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Karl Eikenberry, a former Army general and ambassador to Afghanistan, was hired by Northwestern University to run the Buffett Institute for Global Studies in November, but by April had withdrawn from the post after a debate over his qualifications.

How Northwestern faculty derailed retired general’s global studies job

June 11, 2018 at 10:20 p.m.

Northwestern University struck a deal with Karl Eikenberry last year that he believed would be a capstone to his career as a global citizen with military, diplomatic and academic credentials....

Google software engineer and Google In Residence Sabrina Williams, right, talks with freshman Alanna Walton during a Google Student Development class on Impostor Syndrome at Howard University in Washington, Tuesday, April 14, 2015.

Howard University asks alumni to help clear student debts before graduation

August 18, 2019 at 7:25 p.m.

A couple of weeks before Howard University's 147th commencement, the school's president emailed tens of thousands of alumni with an urgent and unusual appeal on behalf of 180 seniors in...

Dartmouth restricts hard alcohol, pledging to rein in ‘extreme behavior’

June 16, 2018 at 1:57 a.m.

Dartmouth College will prohibit all students, regardless of age, from drinking or possessing hard alcohol on campus and will create a new network of residential communities for student social life...

After Rolling Stone apology, U.Va. leaders want to keep focus on stopping sexual violence

June 24, 2019 at 9:51 p.m.

Many people in the University of Virginia community remain outraged about the Rolling Stone account of a gang rape at a campus fraternity house that unraveled into a journalistic debacle...

All talk, no action on 2 judicial picks

August 19, 2021 at 6:40 p.m.

After nearly 40 hours of non-stop and often acrimonious debate of President Bush's nominees to federal judgeships, a weary Senate on Friday found itself back where it started. Democrats blocked...

NASA 'checks and balances' faulted

August 22, 2019 at 5:20 p.m.

WASHINGTON - The head of the independent board investigating the Columbia disaster said yesterday that NASA has not given enough clout to engineering and safety units within the agency meant...

Congress OKs Amber Alert expansion

August 21, 2021 at 2:47 a.m.

Congress overwhelmingly approved an anti-crime bill Thursday that would expand the interstate Amber Alert system for abducted children, toughen sentencing rules for sex criminals and kidnappers, and outlaw certain forms...

Shooting victim recalled as outgoing, devoted dad

August 20, 2021 at 3:24 a.m.

It began as a routine day for bus driver Conrad Johnson as he prepared to start Route 34, which runs through the usually peaceful Washington suburb of Aspen Hill to...

FBI whistle-blower known as straight shooter

August 20, 2021 at 1:13 a.m.

For years, she was the voice of the FBI on cases ranging from the sensational to the sublime across the northern tier of America's heartland. From the hunt for Gianni...

Campaign funding reforms may boost clout of Indians

August 19, 2021 at 8:45 p.m.

The Mashantucket Pequot Nation, a small Indian tribe that owns a huge casino in Connecticut, knows how to make itself heard in Washington. The tribe gave about $500,000 in national...

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