The students and instructors of the Class of 2009 of the New York Times Student Journalism Institute at Dillard University in New Orleans. The next Institute is May 16 to 30.

By The Editors

The New York Times Student Journalism Institute offers the best and brightest student journalists an opportunity to work with prominent news professionals in a newsroom environment. The next Institute in 2010 will be held at Dillard University in New Orleans. Application Form

By Lauri Valerio

On Christmas Day, Robert Park, a Tucson-based evangelical minister, entered North Korea from China armed with a set of demands for the country’s leader, Kim Jong-il. Once over the border, though, Park vanished.

By Marissa Lang

An increasing number of Americans seeking more affordable dental care are heading across the border.

By Jamie Klein

Higher-education officials are anticipating a surge in the enrollment of military veterans, as people returning from Iraq and Afghanistan take advantage of a new GI Bill, which provides benefits more generous than its predecessor’s.

By Elvia Malagon

A growing enclave of ethnic Nepalese who have fled Bhutan are settling in Tucson, having lived as refugees for nearly two decades. But America presents its own set of challenges.

By Stephen Ceasar

The number of Chinese immigrants arrested while illegally crossing the border into Arizona through the busiest smuggling corridor in the United States increased tenfold in the last fiscal year, according to the U.S. Border Patrol in Tucson.