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☆ 'Law & Order' creator Dick Wolf threatens to pull funding from UPenn unless president resigns amid Israel-Hamas response backlash, CNN reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Dick Wolf threatened to stop funding UPenn amid backlash over the school's Israel-Hamas response. Wolf, an alumnus, is calling on the school's president and chair of the board of trustees to resign. His main criticism stems from a Palestinian literature festival held at the school before the war began. Wolf also expressed dismay at the notion that the Wolf Humanities Center "contributed to this hate fest," CNN reported. Representatives for Wolf and the Palestine Writes Literature Festival did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider.

Persons: Dick Wolf, Wolf, —, Liz Magill, Magill, Scott Bok, Clifford Asness, Marc Rowan, I've, Israel, Bill Ackman, Les Wexner, Idan Ofer Organizations: Service, University of Pennsylvania, CNN, Ivy League, Daily, Wolf Humanities Center, Wolf Humanities, Apollo, Harvard, Harvard's Kennedy School of Government Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Palestine

☆ Who is Liz Magill, the University of Pennsylvania’s embattled president?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New York CNN —When University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill was tapped for the post just 18 months ago, she was heralded as the “clear consensus” to lead the Ivy League university. Magill did not respond to CNN’s request to the University for an interview. But on Wednesday Magill issued a statement saying, “Hateful speech has no place at Penn. I don’t think she’s antisemitic.”So far Magill has the support of the school’s board of trustees. “The unanimous sense of those gathered was that President Magill and her existing University leadership team are the right group to take the University forward,” said board Chairman Bok.

Persons: Liz Magill, Benjamin Franklin, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Dean, She’s, she’s, Magill, Ronald Reagan, Kent Conrad, Conrad, Vahan, Mark Rowan, Scott Bok, ”, “, ” Magill, Jon Gray, Blackstone, ” Gray, Bok, – CNN’s Matt Egan Organizations: New, New York CNN —, University of Pennsylvania, Ivy League, University of Virginia, Stanford Law, University, Penn, Federal, Daily, Yale University, Democratic, CNN, Apollo Global Management, Bloomberg, Bloomberg Television Locations: New York, UPenn, UVa, Palestine, Israel, Fargo , North Dakota, Minnesota, North Dakota, Gaza, Penn

☆ Law & Order creator Dick Wolf implores UPenn president to quit
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN Business —Dick Wolf, the creator of “Law & Order,” wrote a letter to Liz Magill pleading with her to step down as president of the University of Pennsylvania. “President Magill, I implore you and [chair of the board of trustees] Scott Bok to step down from your UPenn positions before any more unnecessary damage to UPenn,” Wolf wrote in the letter, obtained by CNN on Friday. Organizers of the Palestine Writes festival denied that it embraced antisemitism, according to UPenn student newspaper The Daily Pennsylvanian. In the days before the Palestine Writes festival, Magill was not just facing pressure from Lauder, Wolf and others who wanted the event scrapped. Three dozen members of the UPenn faculty also wrote to The Daily Pennsylvanian in support of the Palestine Writes festival.

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☆ Wall Street cues a lesson in Ivory Tower finance
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Lauren Silva Laughlin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

NEW YORK, Oct 20 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Wall Streeters are trying to teach universities a lesson, but may provide them with a broader understanding of economics instead. The median family income for Harvard students is nearly $169,000, or about 2.5 times the U.S. average. Stockpiles of cash donated by Rowan, Ackman and other alumni also should theoretically make such institutions more accessible, but haven’t. Elite universities funnel many graduates to lucrative careers in finance and consulting, and studies have shown that social class often predetermines success. Ideally, Ivory Towers would price education closer to its actual value rather than what people are willing to pay.

Persons: Marc Rowan, Bill Ackman, Ackman, Rowan, Israel, grads, Liz Magill, Scott Bok, David Magerman, Estee Lauder, Ronald Lauder, Jon Huntsman, Larry Summers, Jeffrey Goldfarb, Aditya Sriwatsav Organizations: Reuters, University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, Rowan, Ivy League, Reuters Graphics Investment, Apollo Global Management, Ackman’s, Palestine, Literary, Renaissance Technologies, Pershing, Harvard University, Thomson Locations: Cambridge , Massachusetts, Wharton

☆ Harvard and UPenn donors are furious. It may have a financial domino effect
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Donors often give for specific purposes — facilities, faculty research, technology on campus, athletics, scholarships and financial aid for low-income students. The Wexner Foundation said it’s breaking off ties with Harvard University, alleging the school has been “tiptoeing” over Hamas’ attacks. Lawrence Summers, the former president of Harvard and US Treasury Secretary, has criticized the “morally unconscionable” student statement and Harvard leaders’ response. But he said that financial threats from donors were not the right solution to influencing universities’ positions on these issues. Organizers of the Palestine Writes festival denied that it embraced antisemitism, according to UPenn student newspaper The Daily Pennsylvanian.

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☆ A Cornell history professor apologized for calling Hamas' attacks 'exhilarating' and 'energizing.' His actions are under review by the school.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Cornell University history professor has apologized for calling the Hamas attacks on Israel "exhilarating" and "energizing." AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Cornell University history professor who came under intense scrutiny after he called the deadly Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel "exhilarating" and "energizing" has now apologized for his controversial remarks, days after the college confirmed it was investigating his comments. AdvertisementAdvertisementStudents and others quickly called for Rickford's removal from Cornell University in online petitions as Rickford defended his comments to The Cornell Daily Sun. Cornell University President Martha Pollack and Cornell University Board of Trustees Chair Kraig Kayser called Rickford's remarks "reprehensible" and said his actions were under review in a statement to Insider on Tuesday. Cornell University did not immediately respond to a request for comment by Insider on Thursday.

Persons: Russell Rickford, —, Rickford, Gazans, Martha Pollack, Kraig Kayser, Pollack, Kayser Organizations: Cornell University, Ivy League, Service, Cornell Daily Sun, Sunday, Palestinian, Hamas Locations: Israel, Ithaca , New York, United States, Gaza

☆ The major donor revolt at University of Pennsylvania over its response to the Israel-Hamas war is getting worse
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The megadonor revolt at the University of Pennsylvania is getting worse as the Israel-Hamas war intensifies. Penn isn't the only school facing backlash after the Hamas attacks; Harvard University and Cornell University have also drawn scrutiny. As the war with Israel intensifies in Gaza, UPenn's benefactors are slamming the school for its response and actions before and after Hamas' terrorist attacks in Israel. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe billionaire Ronald Lauder followed suit, threatening to stop donating to the university if it doesn't mount a stronger response to antisemitism. And at Cornell University, students are calling for a history professor to be fired after he described the Hamas attacks as "exhilarating" and "energizing."

Persons: Penn, —, Clifford Asness, Asness, Liz Magill, Steve McGuire, Marc Rowan, Rowan, Magill, Scott Bok, Dick Wolf, Jon Huntsman, Ronald Lauder, David Magerman, I've, Bill Ackman, Israel Organizations: University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Cornell University, Service, Pennsylvania's, Ivy League, Penn, American, of Trustees, Apollo, Daily, Huntsman Foundation, Pershing Locations: Israel, Gaza, Penn, Palestine

☆ ‘Deeply ashamed.’ Another major UPenn backer halts donations and calls on other Jews to do the same
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The donor backlash has been driven by a Palestinian literary festival that was held on campus last month, before the Hamas terror attacks on Israel. UPenn leaders acknowledged well before the start of the Palestine Writes Literature Festival that the event would feature speakers with a history of making antisemitic remarks. “Jews have played an extraordinary role in the history and legacy of the University of Pennsylvania. Billionaire Ronald Lauder, another powerful financial backer of school, is threatening to do the same if more isn’t done to fight antisemitism. Organizers of the Palestine Writes festival denied that it embraced antisemitism, according to UPenn student newspaper The Daily Pennsylvanian.

Persons: David Magerman, UPenn, Magerman, Liz Magill’s, ” Magmeran, Magill, Scott Bok, ” Magerman, Penn, Wharton, Marc Rowan, Jon Huntsman, Ronald Lauder, Susan Abulhawa, ”, ” Magill, “, ” UPenn, Magill’s Organizations: CNN — Venture, University of Pennsylvania, Ivy League, Renaissance Technologies, Penn, Venture, Daily, CNN Locations: Palestinian, Israel, Palestine, Penn, UPenn

☆ UPenn President called to resign following protest of the school's response to Palestinian festival
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Vahan Gureghian, former University of Pennsylvania trustee, is calling for Liz Magill, the Ivy League school's president, to step down amid deepening donor backlash. But apparently Liz is not ready for this job.”Debate over free speech, antisemitismMagill was not only facing pressure from Lauder and other opponents of the Palestine Writes festival. Three dozen members of the UPenn faculty also wrote a letter in student newspaper The Daily Pennsylvanian to support the Palestine Writes festival. Organizers of the Palestine Writes festival denied that it embraced antisemitism, according to The Daily Pennsylvanian. “The unanimous sense of those gathered was that President Magill and her existing University leadership team are the right group to take the University forward,” Bok said.

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☆ Big money donors are slamming Ivy League universities and pulling funding over their response to the Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Wealthy donors are slamming elite US colleges for their responses to the Israel-Hamas war. Thousands of civilians have been injured or killed in Hamas' attacks on Israel and Israel's bombardments of Gaza. In the past week, wealthy college donors have closed their checkbooks, citing their disagreement with the universities' responses to the Israel-Hamas war. The Huntsman family recently notified Penn that it's stopping further donations to the Ivy League school. Thousands of people have been injured or killed in Hamas' terrorist attacks on Israel and Israel's bombardment of Gaza.

Persons: —, Marc Rowan, Rowan, Huntsman, Jon Huntsman Jr, Elizabeth Magill, Magill, David Magerman, Estée Lauder, Ronald Lauder, Les Wexner, Claudine Gay, Bill Ackman, Idan Ofer, Yoav Gallant Organizations: Service, Apollo Global Management, University of Pennsylvania's, Penn, Ivy League, Daily, Huntsman Foundation, University, Computer, Renaissance Technologies, Bloomberg, Harvard, Wexner, Kennedy School of Government Locations: Israel, Gaza, Utah, China, Russia, Singapore, Penn, Egypt

☆ UPenn in crisis over antisemitism allegations: Jon Huntsman is the latest donor to stop giving, and a board member resigns
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Former US Ambassador Jon Huntsman blasted the University of Pennsylvania’s response to antisemitism and is promising to halt his family’s donations to the prestigious university. The strong criticism from Huntsman, a 1987 graduate and former UPenn trustee, comes amid a growing backlash from donors and trustees. The Huntsman family has been such prominent supporters of UPenn that the Huntsman name is on the main Wharton School building. The controversy began last month when a multiday event took place on campus at UPenn called the Palestine Writes Literature Festival. Magill, UPenn’s president, is trying to quell the backlash and conceded the response to the Palestine Writes Literature Festival was inadequate.

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☆ The Huntsman family says it's cutting off its mega-donations to University of Pennsylvania over 'antisemitism'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Huntsman family halted donations to the University of Pennsylvania over its response to Hamas' terrorist attacks. The family, which has donated tens of millions to Penn, is the latest to "close its checkbook." AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Huntsman family has halted donations to the University of Pennsylvania due to its response to Hamas' terrorist attacks on Israel and the resulting war. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe late Jon Huntsman Sr. attended Wharton on scholarship and went on to become the billionaire CEO of chemical giant Huntsman Corp. Huntsman Jr. has had two stints on Penn's board of trustees. The Huntsman family did not respond to requests for comment ahead of publication.

Persons: Huntsman, —, Jon Huntsman Jr, Singapore —, Elizabeth Magill, Jon Huntsman, Wharton, Magill, Marc Rowan, Scott Bok, Rowan, Penn, Bill Ackman, Batia Ofer, Israel's Organizations: University of Pennsylvania, Service, Huntsman Foundation, Penn, Huntsman Corp, University, Apollo Global Management, Harvard, Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups, Billionaire, Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Yale, NYU, Stanford Locations: Penn, Israel, Utah, China, Russia, Singapore, Wharton, Palestine

☆ Tensions are boiling over as America's elite colleges respond to Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Tensions have boiled over around how colleges are responding to Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementTensions are running high at America's elite colleges, as students, professors, and well-connected, wealthy alumni respond to Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel. At Harvard, the much-maligned student letter has been deleted, after several student groups retracted their support for it.

Persons: —, Bill Ackman, Mark Rowan, Stanford, Larry Summers, Summers, Joe McCarthy, Jason Furman, Ackman, Israel, Alex Morey Organizations: Elite, Harvard, Yale, Penn, Service, Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups, Cambridge, University of Pennsylvania, Apollo Global Management, Twitter, Indiana University, Columbia University, New York Police, . Police, Bloomberg, NYU, University of Arizona, Foundation, Rights Locations: Israel, Penn, Palestine, New York, Hamas, Gaza

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho law restricting which bathrooms transgender students can use in schools will go into effect while a court challenge plays out. It prohibits transgender students from using public school restrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity. It also allows other students to sue their school if they encounter a student using a bathroom that doesn’t align with their sex assigned at birth. About a quarter of Idaho schools allow transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity, Nye said in a previous decision. The group also pushed a new Idaho law criminalizing gender-affirming health care for minors.

Persons: David Nye, Nye, ” Nye, “, ”, Thursday's, Peter Renn, Debbie Critchfield, Raúl, Republican Sen, Ben Adams Organizations: Chief U.S, District, The Idaho Statesman, Lambda, Lambda Legal, Idaho State, of Education, Boise School District’s, “, Republican, Policy, GOP, U.S, Circuit, Appeals Locations: BOISE, Idaho, An Idaho, Raúl Labrador, Labrador, Nampa

☆ Apollo CEO Marc Rowan on UPenn op-ed: We are at Penn a bastion of 'preferred' speech
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailApollo CEO Marc Rowan on UPenn op-ed: We are at Penn a bastion of 'preferred' speechApollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss his decision to write an op-ed to UPenn's student newspaper criticizing university president Elizabeth Magill and board of trustees chair Scott Bok over a Palestinian literary festival held last month, fighting antisemitism on college campuses, rising tensions following the Israel-Hamas war, the double standard in the exercise of free speech, and more.

Persons: Marc Rowan, UPenn, Elizabeth Magill, Scott Bok Organizations: Apollo Global Management Locations: Penn, Palestinian, Israel

☆ Billionaire CEO demands UPenn leaders quit and donations halt over alleged failure to address antisemitism on campus
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Wall Street CEO Marc Rowan is calling for the leaders of the University of Pennsylvania to resign and donors to close their checkbooks over an alleged failure to condemn antisemitism and hate. Words of hate and violence must be met with clear, reasoned condemnation, rooted in morality from those in positions of authority,” Rowan wrote. Rowan, whose fortune is estimated by Forbes to be nearly $6 billion, is one of the university’s wealthiest donors and supporters. But the billionaire CEO argues UPenn leaders failed to condemn the “hate-filled” Palestine Writes Literature Festival, a multi-day event that took place at the university’s campus last month. “We unequivocally – and emphatically – condemn antisemitism as antithetical to our institutional values,” the UPenn leaders wrote.

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☆ Apollo CEO is calling for University of Pennsylvania leaders to resign after he says they refused to strongly condemn antisemitism
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan is calling for University of Pennsylvania leaders to resign. AdvertisementAdvertisementApollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan is the latest business leader to slam an Ivy League institution for not taking a stronger stance against what he called antisemitism. AdvertisementAdvertisementAt the time, the university responded, saying in a statement that "we unequivocally — and emphatically — condemn antisemitism as antithetical to our institutional values." But, in light of the attack by Hamas on Israel, Rowan has said the response was not enough. "We see sickening parallels between Harvard leadership's inaction against Harvard's antisemitism and the failure by UPenn's leadership to take a stand against hate," Rowan wrote in his letter.

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☆ The bad math behind Harvard's refusal to do away with legacy admissions
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

By clinging to legacy admissions, colleges are not only undermining claims of advancing equality but may be shooting themselves in the financial foot. 'A weak and sad excuse'The legacy preference has always been a dance of public intentions and private subtext. While the rationales for preserving legacy admissions have evolved, the propensity to obfuscate them hasn't. Harvard's massive $50 billion endowment makes it pretty clear: the school doesn't need to keep legacy admissions anymore. When Wesleyan announced it was dropping legacy admissions Roth was adamant that it was the right move.

Persons: James Murphy, —, Richard Kahlenberg, Christopher Eisgruber, Ethan Poskanzer, Radcliffe, gosh, James Hankins, Murphy, Brooks Kraft, Amherst, Biddy Martin, Gabrielle Starr, Michael Roth, Wesleyan alums, Brown, MIT's Emilio Castilla, Kahlenberg, Harvard, Roth Organizations: US Supreme, Harvard, Department of Education, Georgetown University, Princeton University's, Washington Post, University of Colorado, Wall, Princeton, Getty, MIT, University of Texas, The Century Foundation, Pomona College, CNN, Research, Council, Advancement, Wesleyan College, Wesleyan, Ivy League, Stanford, Duke, University of Chicago, Poskanzer, University of North, Carnegie Mellon, Occidental College Locations: Boulder, University of North Carolina, America

☆ Tokyo’s Meiji Jingu Gaien redevelopment plan sparks protests
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Emiko Jozuka | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Last month the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), a UNESCO advisory body, issued a “heritage alert” for Jingu Gaien. Nishikawa believes that the commercial nature of the redevelopment “breaks the promise” of keeping the Jingu Gaien as a public space. Protesters gather for a demonstration at Meiji Jingu Gaien on September 15, 2023. Work commenced at the Meiji Jingu Gaien site in March. “They need to go back to the drawing board and use a much more democratic process to decide the future of Jingu Gaien.”

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☆ Changes Bring Friction, and Lawsuits, to Florida College Targeted by DeSantis
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Patricia Mazzei | More About Patricia Mazzei | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

More than 200 students have been moved from on-campus dorms to off-campus hotels to make room for the recruited athletes and other new students. The U.S. Department of Education is investigating a complaint that New College, in its new iteration, discriminated based on disability. State lawmakers sent about $50 million to the school this year, a big jump from recent years. “What was really missing more than anything else at New College was leadership,” Mr. Corcoran, a former Florida House speaker and state education commissioner, said in an interview. “We’ve been able to do something that wasn’t accomplished in 63 years at the college, and that was grow enrollment.

Persons: Richard Corcoran, ” Mr, Corcoran, “ We’ve, “, ” Organizations: U.S . Department of Education, New College, L.G.B.T.Q, Florida House Locations: Florida

☆ Acting president of Temple University in Philadelphia dies unexpectedly at 72
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Sept 19 (Reuters) - The acting president of Temple University in Philadelphia, JoAnne Epps, fell ill on Tuesday while attending a memorial service on campus and died a short time later, the school said in a statement. Epps appeared to have "suffered a sudden episode" and was "promptly attended to by emergency medical" personnel at the scene, Dr. Daniel del Portal, chief clinical officer for the Temple University Health System, told an afternoon news conference. She was then taken to Temple Hospital, "where resuscitation efforts continued but were unfortunately unsuccessful," del Portal said. "Temple has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember," Epps said in a statement when she was appointed acting president in April. Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles and Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Michael PerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: JoAnne Epps, Epps, Charles Blockson, Daniel del, Jason Wingard, Steve Gorman, Kanishka Singh, Michael Perry Organizations: Temple University, Local, Temple University Health System, Temple Hospital, university's, Thomson Locations: Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Washington

After a female Michigan State graduate filed a complaint about Nassar's abuse in 2014, a school investigation found he didn't violate school policy. And now, Michigan State has another mess. A hearing is scheduled for the week of Oct. 5 determine if Tucker violated the school’s sexual harassment and exploitation policy. Michigan State paid her $10,000 to share her story with the football team. “When he admitted that in March, he could have been immediately fired if the proper processes were in place at Michigan State and if the board was trained — or if they cared about this.”___Follow Larry Lage at https://twitter.com/larrylage___AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/college-football and https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll

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And at the age of 68, I’m very fortunate in that I can do sort of one-off appearances now and then. It’s arduous.”Instead, Lennox plans on performing at more events like “ Time for Change,” a fundraiser for numerous nonprofits, including Rotary International’s End Polio Now initiative. Lennox will perform on the floor of the Colosseum on Sunday, accompanied only by a piano, as part of the benefit. Political Cartoons View All 1148 Images“We are surrounded by beauty, by art and by history,” Cecchini said of Italy. And, of course, if you can have an event with an artist performing, the potential is that it gets a higher profile.

Persons: — Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart, Lennox “ won’t, “ I’m, ” Lennox, I’m, Lennox, ”, Alberto Cecchini, ” Cecchini, Italy, ” Jennifer Jones, “, Jones, Bill Gates, I’ve Organizations: Hall of Fame, Associated Press, Rotary, Rotary International, Initiative, AP, Relief, Associated, Lilly Endowment Inc Locations: Italy

A Huge Threat to the U.S. Budget Has Receded. For decades, runaway Medicare spending was the story of the federal budget. Budget news often sounds apocalyptic, but the Medicare trend has been unexpectedly good for federal spending, saving taxpayers a huge amount relative to projections. In a recent letter to the Senate Budget Committee, economists at the Congressional Budget Office described the huge reductions in its Medicare forecasts between 2010 and 2020. Medicare is growing more slowly than ever, but still more quickly than the rest of the federal budget.

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☆ British Museum director steps down amid theft investigation
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —The director of the British Museum has stepped down amid an investigation into the alleged theft of gold and artifacts from the famous London institution. Explaining his decision in a statement on Friday, Fischer said: “Over the last few days I have been reviewing in detail the events around the thefts from the British Museum and the investigation into them. “The British Museum has launched an independent review of security after items from the collection were found to be missing, stolen or damaged. “The matter is also under investigation by the Economic Crime Command of the Metropolitan Police.”In a statement provided to CNN, the Metropolitan Police said: “We have been working alongside the British Museum. Fischer described the incident as “highly unusual,” while George Osborne, chair of the museum, said it was a “sad day for all who love our British Museum, but we’re determined to right the wrongs and use the experience to build a stronger Museum.”

Persons: Hartwig Fischer’s, Fischer, “, George Osborne, ” Organizations: London CNN, British Museum, Metropolitan Police, British, Economic, Command, CNN Locations: London

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