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

Kenneth Roth, the longtime head of Human Rights Watch, had his fellowship offer rescinded.

Al Jazeera

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.

Fortune

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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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.”

Tribune News Service

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.

Ballotpedia

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.”

Chicago Tribune

US News Makes Beneficial Changes to its Law School Rankings System

Downgrading reputational surveys and abolishing points for per-student expenditures are steps in the right direction.

Reason

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No. 4 Kansas grinds past Harvard in final nonconference test before Big 12 play

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas’ No. 4-ranked men’s basketball team will take a sparkling 11-1 record into the start of Big 12 Conference play against Oklahoma State on New Year’s Eve.

Tribune News Service

Ex-Harvard coach, dad acquitted in admissions bribery case

A former Harvard fencing coach was acquitted Wednesday of charges that he accepted more than $1.5 million in bribes in exchange for designating a wealthy businessman’s two sons as recruits to help secure their admission to the elite university

The Independent UK

Nottinghamshire school pupil earns full scholarship to Cornell University in New York

She is a straight A* student - and her four year scholarship covers all costs, including flights, accommodation and food during her studies. The school wishes her every success

Nottingham Post

2023 NFL draft: Princeton WR Andrei Iosivas a name to watch for Chargers

The Chargers have the need for speed this upcoming offseason.

USA Today Sports Media Group

An Ode to .. 2022

Newsroom.co.nz

Philadelphia is out of the NWSL’s latest expansion round

PHILADELPHIA — If you’re hoping for a Philadelphia expansion team in the National Women’s Soccer League, you’re going to have to wait a while longer.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Harvard appoints Claudine Gay as first Black president

Social scientist and daughter of Haitian immigrants says the university must ‘engage and be of service to the world’.

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The Independent UK

Incoming NCAA president has embraced role of problem-solver

Charlie Baker, the next leader of the largest college sports governing body in the country, is stepping into a hornet’s nest of a job that will likely tap every political skill in his bag

The Independent UK

Claudine Gay to be Harvard's 1st Black president, 2nd woman

Harvard University has named Claudine Gay as its next president, making her the first Black person and the second woman to lead the Ivy League school

Fortune

Your booking success rate on Airbnb probably depends on your race

There is a “meaningful difference” between Black and white people’s success in booking on Airbnb.

The Guardian - US

Americans bought at least 150m guns in decade since Sandy Hook shooting

Estimated number of US gun owners has grown by 20 million in recent years, which experts say may lead to more firearm deaths

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Evening Standard

Oppenheimer: the film telling the true story of the man who invented the atom bomb

In his new film, Christopher Nolan will explore the life of the scientist dubbed “the father of the atomic bomb”

Tribune News Service

Top law schools snub ‘US News’ rankings, marking shift in legal industry

When Elizabeth Samuels began applying to law schools in 2020, her highest priority was to get into a T14 school — one in the top 14 according to US News & World Report, the go-to source for such rankings.

Tribune News Service

Elite colleges are trying to navigate a world where the SATs are optional

Even at Harvard, the SAT — that standard for U.S. college admissions and stuff of high-schooler nightmares — is now said to be “optional.” Which choice best describes what today’s anxious applicant should do?

USA Today Sports Media Group

Baker Mayfield was ‘completely shocked’ Raiders played press coverage on final play

Baker Mayfield couldn't believe the Raiders' coverage choice on his game-winning TD pass

Reason

What do Elite Universities Mean by "Diversity?"

At oral argument in the recent affirmative action cases, attorneys for the defendants argued that although they do ask applicants to check a racial/ethnic box, they do not limit their consideration of diversity just to those classifications, but also to religion, ideology, and other aspects of identity that affect viewpoint.…

Fortune

Harvard economist Jason Furman warns the U.S. economy could be headed for an ‘incomplete hard landing’. Here's what that means

Furman says a "soft landing" isn't the most likely outcome for the U.S. economy. Rising wages are creating a nightmare for the Fed that will lead to something much worse.

Reason

Time To End Affirmative Action? Live With David Bernstein and Kenny Xu

The authors will join Reason on Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern to discuss the Supreme Court cases alleging unlawful discrimination against Asian Americans by Harvard and the University of North Carolina.

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