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☆ Opinion | Campus Turmoil: The Gaza Protests at Columbia
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “Colleges Warn of Punishment for Disruptions” (front page, April 19):I would not want to be a college president these days. Now, the president of Columbia, Nemat Shafik, has come under congressional fire for being too lenient in answering campus provocations and responds in the next instant with a wave of arrests of student protesters. Robert S. NussbaumFort Lee, N.J.To the Editor:Re “Police Arrest Dozens of Columbia Students at Gaza Protest” (news article, April 19):It’s about time! They were arrested for violating campus policies after being warned. They were on private property disrupting the campus where students pay a lot of money to get an education.

Persons: Nemat Shafik, Robert S, Nussbaum Fort Lee Organizations: Harvard, Penn, Columbia, “, Columbia Students Locations: N.J, Gaza

☆ What to see at the Venice Biennale 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Nicole Mowbray | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —This week sees the opening of the Venice Biennale, an 8-month-long festival of art and culture staged every other year. For 2024 — the show’s 60th iteration — Brazilian curator Adriano Pedrosa has chosen the topic of “Foreigners Everywhere,” and announced an intention to spotlight artists from diverse and historically marginalized backgrounds. With the main event running from April 20 to November 24 2024, here’s our pick of what to see if you’re headed to Venice. “Willem de Kooning e l’Italia” — Willem de KooningThe show at Gallerie dell’Accademia will include 75 Willem de Kooning works, including "Screams of Children Come from Seagulls (Untitled XX)," 1975. Yoo Youngkuk Art FoundationThe first exhibition in Europe of one of Korea’s most influential artists, including many works never exhibited before outside Korea.

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☆ Live Updates: Columbia’s President to Testify in Antisemitism Hearing
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Sharon Otterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

From left, Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University; M. Elizabeth Magill, president of Penn; Pamela Nadell, a professor at American University; and Sally Kornbluth, president of M.I.T., at a congressional hearing in December. When Nemat Shafik, the president of Columbia University, was asked to appear before Congress to testify about antisemitism on college campuses in December, she cited a scheduling conflict and said she could not attend. The president of the University of Pennsylvania, M. Elizabeth Magill, resigned four days after her appearance at the hearing, where she delivered evasive answers about campus antisemitism. Harvard’s president, Claudine Gay, similarly gave vague responses and faced fierce backlash for weeks up to her resignation in January. Lawyers who prepare clients to testify before Congress said that while there are risks to not appearing, it is always an option.

Persons: Claudine Gay, Elizabeth Magill, Penn, Pamela Nadell, Sally Kornbluth, Nemat Shafik, Shafik, Minouche, Christopher Armstrong, “, you’re, ”, it’s, ” Mr, Armstrong, There’s, Emily Loeb, Block, ” Sharon Otterman Organizations: Harvard University, American University, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Education, Workforce, United Nations, Change, Lawyers, Holland, Knight, Jenner Locations: Dubai

☆ Scientists solved the 70-year-old mystery of an insect's invisibility coat that can manipulate light
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Ellyn Lapointe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"This is really the first study to understand how the brochosome's complex geometry interacts with light," Wong said. After almost a decade of research, they managed to 3D print the world's first synthetic brochosomes. Wong's future research will partly focus on making smaller synthetic brochosomes to target the shorter end of the electromagnetic spectrum. Yaorusheng/Getty ImagesAlthough Wong's synthetic brochosomes mark a major step towards invisibility-cloaking technology, scientists are still decades away from bringing anything to market. "Depending on our imagination, I think there are many cool applications that can come out of brochosomes," Wong said.

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Editor’s Note: In this appeal to Congress, more than 35 artists, activists, scholars and others call for funding for Ukraine. On territory that Russia occupies, it tortures Ukrainian citizens, kidnaps Ukrainian children and murders Ukrainian leaders. By fighting Russia alone, they protect Europe. By fighting a conventional war against a nuclear power, they are making nuclear proliferation and nuclear war less likely. Together we call upon Congress to do the right thing – right now.

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☆ Barstool's Dave Portnoy won $2.7 million betting on UConn in NCAA men's final
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Jessica Golden | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy is cashing in $2.76 million on UConn's big win over Purdue Monday night in the NCAA men's championship game. FanDuel said the men's championship game saw a 52% year-over-year increase in bet count and a 42% year-over-year increase in handle. At Caesars , Monday's championship game accounted for the most same-game parlays ever placed on a college basketball game at their sportsbook. FanDuel, BetMGM and Fanatics say the championship game was their single biggest betting event on women's sports. Caesars said the women's championship saw double the previous handle record for a women's college basketball game.

Persons: Dave Portnoy, Portnoy, DraftKings, Barstool, FanDuel, Craig Mucklow, Caitlin Clark, BetMGM, Mucklow Organizations: Florida Atlantic Owls, Loyola, Ramblers, Wintrust Arena, Barstool Sports, Purdue, NCAA, Huskies, CNBC, DraftKings, Penn Entertainment, Washington , D.C, American Gaming Association, Caesars Locations: Chicago , Illinois, Washington ,

☆ Swelling US debt could tip US markets into crisis as soon as next year, Wharton professor says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Market chaos could come next year if the US doesn't adjust its fiscal path, Joao Gomes told CNBC. The US can't afford to extend tax cuts next year, he said. If it doesn't adjust its fiscal trajectory soon, 2025 could be the year when markets start to roil, Wharton professor Joao Gomes warned. "That's something that could definitely happen to us next year," Gomes told CNBC on Thursday. "I think we'll have a serious debate next year about the tax cuts and whether to extend them or not," he said.

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☆ I traveled first class on an Amtrak Acela train and thought the perks were cool — but not worth the $270 price tag
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Joey Hadden | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

I booked a first-class ticket on an Amtrak Acela traveling from New York City to Baltimore in 2022. For $273, I got free meal service and access to the Metropolitan Lounge at NYC's Penn Station. While I enjoyed the experience, I didn't think traveling in first class was worth the cost. AdvertisementWhen traveling from NYC to Baltimore in 2022, I rode in first class on an Amtrak Acela train. Two weeks before my trip, I booked a standard Amtrak Acela ticket for $121 and spent an extra $152 to upgrade to first class.

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☆ These are the 10 best places in the U.S. to raise a family—California didn't make the top 10
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

If you're looking for the best place in the U.S. to raise your family, consider moving to Illinois or Pennsylvania. Both states contain several towns that ranked highly on a recent report from Niche assessing the nation's top family-friendly locales. The two states combined were home to seven of the top 10 places to raise a family in America. Other factors taken into account include:Crime ratesHousingEthnic, generational and economic diversityPercentage of households with childrenPercentage of residents age 17 and underChesterbrook, Penn. took the top spot on Niche's list, thanks in part to the Philadelphia suburb's highly-rated public school system.

Organizations: Census, Department of Education, FBI, Philadelphia Locations: U.S, Illinois, Pennsylvania, America, Penn

ROGA members commit to work together on issues ranging from education, responsible gaming best practices, conscientious advertising and marketing across the industry. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesROGA says it will create a certification program to assess members' responsible gaming efforts and provide an incentive for operators to participate. Problem gamblingAn estimated 2 million U.S. adults meet the criteria for a severe gambling problem, according to the National Council on Problem Gambling. Another 5 million to 8 million U.S. adults are considered to have a mild or moderate gambling problem. Problem gambling prompted regulatory crackdowns in Europe and especially in the United Kingdom over the last couple years, impacting sportsbooks' profitability and changing the way they conduct business.

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☆ U.S. Approves $1.5 Billion Loan to Restart Michigan Nuclear Plant
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Ivan Penn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it had agreed to provide a $1.52 billion loan guarantee to help a company restart a nuclear power plant in Michigan — the latest step in the government’s effort to revive the nation’s reactors. The loan guarantee is conditional on the facility receiving regulatory approvals and fulfilling other requirements. But many of the country’s nuclear reactors, including the Palisades plant, are at or near the end of their lives and need major upgrades. And few U.S. companies have built new nuclear plants in recent decades because doing so is incredibly expensive and time consuming. Holtec bought the Palisades plant in 2022 in order to close the facility but later campaigned to reopen the plant with the backing of the Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat.

Persons: Holtec, Gretchen Whitmer Organizations: Biden, Energy Department, Holtec, Michigan, Democrat Locations: Michigan, Covert Township, Mich, Lake Michigan, Kalamazoo

anna martinAfter the break, Penn talks about unconditional love and learning how to say “I’m sorry” as a parent. anna martinI mean, as a dad yourself now, do you remember a time where your kids saw you be vulnerable? You really, really can, of course. How do you think about unconditional love in your roles as a father and as a husband? penn badgleyI think unconditional love is actually very hard and rare in a way.

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☆ Why the Solar Eclipse Will Not Leave People Without Power
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Ivan Penn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When the sky darkens during next month’s solar eclipse, electricity production in some parts of the country will drop so sharply that it could theoretically leave tens of millions of homes in the dark. Electric utilities say they expect to see significant decreases in solar power production during the eclipse but have already lined up alternate sources of electricity, including large battery installations and natural gas power plants. Homeowners who rely on rooftop solar panels should also experience no loss of electricity because home batteries or the electric grid will kick in automatically as needed. At 12:10 p.m. on April 8, the solar eclipse will begin over southwestern Texas, the regional electrical system perhaps most affected by the event, and last three hours. “I don’t think anything is as predictable as an eclipse,” said Pedro Pizarro, president and chief of executive of Edison International, a California power company, and the chairman of the Edison Electric Institute, a utility trade organization.

Persons: ”, Pedro Pizarro Organizations: Edison International, Edison Electric Institute Locations: Texas, California

☆ A Grim Tory Ad About London Crime Used New York Footage
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Victor Mather | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

It was a typical political attack ad. “London: a city steeped in history,” a narrator says, as grim string music plays. “But tonight its ancient streets bear witness to a different tale. They weren’t in London. They were in Penn Station in New York.

Persons: ” Locations: London, Penn, New York

☆ Drake Bell Opens up to BI About Sexual Abuse, the Nickelodeon 'Factory,' and 'Quiet on Set'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Kate Taylor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +26 min

He acted out, showing up to the "Drake & Josh" set late and hungover. "If I'm going to tell my story, this is how it was supposed to be told," Drake Bell, pictured here at his studio in Mexico City, recently told BI. In the second season, Brian Peck (who is unrelated to Bell's "Drake & Josh" costar Josh Peck) joined as a dialogue coach. Bell told BI that Nickelodeon "was a factory," treating child actors like kings one day only to throw them to the curb the next. Bell told BI that, in some ways, his music and the docuseries serve the same purpose.

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☆ AI could lead to human extinction, says report commissioned by US State Department
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The US State Department commissioned a risk assessment that found AI could lead to human extinction. The State Department commissioned AI startup Gladstone to conduct an AI risk assessment in October 2022, about a month before ChatGPT came out. AdvertisementSome of the risks could "lead to human extinction," the report said. He believes there's a 10% chance AI will lead to total human extinction within the next 30 years. "Oh it's absolutely real and I think there's a conversation to have in terms of practical human extinction," Kiulian said.

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☆ Living drugs that reprogram patients’ immune cells show early promise against hard-to-treat brain tumors
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Only 3% to 5% of people who are diagnosed with this type of brain tumor will be alive three years later. Now, an experimental therapy that reprograms a person’s own immune cells to attack these tumors is showing some exciting promise. Doctors first harvested immune fighters called T-cells from his blood and then genetically modified them in a lab so they’d recognize and bind to specific proteins on the surface of the brain tumor cells. After a single 10-milliliter infusion of about 10 million CAR-T cells, Fraser’s tumor began to shrink. Three-quarters of the participants had had their brain tumors come back at least twice.

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☆ I unfollowed all momfluencers on social media. They were making me feel like a bad mom.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Katharine Reid | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I'm a mom of three kids and I've decided to unfollow momfluencers. When someone only shares the picture-perfect moments I feel like I'm not doing enough. And when I follow any parent who only shows the best parts, I start to feel like I'm not doing enough. I even feel this way when seeing certain posts from friends or acquaintances on social media. On social media, there are too many versions of the lives we could lead and the parenting choices we could make.

Persons: I've, I'm, —, couldn't, influencers, you'd Organizations: Service, Digital Culture, Penn's Annenberg School, Communication Locations: Mexico

☆ Transcript of Biden's interview with special counsel Robert Hur shows memory lapses — but also detailed exchanges
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Mike Memoli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

But the transcript of Biden's interview, which was reviewed by NBC News, paints a more nuanced picture on both sides. At one point, Hur acknowledged that some of the questions he would ask would "relate to events that happened years ago." According to the review of the transcript, Biden at times expanded beyond the narrow subject areas of particular questions. In his opening statement, Hur planned to defend his investigation, the final report and his treatment of Biden's age. He also noted that some of the issues he was dealing with as vice president continue today.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles have agreed to contracts with former New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley and former New York Jets defensive end Bryce Huff, two people familiar with the deals told The Associated Press on Monday. The Giants used the tag last season and eventually worked out a one-year, $10.1 million contract before the start of training camp. A franchise tag this year would have cost the team $12.2 million if Barkley accepted the offer. The 25-year old Huff spent the last four seasons with the New York Jets. Huff thanked the Jets and their fans in a social media post but did not acknowledge his deal with the Eagles.

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☆ Columbia University leaders to get grilled by Congress at antisemitism hearing
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The president and board chairs of Columbia University have agreed to testify next month at a Congressional hearing on campus antisemitism. The House Education and Workforce Committee announced Monday it will hold a hearing on April 17 featuring Columbia President Minouche Shafik and the two co-chairs of the board of trustees: Claire Shipman and David Greenwald. The Columbia president declined the invitation due to a scheduling conflict, according to the Columbia Spectator. Last month, the House Education Committee widened its campus antisemitism investigation to include Columbia and demanded the Ivy League school turn over a wide range of documents to aid that probe. Shai Davidai, an assistant professor at the Columbia Business School, called Shafik a “coward” in a fiery speech last year criticizing the university president for failing to quiet “pro-terror” voices at the school.

Persons: Minouche Shafik, Claire Shipman, David Greenwald, Shafik, Penn, ”, Virginia Foxx, Eden Yadegar, ’ ”, Yadegar, Samantha Slater, Israel, Shai Davidai Organizations: CNN, Columbia University, Education, Workforce, Columbia, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia Spectator, Harvard, House, Committee, Ivy League, Israel, Columbia University Columbia, Department of Education, Columbia Business School Locations: Columbia, Israel

☆ We Tried to Create a Diverse College Class Without Affirmative Action
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Aatish Bhatia | Emily Badger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +22 min

If selective colleges admitted students by score alone — using, say, a 1300 cutoff — the pool would not be very diverse, by race or class. If selective colleges admitted students by score alone — using, say, a 1300 cutoff — the pool would not be very diverse, by race or class. To create a more diverse class, colleges could … But admissions preferences based on race are no longer legal. We Tried to Create a Diverse College Class Without Affirmative Action Now you can try it, too. In our affirmative action model, just 6 percent of admitted students come from the bottom quartile of the income distribution.

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☆ Caitlin Clark makes more history, surpassing Steph Curry’s three-point record
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Another day, another record broken by Iowa’s Caitlin Clark. In the Hawkeyes’ 95-62 Big Ten Tournament win against the Penn State Lady Lions on Friday, Clark eclipsed NBA star Steph Curry’s record of most three-pointers hit in a single NCAA Division-I season. However, Clark has now surpassed the man who many consider the greatest three-point shooter in the history of basketball. Clark eventually found her groove and was able to sink the crucial three to write her name in yet another page of the history books. In a win against the Ohio State Buckeyes on March 3, Clark overtook Hall of Famer “Pistol” Pete Maravich’s record of 3,667 points.

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Learn moreThe Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament tipped off earlier this week, and today marks the start of the quarterfinals as the best NCAA women's basketball teams square off against each other. The viewing options get a bit complicated, so we've put together a guide on how to watch the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament from anywhere. How to watch the Big Ten Women's tournament in the USAThe first round of the Big Ten Women's tournament, which took place on March 6, aired live on Peacock. A few live TV packages carry BTN, including Sling TV, Fubo, and Hulu + Live TV. Shop at FuboHulu + Live TV Hulu + Live TV includes over 90 channels, along with Hulu's on-demand library and access to Disney Plus and ESPN+.

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☆ Opinion | How to Fix the Crisis of Trust in Higher Education
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Jessica Grose | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been keeping track of every report I see about major budget shortfalls at universities. Here’s a sampling:“SUNY Warns of Future $1B Deficit Without Higher Tuition or More Aid” — The Times Union, Jan. 2. “Penn State Plans Nearly $100M in Cuts for FY26 Budget” — Higher Ed Dive, Jan. 24. “As U. of Arizona Confronts Budget Cuts, Workers and Students Brace for the Worst” — The New York Times, Feb. 21. The other is the decline in Americans’ confidence in higher education.

Persons: I’ve, Brace, Sharon Otterman, Josh Moody, Ed Organizations: The Times Union, UConn, Connecticut, “ Penn, Workers, New York Times, Gallup Locations: Arizona, New York

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