New York was hit with an onslaught of record-breaking rain last September, leading to flash flooding across the city. As the storm pummeled the five boroughs, a leak sprung at Pace High School in Chinatown, soaking the rubber flooring of its basement gym. When the floor dried, it was bumpy …

For seven hours on Wednesday, my colleagues and I interviewed world leaders, chief executives, scientists and activists in front of a live audience at our annual Climate Forward event in New York City. Somini Sengupta talked with Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh’s interim leader and a Nobel laureate, and President Mohamed Irfaan …

The sea robin has fascinated scientists for decades. It has the body of a fish, the wings of a bird and the legs of a crab. “Legs on a fish sound like, um, well, that’s one of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen,” said David Kingsley, a developmental biologist at …

Brandeis University said on Wednesday that its president of eight years, Ronald D. Liebowitz, will step down. The announcement by the university’s board of trustees followed a vote of no confidence in Dr. Liebowitz by the faculty, which accused him of “damaging errors in judgment and poor leadership.” In taking …

Earlier this month, a detective knocked on Shavon Harvey’s door, in suburban Ohio, to ask about her son. The son had sent a Snapchat message from her phone to his friends, saying there would be shootings at several schools nearby. She rushed to the police station, where her son was …

Melissa Aviles-Ramos, who will take over in January as the next chancellor of New York City’s public school system, is a longtime New York educator who oversaw the schools’ response to the arrival of tens of thousands of migrant children. Her swift appointment on Wednesday to lead the nation’s largest …

With summer officially over, it’s back to business (or school) for many people, which can mean more time writing longer things, especially on the go. The smartphone has replaced the laptop for many tasks, but when it comes to text input, tapping away on tiny onscreen keys might make you …

An independent review ordered by Gov. Kathy Hochul has found that the City University of New York needs to “significantly” overhaul and update its policies in order to handle the levels of antisemitism and discrimination that exist on its campuses. CUNY campuses have been a center of pro-Palestinian activism for …

David C. Banks, the chancellor of New York City’s public school system, said on Tuesday that he would resign from his post at the end of December. The announcement came just weeks after federal agents seized Mr. Banks’s phone as part of a bribery investigation involving his brothers and fiancée …

After months of tumult on American college campuses, relative stability in one realm returned on Tuesday, when U.S. News & World Report published its oft-disparaged but nevertheless closely watched rankings. Many top schools held the same, or similar, spots they had a year ago. Among national universities, Princeton was ranked …