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Harvard defends efforts fighting antisemitism after backlash to congressional hearing

Lawmakers grilled university leaders over campuses controversies and protecting students from antisemitism in wake of 7 October Hamas attack on Israel

The Independent UK

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Reason

Lawmakers grill the presidents of Harvard, MIT and Penn over antisemitism on campus

Three university presidents defended their responses to rising antisemitism in a House committee hearing Tuesday. Many have faced scrutiny as they struggle to balance free speech with student safety.

WEKU

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Harvard, MIT, Penn presidents defend actions in combatting antisemitism on campus

The presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they are taking steps to combat antisemitism — and Islamophobia — on campus since the start of the Israel-Hamas war

The Independent UK

Highly principled libertarian or ruthlessly ambitious kook: Vivek Ramaswamy’s 10 principles to become Trump’s successor

‘I think if Donald Trump offered Ramaswamy the position of vice president, he would kill his own dog to have that job,’ Rick Wilson tells Gustaf Kilander

The Independent UK

Campus antisemitism hearing includes attacks on diversity, liberals

Presidents of three elite universities were challenged by a House committee over rising antisemitism on campuses around the country.

Roll Call

Why We Need Community Now More than Ever

Isolation might be as unhealthy as smoking. Why aren’t we taking connection more seriously?

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$Vitamin D supplements do not shield children's bones from fracture: Research$

Vitamin D supplements do not shield children's bones from fracture: Research

According to a significant clinical experiment conducted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Queen Mary University of London, vitamin D supplements do not strengthen bones or shield kids with vitamin D insufficiency from fractures. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Disinformation researcher says Harvard pushed her out to protect Meta

Joan Donovan accused Harvard of violating her free speech rights and the school's own commitment to academic freedom in an attempt to protect its relationship with the tech company and its executives.

WEKU

Whistleblower allegation: Harvard muzzled disinfo team after $500 million Zuckerberg donation

A prominent disinformation scholar is accusing Harvard University in a whistleblower disclosure of muzzling her speech and stifling — then dismantling — her research team as it launched a deep dive into a damning trove of Facebook files

The Independent UK

Spanish news giants pile into Meta's legal nightmare

The Facebook parent company's privacy practices are now being attacked on three different legal fronts in Europe.

Fortune

Misinformation expert says she was fired by Harvard under Meta pressure

Joan Donovan says funding was cut off for criticizing Meta when university was receiving $500m from Mark Zuckerberg’s charity

The Guardian - US

Alien intelligence is surely worth shining a light on

Letters: Readers respond to a piece about Harvard’s Avi Loeb and his explorations into extraterrestrial life

The Guardian - UK

Millions of seniors struggle to afford housing — and it's about to get a lot worse

Baby boomers are entering older age amid a historic affordable-housing shortage and widening inequality. A new study warns many won't be able to access the kind of housing or caregiving they need.

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The Conversation

Edward Blum's crusade against affirmative action has used the legal strategy developed by civil rights activists

Few people have been more associated with rolling back modern-day civil rights laws than Edward Blum, the former stockbroker who has successfully challenged many affirmative action and voting rights laws.

The Independent UK

Henry Kissinger: A life in pictures

The death of Kissinger, hailed by many as the architect of American foreign policy, was announced on Wednesday. Andrea Blanco and Ariana Baio report

Evening Standard

Henry Kissinger dies aged 100: The key moments in the life of the US foreign policy giant

The late politician was famous for shaping US foreign policy during the Cold War

The Texas Tribune

More than 765,000 older Texans are struggling to cover housing costs

A new Harvard University study found an increase in the number of Texas households headed by people 65 or older spending more than 30% of their income on housing. Advocates say keeping older adults housed will require substantial public investment and reforms.

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France 24

Death of Henry Kissinger: From WWII refugee to the nexus of US political power

Henry Alfred Kissinger was a German-born Jewish refugee who fled the Nazi regime with his family as a teen in 1938, eventually settling in New York City. He went on to serve as national security adviser, secretary of state or as a special adviser in five US presidential administrations, becoming…

International Business Times

Kissinger, Giant Of Statecraft, Molded Post-war US History

Brilliant, abrasive and ruthlessly ambitious, Henry Kissinger towered over post-World War II US foreign policy like no one else and shaped a fateful new course for the world's relationship with China.

WEKU

Henry Kissinger, controversial diplomat and foreign policy scholar, dies at 100

Kissinger's guiding foreign policy principle was that strategic national interests take priority over more idealistic aims, like the promotion of human rights and democracy.

International Business Times UK

Astrophysicist Avi Loeb Explores the Possibility of Proof for Extraterrestrial Life

In his recently published book, Loeb delves into the journey that led him to view the peculiar characteristics of 'Oumuamua as proof of extraterrestrial life.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Michigan State football offers Harvard transfer DL Thor Griffith

MSU's first portal offer goes out to Harvard DL transfer Thor Griffith

Reason

Federal Agencies Neglect Anti-Asian Discrimination in Education

My wife Alison Somin, an attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation, outlines the problem.

The Conversation

Miniature organs on chips could revolutionize health-care research

To understand how bodies work, medical researchers and scientists have created mini models of organs, called organoids. This field of scientific research has had profound impacts on biological discovery and pharmaceutical development.

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