The Battle Between Pasadena and U.C.L.A Over the Rose Bowl

The storied stadium is at the center of a battle between Pasadena and U.C.L.A. that’s about money, nostalgia, geography and so much more.

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The Privacy Battle in Our Brains

My colleague talks about technology that can actually read our minds — and maybe even change them.

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A Rare Visitor to Long Island Is Driving Birders Cuckoo

A common cuckoo, a species native to Europe and Asia, made several recent appearances in Riverhead, N.Y. The birds have been spotted in a handful of places in the lower 48 states, experts said.

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A Furious Debate Over Autism’s Causes Leaves Parents Grasping for Answers

The Trump administration’s embrace of unproven or debunked theories about vaccines and Tylenol has left doctors fielding questions from worried parents.

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What Happened to Campus Activism Against the War in Gaza?

Protests swept campuses after the war began. But tough discipline, pushed by Republicans, curbed a student movement that was one of the largest since the Vietnam War.

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Give In or Fight Back? Colleges Are Torn on How to Respond to Trump.

The University of California, one of the Trump administration’s biggest targets so far, is in an uproar over how to respond to the president’s attacks. So is the rest of higher education.

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Judge Orders N.I.H. to Restore Suspended Research Grants at U.C.L.A.

The ruling is a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit over the Trump administration’s termination of hundreds of millions of research grants to the California university.

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University of California Leaders to Meet as Trump Increases Pressure

The Trump administration ratcheted up demands on the university system over the summer.

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California’s $23 Billion Plan to Restore Federal Cuts to Scientific Research

Democrats are calling for the creation of a state equivalent of the National Institutes of Health, but first state lawmakers and then voters would need to approve it.

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Trump Wants Universities to Show Him the Money, or No Deal

President Trump has personally stipulated that hefty financial penalties be part of agreements his administration is negotiating with the elite universities. Critics call it extortion.

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