Universities - overseas

Cornell University to pay $60m to settle Trump dispute

Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, will have federal funding of US$250 million restored under the deal.

Two men arrested by FBI in Harvard Medical School explosion

The two suspects were seen on surveillance footage fleeing from the Harvard Medical School's campus at the time of the incident.

University of Pennsylvania says it has called in FBI over data breach

In a statement, the university said that a data breach had affected “select information systems”.

‘Intentional’ explosion took place at Harvard Medical School, officials say

The arson unit of the Boston Fire Department determined that the explosion was “intentional".

Finding Joy

Letting go when your son starts a new life abroad

The start of a new season both in nature, and the writer's life, as her son enters university.

Hong Kong universities are outshining Tsinghua

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (above) has been among the most proactive of the city’s tertiary institutions in taking advantage of global developments to attract international talent, academics and students alike, to Hong Kong. It is one of eight publicly funded universities in the city.

Their professors caught them cheating. They used AI to apologise

Two professors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign confronted students in their introductory data science course after receiving identical apology e-mails that were written by AI.

University of Virginia makes deal with White House to halt investigations

The University of Virginia, facing immense pressure from the White House that already forced the school’s president to resign, struck a deal with the Trump administration on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, that removed, at least temporarily, the threat of a federal investigation.

More US universities join MIT in rejecting Trump’s preferential college funding plan

(FILES) People walk on the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachussetts, on April 15, 2025. Top US university MIT on October 10 became the first higher education institute to reject a White House offer of federal funding if it brought its policies in line with US President Donald Trump's conservative agenda. The government's proposal, sent to nine universities in early October, would require the institutions to stop considering factors related to gender, ethnicity, race and other factors when admitting students, among other stipulations, if they wanted to receive federal funding. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)

Harvard’s endowment swells to nearly $74 billion; donations hit a record

A pedestrian casts a shadow on a Harvard University sign after U.S. President Donald Trump said that his administration was close to a deal with Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., September 30, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

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