Early career researchers face unique challenges when a senior collaborator becomes embroiled in allegations of scientific malpractice.

Administration officials and lawmakers say the move is to shore up national security threats, but university professors argue such cancellations represent targeted discrimination.

Among the disruptions and pain caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers are dealing with a sudden halt in in-person interactions.

PCR moves into the laundry room, while insect colonies take up residence in the shower.

The public university system in California joins a number of colleges planning a virtual semester to minimize the risk of spreading COVID-19.

At universities across the US, student-led efforts to achieve protection for custodial, food service, and other vendors’ employees have been met with mixed levels of success.

The closure of visa offices, travel and immigration restrictions, and general anxiety create barriers for the international graduate students and postdocs who play a huge role in research in the United States.

Kennedy, who succumbed to COVID-19, served as commissioner of the FDA and editor-in-chief of Science, and is credited with helping to transform Stanford into a top research university.

The measures are an attempt to mitigate an “extreme financial crisis” during the COVID-19 pandemic, the university says.