Readers react to Steven Pinker’s essay on the Trump administration’s conflict with the university and its repercussions.
Durante tres décadas, en la Escuela de Periodismo de Columbia, Sam Freedman ha animado a los estudiantes a probar las narraciones largas. Su amor exigente ha dado frutos.
The termination is the latest in a series of cuts to H.I.V. research and programs to prevent the disease.
The remains, used in the 19th century as part of now discredited racial science, are being laid to rest on Saturday in a traditional jazz funeral.
An Oval Office news conference signaled an end to a remarkable period of upheaval across the federal bureaucracy, supervised by Mr. Musk and his cost-cutting initiative.
The 1970s era of academic exchange began as a form of diplomacy. “People were curious about us, inviting us to their homes,” one former student remembers.
Students said the latest move had upended their plans and intensified their fears.
The university’s commencement speaker, Dr. Abraham Verghese, acknowledged the current conflict with the Trump administration.
The new supercomputer shows the increasing desire of government labs to adopt more technologies from commercial artificial intelligence systems.
He worked with a team at the University of Utah to create a mechanical heart. It was later used in patients awaiting an organ transplant.
Readers discuss the confrontation between President Trump and Harvard. Also: Standing up to Vladimir Putin; silencing authors; self-driving trucks.
As students gathered with family and friends for commencement, signs of the university’s fight with the Trump administration took many forms.
In its fight with Harvard, the Trump administration has focused on international students, who are critical to universities’ bottom lines and campus life.
A federal judge said she would issue a temporary order that would prevent the Trump administration from blocking the school’s ability to enroll international students.
The announcement of the delay came in a legal filing on Thursday as the two sides faced off in a Boston courtroom.
The university has been locked in a battle with the administration, facing threats to its funding and international students.
State labor programs were aimed at lifting one of the nation’s poorest regions out of poverty, but they have also served as a tool to erode resistance to Chinese rule.
With the future of thousands of students at stake, the two sides will argue in person as the Trump administration pushes Harvard to comply with its demands.
A campus in the city isn’t being of the city.
Mr. Ngugi composed the first modern novel in the Gikuyu language on prison toilet paper while being held by Kenyan authorities. He spent many prolific years in exile.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the students who will have their visas canceled include people with ties to the Chinese Communist Party and those studying in “critical fields.”
The Trump administration is trying to block Harvard from enrolling international students. A Harvard official said the move is already creating major disruptions.
The school has so far resisted considerable pressure from the Trump administration to enact other policy changes.
Since regaining the White House, President Trump has been fixated on making an example of those who push back against him.
The judge ordered ICE to release Kseniia Petrova, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, who also faces criminal charges.
Inside the president’s battle with the university.
A legal battle between Harvard and a woman who says two slave portraits are of her ancestors will end in a settlement, with the photos going to a Black history museum in South Carolina.
Once at odds over the war in Gaza and questions about free speech, some people on Harvard’s campus have found a reason to come together.
Una carta dirigida a agencias federales les ordenará poner fin a contratos que suman alrededor de 100 millones de dólares. El objetivo es cortar los últimos lazos del gobierno con la universidad.
The Alabama Republican is the latest federal lawmaker to seek elected office back at home.
Santa Ono, the president of the University of Michigan, was unanimously approved by Florida’s board despite criticism from conservatives of his past views on diversity programs.
Francesca Gino, a prominent behavioral scientist at Harvard Business School, was accused of manipulating data in papers.
A letter to federal agencies will instruct them to end contracts, totaling about $100 million. It is meant to sever the government’s remaining ties with Harvard.
When opposing fans taunted a wrestling star, he and his father fought back. The clash lay bare the intensity of competition, and parental interference, in an increasingly high-stakes sport.
In a social media post, the president mused about redirecting $3 billion in research grant funding that his administration has frozen or withdrawn, but he gave no details.
Domestic factories that make batteries to store power to meet America’s rising energy demand depend on Chinese components and federal subsidies.
The thing I always remember about Radio City Music Hall is this: When the spotlight hits you and the crowd goes dark, the only thing you can see are the exit signs.
Administration officials pick and choose which civil rights protections they want to enforce, and for whom.
Readers respond to a video about three Yale professors who are leaving for Canada. Also: A West Point book ban; cooperation on the environment.
For three decades at Columbia Journalism School, Sam Freedman has encouraged students to try long-form narratives. His brand of tough love has paid dividends.
Abortion laws did not consider what happens if a woman dies while her fetus has a heartbeat.
College officials fear that President Trump may use international enrollment as leverage to demand changes on campuses elsewhere.
Harvard and the federal government are locked in a battle that boils down to turning over records on international students. But Harvard says it is also about the First Amendment.
What was once a sign of international renown now looks like a vulnerability.
His Holocaust novel “King of the Jews” was widely praised. He also wrote about his show-business family and taught writing at Boston University.
Even against one of the nation’s oldest institutions, the Trump administration holds the levers of power — and it’s using them aggressively.
The federal government formally accused the university of violating civil rights law by failing to protect Jewish students.
Harvard University sued the Trump administration after it moved to block international students from enrolling.
El miedo y la confusión aumentaron rápidamente el jueves, cuando los estudiantes internacionales, que constituyen más de una cuarta parte de la matrícula de la universidad, trataban de entender qué ocurría.
Menos de 24 horas antes, el gobierno de EE. UU. había dicho que impediría a los estudiantes internacionales actuales y futuros asistir a la universidad.
El gobierno de Trump está recurriendo a una oscura palanca burocrática para detener a la universidad, la última de una serie de medidas agresivas.
The cheery muppet donned a tiny cap and gown to inspire students at the University of Maryland. “Life is like a movie. Write your own ending,” he said.
Kermit took the podium in a muppet-size formal cap and gown on Thursday to deliver a commencement speech at the University of Maryland, the alma mater of his creator, Jim Henson.
Less than 24 hours earlier, the Trump administration had said it would block current and future international students from attending the university.
The president escalated battles with prominent American companies and institutions, as well as a key trading partner. The damage could be extensive.
Esta ciudad, grande y sorprendente, está repleta de expresiones artísticas. Estas son las favoritas de nuestro crítico.
Immigrants and wealthy universities, as well as foreign companies, would see higher taxes under the House-passed bill.
In my 22 years as a Harvard professor, I have not been afraid to bite the hand that feeds me. So I’m hardly an apologist when I say the invective aimed at Harvard has become unhinged.
Our critic Jason Farago shares what you shouldn’t miss in a city imprinted with seven centuries of cultural history.
Beyond the shock for students, President Trump’s moves against higher education are being seen in China as a blow to one of the last admirable American institutions.
The university has previously been the target of more $400 million in federal funding cuts.
Fear and confusion mounted quickly on Thursday as international students, who make up more than a quarter of the university’s enrollment, sought clarity or reassurance.
The Trump administration is relying on an obscure bureaucratic lever to stop the school, the latest in a series of aggressive moves.
Judge Jeffrey White of the Northern District of California provided temporary relief to some international students while a legal battle continues.
The suspect, Elias Rodriguez, was charged with gunning down two Israeli Embassy workers outside a Jewish museum in Washington. Here is what we know about him.
La medida supuso una importante escalada en los esfuerzos del gobierno por presionar a la universidad para que se alinee con las exigencias de Donald Trump.
If passed, a bill from the House of Representatives would sharply curtail the tax credits that have spurred a rise in clean energy investments.
The move was a major escalation in the administration’s efforts to pressure the college to fall in line with President Trump’s demands.
The activist, who has been detained in Louisiana for two months, was allowed to meet privately with his wife and baby. He is fighting deportation.
The pressure campaign to try to force the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university to fall in line with President Trump’s agenda has sprawled beyond just one singular task force or agency.
El romance entre Belichick, exentrenador de los Patriotas de Nueva Inglaterra de 73 años, y su novia, Jordon Hudson, de 24, ha conmocionado al mundo deportivo profesional y universitario.
Readers discuss the Trump administration’s effects on American research and science. Also: Joe Biden’s cancer; what Democrats need; false manhood.
Claire Shipman, the university’s acting president, noted the absence of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate who continues to be detained by immigration authorities.
At the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, which relies heavily on federal support, a crisis response is underway and a reshaping of the institution feels inevitable.
Amid political attacks and funding cuts, some American students are changing their college and graduate school plans and heading to other countries.
Readers respond to a column by David Brooks about “the most rejected generation.” Also: Who is running the country?; flying the flag.
Algunos estudiantes están recurriendo a medidas extremas para demostrar que no hacen trampa, incluído grabar sus pantallas mientras hacen las tareas.
A plan for a hefty new tax on university endowments was crafted to target “woke” schools, lawmakers said. But a small Kansas college and a Texas medical school might also be hit.
The judge in the case, Michael E. Farbiarz, has yet to weigh in fully on the issues of free speech and due process as Mr. Khalil passes the weeks in Jena, La.
The department’s use of the law is all but certain to be met with legal challenges.
Usher told Emory’s Class of 2025 a story about himself that he has rarely shared. Here is how late-night brainstorming, careful editing and last-minute riffing led to that moment.
The arrest of a political science professor shows Indian leaders’ sensitivity to the political fallout from the military flare-up.
Mr. Mahdawi, who led pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University, was released from detention late last month and allowed to travel from Vermont to get his diploma.
After initially banning artificial intelligence chatbots, schools are embracing the tools. Miami, the third-largest U.S. school district, shows how.
Once bitter rivals, the president and the governor now share an education agenda they hope will reshape schools across the nation.
The procedure could be life-changing for some people with debilitating conditions.
Voters were more likely to approve of President Trump’s job performance if they had not been following some of the major news stories of his first 100 days in office, a recent New York Times/Siena College poll found.
Even before President Trump was re-elected, the Heritage Foundation, best known for Project 2025, set out to destroy pro-Palestinian activism in the United States.
We want to hear from readers ages 18-30 about their aspirations for the future.
Linda McMahon, President Trump’s top education official, has played a leading role in pressuring the Ivy League university to comply with the administration’s demands.
Students are resorting to extreme measures to fend off accusations of cheating, including hourslong screen recordings of their homework sessions.
The proposed termination of medical research funded by the V.A. is part of the Trump administration’s broader pressure campaign against the university.
Only by writing could the acclaimed novelist Yiyun Li grapple with the suicides of her two sons. But her new book is no ordinary grief memoir.
Some state plans give cash incentives in May to spur contributions.
Once drawn to American universities as havens, some students from abroad are finding the United States is not the bedrock of free speech they had expected.
A new campaign will try to persuade New Yorkers to trash their trash.
The U.S. is slashing funding for scientific research, after decades of deep investment. Here’s some of what those taxpayer dollars created.
El niño de 9 meses y medio con una enfermedad genética rara recibió una infusión hecha solo para él y diseñada para corregir su mutación exacta
Shabbos Kestenbaum sued Harvard University over allegations it did not do enough to curb antisemitism. He had continued his lawsuit even after other students settled.
There’s a cost to making it so hard to be a young person right now.
The university says that a student’s remarks condemning “genocide” were not approved and that he “violated the commitment he made to comply with our rules.”
For months, the Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova has challenged efforts to deport her to her native Russia for a customs violation. This week, the government charged her with a criminal felony.
El miércoles se anunciaron cargos penales por contrabando contra Kseniia Petrova, científica de Harvard. Un abogado del gobierno declaró que planean deportarla.
Restrictions on payments to foreign partners may jeopardize studies of cancer and other conditions that would benefit Americans.
Dos académicos británicos descubrieron que una “copia” del texto medieval, conservada en la biblioteca de la Facultad de Derecho de Harvard durante 80 años, es uno de los siete originales que datan de 1300.
The Trump administration is targeting the Ivy League university under a law typically used to go after government contractors for swindling.
Few rallied around Alireza Doroudi, who spent weeks detained on murky charges. With hope he might win, but facing extended detention, he had to decide whether to keep fighting his case.
Federal agencies say that by axing the funding they are protecting the First Amendment. Critics see it as stifling scientific inquiry into sources of harmful online content.
The documentary recalls the 1988 protests that erupted at Gallaudet University when trustees rejected deaf candidates to lead it.
Cuando ChatGPT se hizo público, causó pánico porque facilitaba increíblemente hacer trampa en las tareas escolares. Ahora los estudiantes se quejan de la dependencia de sus profesores en la IA.
Two British academics discovered that a “copy” of the medieval text, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300.
Mientras el presidente Trump desmantela las instituciones de investigación estadounidenses, los líderes mundiales ven “una oportunidad de ganar cerebros única en el siglo”.
Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher, was detained Feb. 16 at Logan Airport after failing to declare scientific samples she carried into the U.S.
The university is facing cuts of more than $2.6 billion in federal funding and has already taken other steps to save money.
Badar Khan Suri, an Indian citizen teaching on an academic visa, has been held by the government, which has claimed he violated the terms of his academic visa.
Cris Hassold, quien fue profesora universitaria en Florida durante 50 años, dejó una profunda huella en sus estudiantes favoritos: “pienso en ella casi todos los días”, dijo una.
The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.
Students call it hypocritical. A senior at Northeastern University demanded her tuition back. But instructors say generative A.I. tools make them better at their jobs.
As President Trump guts American research institutions, world leaders see a “once-in-a-century brain gain opportunity.”
The university expanded its ongoing suit after the Trump administration said it would stop issuing grants to the school and promised to take another $450 million.
The latest broadside from the federal government comes as Harvard faces multiple investigations from across the Trump administration.
The Atlanta school said F. DuBois Bowman, a biostatistician and an alumnus, would take over this summer.
La orden de San Agustín, con menos de 3000 miembros, dio forma al hombre que se convertiría en cardenal y después en pontífice para los católicos de todo el mundo.
Students are already using A.I. to learn and write. The education policy expert Rebecca Winthrop explores the big questions emerging for educators and parents.
The Order of St. Augustine, with fewer than 3,000 members, shaped the man who would become a cardinal, and then pope to the world’s Roman Catholics.
The Trump Administration’s decision to stop funding for a Danish lecture series showed its determination to extend its control to the smallest of ventures.
Mining continues at the Continental Pit. Nearby is the Berkeley Pit, a site for acid mine drainage that poses an opportunity for extracting valuable metals.
The Orthodox Jewish university had reached a settlement with the club in March but said the group had violated the agreement by “operating as a pride club under a different name.”
In a letter, Harvard’s president pointed to areas of agreement with the Trump administration, including a need for more “intellectual diversity.” He also argued Harvard is not partisan.
An informal survey along Bleecker Street surfaced complaints about higher delivery costs, but most businesses are making do, even if they do not like it.
Serbian protesters are bravely combating a powerful autocratic government.
A federal judge ordered the release of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish citizen studying at Tufts University on a student visa. She is one of thousands of students who face deportation, as the Trump administration escalates its attack on higher education.
I toured college campuses and found a generation yearning to learn about punk as a survival strategy.
Mildred Prevost, a mother of three who sought a graduate degree, held her religious devotion at the center of her life.
Dartmouth College is not on the Trump administration’s target lists and its funding remains intact, unlike the rest of its peers. Its president may be why.
Cris Hassold, a professor at New College of Florida for 50 years, left a mark on her 31 favorite students. “I think about her almost every day,” one said.
A federal judge had ordered the government to immediately release Rumeysa Ozturk, who was being held in a federal facility in Louisiana.
Politicians used to care how much students learn. Now, to find a defense of educational excellence, we have to look beyond politics.
The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, was being detained in Louisiana. A federal judge said her detention threatened to chill the speech of millions of noncitizens.
Can a small Massachusetts start-up perfect a battery that would make electric vehicles cheaper and more convenient than conventional cars?
A weaponized tax code could backfire on conservatives.
The phenomenon, in which travelers choose vacation destinations based on beloved, sometimes dark, TV series and films, has become one of the biggest trends in travel.
The police moved in to make arrests after demonstrators left the college grounds and gathered outside. Officers punched some students and slammed others to the ground.
Police arrested several people during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at Brooklyn College on Thursday.
When Robert Francis Prevost walked onto the balcony, “it was as if a family member appeared.”
The Education Department accused the school of filing inaccurate reports, adding to the growing list of elite schools it has targeted over foreign funding disclosures.
Harvard could choose to either keep fighting or seek a deal with the administration. Its leaders are starting to realize that any path will very likely change the identity of the school.
The private Catholic university in the suburbs of Philadelphia has a new most famous alumnus.
When demonstrators occupied the university’s main library on Wednesday, campus security forces intervened aggressively. The occupation ended with arrests hours later.