A Columbia University student was detained by federal agents Thursday morning at one of its residential buildings. The student, identified as Elmina “Ellie” Aghayeva, was released later Thursday afternoon, and posted on social media that she was “safe and okay” but “in complete shock.” The detention set off a wave …
Late yesterday, Sethuraman Panchanathan, whom President Trump hired to run the National Science Foundation five years ago, quit. He didn’t say why, but it was clear enough: Last weekend, Trump cut more than 400 active research awards from the N.S.F., and he is pressing Congress to halve the agency’s $9 …
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spoken of an “existential threat” that he said can destroy the nation. “We have the highest chronic disease burden of any country in the world,” Mr. Kennedy said at a hearing in January before the Senate confirmed him as the secretary of Health and Human …
Columbia University Education Images | Getty Images In early March, the Trump administration canceled $400 million in grants and contracts to Columbia University over its handling of pro-Palestinian protests last year. The federal government sent the university a list of demands, such as suspending or expelling students who participated in …
Washington — The Trump administration’s crackdown on students who participated in pro-Palestinian activities has raised questions about the First Amendment rights of visa and green card holders amid the shocking detentions of a number of students at Tufts, Columbia and other universities in recent weeks. Secretary of State Marco Rubio cited …
The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder and former Columbia University student involved in pro-Palestinian campus protests in 2024, has raised questions about the rights of permanent residents in the United States. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Khalil, a lawful U.S. resident married to an American citizen, …
Cancer researchers examining the use of artificial intelligence to detect early signs of breast cancer. Pediatricians tracking the long-term health of children born to mothers infected with the coronavirus during pregnancy. Scientists searching for links between diabetes and dementia. All these projects at Columbia University were paid for with federal …
NYPD takes dozens of Columbia University protesters into custody. Here’s what we know. NYPD takes dozens of Columbia University protesters into custody. Here’s what we know. 11:35 NEW YORK — The NYPD took dozens of protesters at Columbia University into custody Tuesday night. Police began moving in around 9 p.m. …
Columbia University begins suspending students still at encampment Columbia University begins suspending students still at encampment 03:05 NEW YORK — Columbia University says protesters occupied Hamilton Hall early Tuesday — a building demonstrators took over during anti-Vietnam War protests in 1968. Witnesses said a large group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered …