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D.A. in Cornell Rape Inquiry Declined to Review Additional Evidence

By: Michael Rothfeld and Hurubie Meko —
Records show that campus police officers informed Tompkins County prosecutors that they had conducted additional interviews beyond taking a statement from the woman who said she was raped.

The Cornell University Police Department gathered additional evidence in its investigation into allegations that several fraternity members had sexually assaulted a woman.

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Hochul Denounces D.A. and Cornell Police in Handling of Sex Assault Case

By: Hurubie Meko —
Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed Letitia James, the attorney general, to investigate the original allegations and why a police report omitted crucial information.

Governor Kathy Hochul named Attorney General Letitia James right, to lead an investigation into a report of a sexual assault at Cornell University in 2024.

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In France, American Universities Lose Their Allure in the Trump Era

By: Mark Landler and Dmitry Kostyukov —
Worries about visas, academic freedom and safety are making foreign schools, like Sciences Po in Paris, more attractive to some students than the Ivy League.

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Judge Delays Order to Force Penn to Turn Over List of Jews to Trump Administration

By: Alan Blinder —
The Trump administration had said it needed the information for an antisemitism investigation.

The University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia.

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Search for Suspect in Brown University Shooting Stretches to 4th Day

By: Jacey Fortin and Chelsia Rose Marcius —
Officials said that they were working with physical evidence, including DNA, and that they were seeking a second man who appeared to have crossed paths with the possible suspect.

A memorial on the Brown University campus in Providence, R.I., on Wednesday.

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A Harvard Professor Is Placed on Leave After Firing a Pellet Gun

By: Vimal Patel —
The episode initially raised concerns because it happened near a synagogue, but the police say it was unrelated to antisemitism.

The Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass.

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Harvard Has Identified Another Problem: Its Own Students

By: Anemona Hartocollis —
Many students don’t do the reading and don’t speak up in class, according to a report. Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech.

Harvard has been trying to resolve its differences with the federal government. It also has issues with its students.

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Duke Was Paring Back Diversity Programs. Trump Targeted It Anyway.

By: Vimal Patel —
Duke University kept a low profile. But it is the alma mater of Stephen Miller, a top Trump official who often criticized the school while he was a student.

Duke University is known as a relatively conservative place, compared with some other schools. It has still been a focus of Trump officials who say it has allowed diversity policies they say break the law.

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Trump Asked Universities to Sign a Compact. Some See a Trap.

Trump officials want universities to sign on to conservative priorities to get special treatment. Some in higher education say agreeing would end academic freedom.

A leader at the University of Texas said the institution would be eager to work with the Trump administration. Other universities have been more circumspect.

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Republicans Demand Information From the College Board and Firms That Help Set College Prices

By: Ron Lieber —
In letters to consultants and the College Board, House and Senate Judiciary leaders invoked antitrust law and asked how student data feeds pricing algorithms.

Representative Jim Jordan, rear row, right, is among the leaders requesting that college consulting firms share information about their pricing algorithms, among other issues.

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The Harvard-Trained Lawyer Behind Trump’s Fight Against Top Universities

By: Michael C. Bender —
May Mailman is credited as an animating force behind a strategy that has intimidated independent institutions and undercut years of medical and scientific research.

The policies that May Mailman has helped devise have sent shock waves through higher education, dividing faculty and alarming some students who see an effort to silence dissent.

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I Never Understood Our Data-Saturated Life Until a Hurricane Shut It Down

By: Trevor Quirk —
When Helene disconnected my part of North Carolina for weeks, my neighbors and I had to relearn old ways of knowing what was happening — and what wasn’t.

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University Leaders Reject Republican Attacks on Campus Antisemitism

Leaders from Georgetown, the City University of New York and the University of California, Berkeley, said they are working to protect Jewish students but also free speech on their campuses.

The hearing will take place before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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Judge Delays Ruling on Trump Efforts to Bar Foreign Students at Harvard

By: Stephanie Saul —
A temporary injunction remains in force. Harvard hoped the judge would issue a more lasting block of the president’s proclamation against international students’ attending the university.

Harvard has sued the Trump administration twice over its efforts to block international students and federal funding.

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Negotiation or Capitulation? How Columbia Got Off Trump’s Hot Seat.

By: Sharon Otterman —
The university has largely complied with the administration’s demands, but has adjusted them in meaningful ways. One department offers a window into that effort.

Top academics in the Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies Department at Columbia University, including Professors Timothy Mitchell and Gil Hochberg, the department’s chair, say the school is committed to the program’s autonomy.

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Skulls of 19 Black Americans Return to New Orleans After 150 Years in Germany

By: Aishvarya Kavi —
The remains, used in the 19th century as part of now discredited racial science, are being laid to rest on Saturday in a traditional jazz funeral.
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A Year Ago, Columbia Security Was Hands-Off at a Protest. Not This Time.

By: Sharon Otterman —
When demonstrators occupied the university’s main library on Wednesday, campus security forces intervened aggressively. The occupation ended with arrests hours later.

Columbia University administrators summoned the Police Department on Wednesday to arrest demonstrators who had occupied the main library.

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Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Threats to Cut Funding

By: Stephanie Saul —
Harvard’s lawsuit comes after the administration sought to force the university to comply with a list of demands by cutting billions in federal funding the school receives.

The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass.

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