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Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, a brown-skinned man with bright gray hair wearing the traditional military uniform of the surgeon general, is flanked by Kate Bowler, a professor of American religion at Duke, who is wearing pink, and men’s basketball coach Jon Scheyer, a light-skinned man wearing a blue suit, onstage at the Page Auditorium at Duke University.

The New Plague on Campus: Loneliness

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy launched his “We Are Made to Connect” campus tour last month, highlighting the role colleges can play in curing the loneliness epidemic.

Office for Civil Rights Warns Colleges on Antisemitism and Islamophobia

Colleges and universities are legally required to protect students from antisemitism and Islamophobia, the Education Department reminded institutions Tuesday. “Hate-based...
Students loiter outside the University of Missouri at Kansas City student union on the patio and on the second-floor patio.

Scaling Up: Supplemental Instruction to Aid Learning, Community Building

The University of Missouri at Kansas City has offered supplemental instruction for five decades. Here’s what the university has learned and changed.

Davidson Will Keep Name of Enslaver on Building

Davidson College in North Carolina has elected not to change the name of a building named after Maxwell Chambers, a...
A robot holds a painting and offers it to a man in a suit. In the background, another man is sitting on the floor with his head in his hands.

Art Schools Get Creative Tackling AI

The rise of ChatGPT and visual AI platforms like Midjourney and DALL-E have some artists crying foul when it comes to fair use. But art institutions transformed by the digital revolution see AI as the logical next step. 

Ibram X. Kendi, a brown-skinned manw ith his dark hair pulled back in braids, wearing a purple suit jacket, is the founder and director of the Center for Antiracist Research.

Fanfare, Then Fallout at Antiracist Research Center Reveals Other Fractures

The Boston University research center and its founder, Ibram X. Kendi, faced backlash after announcing layoffs. Some employees and students say the controversy overshadows larger questions about the university’s commitment to DEI.

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Oregon State Professor Accused of Falsely Claiming Native Ancestry

The Tribal Alliance Against Frauds says Qwo-Li Driskill is lying when they claim Indigenous ancestry.

Front of the Department of Education building

Judge’s Order Complicates Education Department’s Borrower-Defense Program

For-profit DeVry University won’t have to pay nearly $24 million to the U.S.—for now—thanks to a court ruling that could hamper the department’s plans to make colleges that mislead their students pay up.