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The India-born, CUNY-based expert on light-matter interaction discusses his work to help school students share his sense of excitement

In ongoing retreat from February order that alarmed higher education, Biden officials cancel third-party restrictions

Unions representing full-time and adjunct faculty walk out at New Jersey’s three-campus 67,000-student system

University of Pennsylvania’s pulling of legacy aid seen as sign of embarrassment and potential harbinger of change across US elite

To retain students, US institutions must give credit for learning that occurs in professional settings, say Stephen Handel and Eileen Strempel

The theft of more than $800,000 by hackers prompted uncomfortable conversations about preparedness – or lack of it, says John Cox

Montana-based founder of Networked University idea eyes new way to aid students, share resources and, perhaps, bridge societal divides

Fayneese Miller, university’s first black president, to retire after months of battling over propriety of Muhammad painting in art class

Scientific community counts nation’s economic losses from two decades of underinvestment but can’t budge Trudeau government

When Purdue biologist David Sanders ran for election to Indiana’s senate last autumn, he assumed a commitment to evidence and personal engagement would give him traction. But while his pitch was well received on doorsteps, the system’s dark arts fended him away from the legislature’s threshold

Most presidents don’t get fired, and those who do typically go on to rewarding new positions, says Holden Thorp

Trailblazing physicist Donna Strickland hopes new institute will tackle waning public trust in science