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Astronomers find an Einsteinian hack to image black holes

Researchers from Columbia University announced a new and potentially easier way to study black holes.

Inverse

Zora Neale Hurston's Inconvenient Individualism

The author of Their Eyes Were Watching God defies easy political categorization.

Reason

Ending the war of attrition in Ukraine

Wars often erupt and persist because of the two sides' miscalculations regarding their relative power. In the case of Ukraine, Russia blundered badly by underestimating the resolve of Ukrainians to fight and the effectiveness of Nato-supplied weaponry. Yet Ukraine and Nato are also overestimating their capacity to defeat Russia on…

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5 Things You Might Not Know About Karine Jean-Pierre, Joe Biden's New Press Secretary

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki previously announced she would be leaving the role on May 13.

Benzinga

World Food Prize goes to former farmer who answers climate change question: 'So what?'

The 2022 honoree is Cynthia Rosenzweig, whose computer modeling has shown the impact on global food yield. She talks about her "aha" moment — and the biggest surprise in her findings.

WEKU

Is escalation in Ukraine part of the US strategy?

The aim of the billions committed through the Lend-Lease plan could tip the geopolitical balance. History may be about to repeat itself, says Adam Tooze of Columbia University

The Guardian - UK

Zoom meetings generate fewer creative ideas, study finds

Results are driven by differences in physical nature of video conferencing and in-person interactions

The Independent UK

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Commentary: Homicides near universities are a crisis that needs immediate action and long-term solutions

On Nov. 9, University of Chicago graduate student Shaoxiong “Dennis” Zheng was fatally shot during a robbery that occurred near the campus. Just three weeks later, Temple University senior Samuel Collington suffered the same tragic fate just two blocks from campus. Days later, Columbia University graduate student Davide Giri was…

Chicago Tribune

States look to community colleges to fill labor gap

Monique Acosta began the month of March as a pre-K classroom assistant in Arizona, with no credential other than her high school degree.

Tribune News Service

Do IBCs benefit biomedical research?

Experts say IBCs are a crucial tool for ensuring the safety of biomedical research. Critics say they are too opaque

Salon

US graduate students protest against low pay while universities profit from their work

Student workers often earn ‘below the minimum living wage’ for helping teach courses and assisting with research

The Guardian - US

‘My skin tone is not really accepted’: model Nyakim Gatwech on colorism and Instagram

Gatwech, who was targeted in a prominent psychiatrist’s racist tweet, has built a career in the face of industry prejudice

The Guardian - US

Madeleine Albright obituary

Diplomat and scholar of international relations who served as the first female US secretary of state

The Guardian - UK

Columbia University suspends head of psychiatry over tweet about model

‘Coming from somebody with so much power, that was so disappointing,’ the model said.

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Jacob Mchangama, "Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media," and Milton's Curse

I much enjoyed Jacob Mchangama's podcast on the history of free speech (Clear and Present Danger), so I'm particularly pleased to see his book is now out: s I asked him if he could pass along a guest post related to the book, and he graciously agreed: According to Columbia…

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