A faculty committee has recommended that a former chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse be removed from his tenured position over his involvement in […]
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Department of Education and Brown University reach agreement on antidiscrimination efforts
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced Monday that it entered into an agreement with Brown University to make sure the school […]
Bloomberg Philanthropies gifting $1 billion to medical school, others at Johns Hopkins University
Most medical students at Johns Hopkins University will no longer pay tuition thanks to a $1 billion gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies announced Monday. Starting in […]
Ex-University of Arizona grad student gets life sentence for killing professor on campus
TUCSON, Ariz. — A former University of Arizona graduate student was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally shooting […]
3 Columbia University administrators put on leave over alleged text exchange at antisemitism panel
NEW YORK — Columbia University said it has placed three administrators on leave while it investigates allegations that they exchanged unprofessional text messages while attending […]
Prosecutors drop most charges against student protesters who occupied Columbia University building
NEW YORK — Dozens of Columbia University students who were arrested for occupying a campus building as part of a pro-Palestinian protest will have their […]
New coffee center in Northern California aims to give a jolt to research and education
DAVIS, Calif. — A college in Northern California is now home to a center devoted to educating students and closely studying one of the most […]
CUNY, Michigan didn’t adequately assess if Israel-Hamas war protests made environment hostile: feds
WASHINGTON — The University of Michigan and the City University of New York did not adequately investigate if campus protests and other incidents in response […]
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested after occupying Stanford president’s office
STANFORD, Calif. — Pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied a building that houses the offices of Stanford University’s president and provost early Wednesday but law enforcement officers quickly […]
After publishing an article critical of Israel, Columbia Law Review’s website is shut down by board
NEW YORK — Student editors at the Columbia Law Review say they were pressured by the journal’s board of directors to halt publication of an […]