The university warned students to hide in an alert late Saturday afternoon. A suspect was not in custody, university officials said, correcting an earlier posting.

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The center at the university’s public health school was also a focus of the Trump administration after having been examined in a Harvard antisemitism report earlier this year.

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The benefits of serving have never been more appealing, but the Pentagon needs a better approach to recruiting new talent.

Some disciplinary measures have been imposed on the lecturer, including being monitored as she teaches a class on diversity and social justice.

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The University of Michigan fired Sherrone Moore earlier in the day, an abrupt end to his career there, one of the highest profile jobs in college football.

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The school has been brought to heel by conservative critics of higher education. It is part of a broader transformation at the state’s universities.

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Colleges should not be allowed to squeeze applicants in a vise.

When students are treated like customers, they can demand educators grade accordingly.

Readers express sorrow about her cancer and dismay at her cousin’s actions as health secretary. Also: Revenge prosecutions; Mark Kelly; donors to universities.

As some lawmakers press U.S. universities to curtail ties with China, a postdoctoral student’s prosecution raises questions about how big the danger actually is.

Although some Silicon Valley executives paint China as the enemy, Chinese brains continue to play a major role in U.S. research.

Shutting out China’s best minds will only push them into a homegrown Chinese research ecosystem that is eclipsing American universities.