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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…
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News
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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US
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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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.
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US
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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Finance
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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US
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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World
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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News
U. of Texas Basketball Coach Faces Felony Domestic Assault Charge
Chris Beard, in his second season of coaching the Longhorns, was arrested early Monday and charged with a third-degree felony.
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Magazine
Poem: Diaspora Sonnet Traveling Between Apartment Rentals
Oliver de la Paz’s poem is part of a series of “diaspora sonnets,” in which this one, along with others,…