Marc Smith was relaxing in his basement when he got an alert on his phone. An athlete at his alma mater, Grambling State, had posted on social media about not having enough food and needing help. That incident led Smith to form the Icon 1901 Collective in April 2022 to help Grambling athletes land paid … Read more
BOSTON — Harvard University has decided against removing from campus buildings the name of a family whose company makes the powerful painkiller OxyContin, despite protests from parents whose children fatally overdosed. The decision last month by the Harvard Corporation to retain Arthur M. Sackler’s name on a museum building and second building runs counter to … Read more
NEW YORK — Former Bennington College head Mariko Silver was hired Wednesday as president of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The 46-year-old replaces Henry Timms, who is leaving after five years. Silver will start Sept. 23. “I grew up in the glow of Lincoln Center and the arts were so important to me in … Read more
NEW YORK — Michael Bloomberg’s organization Bloomberg Philanthropies is announcing a $600 million gift to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools. Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor and the billionaire founder of Bloomberg LP, will make the announcement Tuesday in New York at the annual convention of the National Medical Association, an … Read more
PHILADELPHIA — Bryant Fleming was looking forward to the fall semester at the University of the Arts, where the rising senior was to choreograph a production of “Sister Act” — the same musical comedy that led him to fall in love with theater in high school. Instead, the musical theater major was left heartbroken and … Read more
As a growing number of overseas Chinese students run into financial difficulties due to the declining wealth of their families, many go online to express their grief and seek advice on how to cope with the situation. Andersen Ross Photography Inc | Digitalvision | Getty Images When Xiao Zhang went to the U.S. to study … Read more
A City College of New York graduate takes a selfie during the school’s commencement ceremony. Mike Segar | Reuters Newly minted college graduates should feel pretty good about their job prospects. The U.S. economy just notched another month of job gains, and although the unemployment rate edged up to 3.9%, “the streak below 4% has … Read more
The lure of starting a pro career early apparently isn’t quite as tempting for underclassmen now as it was in the days before college stars could profit off their name, image and likeness. This month’s draft features 58 early entrants, the lowest number of players to enter the draft with college eligibility remaining since 2011. … Read more
Ute Grabowsky | Photothek | Getty Images Computer science is not a new major at top schools, but with AI jobs in high-demand, there’s a growing list of colleges and universities offering a four-year “AI” degree specifically. These programs generally move beyond the foundations of computer science to home in on topics such as machine … Read more
Watch out, Ivies, there’s a new endowment performer in town. Baylor University’s $2 billion endowment — a fraction of those in the Ivy League — generated a 6.4% return for the fiscal year that ended June 30, outperforming the entire conference. Harvard’s endowment, the largest at $50.7 billion, returned 2.9%. What’s more, Baylor’s annualized return … Read more
