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High schoolers' extreme college anxiety

The PBS documentary "Try Harder!" chronicles the anxieties of today's high-achieving teens

Salon · May 1, 2022

JD Vance paid $55K by colleges he bashes as Senate candidate

Before Republican JD Vance began targeting universities as the enemy of the conservative movement, the Donald Trump-endorsed U.S. Senate candidate in Ohio leveraged a network of higher education institutions across the country to promote his book

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2022

Oar-some auction: Historic college sports prize up for bid

The 170-year-old prize awarded in the first U.S. intercollegiate sports competition is going up for auction next month

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2022

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Twitter's 'anti-conservative bias' is about misinformation, study finds

An extensive study by researchers at MIT and Yale found that Republican users only get banned more because they share more misinformation.

Input · Apr 19, 2022

College admission season wraps up with a rejection party, a paper shredder and joy

LOS ANGELES — After months of suspense over their college acceptance decisions, the seniors at Downtown Magnets High School in Los Angeles were much in need of a cathartic event: a college rejection party.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 18, 2022

Durham Distillery to open £800,000 shop, bar and visitor centre beneath the city streets

Planning and building work has been under way for some time to make the distillery's new venture a reality

Birmingham Post · Apr 18, 2022

Sidney Altman: Nobel-winning biologist who changed the way RNA is viewed

His research upset the conventional understanding of cellular biology and of how genetic information is transmitted

The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2022

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Lee, Cruz want to cancel Yale protesters

Republican free speech warriors gang up to target Yale students protesting anti-gay group

Salon · Apr 12, 2022

The plan to release genetically engineered mosquitoes in California

LOS ANGELES — In the mosquito breeding rooms of British biotech company Oxitec, scientists line up fresh eggs, each the size of a grain of salt. Using microscopic needles, the white-coated researchers inject each egg with a dab of a proprietary synthetic DNA.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 12, 2022

Ted Cruz demands Yale punish protesters who disrupted ‘free speech’ event featuring anti-LGBT+ group

Cruz made his demands as he braces for protests against his own visit to the university on Monday

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2022

‘Colour is in my blood!’: the vivid life of artist Sheila Hicks

She was taught by Josef Albers, bought rugs for Stanley Kubrick, and lives where Dr Guillotin experimented with his equipment. Yet, at 87, there’s only one person the great textile artist wants to impress

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2022

How long Covid is accelerating revolution in medical research

Scientists are empowering patients to assist with medical research about long Covid and other conditions

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2022

Candace Parker documentary ‘Title IX: 37 Words That Changed America’ details how much work still needs to be done

Women’s history in sports is well-documented throughout the documentary as pioneers such as 12-time Grand Slam singles champ Billie Jean King, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Seattle Storm co-owner Ginny Gilder share personal battles they endured before and after this legislation was…

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 2, 2022

Yale Law Prof. Kate Stith Confirms that the Protest of a Fed Soc Event She Moderated was Extremely Disruptive

There have been conflicting accounts of the infamous March 10 protest of a Yale Federalist Society event. Some accounts contend that the protest was brief and not-all-that disruptive in the scheme of things; others claim that the protest disrupted not only the event, but was so noisy that it disrupted…

Reason · Apr 1, 2022

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The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2022

Yale employee stole $40m in computers from school to fund lavish lifestyle

Staffer allegedly bought electronics with university funds and sent hardware to out of state business

Reason · Mar 29, 2022

David Lat on Yale Law Dean's Comments on the March 10 Incident

From his Original Jurisdiction today, an excerpt (though the whole thing is much worth reading): Here's what the policy—which Dean Gerken never quotes from in her message, oddly enough—actually provides: (1) "a university event, activity, or its regular or essential operations may not be disrupted"; (2) protesters "may not interfere…

Tribune News Service · Mar 28, 2022

An administrator at Yale Medical School admits stealing and reselling tens of millions of dollars of school computer equipment

HARTFORD, Conn. — An administrator at Yale’s University’s school of medicine admitted in court Monday that she stole millions of dollars from the school by purchasing $40 million or more in computer equipment through school accounts and secretly reselling it for her own profit.

Caixin Global · Mar 26, 2022

Weekly Must-Read: The Rise of the China-Focused Private Equity Giant Hillhouse

From its founding with money from Yale, the company has grown to manage tens of billions of dollars of assets

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Reason · Mar 25, 2022

More on the Students' Disruption of the Yale Law School Event

For my earlier post on the incident, see here; three follow-ups: [1.] Dean Erwin Chemerinsky (Berkeley Law)—one of the most prominent liberal constitutional law scholars in the country—and Chancellor Howard Gillman (UC Irvine) had a Washington Post op-ed, "Free speech doesn't mean hecklers get to shut down campus debate"; an…

Sports Illustrated · Mar 24, 2022

SI:AM | Kyrie’s Return to Brooklyn Appears Imminent

There are major baseball implications, too.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 23, 2022

Why racism is the real horror in Regina Hall's college-set thriller 'Master'

For filmmaker Mariama Diallo, writing "Master," a "spooky drama" about Black women navigating the politics at a tony New England college, was a way of excising the microaggressions and racism she'd suppressed during her undergraduate years at Yale.

Reason · Mar 21, 2022

David Lat's "Open Letter to Yale Law Dean Heather Gerken"

See here; worth reading the whole thing, but here's an excerpt: There's been a problem with the intellectual climate at Yale Law School for several years now. Some of it flows from the fact that progressive students ("Progressives") view those who disagree with them—definitely conservatives, and even some moderates—as bad…

Sports Illustrated · Mar 21, 2022

Big Ten Faces Scrutiny After Another Suboptimal Men’s First Weekend

The conference sent nine teams dancing, but just two remain. Can Purdue and Michigan carry the torch?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Mar 21, 2022

Editorial: Companies that won't pull out of Russia should be made to pay by Americans

The military options for the U.S. and NATO in Ukraine are complicated. But the economic options aren’t: All global companies should pull out of Russia until it ends its unprovoked and inhumane invasion — and American consumers should actively boycott those that refuse. Luckily, the refuseniks are easily identified on…

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2022

Campus ministries soothe, rally students shaken over Ukraine

Across the United States, campus ministries of different denominations are working to bring comfort to college students who have been plunged deeper into feelings of crisis and helplessness by the war in Ukraine

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