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G.O.P. Candidates Call for Campus Crackdowns Against Anti-Israel Speech
The G.O.P. field, including former President Trump, has been wading into the emotional debate among students playing out over the…
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Terry Dischinger, College Basketball Star and Olympian, Dies at 82
An all-American at Purdue, he was the youngest member of the gold medal-winning 1960 U.S. Olympic team. He later became…
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Columbia University Postpones a Fund-Raiser as Divisions Over War Deepen
Columbia has said it should be a space for “moral and intellectual conversations” about the Israel-Hamas war, but as those…
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Dr. Donlin Long, Wide-Ranging Medical Innovator, Is Dead at 89
A neurosurgeon, he helped develop an insulin pump for diabetes patients and a device to relieve pain, and joined Ben…
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Why Big Money Can’t Easily Change Campus Politics
The author of this newsletter takes a generally dim view of wealthy donors who give lots of money to America’s…
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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.…
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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…
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At Harvard, a Battle Over What Should Be Said About the Hamas Attacks
After a student group blamed Israel for the violence, Lawrence Summers, a former university president, condemned the leadership for not…
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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,…
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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…