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World

On the Front Lines, an Israeli University Grieves and Readies for War

There is a rule at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in southern Israel, that a management professor shared this week.…

World

A U.K. University Will Confer a New Title: A Master’s Degree in the Occult

The postgraduate degree, to be offered at the University of Exeter starting next year, will focus on the history of…

World

Texas A&M Agrees to $1 Million Settlement With Journalism Professor

A university report found that fears of a conservative backlash botched the effort to hire a Black professor, Kathleen McElroy,…

World

At a Manhattan Park With a Troubled History, a Promising Research Site

The artificial pond in Morningside Park, on the site where Columbia University once tried to build a gym, has been…

Sports

Alabama Basketball Manager Says He, Not Player, Was at Deadly Shooting

A freshman player sued The Times after it placed him at a crime scene. The newspaper will correct its coverage.

World

Robert J. Zimmer, Who Promoted Free Speech on Campus, Dies at 75

A mathematician, he was for many years the president of the University of Chicago, where he argued that civility was…

World

Should College Come With Trigger Warnings? At Cornell, It’s a ‘Hard No.’

When the student assembly voted to require faculty to alert students to upsetting educational materials, administrators pushed back.

World

Columbia Names Nemat Shafik as President, the First Woman to Lead the University

The economist, who runs the London School of Economics, takes over as higher education faces tumult — over free speech,…

Business

Harvard Medical School Joins Boycott of U.S. News Rankings

Last fall, the university’s law school joined other top programs in dropping out of the magazine’s annual list. The medical…

World

After Lecturer Sues, Hamline University Walks Back Its ‘Islamophobic’ Comments

In an about-face, the school said that using the term was “flawed” and that respect for Muslim students should not…

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