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Facebook Seeks Takedown of Tool to Study Political Ad Targeting
Facebook is demanding that New York University researchers cease collecting data on which users are being microtargeted by political ads...
NYU Drops Sackler Name From Biomedical Institute
New York University’s Langone Medical Center will remove the Sackler family name from its biomedical institute after the U.S. Department...
Biden Would Increase Science Funding
Increasing federal spending on research and science, including at universities, will be a top priority of his administration, Democratic presidential...
Harris Uses Howard as Her Headquarters
President Donald Trump may have again made the questionable claim in Thursday night’s debate that he saved historically Black colleges...
UT Austin Grapples With Racist Legacy of Alma Mater Song
A survey of University of Texas at Austin band members found some students are unwilling to play the traditional alma...
University of Utah Settles With Slain Athlete's Family for $13.5M
The University of Utah will pay $13.5 million to the family of Lauren McCluskey, a track athlete who was killed...
Harvard Posts Operating Loss Amid Pandemic, but Net Assets Still Grow
Harvard University’s operating revenue declined by $138 million, or 3 percent, in the 2020 fiscal year as it recorded a...
Academic Minute: Pandemic Politeness
Today on the Academic Minute, Samuel Lyndon Gladden, professor of literature at the University of Houston-Clear Lake, examines how COVID-19...