Academy

Even as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. puts a spotlight on the issue, the Administration is cutting funding for several autism programs.

Mohsen Mandawi was one of the most thoughtful students I've ever taught. Now Trump's goons want to deport him

Letter: Prof Rory Collins, CEO of UK Biobank, responds to concerns about access to UK patient information, highlighting the safeguards and research benefits

At MIT's Festival of Learning 2025, faculty, instructors, and students emphasized the importance of designing interdisciplinary hands-on learning experiences and illustrating real-world contexts to help undergraduates better develop a sense of global impact and social responsibility.

The company's robotics systems are redefining warehouse efficiency

The president unleashes a Marxist theory of power—but against knowledge workers, not billionaires.

Learn how getting a good night's sleep may be the key to enhanced and longer-lasting memories.

Only a quarter of staff are satisfied with how their department tackles bullying and harassment, FoI requests reveal

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Andrew Vanderburg and Ariel White were selected as "Committed to Caring." These MIT professors encourage their students, advocate for meaningful, interesting research, and participate in their research journey from the beginning to end.

The Trump administration has terminated at least 30 health research grants at UC campuses as it targets DEI.

University says it has not yet been notified, but school was among dozens warned of academic crackdown

Chair Keith Feldman said the graduate program, which is the oldest in the country, "prides itself on developing rigorous, ethical approaches to wrestling with questions of race, national belonging, immigration, state power and citizenship." The post Ethnic Studies marks its PhD program's 40th anniversary appeared first on Berkeley News.

The target then was the nonexistent threat of Communist teachers; today, it's the supposed radicalism of the academy and its alleged failure to fight antisemitism.

In her new book, On the Colors of Vowels: Thinking Through Synesthesia, UC Berkeley Professor Liesl Yamaguchi discusses the history of the rare neurological condition and the unique ability of scholars in the humanities to investigate the phenomenon.

"The risks of remaining silent at this defining time are far greater than the risks of speaking out," says one scientist regarding the Trump administration's attacks on science

Just Stop Oil's campaign may be over, but the emotional legacy it leaves behind—frustration, urgency, and debate—will outlast its tactics.

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Thirty years ago today—on May 21st, 1991—a bullet fired by an unknown murderer sadly ended the life of 41-year-old Professor Ioan Petru Culianu. Romanian-born, citizen of the world and of…

An interview with Caitlin D. Wylie, a social scientist who analyzes "behind-the-science work" to understand how knowledge is produced and who produces it.