Fatherhood: A History of Love and Power - parenting ideals challenged by real-life experience
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Harvard University
The Lunar Society is a cautionary tale for Trump’s America
When political populism collides with scientific innovation, there is usually only one winner
Donald Trump’s administration says Harvard violated US civil rights law
Ruling marks escalation of row between White House and Ivy League university
US judge blocks Trump plan to close Harvard’s doors to international students
President has blocked federal funding for the Ivy League school
Harvard in talks with universities to host students hit by Trump visa clampdown
Colleges explore temporary placements as White House tightens scrutiny of international applicants
Trump suspends entry of international students studying at Harvard
Proclamation cites foreign ties, crime and anti-Semitic incidents
What Trump is doing to US universities is not as bad as the McCarthyite witch trials – it’s worse
No international student will want to study in the US. Who would want to bet their future education on the chance that the American courts will restrain Trump?
Trump v Harvard: University faces existential battle against opponent that would have once been unimaginable
This week, the Ivy League university finds itself confronting the most serious enmity in its four-century existence
Judge to extend block on Trump move to revoke Harvard’s ability to enrol international students
Judge signals broad injunction after Trump administration plans longer process to block enrolment of international students
Donald Trump lashes out at Harvard and says he could cut $3bn in funds
US president escalates attacks on Ivy League university amid stand-off over foreign students
Judge blocks Trump administration’s ban on international student enrolments at Harvard
Lawsuit signifies dramatic escalation of battle between administration and Harvard
‘There’s a war on academia’: US faces brain drain of its brightest and best teachers and students
Europe may benefit as Trump’s campaign against Ivy League colleges is causing academics to consider emigrating
Trump administration freezes billions of dollars in future grants to Harvard
President has targeted college over allegations of anti-Semitism on campus during pro-Palestinian protests
Kamala Harris’s speech of condemnation and Trump’s of braggadocio underscore where US is at after first 100 days
One speech of condemnation and another full of braggadocio underscore where US is at after president’s first 100 days
Harvard promises changes after reports reveal anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
Findings come at a delicate time for university, which is being scrutinised by Trump administration
In Trump’s America, it can be dangerous to criticise the president’s friends
Worldview: The administration has rescinded the legal status of close to 1,000 international university students since mid-March
‘Harvard people’ squaring up for battle royale with White House over politics, power and privilege
Trump is threatening to withdraw billions in funding from the ivy league college, but can Harvard withstand this attack on its status?
Pope Francis ‘a great ally of gay community’, says Varadkar
Former taoiseach is working with several LGBTA-rights organisations and figuring out his next career steps, he tells Harvard audience
Trump’s attacks on universities create a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Ireland and Europe
The US benefited enormously from the migration of European scientists and scholars after the second World War. There is no better time to reverse the trend
Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of €1.9 billion in grants
US government demanded university audit its views of diversity on campus
Harvard University fights to withstand Donald Trump’s all-out assault on higher education
Attacks on elite US universities are at centre of White House’s culture war
University challenge: Trump freezes Harvard’s federal funding after it rejects his demands
Q&A: Why has Trump threatened Harvard’s tax-exempt status and what is at stake in his showdown with institutions of higher learning?
Harvard’s decision to resist Trump is ‘of momentous significance’
In the administration’s effort to break what it sees as liberalism’s hold on higher education, the institution is big game
Trump administration freezes about €2 billion in funding to Harvard
US government withholding money due to school’s decision to fight White House demands
Harvard professors sue over Trump’s review of $9bn in funding
Administration accused of trying to unlawfully undermine academic freedom and free speech
Greencore boss’s £1.2bn bid ambition a rarity among second-tier Irish plcs these days
Agreement in principle to buy Bakkavor marks a major departure in ambition for the Dublin-based sandwich and ready-meal maker
Yale, Harvard remove employees and Columbia president quits as Trump adds pressure to schools
The US government is pressurising universities to combat anti-Semitism on campus or lose federal funding
Leo Varadkar confirms he will feature in RTÉ travel show and rules out presidential bid
Former Fine Gael leader also confirms he begins advisory role with US-based PR firm Penta on April 10th, a year and two days after he stepped down as taoiseach
Six things we get wrong about sleep – and how to get better rest, according to experts
Many solutions have no basis in research and will not help with underlying issues
US culture is making a U-turn. Be prepared to feel the illiberal backlash in Ireland
The past few months also illustrate how shallow the diversity agenda has been, particularly in the corporate world
Leo Varadkar appointed to new role in Harvard in the United States
Former Taoiseach will be involved in guest lecturing, student mentorship and discussions focused on public leadership in new role
‘I stepped through a door and emerged as a US citizen’
With a fierce drive to prove myself, I was the underdog from Milltown determined to outwork everyone in the room
A year of devastating climate firsts, a dispiriting outcome to Cop29 and elections where climate was off the radar
Ireland heard plenty of ‘eco rhetoric’ in 2024 but there was a clear sense that political leaders have not grasped the reality of the climate emergency
Mathematics is evolving: ‘There was this whole world of maths I hadn’t known about’
Harvard professor Laura DeMarco is a strong supporter of curiosity-inspired research that may – or may not – lead to new applications
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