The National Science Foundation won’t award any new funding “until further notice.” The agency also moved to cap indirect research rates at 15 percent. Meanwhile, President Trump proposed cutting the NSF’s budget in half. Read more

Mohsen Mahdawi, the Columbia University student detained by the federal government last month, penned a column for the New York Times where he said that President Donald Trump's administration "orchestrated a trap" against him. Read more

Leading Chinese institution hires former Harvard professor prosecuted over concealed payments Read more

President Donald Trump warned Harvard University on Friday that its tax-exempt status could soon be gone, as the fight between the Republican administration and the Ivy League school ramps up. Read more

As a first-generation college student, Austin Kissinger was looking forward to celebrating graduation with others of similar backgrounds who helped each other find their way at the University of Kentucky. Read more

The National Institutes of Health claimed that numerous canceled research grants were “antithetical to the scientific inquiry.” A clinical psychology researcher who lost her grant says that characterization smacks of ignorance. Read more

Grand Theft Auto 6 - one of the most eagerly awaited releases of all time - has been delayed until May 2026. Read more

We are awash in predictions about the impact of artificial intelligence on higher education. Read more

At least 100 organizations focused on college access rely on funding from AmeriCorps—the latest victim of the Trump administration’s draconian funding cuts. Read more

Last year, US campuses were engulfed by vigorous protests against Israel’s military action in Gaza. Yet now, as the war rages on and the Trump administration cracks down on universities’ freedoms and funding, students are largely silent. Read more