The New York Times

Missy Mazzoli and Ellen Reid didn’t have female mentors. They founded Luna Composition Lab so young composers would.

Readers discuss artificial intelligence and writing in the classroom. Also: President Trump’s latest assault on science; election workers.

A gunman’s attack at the April dinner has spurred more debate than usual about one of Washington’s most dissected rituals.

In “AI for Good,” Josh Tyrangiel talks to the classrooms, hospitals and research labs where people are using artificial intelligence that might benefit society.

Instructure, which provides Canvas software to thousands of schools and universities around the world, did not say what it had given the hackers in exchange for the stolen data.

Free child care is one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s top goals. Now the Bezos Foundation is giving Robin Hood, a favorite philanthropy of wealthy New Yorkers, big money for early childhood education.

Harvard’s boxing club is drawing new members. So are boxing clubs at other colleges, as students look for real-life connection.

With fewer students, many public school districts are confronting unfilled classrooms, and hard choices about school closures.

Most users regained access to the platform hours after a hacking group said it had attacked Canvas’s parent company and breached 275 million people’s data.

A key judicial decision in Mr. Khalil’s immigration case was expedited significantly and included the recusal of multiple judges.

A lawsuit against the National Endowment for the Humanities drew wide attention for revealing how DOGE had used ChatGPT to cancel grants.

Academic museums at Princeton, Yale, Cornell and Skidmore have organized several standout exhibitions, worth a venture beyond TEFAF New York.

Readers discuss the effects of cellphone bans in school and screen time limits. Also: Close “Alligator Alcatraz”; President Trump’s vulgar language.