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A career is much like a work of art: We select an area to study—a medium, of sorts—in which to pursue an interest or a desire.…

I am deeply worried about my vacuuming skills. I’ve always enjoyed vacuuming, especially with the vacuum cleaner I use. It has a clear dustbin, and there’s…

Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesLiam Roberts had only just finished university, but he was already thinking ahead to how to buy a home and fund…

You got into Y Combinator, raised $20 million from a16z, and then exited to Meta? That’s cool, I guess. But did Soham Parekh apply to work…

Sam Whitney/The New York Times By Steven RattnerGraphics by Bhabna Banerjee Mr. Rattner was counselor to the Treasury secretary in the Obama administration. July 3, 2025…

The writer Ruth Moose wrote that “there is joy in clean laundry.”

Sadly, there are far fewer clotheslines where I live in Connecticut than in Italy. But…

In American higher education, teaching is our business, research our currency and service our obligation. It has always perplexed me that the pursuit of higher education…

Every year for the past 25 years, I have taught an intermediate-level undergraduate course at Indiana University Bloomington called The Declaration of Independence and the Meaning…

The Democratic primary that just wrapped up in New York was a collision between two very different candidates on almost every level. Ideologically, outsider versus insider,…

In an April 21 article entitled “We Haven’t Seen a Fight Like Harvard vs. Trump in Centuries,” Steven Brint wrote that the ongoing dispute between Harvard…