A HARVARD UNIVERSITY dean told students in an email Tuesday that incoming international freshmen will not be able to come to campus this fall due to federal visa restrictions. The message came one week after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement abandoned an order that would have barred foreign students this fall if their college or […]
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Trump administration reverses course on international student ban
IN A STUNNING reversal, the Trump administration has agreed to abandon its earlier order for international students to leave the country if their college or university is only offering online classes during the fall. US District Court Judge Allison Burroughs made the announcement in a brief video hearing Tuesday afternoon in a lawsuit brought by […]
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Epstein, MIT, and ‘sugar-daddy science’
THE SORDID TALE of efforts at MIT to woo donations from Jeffrey Epstein but keep hush-hush the fact the school was welcoming money from the registered sex offender has put a spotlight on the world of high-dollar donors to universities and other nonprofit institutions. Following a New Yorker article earlier this month that exposed the […]
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Epstein, MIT, and ‘sugar-daddy science’
The sordid tale of efforts at MIT to woo donations from Jeffrey Epstein but keep hush-hush the fact the school was welcoming money from the registered sex offender has put a spotlight on the world of high-dollar donors to universities and other nonprofit institutions. Following a New Yorker article earlier this month that exposed the […]
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A pot research bonanza
Massachusetts, despite its Puritan “blue laws” past, showed more of its blue state liberal leanings through a 2016 ballot question that made it one of 10 states to legalize recreational marijuana. Now, given its status as a world center of biomedical research, it seems only fitting for the state to also become a mecca of […]
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A pot research bonanza
Massachusetts, despite its Puritan “blue laws” past, showed more of its blue state liberal leanings through a 2016 ballot question that made it one of 10 states to legalize recreational marijuana. Now, given its status as a world center of biomedical research, it seems only fitting for the state to also become a mecca […]
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Hey, college presidents, speak up!
COLLEGE PRESIDENTS HAVE long used the bully pulpit that comes with their office to shape public opinion. That is, until now. Today, college leaders remain silent, having turned their sights inward to their own campuses. Their desire to avoid any press has diminished their moral authority and role as important thought leaders. In the past, […]
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MIT: Fusion future 15 years away
MIT officials, with $50 million in initial private backing, estimate it will take 15 years to build a working prototype of a fusion power plant running on cheap, plentiful hydrogen and capable of producing carbon-free energy. Researchers have made similar claims in the past, only to see the deadlines pass with little or no progress. […]