Karikó’s Nobel: a moment of celebration or hard reflection? Award forces US university science to face up to treatment of immigrant woman who worked past demotions and threats to help create life-saving vaccine By Paul Basken 10 October
Gender pay gap historian wins Nobel economics prize Harvard professor Claudia Goldin is third woman to win Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences By Jack Grove 9 October
Research funding increase ‘urgent’ in Canada, says new coalition Sector organisations warn that country risks brain drain if it does not end stagnation in investment By Chris Havergal 6 October
Chicago seeks to reinforce campus free speech principles In considering revisions for the 10th anniversary of its respected free-speech ideals, university turns to critics of academia’s public voice By Paul Basken 6 October
Universities ‘must crack lifelong learning or risk irrelevance’ Michael Fung, a former deputy chief executive of Singapore’s SkillsFuture programme, takes his methodology to Mexico and the developing world By Tom Williams 6 October
Nanotech trailblazers win chemistry Nobel for quantum dots Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov share science’s top honour for research into tiny particles now used in TVs and medicine By Jack Grove 4 October
College president quits after sexual misconduct probe Small private US campus leader leaves wake of graphic allegations and questions of previous institutions keeping quiet By Paul Basken 4 October
Peter Hotez: academics cannot defeat ‘anti-science’ alone New institutions are required to stem the tide of misinformation sweeping US, says vaccine expert who was goaded by Elon Musk for refusing to debate a Covid conspiracist By Jack Grove 3 October
Alberta plans major growth as oil revenues bounce back Three years after province cut its budget by a third, leaner flagship university sees a moment to leap; students hope they can make it By Paul Basken 3 October
Vaccine pioneers overcame rejection and demotion to win Nobel University of Pennsylvania’s ‘tenacious’ laureates reflect on coping with demotion, dismissal and desk rejection to continue their mRNA research By Jack Grove 2 October
Medicine Nobel awarded to mRNA Covid vaccine pioneers Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman’s research led to jabs that ‘saved millions of lives and prevented disease in many more’, says award panel By Jack Grove 2 October
Biden pushes university accreditors on response to complaints Administration demands open process that allows anonymity, upsetting agencies seeking clearer rules in an era of partisan attacks By Paul Basken 2 October
