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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #4

Welcome to Hall Pass. This newsletter keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. Each week, we bring you a roundup of the latest on school board elections, along with sharp commentary and research from across the political spectrum on the issues confronting school boards in…

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Editas Medicine Stock Jumps As Patent Office Rules In Favor Of Broad's CRISPR Patents

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has ruled in favor of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in a dispute over the patents around CRISPR gene-editing technology. The decision is part of a long-running legal battle brought by two universities and one of the founders of the gene-editing technique Emmanuelle…

Benzinga

‘Finger-Like Solar Flares’ Explained in New Study

In January 1999, scientists observed mysterious motions within a solar flare. Unlike typical flares that showed bright energy erupting outwards from the Sun, this solar flare also displayed a downward flow of motion, as if material was falling back towards the Sun. Astronomers wondered what exactly they were seeing. Now,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Ketanji Brown Jackson: who is Biden’s supreme court choice?

The Harvard graduate, 51, has been a judge of the DC circuit court of appeals since replacing Merrick Garland

The Guardian - US

Expert tells RTE's Prime Time sanctions will 'not stop' Putin but suggests one measure could make 'impact'

Dr Alexandra Vacroux of Harvard's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies said she is doubtful that the sanctions announced will impact Putin's advances

Irish Mirror

New evidence about E.O. Wilson and race

Wilson’s papers at the Library of Congress include correspondence with a psychologist known for his racist work

Salon

Two Penn swimmers named Ivy champions, with Lia Thomas breaking meet and second pool record

BOSTON — Two University of Pennsylvania swimmers were named Ivy League champions Friday night, including senior Lia Thomas, who won her second title in as many days, and broke an Ivy League meet and her second Harvard University Blodgett Pool record.

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Penn swimmer Lia Thomas wins 500 freestyle race, breaks Harvard pool record

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Penn swimmer Lia Thomas won the 500-yard freestyle race at the Ivy League championships Thursday night, accelerating past her competitors to establish a new record for Harvard University’s Blodgett Pool.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Stanford tops Harvard as biggest fundraiser with $1.39 billion

Stanford University raised $1.39 billion in the last fiscal year, the most among U.S. colleges, narrowly edging out Harvard University for the top spot.

Tribune News Service

New Zealand’s Ardern to give Harvard commencement speech

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been chosen to give the keynote speech at Harvard University’s spring commencement

The Independent UK

Report: Mike Krzyzewski Pushed for Jon Scheyer to Succeed Him Instead of Tommy Amaker

Amaker is currently Harvard's coach, while Scheyer is an assistant at Duke.

Sports Illustrated

One white, one Black, they grew up in Chicago as best friends and didn’t realize how rare that was. ‘Some of My Best Friends Are ...’ is their popular podcast about race

CHICAGO — This is a story about a podcast in which two old friends rarely disagree, always get along, and though they are discussing race and social justice and the sorry state of the world, voices remain low, tones remain civil and conversation always seems thoughtful.

Chicago Tribune

Ardern to give Harvard Commencement speech

Harvard University has bestowed a top honour on New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, inviting her to give the class of 2022's commencement address.

AAP

From campus to Congress, colleges urged to end legacy boost

America’s elite colleges are facing growing calls to end the decades-old tradition of giving an admissions boost to the relatives of alumni

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Harvard wave of support for Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court bid

"Judge Jackson would listen to diverse perspectives and assemble coalitions to accomplish objectives."

The Independent UK

Harvard professors drop support for academic accused of sexual harassment in lawsuit

Dr John Comaroff has been placed on administrative leave for spring semester

The Independent UK

Three women sue Harvard for allegedly ignoring sexual harassment by professor

Dr John Comaroff has been placed on administrative leave for spring semester

The Independent UK

3 women sue Harvard, allege school ignored sexual harassment

Three Harvard University graduate students say in a federal lawsuit that the Ivy League school for years ignored complaints about sexual harassment by a renowned professor and allowed him to intimidate students by threatening to hinder their careers

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The Independent UK

Winfrey's new book club pick is by lifestyle coach Beck

Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick is a bestseller by a Harvard-trained sociologist sometimes referred to as Winfrey’s life coach

Tribune News Service

Pulmonologist says officers could have saved George Floyd's life

MINNEAPOLIS — The civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers resumed Monday with a Harvard pulmonologist testifying that George Floyd died of asphyxia from the pressure on his neck and restrictions to the movement of his midsection.

Tribune News Service

Federal trial resumes for ex-Minneapolis officers; pulmonologist says George Floyd died of asphyxia

MINNEAPOLIS — The civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers resumed Monday with a Harvard pulmonologist testifying that George Floyd died of asphyxia from pressure on his neck and restrictions to the movement of his midsection.

Reason

My Boston Globe op ed on What the Supreme Court Should do in the Harvard and UNC Affirmative Action Cases

I argue the justices should crack down on the dubious "diversity" rationale for racial preferences, and curb discrimination against Asian-American applicants.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Jennifer Garner Celebrated as Hasty Pudding’s Woman of Year

"Alias" actor Jennifer Garner is being celebrated for her star power both on- and off-screen. Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals is parading Garner through the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Saturday afternoon before roasting her as the troupe's 2022 Woman of the Year. Hasty Pudding organizers said they chose Garner…

The Independent UK

'Ozark's' Jason Bateman feted as Hasty Pudding Man of Year

“Ozark” actor Jason Bateman is being feted as 2022 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals

Los Angeles Times

Ketanji Jackson is a favorite for Biden's historic Supreme Court pick

WASHINGTON — U.S. Appeals Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the front-runner for a historic Supreme Court nomination, graduated with high honors from Harvard College, was an editor of the Harvard Law Review and a law clerk for Justice Stephen G. Breyer.

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