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Today — 8 April 2025Main stream

What Is a Student Visa? The Rights and Risks Amid Trump’s Crackdown.

By: Ana Ley
7 April 2025 at 15:00
Federal immigration officials are rescinding the legal status of some international students, using rarely invoked powers.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

A flier calling for the release of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University graduate student, and Mahmoud Khalil, a recent graduate of Columbia University, at the Tufts campus in Massachusetts.

Columbia’s Former Leader Faced Contentious Interview After Resigning

8 April 2025 at 04:49
Dr. Katrina Armstrong told a federal task force she could not remember details from the university’s report on antisemitism or her response to its recommendations.

© Jorg Meyer Photography/Columbia University, via Associated Press

Dr. Katrina Armstrong testified last week during a deposition with the Department of Health and Human Services.
Yesterday — 7 April 2025Main stream

As RFK Jr. Champions Chronic Disease Prevention, Key Research Is Cut

7 April 2025 at 21:27
Two significant programs that invested in research on diabetes, dementia, obesity and kidney disease have ended since the start of the Trump administration.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. noted the high burden of chronic disease in his confirmation hearing to lead the Health and Human Services Department.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Obama Calls for Universities to Stand Up to Trump Administration Threats

5 April 2025 at 07:33
As the Trump administration threatens universities, the former president suggested schools shouldn’t be intimidated. But he also offered a critique of campus culture, saying it had too often shut out opposing voices.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Former President Barack Obama at a forum in Chicago in December.

Vandalism of Muslim Prayer Room at N.Y.U. Is Investigated as Hate Crime

5 April 2025 at 07:12
Graffiti was etched onto walls of the room, at a university library, and prayer mats kept there had been soaked in urine.

© Amir Hamja for The New York Times

Students and staff members say they were shaken after the vandalism at a prayer room for Muslim students at the Bobst Library on Washington Square Park in Manhattan.

The Formerly Incarcerated Person Who Turned Down Columbia’s Ph.D. Offer

4 April 2025 at 15:00
After 30 years in prison, Ibrahim Rivera was headed to the Ivy League. Then he realized that because of Trump administration threats, the university could not guarantee his funding would survive.

© Hannah Yoon for The New York Times

Columbia Displays More Aggressive Posture in Dealing With Demonstrators

Students chained to a gate were removed by security officials. It came as the university planned to deploy 36 officers empowered to remove people from campus.

© Marco Postigo Storel for The New York Times

Columbia University students protesting Wednesday at the school’s campus in Upper Manhattan.

Trump Administration Set to Pause $510 Million for Brown University

The administration has now targeted five schools’ federal funding as part of a pledge to combat what it considers to be antisemitism on university campuses.

© Scott Eisen/Getty Images

The Trump administration intends to block $510 million in federal contracts and grants for Brown University.
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