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A landmark study opens a new possible way for Black Americans to trace their ancestry

Researchers have compared the DNA of 27 Black people who lived at the Catoctin furnace between 1774 and 1850, finding a link between these enslaved Americans and nearly 42,000 living relatives.

WEKU

Filling Fauci's shoes: Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo is HIV expert and a lot of fun at parties

Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will lead NIH's infectious diseases institute. Colleagues say she has a wide breadth of knowledge and a joyful demeanor.

WEKU

‘A Compassionate Spy’: Why a U.S. scientist thought leaks to the Soviets would save the world

Doc profiles Ted Hall, a Manhattan Project physicist (and sometime Chicagoan) who shared atomic bomb secrets, then spent a lifetime dodging the feds.

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Did Fitch ditch its credibility by playing politics? Here’s why ratings agencies have a knack for getting it wrong

A review of the ratings agencies’ track record suggests that they are not very good at their raison d’être: giving ratings.

Fortune

Scholar of Dishonesty Accused of Research Dishonesty Sues for Libel, Claiming Accusers Were Dishonest

Prof. Francesca Gino, a celebrated scholar studying dishonesty, was recently put on unpaid leave by Harvard, based on allegations that she had fabricated data in her studies; the allegations had been raised and discussed by three professors who run Data Colada (Uri Simonsohn of ESADE Business School in Barcelona, Leif…

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Ending affirmative action does nothing to end discrimination against Asian Americans

In two cases challenging the use of race in college admissions, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the educational benefit of racial diversity is no longer what it once called a “compelling interest.”

The Conversation

Dishonesty expert accused of fraud sues Harvard and watchdog site for $275 million over their ‘appalling’ bias and ‘utter disregard for evidence’

She accused the defendants of defamation and gender discrimination.

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A Harvard professor raking in over $1 million a year who specialized in 'dishonesty' was accused of fabricating research. 3 retractions have already occurred

Harvard Business School's Francesca Gino has many articles and books to her name, including "Rebel Talent: Why it Pays to Break the Rules in Work and Life."

Fortune

Who is Jack Smith? The man who could bring down Donald Trump

Jack Smith, the US special counsel who on Tuesday filed a second federal criminal indictment against Donald Trump, is an Ironman-racing, Harvard grad with a reputation for winning tough cases against war criminals, mobsters and crooked cops.

Evening Standard

Kiwi Maia still pinching herself over huge US win

After shocking the United States' elite young athletes by winning the NCAA national 1500m, Kiwi runner Maia Ramsden plots a path to the Paris Olympics. Sarah Cowley Ross reports.

Newsroom.co.nz

J. Robert Oppenheimer: the man, his science, and the man beyond the science

We take a look at Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist and the man, beyond his most famous scientific development- the atomic bomb.

The Hindu

Justice Sotomayor Defends Racial and Ethnic Classifications Relied Upon by Harvard and UNC

She doesn't do a very good job of it.

Reason

Flashback 1987: "In a Pure Meritocracy … Stanford Could Become 40 Percent Jewish, 40 Percent Asian-American"

Concerns that elite universities have rigged their admissions policies to disfavor Asian Americans are nothing new. In 1987, Newsweek reported accusations along those lines. The article noted that the acceptance rate for Asian American applicants at elite colleges had dropped dramatically, that Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford had all studied why…

Reason

Attending an Ivy Plus college doesn't guarantee a higher salary, but it does open the door to elite jobs, study finds

For students looking to be power players, an Ivy Plus degree is a good investment.

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Immigration Restrictions as Affirmative Action for Natives

Cato Institute immigration policy expert Alex Nowrasteh explains the close parallels between a policy most conservatives hate, and one most them reflexively support.

Fortune

Elon Musk must cede spotlight to Twitter CEO for his $44B investment to pay off

Musk's stewardship of Twitter is a textbook example of mismanagement, argues Harvard Business School leadership expert Bill George: 'I don’t think he understands social media.'

The Independent UK

Obama's first college is latest to end legacy admissions

A California college where President Barack Obama started his undergraduate studies will no longer give special treatment to the children of alumni

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US Education Dept opens probe into Harvard’s legacy admissions

A complaint earlier this month triggered the investigation, which will consider whether the practice is discriminatory.

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Harvard faces Education Department civil rights investigation over legacy admissions

Federal probe follows complaint into ‘discriminatory’ admissions process for alumni family and donors

LiveScience

40 human skulls found in Kentucky apartment linked to national network of body part dealers

The alleged theft of donated body parts from Harvard Medical School and an Arkansas mortuary is revealing a national network of human remains dealers.

WEKU

Up First briefing: Climate worsens heat waves; Israel protests; Emmett Till monument

A study finds climate change is making heat waves worse. Protests erupted in Israel after the government passed a law to weaken its judiciary. Biden will designate a national monument for Emmett Till.

Chicago Sun-Times

With affirmative action gone, states have a duty to eliminate inequity in public schools

Illinois, for instance, has over-relied on local property taxes to fund K-12 education, effectively tying educational quality to local property wealth that is markedly lower in segregated Black communities.

The Independent UK

Planet-friendly diet could reduce risk of disease death by a quarter – research

Scientists found those who followed a more sustainable diet were 25% less likely to die of cancer or other chronic diseases.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ryan Donato ready to ‘fill whatever role necessary’ with Blackhawks

While bouncing from the Bruins to Wild to Sharks to Kraken, Donato has gained a versatility that appealed to the Hawks in free agency this summer. He has maintained steady offensive production, too.

Chicago Sun-Times

Economics website is filled with racist and sexist speech, some blame top universities in cities like Chicago, Boston

New research indicates that users of the website Economics Job Market Rumors include individuals at top-tier colleges and universities, including Harvard, Stanford and the University of Chicago, and many others.

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