has been dominated by Mayor London Breed and her moderate challengers. Supervisor Aaron Peskin seeks to change that.
Students at Duke and U.N.C., both basketball powerhouses, have long labeled North Carolina State their “little brother.” But little brother — and sister — are off to the Final Four.
For young adults who want to join certain religious orders, paying off debt before taking a vow of poverty can prove challenging. But their communities are willing to help.
We want to hear from readers about how they’re choosing their schools while waiting for financial aid packages.
Athletes like Ms. Reese and Serena Williams know that fashion is now part of the game.
What does it say about a cause that won’t weed out its worst members or stamp out its worst ideas?
A trial in California is testing a machine designed to reflect sunlight back into space. “All my colleagues hope that we never use these things,” one researcher said.
During the waning moments of Iowa’s victory over L.S.U. on Monday, a stray comment on the televised broadcast cast the New York capital in an unflattering light.
Las economías exportadoras sacaron a millones de la pobreza, pero las grandes transformaciones en el comercio, las cadenas de suministro y la tecnología lo están haciendo mucho más difícil.
While off-the-court drama has raged in the women’s tournament, Clark and Iowa dispatched with their foils from last season en route to the Final Four.
Americans will wager $2.7 billion on the N.C.A.A. basketball tournaments this year, raising concerns about what happens to sports when people bet on the performances of student athletes.
Inside the coach’s winning fashion playbook.
Plus, fast food workers get a raise.
A globe-spanning research project has turned the catalog of a public archive destroyed in Ireland’s civil war into a model for reconstruction.
Teenagers should not have to commoditize themselves for the sake of getting into an elite school.
The rendezvous between the sun and the moon in 2017 captivated a small region in the Midwest. Lucky for Americans at the eclipse crossroads, they get to see it again.
For those wanting to trace the evolution of money and college sports over the past half-century, Southern Methodist offers a perfect example.
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge is one of several British landmarks that have installed solar panels, gratifying climate campaigners and ruffling feathers among some traditionalists.
A device called LightSound is being distributed to help the blind and visually impaired experience this year’s event.
With the exception of Brown University, some other highly selective schools saw a record rise in the number of students who applied for admission.
La decisión de encontrar una “disposición final respetuosa” para los restos humanos utilizados en un libro del siglo XIX se produce en medio de un creciente escrutinio de su presencia en las colecciones de los museos.