University of Arizona

After weeks of tumult over protests, many college administrators prepared themselves for disruptions. But several ceremonies unfolded without major incident.

The move came hours before the school’s graduation ceremony was scheduled to be held.

A crackdown on demonstrators at Columbia University in New York spawned a wave of activism at universities across the country, with more than 3,100 arrests or detainments.

Dante Lauretta, the planetary scientist who led the OSIRIS-REx mission to retrieve a handful of space dust, discusses his next final frontier.

The public university, the largest employer in the Tucson area, says it’s facing a $177 million shortfall. Critics worry that lower-tier workers and Arizona students will be hit hardest by efforts to cut back.

The Big Ten booms to 18 schools with the move, powered by TV money, and the once-great Pac-12 dwindles to four after three more schools leave for the Big 12.

In 1996, Princeton dropped U.C.L.A. in one of the most stirring N.C.A.A. tournament upsets. This year, it downed No. 2 seed Arizona.

No. 15 Princeton toppled Arizona, a No. 2 seed that was one of the favorites in the field, while No. 13 seed Furman knocked down No. 4 Virginia.

The University of Kansas said Self, its men’s basketball coach, would miss four games. An N.C.A.A. panel is still reviewing allegations stemming from a federal probe into corruption in the sport.

She lost her only son, a former N.F.L. player. A settlement would have provided some solace, but even that was taken away.