Lia Smith was a senior at Middlebury College, a transgender woman and, for a time, an athlete on the school’s diving team. But she struggled to feel accepted, and in October, she took her own life.
Experts say that it’s too early to tell what will happen during the rest of the state’s rainy season, but that extreme drought is unlikely.
Steep import taxes have raised prices and affected U.S. businesses, but not quite as much as expected. A new report offers some reasons.
Since the arrest of Bryan Kohberger in the murder of four college students, a case that captivated the nation, his family has stayed silent. His sister now describes their pain and confusion.
A student-organized “tech fast” at St. John’s College thrust young people headfirst into a world of chalkboard-based communication. (On that note: Has anyone seen Eliza?)
Despite his doctors’ recommendations, President Trump takes a high dose.
Millions of borrowers who are behind can expect the government to tighten the options in 2026. Experts say take action now to get help.
Brenna Henn had a long-term grant to study the genetic diversity of Africans and people of African descent. Then her N.I.H. funding was cut.
At a moment when Americans are distrusting and fearful, we examine the psychology of hope.
After eight years of training, Dr. Maureen McKiernan made her debut as the lead surgeon on an infant heart transplant — an operation on the edge of what’s possible.
As commissioner of New York City’s Department of Transportation, Michael Flynn will seek to implement one of the new mayor’s central campaign planks.
A massive mixed-used tower, with 166 high-end apartments, is altering the skyline while improving one of the city’s transit centers.
The Republican served for almost three decades in Congress. He said he was withdrawing from public life after the diagnosis.
The department said the state’s policy of granting unauthorized immigrants in-state financial aid at public colleges and universities violates federal law.
Wasn’t this supposed to be the golden era of free expression on college campuses?
At the state school, gender studies is out. ‘The Odyssey’ is required reading. A Charlie Kirk statue is coming. Has one ideological bubble replaced another?
Marina Vance had an E.P.A. grant to help homeowners counter the impact of wildfire smoke, until the agency deemed the research “no longer consistent” with its priorities.
The grand jury received testimony that the man had acted to defend his son, who had faced bullying before the shooting, a local prosecutor said.
Readers respond to a guest essay arguing that it is an unfair “racket. Also: An attack on climate research and safety; the value of immigrants to America.
Daniel DiDonato, 19, has loved elections since he was in fourth grade. He also loves maps.
An Oxford professor and renowned critic, he was pugnacious, fearless and disdainful of the received wisdom of his intellectual milieu.
Prominent business and government figures spread rumors about the attack on Brown University’s campus this month, reigniting questions about accountability in online discourse.
She was given the “hardest job under heaven”: upholding birth limits enforced by often brutal local officials. She came to support softening the policy, then abolishing it.
A militia accused of genocide has seized a city of a quarter-million people, and it now appears from satellites to be a ghost town.
The decision seemed likely to provoke a court battle in a state where Republican politicians have sought to influence public universities.
It is the latest twist in the marquee battle of the administration’s campaign to rein in colleges and universities it views as too liberal.
One friend said Claudio Neves Valente appeared to live a detached life, upset that “he couldn’t be the genius he thought he should be.”
The instructor, a graduate student at the University of Oklahoma, gave a zero to a student who wrote an essay arguing in favor of traditional gender definitions based on biblical teachings.
The paper by Samantha Fulnecky, an undergraduate, received a zero by the instructor and has stirred a debate about academic freedom.
The Department of Education is looking at whether security at Brown University, including its surveillance system, was up to standard. Brown said it would conduct its own investigation.
The virus, sometimes called the stomach bug, is incredibly contagious. Here’s how to stay safe this season.
Más de 100.000 estadounidenses dan a luz a partir de los 40 cada año, pero ¿qué significa eso para la salud de sus embarazos y sus bebés?
About 50 Planned Parenthoods have shut down this year, largely a result of efforts by President Trump and Republicans to target the organization.
La tensión militar entre Donald Trump y Nicolás Maduro ha provocado un aumento de la guerra electrónica en la región.
Nuno Loureiro, 47, was killed by an old classmate who was on the run from a shooting at Brown University, the authorities said.
Military brinkmanship between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has led to an increase in electronic warfare in the region.
The examination confirmed that the suspect had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His body was found late Thursday in a storage unit in New Hampshire.
The selection of Scott Beardsley by the G.O.P.-appointed board comes after the previous president resigned under pressure from the Trump administration. A new Democratic-appointed board could try to overturn the choice.
Un usuario proporcionó información que conduciría a un gran avance no solo en la búsqueda del atacante del campus, sino también del sospechoso del asesinato de un profesor del MIT.
Las autoridades identificaron a un hombre portugués como sospechoso del tiroteo en la Universidad Brown y del asesinato de un profesor del MIT. La policía dijo que murió de un disparo autoinfligido.
We tell the story of the search for the suspect in not one but two killings.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said President Trump ordered the program to be suspended after it emerged that the shooting suspect used it to move to the United States.
Plus, your Friday news quiz.
Monica-Grace Mukendi’s career demonstrates the lasting impact of OneGoal, a nonprofit that helps low-income students attend college.
Adults need to set up rules for students so that it’s not on them to self-regulate when it comes to going tech-free.
Nuno F.G. Loureiro, the professor, attended the same physics program in Portugal as the man suspected in his killing.
The New York City university has embarked on an overhaul that some professors and students say imperils its standing as a bastion of the liberal arts.
A single suspect carried out the shooting at Brown University and the killing of an M.I.T. professor, and was later found dead in New Hampshire, authorities said.
A Reddit user provided information that helped identify Claudio Manuel Neves Valente as not only the suspect in the campus shooting, but also the murder of an M.I.T. professor.
Officials identified a man from Portugal as the suspect in the deadly shooting at Brown University and the killing of an M.I.T. professor. The police said on Thursday he died from a self-inflicted gunshot.
Facing a deadline to appeal, the Justice Department told the courts late Thursday that it would try to overturn a judge’s ruling in favor of Harvard.
The long-running case had been on hold for nearly a year because of higher court appeals and the retirement of the military judge.
During his 16 years in office, he earned national acclaim for his focus on education. But losing his bid for the Senate in 1984 cost him a shot at the presidency.
Investigators are also examining the possibility that the case is connected to the killing of an M.I.T. professor in his home in Massachusetts.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani chose Sherif Soliman, a veteran of municipal government and the chief financial officer of the City University of New York, to lead the Office of Management and Budget.
The Silicon Valley college town has changed drastically as Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and other tech founders have scooped up multiple properties.
Trump is giving himself an A-plus-plus-plus, but the rest of America is anxious.
Joyce Arthur says she is a living testimony to the benefit of investing in African girls’ education.
Early decision isn’t just for the rich, as long as people with lower incomes can get accurate price quotes before agreeing to attend if they get in.
Mr. Musk has ambitions to remake education, but his latest effort to open an elementary school in Texas appears to have faltered.
Ana Vaz monitored crucial fish stocks in the Southeast and the Gulf of Mexico until she lost her job at NOAA.
Officials said that they were working with physical evidence, including DNA, and that they were seeking a second man who appeared to have crossed paths with the possible suspect’.
It is rare for a gunman in a high-profile shooting to get away, and many are apprehended within days. The authorities shared grainy video and begged for tips as the search stretched into its fourth day.
For the students in the Brown University review session, concerns about grades and questions about economic concepts would be forgotten in an instant.
The students face discipline for recording Mr. Summers, the former Harvard president, discussing his ties to Jeffrey Epstein in a Harvard class.
The Providence Police Department released enhanced security camera footage of a suspect in the Brown University shooting walking through the neighborhood hours before the tragedy took place.
The New York Times examined data from 18 of the nation’s top law schools and found that first-year Black enrollment had increased at only four, including at Harvard.
Mientras Estados Unidos aumenta la presión contra Nicolás Maduro, los expertos dicen que Trinidad y Tobago, el país más cercano a la costa norte de Venezuela, ya ha tomado partido.
After determining that a man they had detained was not the killer, Rhode Island officials have searched for more evidence and released photos of a possible gunman.
Trekking across Malaysia, her adopted country, she found more than 150 unrecorded plant species. “She’s one of the greatest botanists who ever lived,” a colleague said.
The professor, Nuno F.G. Loureiro, was pronounced dead at a hospital on Tuesday morning. The authorities said they had opened a homicide investigation.
Readers mourn Rob Reiner and take offense at the president’s crude response. Also: America snubs its allies; phone scams; former President Joe Biden’s library.
The United States and Trinidad say U.S. Marines installed a radar in Tobago to combat drugs — but this war materiel isn’t designed for operations based at sea or on land.
A Siena University poll showed that voters support having wealthy New Yorkers pay more in taxes to fund child care statewide, and favored Gov. Kathy Hochul in next year’s election.
International patients can bring a hospital as much as $2 million for a transplant. In recent years, they have typically gotten organs faster than U.S. patients.
After the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia, Jewish New Yorkers said they felt the need to stand up for their community.
Mia Tretta, a Brown student, survived a deadly shooting at her high school in 2019 and another attack on Saturday. As the authorities search for the gunman in the latest attack, she is coping with trauma again.
Kash Patel’s impulse to publicize the work of the bureau under his leadership has revived questions about his competence and his future in the administration.
Alan M. Garber was appointed after his predecessor resigned under pressure. He has been in the role as Harvard fended off challenges from the Trump administration.
Police officers investigating the Brown University shooting released a man they called a “person of interest.” Officials defended the twist in the case as the normal course of policing.
For ecologists, the Covid-19 pandemic has presented a remarkable natural experiment in what can happen to wild animals when humans stay home.
The clips were captured on Saturday and show a man walking on sidewalks near the Brown campus after the shooting.
Authorities in Providence, R.I., released a second video from security camera footage of a possible shooting suspect walking down the sidewalk on Saturday.
Brian McGrory led the news organization for a decade until he departed in early 2023.
A gunman who killed two students at Brown University is still at large. There were no specific threats against other schools, but many are taking precautions.
Un hombre armado irrumpió el sábado en un aula del campus de Rhode Island. Dos personas murieron y otras nueve resultaron heridas.
MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, 18, was gentle and extroverted, his sisters and a friend said, and had dreams of becoming a neurosurgeon.
We have the latest from Brown University and Bondi Beach.
Plus, the hunt for the gunman in a shooting at Brown University.
Hours after announcing they had detained a person in connection with the deadly shooting at Brown University, officials appealed to the public for new leads.
The authorities said they had released a man whom they could not connect to the deadly shooting at Brown University. Officials said they are still searching for the gunman. Students held a candlelight vigil following an overnight lockdown.
The killing of two college students brought an unwelcome and unusual spotlight to the mayor of Providence, R.I., a place where many residents know each other.
As the shooter remained at large, students sheltered in place in classrooms and basements, waiting for the all clear.
Officials provide an update on the shooting that happened at Brown University on Saturday.
Authorities said that a gunman shot two students and injured nine more in an attack in a classroom at Brown University on Saturday. On Sunday, officials said that an individual in connection with the shooting had been detained.
The student, in his first year at Brown, was shot in the leg. He described helping others who were more seriously injured as they hid in their classroom.
Joseph Oduro, 21, said he was leading an economics study session for about 60 students when a masked man entered the room and started shooting.
Both women said the shooting on Saturday had damaged a sense of security they had cultivated for years based on the notion that they were unlikely to witness two school shootings in one lifetime.
A typical Saturday night on the Ivy League campus was shaken by the killing of two people and the wounding of 9 others.
Two people were killed and nine others injured during an attack on the Rhode Island campus. Officials were searching for a gunman late Saturday.
Here’s what to know about the Rhode Island university, where a shooting on Saturday killed two people and injured eight others.
Students remained locked in their dorms and classrooms as the police searched for the shooter, who was described as a man wearing black. At least two people are dead, and eight are in critical condition.
Leading the Southeastern Conference for 12 years, he masterminded its rise as a national power, lifted by a flood of money from TV rights, bowl games and other sources.
The claims last year by a conservative publication against Darryll J. Pines prompted a yearlong investigation and an extensive review of his published works.
South Korea has a notoriously grueling college entrance exam. This year’s English portion was so difficult that it led to a resignation. Could you answer some of the questions correctly?
His library foundation has told the I.R.S. that by the end of 2027 it expects to bring in just $11.3 million — not nearly enough for a traditional presidential library.
Beijing is pouring vast resources into fusion research, while the U.S. wants private industry to lead the way. The winner could reshape civilization.
Justice Department officials have been considering whether to bring new charges against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, after a different judge dismissed the original case against him.
The center at the university’s public health school was also a focus of the Trump administration after having been examined in a Harvard antisemitism report earlier this year.
The benefits of serving have never been more appealing, but the Pentagon needs a better approach to recruiting new talent.
Venezuela depende excepcionalmente del petróleo para mantener en funcionamiento el gobierno y pagar las necesidades básicas.
Seizures of more tankers could put a stranglehold on Venezuela’s economy, which is exceptionally dependent on oil to keep the government running and pay for basic necessities.
Some disciplinary measures have been imposed on the lecturer, including being monitored as she teaches a class on diversity and social justice.
The University of Michigan fired Sherrone Moore earlier in the day, an abrupt end to his career there, one of the highest profile jobs in college football.
Faced with an affordability crisis and rising energy demands, Gov. Kathy Hochul has slowed progress on New York’s efforts to fight climate change.
Leaders of colleges and universities on a panel at the DealBook Summit said other challenges they face include government pressure and preparing graduates for a new world.
Patty Scanlon bought a box of snapshots for $20 at a flea market and was stunned to find family photos of Ms. Lake, whose house burned down in January.
Colleges should not be allowed to squeeze applicants in a vice.
The school has been brought to heel by conservative critics of higher education. It is part of a broader transformation at the state’s universities.
Los múltiples guiños al presidente Trump hacen que muchos duden sobre si la política venezolana merece esa distinción.
It’s not just humans who suffer from leading one another astray. So do fish, flies and even bacteria.
The birds lingered for days at a Catholic school near Cincinnati as agencies haggled over who was responsible for removing them. Officials said the public health risk was low.
María Corina Machado is being honored for her push for democracy even as she backs President Trump’s military buildup and aggressive campaign against Venezuela.
The police said a suspect had been arrested after the shooting in Frankfort, Ky. The second student was in critical but stable condition, a university spokesman said.
The government says it will fast-track immigration for U.S. H-1B visa holders and spend more than $1 billion to attract researchers from the United States and the rest of the world.
The protest was over the removal of another instructor, who gave a failing grade on a paper about gender that relied on the Bible as its main source.
Caleb E. Nelson, a leading originalist law professor, challenged the conventional wisdom of the “unitary executive theory” in an article that was debated in the parties’ briefs ahead of Monday’s arguments.
El padre de Any Lucía López Belloza dijo que agentes migratorios se presentaron en su casa de Austin, Texas, el domingo. Su hija fue deportada a Honduras durante un viaje sorpresa a casa.
The father of Any Lucía Belloza López said agents appeared at his home in Austin, Texas, on Sunday. His daughter, 19, was deported to Honduras during a surprise trip home for Thanksgiving.
Ancestry’s clarification of a policy has barred those working on unsolved crimes from access to the company’s vast trove of records.
Three other rhesus monkeys were still on the loose as of Wednesday after the truck carrying them rolled over on a highway in Mississippi, law enforcement officials said.
The vaccines are proven to help protect pregnant women and their babies. But regulatory chaos and mixed messaging have made for a confusing landscape.
President Trump has used his position of authority to dole out flawed medical advice dating back to his first term, when he mused about injecting bleach to kill off the coronavirus.
The agency’s fall recommendations underscore the goals of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to limit access to the vaccines, which he has long opposed.
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.
Five years after the pandemic began, interest in the anti-parasitic drug is rising again as right-wing influencers promote it — and spread misinformation about it.
Dozens of medical and scientific studies are ending or at risk of ending, leaving researchers scrambling to find alternative funding.
The society faced financial challenges that were exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Its nearly 600,000 items stretch back before the Gold Rush.
Readers respond to a guest essay by a recent college graduate. Also: New York City’s new outdoor dining program; how immigrants built America.
A substantial number of Republican voters are losing faith in science.
Millions of people are overdue on their federal loans or still have them paused — and court rulings keep upending collection efforts.
Two new studies suggest that the largest single federal investment in U.S. schools improved student test scores, but only modestly.
We asked voters for the one thing they remembered most about the Trump era. Few of them cited major events like the pandemic and Jan. 6.
According to a think tank’s analysis, another private college would attract the young talent that helps the city’s economy.
Two readers call for more federal funding for care of the sick and the elderly. Also: Data on drivers; Covid lessons; diversity in college admissions.
People with long Covid symptoms scored slightly lower on a cognitive test than people who had recovered. But long Covid patients who eventually got better scored as well as those whose symptoms did not last long.
In the Panamanian rainforest, scientists found the first known plant species to transform decaying tissue into a new source of nutrients.