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It has been almost three years since the Supreme Court last heard arguments in a case that turned on one of the religion clauses of the First Amendment, a curious lull in what had been a signature project for the court led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.: to bolster the place of faith … Read more
Before stepping foot on Howard University’s campus, Skylar Wilson knew she would see more women there than men. But just how many more stunned her: Howard, one of the most elite historically Black colleges and universities in the nation, is only 25 percent men — 19 percent Black men. “I was like, ‘Wow,’” said Ms. … Read more
At the University of Pennsylvania last fall, someone splattered red paint on a statue honoring Benjamin Franklin, the school’s founder. Within hours, campus workers washed it off. But the university was eager to find the culprit. A pro-Palestinian group had claimed responsibility on social media. The university examined footage and identified a student’s cellphone number … Read more
On March 9, Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish graduate student at Tufts University, sent an anxious text message to Najiba Akbar, the university’s former Muslim chaplain, with whom she had become close. “I recently learned that someone added all my information to a doxxing website called Canary Mission because of the op-ed published last March,” Ms. … Read more
Mr. Brenes and his brothers — like him, All Hallows alums — worked as janitors in the mornings before school to help defray costs. After graduating, he taught there for 18 years before becoming admissions director. For Mr. Brenes, the worst moment after the closure was when a group from a charter school toured the … Read more
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a graduate student attending the University of Minnesota earlier this week, the school said Friday in a statement that called the situation “deeply concerning.” The student was taken into custody on Thursday at an off-campus residence, the school’s president, Rebecca Cunningham, said in the statement. “The university had … Read more
Two of the leaders of Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the director and associate director, will be leaving their positions, according to two professors with direct knowledge of the moves. The department had been under criticism from alumni that it had an anti-Israel bias, and the university more broadly has been under intense … Read more
Columbia University’s interim president, Katrina Armstrong, stepped down on Friday, one week after the university accepted a roster of demands from the Trump administration. The university immediately named Claire Shipman, the co-chair of its board of trustees, as its acting president. The Trump administration moved this month to cancel about $400 million in grants and … Read more
Momodou Taal, the British-Gambian Ph.D. student who faces possible deportation for his pro-Palestinian activism at Cornell, said he never envisioned becoming embroiled in an American protest movement when he arrived on campus in 2022. He had been mostly content to study, teach and work on his dissertation, a look at sovereignty and political economy in … Read more
