The Stanford Daily lost a 1978 Supreme Court case over the search of its newsroom. But a bipartisan backlash prompted a federal law protecting journalists.
Mike Flynn, a former intern who rose to the top of the agency, will be under a microscope, but far from the spotlight.
The United States is broken, but not in every way.
Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, appointed new board members at three state schools, hours after she was sworn in as Virginia’s first female governor.
El presidente Trump detuvo los envíos de petróleo venezolano a Cuba, y los expertos afirman que se avecina un desastre. El petróleo alimenta su red eléctrica y, sin suministros alternativos, el país se sumirá en una prolongada oscuridad.
A professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, he was a key contributor to a landmark paper that laid out how the universe came to look like it does today.
President Trump stopped Venezuelan oil shipments to Cuba, and experts say disaster looms. Oil fuels its electric grid and without alternative supplies the country will plunge into extended darkness.
Even as some instructors remain fervently opposed to chatbots, other writing and English professors are trying to improve them.
A federal prosecutor apologized this week, saying an ICE officer made a “mistake” in deporting Any Lucia López Belloza, a college freshman in Massachusetts, to Honduras.
After months of upheaval at the state’s flagship university, a new Democratic governor appeared ready to shake up the school’s leadership.
Spring performances of “Treemonisha” and “The Crucible” will be held at George Washington University.
The Trump administration acknowledged it mistakenly deported a college student to Honduras despite a court order barring the removal. But the government has not moved to drop the case.
The National Endowment for the Humanities is giving more than $40 million to programs that have been embraced by conservatives as a counterweight to liberal-dominated academia.
In a case over the First Amendment rights of noncitizen scholars, a federal judge proposed extending protections to members of two academic groups behind a lawsuit.
Harvard sigue dominando, aunque ha caído al puesto 3 en una lista que mide el rendimiento académico. Otras universidades estadounidenses se rezagan con respecto a sus homólogas mundiales.
The University of Arkansas withdrew a job offer to a legal scholar after state officials learned that she had signed a legal brief concerning transgender athletes, lawmakers said.
In an upset victory over China at the 1984 Olympics, he and five others became the only American men ever to win the gold medal in the gymnastics team competition.
Any new detention would not come immediately, and Mr. Khalil’s lawyers plan to appeal. But the ruling is a major blow to Mr. Khalil, a Columbia graduate and prominent figure in the pro-Palestinian movement.
Cabello, ministro del Interior de Venezuela, está acusado por fiscales estadounidenses de narcotráfico y vinculado a la represión en su país, pero sigue siendo una figura poderosa.
The hearing on Thursday followed up on the court’s sweeping finding in September that noncitizen students had the same free speech rights as citizens.
Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s interior minister, is accused by U.S. prosecutors of drug trafficking and is linked to repression at home, yet remains a powerful figure.
Harvard still dominates, though it fell to No. 3 on a list measuring academic output. Other American universities are falling farther behind their global peers.
The prime minister is seeking new markets for Canadian goods and to mend relations with China after years of deep acrimony between the two nations.
The justice, a sports buff, has coached girls’ basketball teams for many years and has often reflected on the role such mentoring can play.
The people who support barring trans girls from girls’ sports say the debate affects not just transgender athletes but whole teams and sports.
One sued to join her middle school girls’ cross-country team in West Virginia and the other to join the women’s track and cross-country teams at her university in Idaho.
The outcome of a pair of cases on Tuesday could affect laws in 27 states that prohibit transgender girls from joining girls’ and women’s sports teams.
Some students are still mentioning their race or immigrant status as the Trump administration cracks down on diversity efforts. But many are avoiding sensitive aspects of their identity.
“Miracle Children” details how a Louisiana school exploited the demand for stories of Black trauma.
The executive council of the American Historical Association said the resolutions, including one accusing Israel of ‘scholasticide’ in Gaza, would put the group at risk.
Kent D. Syverud will become the fifth person to run Michigan since the start of 2022, inheriting a school that also has debated diversity.
A study of more than 5,000 pages of agency documents on mifepristone over 12 years found that agency leaders almost always followed the evidence-based recommendations of scientists.
An ancient classic is canceled in Texas.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear a case that could affect laws in 27 states that bar transgender athletes from joining girls’ and women’s sports teams.
He was the longest serving legislator in New Jersey, while also running an insurance company and funeral home and coaching youth basketball.
Ms. Good, 37, was a poet and a mother who grew up in Colorado. Her wife said the couple had “stopped to support our neighbors” when Ms. Good was shot.
I asked why so many women were considering leaving the country. The guns, several responded.
It started in a laboratory. No one could have predicted where it would end.
The celebrated author on the challenges of being kind, the benefits of meditation and the reality check of death.
Warming seas and increased flooding threaten a way of life for Native Americans who have called the Pacific Northwest coast their home for generations.
The mayor said a new initiative by the Under the Radar festival exemplified an arts affordability agenda that he intends to pursue.
La muerte tocó a las puertas de varias familias que, relacionadas o no con el régimen del depuesto presidente Maduro, se convirtieron en daño colateral de una operación militar.
When not guiding students in a compassionate approach to patient care, he led a tiny publishing imprint that put out a much-rejected debut novel that won a surprise Pulitzer Prize.
Pioneered by Edward Steichen, Lewis W. Hine and Tana Hoban, photographically illustrated “concept” books have never had a more potentially receptive audience.
For all Venezuelans, the nighttime raid opened a period of deep uncertainty. For the families of those killed, it meant the grim task of burying their relatives.
A new lawsuit claims that Washington State University, where Bryan Kohberger was a Ph.D. student, failed to take decisive action on earlier complaints that he was stalking women.
“What I saw in her work was a writer that was trying to illuminate the lives of others,” a faculty member recalled.
The New York City college had been accused of tolerating discrimination against those who believe in Zionism following a pro-Palestinian protest that trapped students inside a library.
Enrollment increased to more than 301,000 as the system prepared for a budget debate in Sacramento.
After Claudio Neves Valente was accused of killing two Brown students and a M.I.T. professor, former classmates recalled how he yearned to go to M.I.T. himself and failed, adding to his growing list of resentments.
Scholars and artists at Sorbonne University trained artificial intelligence to imitate the French playwright’s themes, structures and sense of humor. The result is a new play.
Austin Peay State University in Tennessee also reinstated Darren Michael, a tenured acting professor whose post about Mr. Kirk’s killing inflamed conservatives.
The university is reviewing courses under new rules restricting teaching about race and gender. Administrators told a philosophy professor to cut some lessons on Plato to comply.
Antes llenaba estadios con su música. Ahora explica las complejidades del universo a una nueva generación bombardeada por la desinformación.
After 15 years teaching a class about sex, the most popular course at the University of Washington, this professor shares her most important takeaways.
Claudio Neves Valente, who is accused of killing two students at Brown and an M.I.T. professor, left rambling descriptions of the shootings.
Ray Jayawardhana, the incoming president, is an astrophysicist, but leaders at the California Institute of Technology also praised his credentials as a communicator at a time when science is under attack.
The president is deploying his domineering tactics in unexpected places.
Companies like Kairos Energy are building new types of reactors with the encouragement of the Trump administration, but their success is far from assured.
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.
For ecologists, the Covid-19 pandemic has presented a remarkable natural experiment in what can happen to wild animals when humans stay home.
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.
Officials said some services would be transferred from University Hospital at Downstate to nearby facilities, and others, including primary care, could be expanded.
A new study found that California schools got positive results from a targeted investment in the science of reading — even with the challenges of pandemic recovery.
The surge in offerings is a response to the pandemic, which revealed glaring income inequality, as well as inflation and the resumption of student loan payments, an expert said.
Scientists doing “gain-of-function” research said that heightened fears of lab leaks are stalling studies that could thwart the next pandemic virus.
Readers react to a guest essay by educators at Stanford. Also: The new Senate dress code; Ron DeSantis and vaccines.
Readers discuss the decline in theater subscribers after the pandemic. Also: Northern Ireland; food allergies; a Covid playmate; anti-China bias.
Pulse oximeters measuring oxygen in the blood often inflated the levels for dark-skinned Covid patients, who then experienced delayed care or an increased risk of hospital readmission, researchers found.
Over the years, Mr. DeSantis embraced and exploited his Ivy League credentials. Now he is reframing his experiences at Yale and Harvard to wage a vengeful political war.
Dr. Fauci was the federal government’s top infectious disease expert for decades, and helped steer the U.S. response to Covid-19.
Dr. Jha, who oversaw the Biden administration’s pandemic response as it wound down, will return to his post as dean of the School of Public Health at Brown University.
The legislation would prevent President Biden from issuing another last-minute extension on the payments beyond the end of the summer.
Dr. Franklin and giving credit to women for their scientific contributions. Also: New College of Florida; Black unemployment; housing solutions; Covid risks.
Moderna has paid $400 million to the government for a chemical technique key to its vaccine. But the parties are still locked in a high-stakes dispute over a different patent.
Most Americans think they know the story of the pandemic. But when a writer immersed himself in a Covid oral-history project, he realized how much we’re still missing.
Readers react to an editorial urging employers to consider skills and experience, not just degrees. Also: Long Covid; Trump, RINO; online romance scams.
Learning delays and regressions were most severe in developing countries and among children from low-income backgrounds. And students still haven’t caught up.
Dr. David A. Kessler took over Operation Warp Speed when President Biden entered office, and his departure signals the end of the program.
Family members and health care workers should take precautions, experts said.
We are going about education reform all wrong.
A sluggish economy continues to leave many young people unemployed, with few job prospects or hopes to tap into the rising incomes their parents enjoyed during boom times.
Plus, Iran abolishes the morality police and Russia vows to defy an oil price cap.
The justices left in place an injunction blocking the Biden administration’s authority to forgive up to $20,000 in debt per borrower.
In a country where protests are swiftly quashed, many who gathered to voice their discontent — under the watchful eye of the police — were uncertain about how far to go.
In a country where the authorities have little tolerance for open dissent, demonstrators against Covid restrictions have turned to more subtle methods.
Hospital-at-home care is an increasingly common option, and it is often a safer one for older adults. But the future of the approach depends on federal action.
For decades, smaller “safety net” hospitals like Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, in Brooklyn, have been losing money and are under pressure to close. But the pandemic has shown just how needed they are.
El coronavirus lleva dos años perturbando la vida social. Un estudio reciente sugiere que ahora somos menos extrovertidos, creativos, afables y meticulosos, sobre todo los jóvenes.
Students missed a lot of high school instruction. Now many are behind, especially in math, and getting that degree could be harder.
For more than two years, Covid disrupted social rituals and rites of passage. Now a recent study suggests we have become less extroverted, creative, agreeable and conscientious. The declines in some traits were sharper among young people.
Mouse experiments at Boston University have spotlighted an ambiguous U.S. policy for research on potentially dangerous pathogens.
She was budget director in Albany and “was one of the unsung heroes” in helping to shape the pandemic response as a deputy mayor under Bill de Blasio.
As school began this year, we sent reporters to find out how much — or how little — has changed since the pandemic changed everything.
The massive expansion of online higher education created a worldwide laboratory to finally assess its value and its future.
Maitland Jones, un profesor respetado, defendió sus estándares. Pero los estudiantes hicieron un reclamo y la universidad lo despidió.
Maitland Jones Jr., a respected professor, defended his standards. But students started a petition, and the university dismissed him.
While no definitive statistics exist, doctors say Mr. Lewitinn, a retired Manhattan store owner, likely remained on the device longer than any other Covid patient.