Danforth founded the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and expanded scientific research at Washington University and beyond campus in St. Louis.

Following a string of outbreaks, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will move to an online-only semester.

Scientists at academic labs equipped to test for SARS-CoV-2 report that multiple barriers are preventing from them from operating at full capacity.

Dozens of schools across 11 states have announced emergency policies to help curb the spread of COVID-19.

Mike Dunleavy vetoes funding that would have made up 40 percent of the university system’s total budget.

In a controversial first, Princeton University bans relationships between faculty and grad students campus-wide.

The university drops its objections and comes to an agreement on who can be included in Academic Researchers United.

Officials say the birds had eaten crops meant for experiments.

In a survey of more than 1,000 current and former students, 41 percent indicate experiences with faculty and other employees ranging from sexualized comments to rape.

The federal budget, expected before the end of March, may substantially raise funding for research.

The nine plaintiffs allege the university’s actions put women at risk.

At the University of Miami School of Medicine and elsewhere, personnel remain barred from campuses for safety reasons.

Marine Science Institute on the Gulf experiences damage; “rideout teams” keep watch over animals and facilities. 

Proposed legislation would eliminate academic tenure at public universities in Iowa and Missouri, echoing a move that has already gutted such permanent posts in Wisconsin.

American universities top a list of educational institutions ranked according to their number of international patent applications.

Economists explore the wheelings and dealings of universities and publishers during largely secret negotiations regarding access to scientific journals.

The United States government is concerned over the declining levels of state funding for public research universities, citing a threat to overall economic health.

Postdocs at this year’s top-ranked institutions get to tackle human health and disease from every angle. 

A National Academies of Science panel is nearly done evaluating research institutions with a critical eye on the quality of undergraduate education.