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UCLA’s fall class bucks trend of diversity decline at elite colleges after affirmative action ban
1 month, 2 weeks ago

UCLA’s fall class bucks trend of diversity decline at elite colleges after affirmative action ban

LA Times  

UCLA students, from left, Dani Taylor, Madison Hamilton, Kiara Sims and Tovia Ivbijaro on the Westwood campus on Nov. 26. “It made me feel like UCLA really wanted me.” Madison Hamilton, a first-year student at UCLA, said she connected with Black faculty, staff and students at the campus. Two years ago, as the lawsuit against affirmative action programs at Harvard …

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For the formerly incarcerated, voting for the first time is also about those who can't
2 months, 1 week ago

For the formerly incarcerated, voting for the first time is also about those who can't

NPR  

For the formerly incarcerated, voting for the first time is also about those who can't toggle caption Wesley Lapointe/for NPR As he waited for an open voting booth, Craig Muhammad looked down at the unmarked ballot in his hands. “The right to vote is going to vary quite a bit across different states in the U.S.,” said Ariel White, a …

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Most Asian Americans think SAT but not race is fair to consider for college admissions
7 months, 1 week ago

Most Asian Americans think SAT but not race is fair to consider for college admissions

LA Times  

Most Asian American adults support use of the SAT and other standardized testing, along with high school grades, in college admission decisions but reject considering race or ethnicity to determine access, according to a new national survey released Wednesday. The AAPI Data/Associated Press-NORC survey is among the first to gauge Asian American attitudes on standardized testing and other metrics for …

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Jewish students grapple with how to respond to pro-Palestinian campus protests
8 months, 1 week ago

Jewish students grapple with how to respond to pro-Palestinian campus protests

Associated Press  

Some Jewish students have taken part in strident pro-Palestinian protests dominating U.S. colleges in recent weeks, but few have led rallies in support of Israel or against perceived displays of antisemitism. Chants of “We are Hamas.” “Not everyone is actively endorsing these antisemitic posters and chants and signs and graffiti, but it feels like a large majority is at least …

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Majority of Americans believe Sally Kornbluth and Claudine Gay should resign after Capitol Hill hearing: Poll
1 year ago

Majority of Americans believe Sally Kornbluth and Claudine Gay should resign after Capitol Hill hearing: Poll

Hindustan Times  

A poll for DailyMail.com has revealed that a majority of Americans think the presidents of Harvard and M.I.T. president Sally Kornbluth and Harvard university president Claudine Gay must go, after failing to condemn the rising incidents of hatred on their university campuses. president Sally Kornbluth and Harvard university president Claudine Gay must go, after failing to condemn the rising incidents …

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Harvard, Kate Cox’s abortion, Hunter Biden: the biggest political news stories of the week.
1 year ago

Harvard, Kate Cox’s abortion, Hunter Biden: the biggest political news stories of the week.

Slate  

Last week we wrote about Republican New York Rep. Elise Stefanik and the campus antisemitism news cycle she created by grilling the presidents of Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Penn about how they’d punish a hypothetical student who called for genocide against Jews. The presidents’ primary antagonist in the aftermath of the hearing, though, has been a hedge-fund …

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One Billionaire Made It His Mission to Oust Harvard’s President. He Had Ulterior Motives.
1 year ago

One Billionaire Made It His Mission to Oust Harvard’s President. He Had Ulterior Motives.

Slate  

If you’d like to diagnose a particularly acute case of Main-Character Syndrome as it pertains to the latest college-campus handwringing, might I suggest Bill Ackman? He also penned a letter to Harvard’s governing boards reading, in part: “Claudine Gay has done more damage to the reputation of Harvard University than any individual in our nearly 500-year history.” Indeed, Ackman wanted …

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Exclusive: ‘Asian Americans face bias,’ expert shares tips for students to get accepted at MIT and Stanford
1 year, 2 months ago

Exclusive: ‘Asian Americans face bias,’ expert shares tips for students to get accepted at MIT and Stanford

Hindustan Times  

Recently an Asian American student from Palo Alto, California, was rejected by 16 out of the 18 top U.S. universities he applied for. However, he added, for a foreign audience, it is very shocking that he was rejected despite a 4.0 GPA, “what is shocking is that with a near-perfect SAT score, he got rejected from many lower rank colleges.” …

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Who are the 2 Indian-American CEOs appointed to Biden's advisory committee?
1 year, 10 months ago

Who are the 2 Indian-American CEOs appointed to Biden's advisory committee?

Hindustan Times  

US President Joe Biden on Friday named two Indian-Americans -- Revathi Advaithi, CEO of Flex, and Manish Bapna, CEO of the Natural Resources Defence Council -- to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. Among these include negotiating objectives and bargaining positions before entering into trade agreements, the impact of the implementation of trade agreements, matters concerning the operation …

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Column: Would forgiving student debt drive up inflation? Only if you’re using lousy math
2 years, 4 months ago

Column: Would forgiving student debt drive up inflation? Only if you’re using lousy math

LA Times  

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren ran against each other for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, but were in agreement on the need to cancel student debt. The deficit hawks at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, for example, fretted last week that forgiving even $10,000 in student debt per borrower would be so inflationary that it would …

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AOC says Congress ‘sounds like a perfect place for a union’ in call for higher staff wages
2 years, 11 months ago

AOC says Congress ‘sounds like a perfect place for a union’ in call for higher staff wages

The Independent  

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US President Biden announces intent to appoint 4 Indian-Americans to AANHPI Advisory Commission
3 years ago

US President Biden announces intent to appoint 4 Indian-Americans to AANHPI Advisory Commission

India TV News  

US President Joe Biden on Monday announced this intent to appoint four Indian Americans -- Ajay Jain Bhutoria, Sonal Shah, Kamal Kalsi and Smita Shah -- as members of his Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. The Commission will advise the President on ways the public, private, and non-profit sectors can work together to advance equity …

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MIT grapples with early leader’s stance on Native Americans
3 years, 2 months ago

MIT grapples with early leader’s stance on Native Americans

Associated Press  

— As the third president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Francis Amasa Walker helped usher the school into national prominence in the late 1800s. But another part of his legacy has received renewed attention amid the nation’s reckoning with racial justice: his role in shaping the nation’s hardline policies toward Native Americans as a former head of the U.S. …

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For Native Americans, Harvard and other colleges fall short
3 years, 7 months ago

For Native Americans, Harvard and other colleges fall short

Associated Press  

— When Samantha Maltais steps onto Harvard’s campus this fall, she’ll become the first member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe to attend its prestigious law school. More than 350 years ago, Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck, an Aquinnah Wampanoag man, became the first Native American to graduate from the Cambridge, Massachusetts, university — the product of its 1650 charter calling for the education …

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Black Americans And The Racist Architecture Of Homeownership
3 years, 8 months ago

Black Americans And The Racist Architecture Of Homeownership

NPR  

Black Americans And The Racist Architecture Of Homeownership This story is part of an NPR series, We Hold These Truths, on American democracy. toggle caption Nevil Jackson for NPR Amina Hassan, who has written a biography about Miller, says the win was monumental because "housing was the crux of it all." toggle caption Nevil Jackson for NPR What they did …

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Panel To Announce 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, Awardee to Get Gold Medal and $1.1 Million
4 years, 3 months ago

Panel To Announce 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, Awardee to Get Gold Medal and $1.1 Million

News 18  

STOCKHOLM: Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for developing a way of editing genes likened to molecular scissors that offer the promise of one day curing inherited diseases. There is enormous power in this genetic tool, which affects us all, said Claes Gustafsson, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry. My greatest hope is that its used …

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Who won the first Presidential debate? Commentary from CNN contributors
4 years, 3 months ago

Who won the first Presidential debate? Commentary from CNN contributors

CNN  

CNN — CNN Opinion asked contributors for their takes on how Donald Trump and Joe Biden did in the first presidential debate. Biden surely spoke for many viewers when he said, “Would you shut up, man?” Trump’s combative persona is unlikely to win him new support among independent voters or suburban women. John Sutter: Enough with the ‘immaculate air’ nonsense …

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'Muslims living in India for generations will become Stateless': MIT students, faculty, alumni condemn CAA, NRC; full text
5 years ago

'Muslims living in India for generations will become Stateless': MIT students, faculty, alumni condemn CAA, NRC; full text

Firstpost  

The students, faculty, staff, alumni and affiliates of Boston’s Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued a statement expressing solidarity with the protests being witnessed across India against the amended Citizenship Act The students, faculty, staff, alumni and affiliates of Boston’s Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued a statement expressing solidarity with the protests being witnessed across India against the amended Citizenship Act. …

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At anti-CAA stir in Chicago, Indian-Americans and students say citizenship law a step towards 'rupturing India's social fabric'
5 years ago

At anti-CAA stir in Chicago, Indian-Americans and students say citizenship law a step towards 'rupturing India's social fabric'

Firstpost  

Washington: Indian-Americans and Indian students held peaceful protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in the US cities of Chicago and Boston, saying this is a step towards rupturing India’s social fabric. “We are outraged by the violence and actively condemn the brutality inflicted upon students at Jamia Milia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University,” said the Indian students in Chicago. This …

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MIT scientists program viruses to kill E coli superbugs
5 years, 3 months ago

MIT scientists program viruses to kill E coli superbugs

Daily Mail  

Scientists have developed weapon in the fight against antibiotic resistance: viruses that can kill E. coli superbugs. MIT scientists have now designed a virus that they can tweak to target several E. coli superbugs - and potentially other infections, too Antibiotics transformed modern medicine, turning infections that were once almost uniformly fatal to ones that could be treated in as …

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Column: How MIT whitewashed the climate change denialism of a major donor, David Koch
5 years, 4 months ago

Column: How MIT whitewashed the climate change denialism of a major donor, David Koch

LA Times  

Obituary writers have been struggling for days with the task of balancing the philanthropic record of billionaire David H. Koch with his baleful influence on democratic electoral principles and the science of climate change. “For Mr. Koch, that included his time as a student and his donations to MIT for cancer research, chemical engineering, child care and the basketball team.” …

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Column: David Koch’s real legacy is the dark money network of rich right-wingers
5 years, 4 months ago

Column: David Koch’s real legacy is the dark money network of rich right-wingers

LA Times  

The passing of billionaire David Koch, announced Friday, already is inspiring retrospectives about the noxious influence he and his brother Charles have had on government policies — but it may be better to remember him for his real innovation in the sphere of public discourse. The Koch brothers’ individual efforts to undermine policies on climate change and other problems are …

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This may be the worst thing to come from Trump’s presidency (opinion)
5 years, 7 months ago

This may be the worst thing to come from Trump’s presidency (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: David Gergen has been a White House adviser to four presidents and is a senior political analyst at CNN. Bush became a quiet hero in the war effort, serving essentially as the first national science adviser to a president, providing critical oversight of the Manhattan Project—the WWII research effort that produced the atomic bomb– and eventually helping to …

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Column: Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax proposal is constitutional, experts say — and necessary
5 years, 11 months ago

Column: Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax proposal is constitutional, experts say — and necessary

LA Times  

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a newly declared presidential candidate, has turbocharged the progressive attack on income inequality with a proposal for a “wealth tax” aimed at Americans with net worth of more than $50 million. As a unanimous court declared in 1983, he noted, “Congress’ power to tax is virtually without limitation.” The “direct tax” language in the Constitution, Johnsen and …

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