Vimal Patel will join the Education desk at The New York Times, focused on free speech issues. Recently, Patel was a night breaking news reporter on the Express desk.
Patel started as a reporter at The Bryan-College Station Eagle, a small daily in Texas, where he covered Texas A&M University.
He worked at the Chronicle of Higher Education for more than seven years, where he reported on graduate education, student success and campus culture.
Patel graduated from Colorado State University.
You can congratulate Patel via Twitter.
