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Trump administration investigates Smith College for admitting transgender women https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/05/smith-college-transgender-women-investigation #TrumpAdministration #UsNews #UsUniversities #Transgender #UsEducation
Trump administration investigates Smith College for admitting transgender women

Civil rights inquiry claims policy may breach Title IX as administration escalates attacks on trans rights

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World news | The Guardian2d ago
Lightning may have sparked fire destroying top US marine science lab, officials say https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/03/university-of-south-florida-marine-lab-fire-lightning #Florida #UsUniversities #UsWeather #UsNews #EarthAndMarineSciences
Lightning may have sparked fire destroying top US marine science lab, officials say

About 200 firefighters responded to devastating blaze at University of South Florida’s lab on Saturday

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World news | The Guardian4d ago
Bard president Leon Botstein stepping down after inquiry into his Epstein ties https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/01/president-bard-college-resign-leon-botstein-jeffrey-epstein #JeffreyEpstein #UsUniversities #UsNews
Bard president Leon Botstein stepping down after inquiry into his Epstein ties

Investigation found Botstein – who had claimed he wasn’t friends with Epstein – made 25 visits to his townhouse

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World news | The Guardian5d ago
Brown University shooting suspect driven by 'accumulation of grievances,' FBI says https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/brown-university-shooting-suspect-fbi #BrownUniversityShooting #UsPolitics #UsNews #RhodeIsland #WorldNews #UsUniversities #Fbi
Brown University shooting suspect driven by ‘accumulation of grievances’, FBI says

Claudio Neves Valente, who killed himself after deadly attack, began planning for violence in 2022, authorities say

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US news | The GuardianApr 27
Man charged with killing Florida doctoral students allegedly consulted ChatGPT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/27/man-charged-killing-florida-doctoral-students-chatgpt #Florida #UsCrime #Chatgpt #UsUniversities #Technology #UsNews
Man charged with killing Florida doctoral students allegedly consulted ChatGPT

Hisham Abugharbieh has been charged in the deaths of his roommate and his roommate’s girlfriend

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World news | The GuardianApr 24
Roommate arrested after body of University of South Florida doctoral student discovered https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/university-of-south-florida-body-discovered #Florida #UsCrime #UsUniversities #UsNews
Roommate arrested after body of University of South Florida doctoral student discovered

Hisham Abugharbeih, 26, taken into custody after remains of Zamil Limon found, as search for Nahida Bristy continues

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US news | The GuardianApr 24
US universities are seeing an influx of ‘antisemitism centers’. Some Jewish scholars are worried https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/antisemitism-university-spikes-worry-jewish-scholars #UsUniversities #Antisemitism #UsEducation #Judaism #Religion #UsNews
US universities are seeing an influx of ‘antisemitism centers’. Some Jewish scholars are worried

Political pressures are resulting in a range of initiatives that experts say substitute expertise with ideology

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US news | The GuardianApr 17
Lewd messages linked to University of Michigan regent who led campaign against pro-Palestinian students https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/17/university-of-michigan-regent-sexual-messages #Michigan #UsUniversities #UsNews #UsPolitics #Gender
Lewd messages linked to University of Michigan regent who led campaign against pro-Palestinian students

Jordan Acker, who pushed legal action against protesters, is running for re-election in race reflecting tensions on Israel

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US news | The GuardianApr 16
Hampshire College was ‘a magical place’ for a progressive education. It couldn’t survive this era https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/16/hampshire-college-closing #Massachusetts #UsUniversities #HigherEducation #UsEducation #UsNews
Hampshire College was ‘a magical place’ for a progressive education. It couldn’t survive this era

Hampshire is latest school to fall to declining enrollment amid a decades-long crisis affecting liberal arts colleges

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US news | The GuardianApr 14
‘An incalculable loss’: Hampshire College to close doors after fall semester https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/hampshire-college-massachusetts-closure #Massachusetts #UsNews #WorldNews #UsUniversities #HigherEducation #UsEducation #Education
‘An incalculable loss’: Hampshire College to close doors after fall semester

Massachusetts liberal arts college laments ‘heartbreaking reality’ and says financial pressures to blame

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