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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu hopes to transform her adopted city

When she was elected mayor of Boston in November, Michelle Wu transformed the image of the city’s chief executive

The Independent UK

Ketanji Brown Jackson approved as first Black woman Supreme Court justice

Jackson was confirmed 53-47, mostly along party lines but with three Republican votes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s blazing trail to become the first Black female justice

A background as a public defender, a public school education, and two rulings against Donald Trump from the bench

The Guardian - US

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Senate poised to confirm Jackson to Supreme Court

The Senate is expected to confirm Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday, securing her place as the first Black woman on the high court and giving President Joe Biden a bipartisan endorsement for his historic pick

The Independent UK

Good Vibrations: IVF Girls Touching Reunion With Singer Who Crooned To Her In Petri Dish

Dr Marisa Lopez-Teijon told Zenger News : "Zoe was an embryo when Antonio sang for her and the other embryos in our lab".

Zenger

Ukraine Take Shelter is giving thousands of new homes to refugees. It was built by a 19-year-old Harvard student

EXCLUSIVE: Ukraine Take Shelter allows refugees to connect with people from across the globe who can offer them temporary shelter after they were forced to flee their homes. Its 19-year-old founder speaks to Rachel Sharp

The Independent UK

NSW principal’s Harvard scholarship paused due to school investigation

Education department probes complaints about Katoomba high school’s response to claims of harassment among students

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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra appoints Mark C. Hanson, ‘a giant in the industry,’ as its next president

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday appointed Mark C. Hanson, the former head of the San Francisco Orchestra and a leader one musician described as “a giant in the industry,” as its next president and CEO.

Tribune News Service

California adults who live with a gun owner face twice the risk of death by homicide

It is a belief that helped drive a historic rise in U.S. firearms sales and first-time gun owners during the COVID-19 pandemic: Having a handgun at home for personal protection will make you safer.

Los Angeles Times

Harvard students' site helping Ukraine refugees find housing

Two Harvard University freshmen have launched a website designed to connect people fleeing Ukraine to those in safer countries willing to take them in

The Independent UK

Against Scientific Gatekeeping

Science should be a profession, not a priesthood.

Reason

Disturbing claims of torture and sexual abuse at trial of New York ‘cult’ leader

Larry Ray accused of psychological abuse at the prestigious Sarah Lawrence college, in trial that echoes Nxivm case

The Guardian - US

Warnock's ex-wife takes legal action over child custody

ATLANTA — U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock's ex-wife is seeking changes to their child custody arrangement in court documents that claim he's in "willful contempt" of the agreement as she attempts to move outside of Georgia.

Tribune News Service

For centuries, the Ukrainian language was overshadowed by its Russian cousin. That's changing

Languages rise and fall with history, in nations and university language departments alike. In 1980, when Roman Koropeckyj stepped into his classroom at Harvard to teach Polish, he was "gobsmacked" by the dozens of students awaiting him. The Polish trade unionists of the Solidarity movement, who were defying Soviet oppression…

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Common diabetes drug may raise birth defect risk if dad used it recently, study finds

There’s a connection between a commonly prescribed drug for diabetes and a higher risk for birth defects if a father uses it within three months of conceiving a baby, a new study has found.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: What colleges can learn from Georgetown Day School’s embrace of multiple viewpoints

Let’s start with the easy part. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was wrong to harangue Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing about books allegedly used to teach critical race theory at the Georgetown Day School, where Jackson serves on the board of trustees. It had nothing to…

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift set to receive first honorary degree from New York University

The star will become a Doctor of Fine Arts at the awards ceremony in May

Tribune News Service

Antecedentes de Brown Jackson son inusuales para un candidato a la Corte Suprema. Tiene que ver con Miami

Feb. 11—Como estudiante excepcional y formidable polemista en la preparatoria Miami Palmetto, Ketanji Brown Jackson podía haber elegido entre muchas carreras, pero ya sabía exactamente lo que quería hacer.

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The Guardian - US

‘You’re my star’: high points of Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings

From a friend’s charming stories to a senator’s heartfelt backing, here are some non-enraging moments from the Senate

The Independent UK

Ted Cruz questioning of Ketanji Brown Jackson was ‘absurd’, his former Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz says

‘I hope he didn’t learn them from me, he was my student,’ Dershowitz says of Cruz

The Independent UK

Ted Cruz questioning of Ketanji Brown Jackson was ‘absurd’, his former Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz says

‘I hope he didn’t learn them from me, he was my student,’ Dershowitz says of Cruz

USA Today Sports Media Group

NCAA Hockey Tournament: Harvard vs. Minnesota State, live stream, TV channel, time, how to watch

The Harvard Crimson will meet the Minnesota State University-Mankato in the First Round of the NCAA Hockey Tournament on Thursday afternoon.

Tribune News Service

POINT: It’s time to stop racial discrimination in college admissions

In a 2007 Supreme Court decision involving a school district in Seattle, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote: “The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”

The Independent UK

High court nominee says she'd skip Harvard race case

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson says that if confirmed to the Supreme Court she’d sit out an affirmative action lawsuit over Harvard’s admission policies because she sits on the board of her college alma mater

Reason

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Says She Intends to Recuse from Harvard Admissions Case if Confirmed

While some legal ethics experts suggest recusal would not be necessary, the SCOTUS nominee suggested she thinks otherwise.

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