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U.K. Fund to Attract International Researchers Gets $40M

Britain’s Royal Society has announced government-backed fellowships as countries race to sign up scientific talent fleeing the U.S.

NSF Cuts Off Colleges That Push ‘Illegal DEI,’ Boycott Israel

The National Science Foundation won’t award grants to universities that promote “diversity, equity and inclusion … in violation of Federal...
Rachel Hardeman, former directorship of the Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity at the University of Minnesota.

U of Minnesota Antiracism Center to Close After Founder Steps Down

Rachel Hardeman, who faces plagiarism allegations, left the university under a resignation agreement. The next day, the institution announced her center would shutter.

A close-up photo of a fountain pen with black ink being wielded to draw a thin line on paper.

Lessons of the Pen

For Rob Franciosi, coming to the fountain pen later in scholarly life has been a revelation.

Harvard Medical Researcher Detained by ICE Faces Charge

The Harvard Medical School research associate and Russian native detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement three months ago and sent...
A photo of a library book shelf, with a single green book sticking out amid the other volumes.

Scholarship Thrives on Peripheral Vision

Don’t be limited by what’s straight ahead, David Labaree writes.

Britain’s High Visa Costs Threaten to Deter U.S. Scholars

Following science funding cuts by the Trump administration, a House of Lords committee is urging the government to make it cheaper for foreign researchers to work in the U.K.

A flashlight shines a light on broken glass lab equipment.

Documenting Trump’s ‘Arbitrary’ Cuts to Science

The Trump administration has canceled close to $3 billion in NIH and NSF research grants, often without much explanation. Now researchers are crowdsourcing databases of suspended grants to shed light on what’s being lost.