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Trudy Rubin: From hell to Harvard: One Ukrainian's escape and how you can help fulfill her dreams

Fifteen months ago, Alina Beskrovna was huddled with her mother and 30 other Ukrainians in a pitch-black basement in Mariupol, as Russian shells rained down and buildings around them collapsed in flames. I didn't know whether she was alive or dead.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

25-year-old Harvard grad worries A.I. won't foster 'educational resilience'

Entrepreneur Nadya Okamoto says using A.I. for schoolwork can stunt critical thinking skills, but admits it can free up time to do what you love.

Fortune

Support for legacy admissions is rooted in racial hierarchy

Not long after the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2023 decision to ban the use of race in college admissions, people began to ask questions once again about the fairness of legacy admissions.

The Conversation

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Who is Thai prime ministerial hopeful Pita Limjaroenrat?

Opposition leader who won election with promises of royal reforms faces an uncertain political future.

Al Jazeera

Harvard '21 grad says Gen Z just uses A.I. to do their homework, they 'aren't necessarily interested in using ChatGPT for learning'

At Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech, Nadya Okamoto, Harvard class of ‘21, confronted the CEO of Chegg, saying, "“I was a Chegg user but not because I gave a f*** about learning.”

Fortune

A.I. can kill your business in an instant. Just ask the CEO of Chegg

"I’m the poster child for getting your ass kicked in the public markets by A.I.," Chegg’s CEO said at Fortune Brainstorm Tech. He lost 48% in one day.

Fortune

Tech CEO who takes 61 pills a day and eats 70 pounds of veggies a month to stay young forever says he's never been happier: 'I pity the previous version of me'

Bryan Johnson's anti-aging routine costs him $2 million a year, and he's constantly monitored. Yet, the tech CEO says he's never been happier.

Fortune

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HBS withdraws papers from its dishonesty expert after she was found to be dishonest

Researchers allege that Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino manipulated data in four of her studies, including one on dishonesty.

Fortune

Affirmative Action Is Racist and Therefore Wrong

If activists want to help young people, they should start before college.

Reason

Why the fear about sloping the playing field towards diversity?

The US Supreme Court v Harvard University decision is a backwards step for racial equality and has echoes of our own treatment of Māori students, writes Lianne Dalziel

Newsroom.co.nz

Physicist who found spherical meteor fragments claims they may come from an alien spaceship

A physicist from Harvard University has recovered 50 spherical iron fragments from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean that he claims may be material from an interstellar alien spaceship

The Hindu

Race-based college admissions are now banned, but Texas schools still have ways to ensure campuses are diverse

Higher education experts say universities can implement other strategies like targeted recruitment in underserved communities, eliminating legacy admissions and getting rid of test requirements.

The Texas Tribune

'Anomalous' metal spheres unlikely to be alien technology, despite Harvard scientist's claim

A prominent extraterrestrial-hunting scientist thinks that more than 50 tiny, metal spheres pulled from the Pacific Ocean might be the work of intelligent aliens. Others are skeptical.

LiveScience

The Harvard and Papua New Guinea interstellar meteor row

The removal of fragments from a possible interstellar meteor has sparked a row between scientists from Harvard and Papua New Guinean authorities.

The Week

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The Independent UK

Dog genes could hold key to curing cancer, new research shows

Dogs and humans share 18 cancer mutation ‘hotspots’, Harvard study shows

The Guardian - UK

Poem of the week: Silence by Marianne Moore

A man who might seem rather snooty gradually reveals himself as cultured and restrained, rather like Moore’s art

WEKU

Supreme Court dissents and rejoinders, with respect and disrespect

Feelings seem raw at the court, certainly for the court's three liberal justices, who were on the losing end of some of the court's biggest cases this term, but also for the conservatives.

The Guardian - UK

France has been laissez-faire on race, the US proactive. Clearly, neither of them has it right

In America, the supreme court has struck down affirmative action; the French have been rocked by riots. Why can’t we solve racial inequality?

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Reason

If An Applicant Didn't Check a Race Box, Harvard Would Assign a Race Anyway

Imagine you were a black or Hispanic applicant who did not want to be given a racial/ethnic preference when applying to Harvard. Or you were an Asian American applicant who feared that your Asian background would be a hindrance. The obvious thing to do, beyond lying on your application, would…

Fortune

Harvard and other ‘Ivy Plus’ colleges are failing low-income students, Goldman Sachs says—but underfunded HBCUs don't

After the affirmative action and student debt decisions, the investment bank just wrote a scathing report on the landscape of higher education.

The Conversation

Physicist who found spherical meteor fragments claims they may come from an alien spaceship – here's what to make of it

Avi Loeb, a physicist from Harvard University in the US, has recovered 50 tiny spherical iron fragments from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean that he claims may be material from an interstellar alien spaceship.

Zenger

Voters Decided 10 Affirmative Action-related Ballot Measures Since 1996

Voters decided 10 affirmative action-related ballot measures since 1996, opposing the practice eight times, & supporting it twice.

Chicago Sun-Times

America still has a race problem, but affirmative action isn’t the solution

If the Supreme Court’s recent decision has the effect of focusing on the broken pipeline of K-12 education, it will have done far more for disadvantaged students than any racial preference program

Ballotpedia

Biden’s 100th U.S. District Court judge confirmed

Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day:

Tribune News Service

Editorial: The stupid sons of rich men: Colleges must end the unfair practice of legacy admissions

Thursday, after the U.S. Supreme Court knocked down affirmative action in higher education admissions in a case against Harvard University, President Joe Biden took aim at the old boys network of giving a boost to the kids of alumni, saying “Today, I’m directing the Department of Education to analyze what…

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