Israel and Iraq confirmed the release of Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Russian-Israeli graduate student at Princeton who was kidnapped in Iraq in 2023 by the militant group Kataib Hezbollah.
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Scientists Map Miles of Wiring in a Speck of Mouse Brain
Scientists achieved “a milestone” by charting the activity and structure of 200,000 cells in a mouse brain and their 523 million connections.
Gananath Obeyesekere, 95, Dies; Anthropologist Bridged East and West
His wide-ranging work drew on field research in his native Sri Lanka as well as his extensive study of English literature and Christian mysticism.
Ying-shih Yu, Renowned Scholar of Chinese Thought, Dies at 91
He believed that Chinese tradition was more varied and tolerant than critics thought it to be, and that it could be a vessel for enlightened values and democratic progress.
Another Class of Covid Faces Curtailed Commencements
Many universities stipulate that to participate in graduation, students must test negative for the coronavirus beforehand and have a record of adhering to campus restrictions.
Stephen F. Cohen, Influential Historian of Russia, Dies at 81
He chronicled Stalin’s tyrannies and the collapse of the Soviet Union, and he was an enthusiastic admirer of Mikhail Gorbachev.
It’s Not Whether You Were Exposed to the Coronavirus. It’s How Much.
The pathogen is proving a familiar adage: The dose makes the poison.
In Prisoner Swap, Iran Frees American Held Since 2016
Xiyue Wang was a graduate student at Princeton who had been sentenced to 10 years in prison on two charges of espionage that U.S. officials have called groundless.
Church Leaders Sue Princeton Over ‘Stolen’ Manuscripts
In a lawsuit, officials of the Eastern Orthodox Church say the university has four manuscripts that were looted from a monastery in Greece in 1917.