The university is trying to avoid the appearance of appeasement, something other powerful institutions that made deals with President Trump found impossible.
The same judge issued an order last week blocking a separate government effort to keep the school from enrolling students from abroad.
Escenas de nebulosas en la Vía Láctea y de un cúmulo de galaxias son un anticipo de cómo el observatorio, situado en Chile, transformará la astronomía. Se esperan más imágenes el lunes.
Cuando los psicólogos de la Universidad de California buscaban financiamiento para enseñar a adultos autistas a navegar sus vidas románticas, nadie mostraba interés. Después de un éxito de Netflix, las cosas cambiaron.
Scenes from nebulas in the Milky Way and a cluster of galaxies are a teaser of how the observatory will transform astronomy, with more imagery expected later on Monday.
Promised a path to prosperity through hard work and education, China’s working class youths are hitting immovable ceilings.
More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.
The Columbia graduate and pro-Palestinian activist returned to New York after more than three months in detention. The Trump administration is seeking to deport him.
Pondering the politics of universities, and their future.
Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist detained for his role in protests at Columbia University, returned to the East Coast on bail after 104 days of imprisonment in Louisiana.
The Trump administration remains committed to deporting Mr. Khalil, a Columbia graduate and leading figure in the pro-Palestinian protest movement.
An architect, he wrote in his book “Lost New York” about the many buildings that were destroyed before passage of the city’s landmarks preservation law.
The University of Florida student won an academic honor after he argued in a paper that the Constitution applies only to white people. From there, the situation spiraled.
An effort to expel students the administration says are a national security threat has given way to a broad campaign that touches many corners of American life.
Details about the discussions emerged after President Trump said the two sides, which have been locked in court battles for weeks, might reach a settlement soon.
The decision came after a hearing where a lawyer for Harvard accused the Trump administration of McCarthy-like tactics and irregular and improper treatment.
Mr. Khalil, a Columbia graduate and legal permanent resident, has been held in Louisiana for over three months. The judge found reason to believe it was retaliation for his pro-Palestinian speech.
Schools say the Trump administration’s cuts to higher education are forcing them to consider extreme cost-cutting measures, even as more students than ever are heading to college this year.
Fertility decline is a devilish problem. What if the only solution is to treat parenting as a public service worth paying for?
Abraham Chabon, a New York University student, is accused in a criminal complaint of sexual assault. He has pleaded not guilty.
His research unraveled mysteries about the solar system and the demise of the dinosaurs. In retirement, he turned his attention to the Holocaust.
Readers reflect on salvaging what college students don’t take home. Also: Poetry that questions; the risks of self-driving trucks.
We are honoring the Top 10 winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Claire Mauney, age 16.
Beginning on Juneteenth, a restored Virginia schoolhouse where enslaved and free Black students were taught to read is on view in Colonial Williamsburg.
Readers offer differing perspectives on artificial intelligence on campus. Also: Tree of Life in Pittsburgh, on uprooting antisemitism.
A bill would restrict “expressive activities” on campus — which could include what students wear and the hours and weeks they can protest.
The process is the penalty, and the penalty is the process.
Una ex “Q” será la primera mujer que dirija el servicio de inteligencia exterior británico en los 116 años de historia de la agencia.
El gobierno haitiano ha recurrido a los drones para perseguir a los líderes de las bandas que han tomado gran parte de la capital. Expertos jurídicos afirman que esto viola el derecho internacional.
The Haitian government has turned to drones to go after gang leaders who have captured much of the capital. But legal experts say that violates international law.
Una nueva investigación sugiere que las redadas pueden perjudicar el rendimiento de los alumnos y alterar el funcionamiento de las escuelas, incluso cuando no se producen en ellas o sus alrededores.
The university has largely complied with the administration’s demands, but has adjusted them in meaningful ways. One department offers a window into that effort.
A former “Q,” she will be the first woman to lead Britain’s foreign intelligence service in the agency’s 116-year history.
New research shows that after recent deportation sweeps, parents kept their children home — with big impacts on how all students learn.
The university is hoping for a broad court order that would keep the White House from using workarounds to prevent foreign enrollment.
President Trump appointed her to clinch a conservative legal revolution. But soon after arriving at the Supreme Court, she began surprising her colleagues.
Canceling the visas of Chinese students in the United States is a horrible idea.
Readers respond to a guest essay about the effects of having foreign students at American universities.
The university seems to have misjudged what some families would pay. Next year, maybe applicants should play their own game of chicken with such schools.
A federal judge ruled this week that the government cannot hold the Columbia University graduate under the rarely invoked law it used to detain him.
A noted art collector as well as a designer, he brought a personal, history-minded approach to his work around Boston and on college campuses.
The Atlantic hurricane season got off to a quiet start. That’s not unusual, experts said.
The group discuss early adulthood, Donald Trump, artificial intelligence and more.
Health disparities research needs a reboot.
Korean officials discovered the painting in the Smart Museum’s collection at the University of Chicago. It was stolen from a temple nearly 35 years ago.
From any angle, Michigan Central Station is a revelation.
When U.C.L.A. psychologists first proposed teaching adults with autism how to date, funders wouldn’t go near it. Now we are in a new world.
Now attached to Bard College, the literary journal is about to publish new commentary and a popular historical feature. Next year: the print magazine.
The president’s assault on academic research won’t affect just blue-state elites.
David Goldblatt photographed the societal warping that apartheid inflicted, drawn to “the quiet and commonplace where nothing ‘happened’ and yet all was contained.”
Preocupados por el cambio de las prioridades estadounidenses, algunos de los socios tradicionales de Estados Unidos se han enfocado en fortalecer sus lazos con otros países.
Mr. Khalil, a legal permanent resident, has been held in Louisiana for more than three months. The judge suggested he could be released as early as Friday unless the government successfully appeals.
A group behind the Supreme Court case that ended affirmative action is now targeting a federal support for schools that enroll large numbers of Hispanic students.
If President Trump makes good on all his threats, Harvard may lose much of its influence and prestige. It could also become even harder to afford.
Important U.S. allies are trying to bolster their ties as the Trump administration shifts priorities and reshapes the world order.
They’re still clinging on, but at the bottom rung of the ladder.
Experts and former officials said it was unusual for a cabinet secretary to try to influence the Treasury Department’s sanctions process to target a domestic entity.
Jon Bernthal’s strange journey taught him to bring a surprising softness to his tough-guy characters.
The three students who survived the attack in 2023 all suffered extensive, life-altering injuries, their lawyers said.
Senators criticized the head of the National Institutes of Health for not taking responsibility for Trump administration cuts to research funding.
The university is selling multiple stakes in private equity funds as the industry struggles and President Trump targets Ivy-League Institutions.
Las bandas se aprovechan de los comercios locales, exigiéndoles dinero y desatando la violencia si se niegan. El aumento de las extorsiones ha traumatizado a muchas zonas del país.
Gangs are preying on local businesses demanding money and unleashing violence if they refuse. A surge in extortions has traumatized many parts of the country.
Gangs are preying on local businesses demanding money and unleashing violence if they refuse. A surge in extortions has traumatized many parts of the country.
“All the whiteness was getting on my nerves.”
The New York Times studied videos of addresses posted online, including those by President Trump, Kermit the Frog and a slew of celebrity speakers. Here is a look at key themes that emerged.
A school founded by George Soros fled Hungary after it was targeted by an authoritarian leader. Academics at the school say President Trump is using a similar playbook against Harvard.
A millenniums-old settlement in Michigan has archaeologists rethinking the rise of agriculture on the continent.
Alfred Williamson could not have imagined how much his freshman year would be shaped by the Trump administration, inside and outside the classroom.
For local scavengers, graduation season is a great time to salvage expensive household items and luxury goods abandoned by departing students.
Critics say proposals to restrict or even ban Chinese student visas take a “sledgehammer to a problem that needs highly targeted tools.”
OpenAI, the firm that helped spark chatbot cheating, wants to embed A.I. in every facet of college. First up: 460,000 students at Cal State.
African students have traded academic institutions in the West for Chinese alternatives. The Trump administration’s clampdown on international students and visas could accelerate the shift.
This week, a federal judge sided with Harvard in one of its two lawsuits, blocking an order by President Trump to prevent international students from enrolling.
He struggled to become the first Chinese American person to practice law in the U.S., then used his training to fight for other Chinese Americans.
Maura Finkelstein is one of many scholars discovering that the traditional protections of academic freedom are no longer holding.
The domestic policy bill passed by the House raises the maximum child tax credit to $2,500. But about a third of children would not receive the full credit because their parents have low wages or lack jobs.
The president had issued a proclamation targeting international students who seek to enroll at Harvard. The moves escalated a legal battle between the two parties.
El presidente Trump firmó una proclamación que impediría a los estudiantes extranjeros de la Universidad de Harvard entrar al país, una medida agresiva que la universidad calificó de “ilegal”.
A Harvard graduate, a doctor and an actress have been at the center of social media storms over perceived privilege. Some see economic anxiety behind it.
As university leaders face political pressure around the country, one president in Indiana has acquiesced to many conservative plans.
The Trump administration has sought a workaround to the courts, which have largely blocked his efforts to restrict foreign students.
Florida officials rejected Santa Ono of Michigan as the next president of the state’s flagship university, revealing how deeply politicized higher education has become.
The administration notified the university’s accrediting body that federal agencies had found that the school violated Jewish students’ civil rights.
An internal Justice Department clash over safety and free speech rights centered on vandalism directed at Columbia University’s interim president.
La ex primera ministra de Nueva Zelanda, quien dirigió al país durante la pandemia, ha publicado unas memorias en las que aboga por una mayor empatía en la política.
A conservative student newspaper had DOGE-style questions about the work of Brown University staff. Its writers were summoned to disciplinary hearings.
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
Even before the U.S. threatened to bar international students and besieged universities, China’s huge spending campaign on the sciences was bearing fruit.
Santa Ono, the former president of the University of Michigan, was also criticized by conservatives for his handling of campus protests.
An arrest by the F.B.I. comes as the Trump administration has promised to crack down on Chinese academics.
Some Harvard students have sought “viewpoint diversity” outside the school’s gates.
The activists behind the Tesla Takedown campaign say they intend to expand beyond protests at the company’s showrooms.
The former prime minister, who led New Zealand through the pandemic, has published a memoir arguing for more empathy in politics.
JD Vance wanted to “aggressively attack” American universities. His wish has been the president’s command.
As the United States cuts budgets and restricts immigration, China and Europe are offering researchers money and stability.
Streaming services are helping revive America’s most old-fashioned, undigital genre.
The Justice Department opened an investigation into the student-run Harvard Law Review. The startling accusations show how the Trump administration is wielding power in pursuit of its political agenda.
Harvard officials, in a new court filing on Monday, detailed the extent of cuts that the Trump administration had made to a broad swath of university research projects.
The Times followed along as the singer wrote a commencement speech for Emory University.
He began his career as a pastor. But he was forced out of his congregation in 1965, which led to a new life pondering the value of nature.
A Marxist-turned-Catholic who denounced individualism, he provoked and inspired fellow thinkers and gained a degree of popularity unusual for a moral philosopher.
A Trisha Brown company tour recalls a time when Rauschenberg, one of the country’s most influential artists, was changing and being changed by American dance.
The battle between Harvard University and the Trump administration has continued to escalate. Michael C. Bender, a correspondent for The New York Times in Washington, surveys the administration’s actions against the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university.
For “People’s Choice Literature,” Tom Comitta wrote two books based on the likes and dislikes of American readers.
Nobody knows what the halt on visa interviews means and how long it will last. The uncertainty has upended thousands of carefully made plans.
It’s complicated.
William F. Buckley Jr. was also a revolutionary.
According to the school, the student delivered a speech, which denounced M.I.T.’s ties to Israel, that had not been preapproved.
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.
Politicians used to care how much students learn. Now, to find a defense of educational excellence, we have to look beyond politics.
El fármaco se ha convertido en una especie de símbolo de resistencia a lo que algunos en el movimiento MAGA describen como una élite corrupta.