University
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News
Duke Shuts Down Huge Plant Collection, Causing Scientific Uproar
University officials say they cannot afford to maintain one of the largest herbariums in the United States. Researchers are urging…
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US
House Committee Will Subpoena Harvard for Documents Relating to Antisemitism
The committee has already reprimanded the university for withholding or heavily redacting information it had submitted voluntarily.
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World
Who Kissed First? Archaeology Has an Answer.
This is a love story: During the spring of 2008, long before they produced evidence of humanity’s first recorded kiss,…
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News
Claire M. Fagin, Powerful Advocate for Nurses and Nursing, Dies at 97
“It is really hard,” a colleague said, “to identify anyone who has had a larger impact on nursing than Claire.”
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Finance
The Billionaires Spending a Fortune to Lure Scientists Away From Universities
Arena BioWorks is promising big paydays to nearly 100 researchers from Harvard, M.I.T. and other prestigious institutions.
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US
House Republicans to Broaden Higher Education Inquiry Beyond Antisemitism
Emboldened by the resignations of two prominent university presidents, House Republicans are planning an aggressive inquiry into academia, long one…
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News
The Claudine Gay Debacle Was Never About Merit
Claudine Gay’s resignation this week as Harvard University’s president marks the end of a shameful chapter for the institution. The…
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US
For Harvard’s First Black President, Race Became the Unavoidable Issue
In her late September inauguration, Claudine Gay looked out at a packed audience and spoke of her pride in making…
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Books
The Word That Undid Claudine Gay
The fate of Harvard’s president is the latest evidence of a deep crisis in American academia.
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US
How a Proxy Fight Over Campus Politics Brought Down Harvard’s President
Amid plagiarism allegations and a backlash to campus antisemitism, Claudine Gay became an avatar for broader criticisms of academia.