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Banning students from writing theses and dissertations on sexual orientation and gender identity could be seen as curtailing students’ freedom of speech rights. Malte Mueller/fStop/Getty Images

Texas Tech’s new limits on how faculty teach gender identity and sexual orientation challenge more than free speech

A new memo blocks graduate students from writing theses or dissertations on certain topics, raising questions about academic freedom and the purpose of higher education.
A museum curator removes a rare Native American Chumash basket from California, circa 1800, at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., in 2003. MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images

Universities returning Native American remains and artifacts isn’t just about physical objects – it’s about dignity and justice

Congress passed a law in 1990 mandating the return of all Native American items that federally funded institutions took without consent. Progress since then has been slow.
A detailed resource for policymakers, lecturers, and the informed public, the One Health Atlas charts the WHO-backed One Health concept, which highlights the interconnectedness of human, animal and environmental health. MAFPHOTOART8/Shutterstock

Delving into One Health’s vision to better protect people, animals and the planet from future health crises

In the wake of the WHO’s One Health summit, a new atlas explores the interdependency between environmental, health and food security issues, and strategies for supporting sustainability and the welfare of all life forms.
Although sexual misconduct is common on college campuses, most people do not officially report their experience. salim hanzaz/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Students expect their university will mishandle sexual misconduct, if they ever report it

Students guessed how their school would handle sexual misconduct based on how their university had previously responded to anti-LGBTQ+ incidents and other kinds of harm.
Protesters gather outside a Boston courthouse in July 2025 to rally against the Trump administration’s freezing of contracts and grants to Harvard University. Scott Eisen/Getty Images

Trump administration’s lawsuits against Harvard and UCLA have roots in a decades‑old fight over civil rights law

In 1976, a small Christian college refused to comply with Title IX. The ensuing legal back-and-forth still matters today as the Trump administration places pressure on universities.
The University of Florida in Gainesville is one of the universities that signed a memo agreeing to cooperate with ICE. Mireya Acierto

We teach at a Florida university that agreed to cooperate with ICE – and we worry that it is making our students feel less safe

At least 15 Florida state universities and colleges have signed agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that authorize campus police to carry out immigration enforcement.
Rather than hand off writing to chatbots, college students in pilots showed that they use them to brainstorm and help get started. Kriangsak Koopattanakij/iStock via Getty Images

College students are writing with AI – but a pilot study finds they’re not simply letting it write for them

A pilot study analyzing college students’ writing with AI shows an interactive process, from brainstorming to editing the output produced by chatbots.

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