A routine stop at a local bait store turned wild when a mantis shrimp—nicknamed the “alien of the ocean”—decided to fight back. With lightning-fast reflexes and a punch powerful enough to break glass, ...

The school, once a progressive college, was remade by Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration. Now, it is the first school to agree to the Trump administration’s list of demands. By Stephanie Saul New ...

The University of Arizona has become the sixth of nine invited institutions to reject the Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” UA President Suresh Garimella ...

Social media is highlighting the surprising intelligence of praying mantises. These insects, known for their calm appearance, possess remarkable vision, the ability to turn their heads, and ...

I t was not a given that the proffered Trump “compact” for colleges would be dead on arrival. When the administration offered its “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” to nine ...

The Trump administration is reaching out to more universities about its funding-advantage proposal after several early invitees rejected it. White House officials invited Washington University in St.

Re “Academia Is Broken. Trump’s ‘Compact’ for Universities Can Help Fix It,” by Marc Rowan (Opinion guest essay, Oct. 16): We write in opposition to Mr. Rowan’s essay about President Trump’s “Compact ...

The proposed federal compact on higher education should be rejected as an inappropriate federal intrusion into institutional autonomy. But rejecting a flawed solution doesn’t make the underlying ...

University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella sent an email to the campus community about the White House’s proposed higher education compact, a week after receiving it. “We recognize that this ...

President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20 sought input from the broader Brown community about the Trump administration’s “Compact for Excellence in Higher Education” on Friday. She first acknowledged ...

Scientists found a “monogamous pair” of creatures in a burrow on a beach in Japan and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Nakajima and Naruse (2025) On a beach in Japan, a pair of ...

The nine universities that were sent the Trump administration’s new deal for higher ed are under increasing pressure to reject the compact. Multiple major associations representing institutions and ...