A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north.

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The university chose a Vanderbilt academic, Cybele Raver, after a previous candidate for the role had to step down because of a brain cancer diagnosis.

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The university will make first-semester grades pass or fail, to encourage students to try different classes and lessen fears of what a low grade could mean.

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