Police arrested more than 100 people on Columbia University’s campus on Thursday after protesters set up an encampment on the campus to protest against Israel’s military actions against Hamas in Gaza. New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that 108 people were arrested for trespassing on the university’s property. Police ensured that there was “no […]
NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Charlie Bentley-Astor, a recent graduate of Cambridge University. Charlie talks about going undercover to prevent the cancellation of controversial speakers such as Jordan Peterson, Kathleen Stock and Helen Joyce. Charlie also talks about the need for student secret societies to discuss works and ideas that may be considered right-wing […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday denied a request by a student group that asked to host a drag show at West Texas A&M University and sought to lift a school ban on the performance. In a one-sentence order, the high court wrote that Justice Samuel Alito denied the emergency request from the LGBT group, […]
CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky.—A college wrestler in Kentucky was killed by a teammate at a private Christian university over the weekend, authorities said. Josiah Kilman, 18, was pronounced dead at a hospital after police officers were called early Saturday to Campbellsville University in central Kentucky, police said in a news release. The freshman theology major and wrestling […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo.—Three members of the University of Wyoming swimming and diving team were killed and two others injured when their sport utility vehicle veered and rolled over alongside a rural highway, bringing to at least 15 the school’s students killed in recent years on the perilous road. The latest crash happened Thursday afternoon on U.S. […]
A major alumnus donor is pushing Cornell University to oust its president for allegedly promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives that undermine education quality and academic freedom at the Ivy League school. In a letter dated Jan. 23 to Cornell’s chairman Kraig Kayser and board of trustees, Jon A. Lindseth, a long-time donor and […]
The family of Kristin Smart, a freshman who disappeared from a California campus in 1996, is suing the school for negligence and wrongful death, saying it botched the investigation and allowed her killer to attend the school despite previous accusations against him. Smart went missing from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and her […]
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—A University of North Carolina graduate student charged with fatally shooting his faculty adviser on campus five months ago had visited a gun range the day before the professor was killed and had bought a pistol, according to information from federal search warrants. Tailei Qi, 35, was arrested in a residential area less […]
NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Professor James Tooley, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Buckingham. James talks about the challenges of running a university that champions free speech, why it’s important for education to counter the orthodoxy, and his research into the success of private schools in the world’s most dangerous slums.
Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted during a 14-hour session of answering questions that he recommended vaccine requirements in schools and acknowledged that such mandates could increase the likelihood of people opting out of vaccination, according to lawmakers. Dr. Fauci, 83, headed the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022 and helped […]
MOSCOW, Idaho—The house where four University of Idaho students were killed last year was demolished Thursday, marking an emotional step for the victims’ families and a close-knit community that was shocked and devastated by the brutal stabbings. The sounds of construction equipment pierced the early morning air as an excavator started tearing down the front […]
An Austrian business school has severed ties with Harvard University, adding to the international backlash over the Ivy League college’s handling of anti-Semitic rhetoric on campus over the Israel-Hamas war. Lauder Business School, located in Vienna, Austria, said in a statement earlier this month that the decision to end its partnership with Harvard was meant […]
PRAGUE—A 24-year-old Czech student shot dead his father then killed 14 people and wounded 25 others at his Prague university on Thursday before possibly killing himself, police said. The gunman is also suspected in the killings of another man and his two-month-old daughter who were found last week shot dead in woods in a village […]
BOISE, Idaho—The grand jury indictment of a man charged with killing four University of Idaho students was conducted properly and will stand, a judge has ruled. Bryan Kohberger is charged with four counts of murder in connection with the stabbing deaths of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves at a rental home […]
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is planning to fund new primary and secondary schools and a university in Austin, Texas, according to newly obtained tax filings from one of his charities. The filing from 2022—an application to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) seeking tax-exempt status—shows that Mr. Musk plans to donate $100 million to […]
Harvard President Claudine Gay remains at the helm after the school’s board of directors met Sunday amid calls for her removal for failing to effectively denounce threats of violence against Jewish students on campus. Though the agenda of the meeting was not publicized, it is likely that Ms. Gay’s future was discussed given the contentious […]
LAS VEGAS—A gunman killed three people and critically wounded a fourth Wednesday at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas before being killed in a shootout with police, authorities said. Reports of shots fired at about 11:45 a.m. sent police swarming onto the campus while students and professors barricaded themselves inside classrooms and dorm rooms. UNLV […]
Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) called out University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill for regulating “speech that it doesn’t like,” and alleged that at the same time, the UPenn campus is a hotbed of anti-Semitism and its expression. He made his comments at a Tuesday House Education Committee hearing in Washington on the topic of “Holding […]
BALTIMORE—A second suspect has been arrested in a shooting at Morgan State University in northeast Baltimore that left five people injured during homecoming celebrations, federal authorities said Monday. Jovon Williams, 18, was arrested Friday and charged with attempted first-degree murder and other counts, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. He was taken into custody in […]
YEREVAN, Armenia—An explosion rocked a university building in Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, on Friday, killing one person and injuring three others, authorities said. The Interior Ministry said the blast happened in the basement of the chemistry department building at Yerevan State University. One person died and three others were hospitalized with burns and other injuries, health […]
