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Robin Abcarian: Two universities that tried to squelch academic freedom have backtracked. Here's hoping that's a trend

I thought my mind was playing tricks on me when I first read that Kenneth Roth, who led Human Rights Watch for three decades, had been disinvited to a fellowship at Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights.

Los Angeles Times

The female Scottish astronomer who discovered the famous Horsehead Nebula

TODAY, I am writing about one of the most remarkable Scottish women scientists that ever lived, Williamina Fleming ...

The National (Scotland)

Kim Kardashian's Harvard Business School lecture made the internet lose its mind

The reality TV star received backlash even though her SKIMS shapewear brand has a multi-billion dollar valuation.

Fortune

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Don't trust Big Pharma's ads, study says

Yale and Harvard researchers found the drugs with big ad spends aren't generally the best drugs. Here's why

Salon

Scientists make mice grow old and young again. Are people next?

An Australian scientists has cracked the code for ageing. He made lab mice grow old and then young again. Are people next?

The New Daily

What the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action would mean for Corporate America

The Supreme Court is expected to rule on affirmative action this June. Companies must prepare for the impact on diversity efforts now, experts say.

Fortune

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

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Scourge at home, 'superstar' in international markets

Jacinda Ardern may have been increasingly unpopular with businesses in New Zealand, but international trade relations experts say we've benefitted from her status abroad.

Newsroom.co.nz

‘You People’ weighs down powerhouse cast with maddeningly obvious racial humor

Heavy-handed Netflix comedy puts Eddie Murphy, Jonah Hill and other greats into conversations that lack any nuance.

Chicago Sun-Times

"Harvard Reverses Course on Human Rights Advocate Who Criticized Israel"

From the New York Times (Jennifer Schuessler & Marc Tracy): The Harvard Kennedy School reversed course on Thursday and said it would offer a fellowship to a leading human rights advocate it had previously rejected, after news of the decision touched off a public outcry over academic freedom, donor influence…

Reason

Harvard reverses decision on role for Israel critic after outcry

Kennedy School dean initially refused ex-Human Rights Watch head Kenneth Roth a fellowship over criticisms of Israel

The Guardian - US

Harvard-Trained Former PBOC Deputy Governor Appointed Beijing Mayor

Yin Yong replaces Chen Jining, who was named Shanghai’s Communist Party secretary

Caixin Global

What connects apocalyptic drama The Last of Us to Ted Cruz and Gores Al and Vidal?

Connections are everything, as we trace the links between scriptwriter Craig Mazin and his college roommate Cruz, via Harvard chums Al Gore and Tommy Lee Jones, to Richard Harris’s son Jared

The Guardian - UK

Study: Exxon Mobil accurately predicted warming since 1970s

A new study says Exxon Mobil’s scientists were remarkably accurate in their predictions about global warming

The Independent UK

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College Football 150 National Championship All-Time Season Rankings. Where Does 2022 Georgia Rank?

150 Best College Football National Championship Season Rankings. The best national title runs in the history of college football

Reason

Harvard Kennedy School Dean Rejects Proposed Fellowship, Allegedly Based on the Person's "Anti-Israel Bias"

The proposed fellow would have been Kenneth Roth, former head of Human Rights Watch, and apparently a highly prominent expert on the subject.

The Independent UK

Harvard rescinds fellowship offer to leading rights activist

Harvard University has rescinded a fellowship it had offered to a leading human rights activist over what he says was his group's criticism of Israel

Tribune News Service

Economists fret over perils ahead for global growth

The world economy looks to be transitioning to a more difficult era in which interest rates will be higher, geopolitical tensions greater and uncertainties more pronounced.

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Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Is there something about Americans that makes us football addicts?

I teach a course on the intersection of sports and religion in North America, and I ask students whether there is something about American society that draws us to the violence of football. Why, for instance, despite the NFL’s best efforts, has American football not caught on elsewhere in the…

Al Jazeera

HRW former head denied Harvard fellowship over ‘anti-Israel bias’

Kenneth Roth, the longtime head of Human Rights Watch, had his fellowship offer rescinded.

Fortune

The Winklevoss twins are in another mess—and it has to do with crypto

“The idea in your head that you can quietly hide in your ivory tower and that this will all just magically go away, or that this is someone else’s problem, is pure fantasy,” Cameron Winklevoss wrote to former friend Barry Silbert.

Chicago Sun-Times

There’s always a need for gun safety with the number of firearms rising

When so many lives are at stake and gun violence has surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of the deaths of American children, there is no such thing as too much information surrounding gun safety.

Tribune News Service

US news alters law school rankings after Yale, Harvard quit

US News & World Report pledged to modify its law school rankings after a growing number of institutions, including Yale and Harvard, called the rankings “flawed.”

Ballotpedia

Federal opposition to ESG in 2023

From state treasurers divesting pension and operating funds from BlackRock and other ESG providers to state attorneys general investigating the same providers over the impact of ESG on assorted policy matters, state officials led the pushback against environmental, social, and corporate governance investing in 2022.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Antonin Scalia and the uncertain future of legal conservatism

During her 2010 Senate confirmation hearings, centrist-liberal Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan famously allowed that “we are all originalists.” In a 2015 interview at Harvard Law School honoring her then-colleague Justice Antonin Scalia, Kagan proclaimed that “we are all textualists now.”

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