Colleges & Universities

La Salle University’s Alexis Sanchez was the commencement speaker at the school’s graduation ceremony over the weekend, but most students know her in a non-speaking role: the La Salle Explorer mascot.

The lawsuit concerns the Trump administration’s freeze of $2 billion in federal funding for Harvard University programs and research.

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The frozen funds feud between Harvard University and the White House will go before a federal judge on Monday.

The frozen funds feud between Harvard University and the White House will go before a federal judge on Monday.

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Thursday’s tent encampments would have been the first tent cities at the university since students took over a building last year.

Harvard University has rejected demands brought by the Trump administration earlier this month to guarantee its nearly $9 billion in federal funding will continue, saying it won’t “surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights.”

After Harvard’s president announced it wouldn’t accept Trump administration demands, the Education Dept.’s Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism’s froze billions in funding.

After trailing for most of the game, the Houston Cougars clawed their way back in the final minutes to defeat Cooper Flagg and Duke. Houston will vie for a national title against Florida on Monday.

Harvard president Alan Garber said in response the school had “devoted considerable effort to addressing antisemitism” and would provide a full accounting to the government.

Instead of joining in Columbia University’s annual “Alumni Day” celebrations for the School of International and Public Affairs, several alumni gathered to denounce the school by ripping up their diplomas in protest.

A graduate student at the University of Minnesota was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Thursday at an off-campus residence, the school said in a statement, NBC News reported.

The push to identify masked protesters using facial recognition and turn them in is blurring the line between public law enforcement and private groups

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While international student enrollment has been on the rise, educators worry that could soon change under the Trump administration.

Johns Hopkins University said it would eliminate more than 2,000 jobs after President Donald Trump’s administration rescinded federal funding for thousands of international aid projects, NBC News reported.

Authorities at Texas Tech University say an explosion inside a manhole took out power across campus. Classes are canceled Thursday and Friday.

At least two Ivy League schools, Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania, took the step as the Trump administration threatens to cut research grants.

Dozens of universities across the country received a federal government warning Monday over their obligation to protect Jewish students on campus, just as President Donald Trump’s administration clamps down on pro-Palestinian protesters.

The schools say they are pausing hiring as they await news on potential cuts in federal funding for things like scientific research under the Trump Administration.

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