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After 15-year streak, @Princeton is no longer No. 1 in the @usnews rankings

@MIT pulled ahead on a set of criteria that are as contentious as they are influential.

https://t.co/QCxRlzmHiJ

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@NIH Director @NIHDirector_Jay @DrJBhattacharya Refuses Trump Demand to Cut @Harvard Funding, @politico Reports

@thecrimson

https://t.co/qdQHkwRaLk

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Six principles for supporting academic freedom in universities

Many academics are concerned about threats to independent enquiry in higher education. Here’s how it can be protected while taking legitimate concerns into account.
@Nature
https://t.co/jxz4LqYpBD

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Lawsuit in New York Supreme Court: @Cornell #ChiPhi fraternity brothers drugged, gang-raped student

@MooniesIthaca #AlphaBeta #DeltaDeltaDelta
#MatthewIngalls, #JohnathanNewell, #WinstonLee, #GillioLopes, #DiegoSarabia, #ScottNorris #ScottKretzschmar

https://t.co/X71srdeiYN

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@PrincetonUPress

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Misconduct case dropped against AI expert at @umeauniversity after claims of AI use in recent book

@RetractionWatch #Sweden

https://t.co/8aiK6BnE7Q

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@EarthshotPrize founded by #PrinceWilliam and #DavidAttenborough announces 2026 finalists

https://t.co/l0jefqQGvk

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#UK universities have “almost nowhere left to grow” their international student numbers.

Study finds countries offering the greatest potential for growth are generally among the least stable sources of students. @21percentgroup

https://t.co/wFRDGiWa3C

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@iitbombay faculty forum backs professor accused of abetting student suicide
The Forum has expressed support for Professor Suryanarayana Doolla, who has been named as an accused in the suicide case of student Sahil Wakode.
@AcademicParity
https://t.co/vMHI06ZTZa

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@NSF invests in translating low-dimensional semiconductor technologies to establish U.S. leadership in #microelectronics

https://t.co/oJ9aYCPZKm

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@NSF Over a Billion Behind, Institute of Education Sciences #IES to Award Funds

#NSF has awarded significantly fewer grants than usual, and a judge has ordered an update from the #InstituteOfEducationSciences on its research funding progress.

https://t.co/cwRJiA2vVJ

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@WhiteHouse Moves to Take Control of @NIH

Grants Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
@WHOMB @DrJBhattacharya

https://t.co/E0gx7YSfLY

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For-Profit Companies Become Eligible for @NIH Research Facility Grants of Up to $8 Million Starting in 2027

https://t.co/0VtLfq3RrK

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@21percentgroup

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2027 #UK university rankings @thetimes
1. @univofstandrews
2. #LondonSchoolOfEconomicsAndPoliticalScience #LES
3. @imperialcollege
4. @Cambridge_Uni
5. @UniofOxford
6. @durham_uni
7. @uniofwarwick
8. @UniofBath
9. @UniStrathclyde
10. @BristolUni
https://t.co/DgGZt5bIi3

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@NSF announces 3 additional topics as part of the #XLabs initiative to pursue generational breakthrough science and technology efforts

NSF X-Labs invites proposals from teams working in #AI for physical systems and announces two forthcoming topics

https://t.co/oqvAFxwe1E

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@DukeMedSchool executive vice dean @SwamyGeeta to depart for @BU_Tweets

@DukeU

https://t.co/hCh7Het672

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#Boston has ended its @TuftsUniversity partnership on the study of slavery after Prof. Kerri K. Greenidge’s book faced academic criticism.

The criticism lead to the loss of her professorship at Tufts, and Tufts returned the full $335,000 contract.

https://t.co/sjXeHCeIXa

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The World Bank is right to prioritize reproducibility

The development bank and others are starting to publish and verify the raw data and code accompanying their research-based reports and papers.

@Nature

https://t.co/8ujY0KY1pf

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Mentioned candidates for physiology or medicine @NobelPrize

@DanielJDrucker @UofT
Jens Juul Holst @UCPH_Research
Svetlana Mojsov @RockefellerUniv

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Who will win the 2026 @NobelPrize in Chemistry?

Base editing, self-assembled monolayers and biological electron transfer highlighted in @Clarivate 's annual ‘citation laureate’ list

https://t.co/87Ljslk035