Posted on Wednesday December 31, 1969

Education Dept. warns schools: Eliminate DEI programs or lose funding
Posted on Thursday April 03, 2025

The department sent a letter to state leaders threatening the loss of funds for K-12 schools that don't follow its interpretation of civil rights laws.

How the Education Department helps students with disabilities get an education
Posted on Thursday April 03, 2025

Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five decades. Now, the Trump administration seems to want to separate the two.

Parents sue Bucknell alleging hazing led to freshman football player's death
Posted on Wednesday April 02, 2025

Freshman Calvin "CJ" Dickey Jr., died after his first practice at the university. His parents are suing the school, also alleging staff neglected to account for his sickle cell trait during training.

Who loses when Trump cuts funding to universities?
Posted on Wednesday April 02, 2025

Eight-point-seven billion.

Four-hundred million.

One-hundred-seventy-five million.

These are just some examples of the money the federal government has withheld or is threatening to withhold from various colleges and universities, including the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University and Harvard University.

That $8.7 billion figure was announced earlier this week by the Trump administration, which said that it's reviewing federal grants and contracts awarded to Harvard because Harvard has not done enough to curb antisemitism on campus.

Some educators say the administration's moves to cut funding at colleges and universities amounts to a war on higher education. But the loss of those funds will be felt far beyond the college campuses.

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Who loses in funding cuts to universities?
Posted on Tuesday April 01, 2025

Proposed federal funding cuts to universities would have sweeping consequences that would impact local economies, scientific research and the institutions themselves.

Tabletop factory-in-a-box makes hands-on manufacturing education more accessible
Posted on Thursday April 03, 2025

Inaugural cohort of Tecnológico de Monterrey undergraduates participate in immersive practicum at MIT featuring desktop fiber-extrusion devices, or FrEDs.

Taking the “training wheels” off clean energy
Posted on Thursday April 03, 2025

At the 2025 MIT Energy Conference, energy leaders from around the world discussed how to make green technologies competitive with fossil fuels.

Surprise discovery could lead to improved catalysts for industrial reactions
Posted on Thursday April 03, 2025

Upending a long-held supposition, MIT researchers find a common catalyst works by cycling between two different forms.

Engineers develop a way to mass manufacture nanoparticles that deliver cancer drugs directly to tumors
Posted on Thursday April 03, 2025

Scaling up nanoparticle production could help scientists test new cancer treatments.

Vana is letting users own a piece of the AI models trained on their data
Posted on Wednesday April 02, 2025

More than 1 million people are contributing their data to Vana’s decentralized network, which started as an MIT class project.