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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…

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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.

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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…

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Newyork

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.

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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,…

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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…

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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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Newyork

Was Yeshiva University Entitled to $230 Million in Public Funds?

The Modern Jewish Orthodox school refuses to recognize an L.G.B.T.Q. student club, arguing in court that it is a religious…

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