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Economics website is filled with racist and sexist speech, some blame top universities in cities like Chicago, Boston

New research indicates that users of the website Economics Job Market Rumors include individuals at top-tier colleges and universities, including Harvard, Stanford and the University of Chicago, and many others.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hate speech posted on economics website is traced to leading universities, research finds

Anonymous comments with racist, sexist and abusive messages that were posted for years on an an obscure, anonymous jobs-related website for economists originated from numerous leading U.S. universities, according to research released Thursday

The Independent UK

A Flawed "Popular Constitutionalist" Rationale for Disobeying Supreme Court Decisions

Harvard law Prof. Mark Tushnet and political scientist Aaron Belkin urge President Biden to disobey "gravely mistaken" Supreme Court rulings. Doing so would set a dangerous precedent likely to be abused by the right, as well as the left.

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SCOTUS strikes down student debt cancellation plan, takes up case on agency enforcement authority

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

Ballotpedia

Is it OK to use the word ‘homeless’ – or should you say ‘unhoused’?

The use of the term unhoused has grown exponentially in the last few years, and those who have adopted it say it emphasizes a lack of affordable housing

The Guardian - US

Wesleyan University becomes latest school to end legacy admissions

Wesleyan University in Connecticut has become the latest school to end a policy of giving preferential treatment in admissions to those whose families have historical ties to the school

The Independent UK

Commentary: Affirmative action is banned — except at military academies? Why that won’t help students

With a conservative majority on the bench, the recent Supreme Court ruling to strike down affirmative action was widely expected. One unexpected twist, however, was an inconspicuous footnote exempting military academies from the drastic change.

Los Angeles Times

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Half-billion-year-old fossil of strange Cambrian creature gives evolutionary clues about vertebrates

The fossil of an ancient sea squirt found in a collection at the Utah Museum of Natural History turned out to be the oldest of its kind.

LiveScience

Harvard scientists have identified a drug combo that may reverse aging in just one week: ‘A step towards affordable whole-body rejuvenation'

The “chemical cocktail” helped reverse aging in mice, but some experts are skeptical about whether it will work in humans.

Fortune

They Eat Our Sweat - new book exposes daily struggles of transport workers in Lagos

Daniel E. Agbiboa’s book They Eat Our Sweat: Transport Labor, Corruption, and Everyday Survival in Urban Nigeria explores the world of drivers of minibuses (danfo) and motorcycles (okada) in Lagos, the economic capital of Nigeria. Agbiboa is assistant professor of African and African American studies at Harvard University. His research…

The Conversation

The next campus battle: Legacy admission

Lawyers for Civil Rights' Oren Sellstrom explains how vital evidence revealed in the Havard case can now be used

Salon

Editorial: It's time to end legacy admissions

When the U.S. Supreme Court recently voted to strike down affirmative action admissions programs at colleges and universities, it turned a spotlight on another system that has slid under the radar for far too long and also advantages some students over others on factors other than merit.

Tribune News Service

An AP explainer on recent arrests in alleged human remains network

Federal investigators discovered a human remains trade with connections to Harvard Medical School and have arrested people in several states

The Independent UK

‘Grim Reaper’: Harvard Medical School faces 2 more lawsuits over alleged human body parts trafficking ring

BOSTON — One of two new lawsuits filed against Harvard in the wake of bombshell allegations a morgue employee was stealing and selling body parts donated to the university’s medical school reveals the employee may have identified as the “Grim Reaper.”

Boston Herald

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Salon

How dead is "dead enough"?

Your loved one checked the box to be an organ donor at the DMV. Now they're dead. What happens?

Miami Herald

Greg Cote: 100-plus deaths later, why can’t we finally end bizarre culture of college & sports hazing?

MIAMI — Asinine. Juvenile. Unnecessary. Archaic. Embarrassing. Dumb. Humiliating. Dangerous.

The Independent UK

Man found with 40 human skulls and spinal cords ‘decorating’ his home, court filings say

FBI agents asked suspect James Nott if anyone was in the house, to which he replied: ‘Only my dead friends’

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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.

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Fortune

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.

The Conversation

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.

Al Jazeera

Who is Thai prime ministerial hopeful Pita Limjaroenrat?

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

Fortune

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

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.

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