George Berkeley’s Name Removed from Trinity College Dublin Library No one disputes that George Berkeley was among Ireland’s greatest thinkers, but he was also an unapologetic slaver. Now, time has caught up with him.
U.C. Berkeley Anthropology Library Closure Faces Student Opposition Students are staging an open-ended occupation of the anthropology library after the University of California, Berkeley, announced it would shutter the 67-year-old institution to save money.
Elite Law Schools Boycotted the U.S. News Rankings. Now, They May Be Paying a Price. After a preview of the new rankings system, Yale and other universities raised a storm of objections. The formal list is now indefinitely delayed.
Oumuamua Was a Comet After All, a Study Suggests Astronomers offer “a surprisingly simple explanation” for the curious behavior of the interstellar visitor in 2017.
In the Gun Law Fights of 2023, a Need for Experts on the Weapons of 1791 A Supreme Court decision has forced courts to consider what gun restrictions existed two centuries ago, sending demand soaring for historians.