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I struggled to find my fashion sense as a Yale student. I eventually decided to put my own spin on the academia aesthetic.
A Yale student from the South never had a winter wardrobe or sense of style. While on campus, he de…
Miles Kirkpatrick
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Pfizer CEO slams Harvard, MIT, and UPenn's presidents: 'One of the most despicable moments in the history of US academia'
Pfizer's Albert Bourla said he "was ashamed to hear the recent testimony of 3 top university presid…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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I was a student-athlete in high school before getting picked in this year's MLB draft at 19. Juggling academia and training was worth it.
Stone Russell played baseball in high school. Now he's playing for one of the Kansas City Royals' …
Stone Russell
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A totally-paralyzed man was able to speak again thanks to a brain implant, a controversial study claims. It says he asked for beer and told his son he loved him.
The study could provide hope for people who have locked-in syndrome. But the study author's track r…
Marianne Guenot
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Math professor calculates a 99.6% chance she and female scholars were discriminated against in Naval Academy tenure decisions
After being denied tenure twice, Carolyn Chun is speaking out about gender bias in student reviews …
Julie Coleman
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University of Florida blocks professors from testifying in voting rights case challenging state's restrictive election law
The university said that the three political scientists could create "a conflict of interest to the…
John L. Dorman
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1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones has tenure offer revoked by UNC: report
The UNC-Chapel Hill board of trustees reviews and approves tenure applications, and it declined to …
John L. Dorman
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Academic journals don't pay writers, excluding scholars who can't afford to work for free from getting published. Here's why that's a problem.
Author Elline Lipkin says most full-time adjunct faculty make less than $40,000 a year, leaving the…
Elline Lipkin
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A Princeton professor warned students not to take his class while in China amid the country's tightening grip on dissent
Rory Truex, an assistant professor at Princeton, told students living in China that they should avo…
Irene Jiang
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Resignation of top Biden scientific advisor is just another example of the toxic workplace culture plaguing academia, activists say
Eric Lander resigned from the White House after an investigation found that he mistreated and bulli…
Marianne Guenot
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I moved to the US to pursue a career in academia before realizing it's a broken system. Here's how I pivoted to climate tech and found a job that made me happier than ever.
A data scientist named Ali Ahmadalipour told Insider how learning new skills and building an online…
Aaron Mok
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Women of color in academia call 'The Chair' 'triggering' yet 'relatable' and point out what the show gets wrong
From finding the show "triggering" to reveling in its comedic moments, women of color in academia h…
Gwen Aviles
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Engaging closely with academia, civil society to enrich platform: TikTok
Last year, the Madras High Court had directed the Centre to ban TikTok app, saying it was evident …
PTI
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UBS Chairman Axel Weber tells us the main difference between his careers in academia and banking
"Then I was offered the opportunity to take political responsibility, as opposed to just advising p…
Ben Moshinsky
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This Stanford physicist quit academia to help companies like Pepsi sell more soda
In 2009, Tuchman and Stockton had their first really solid, marketable idea: Applying their quantum…
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One year ago a Virginia college shocked everybody in academia by abruptly announcing its closure - here's how it stayed open
Saving Sweet Briar, Inc, also worked to help drive fundraising efforts. The work proved important w…
Abby Jackson
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Marissa Mayer Is Flying 25 Stars From Media, Government, And Academia To The Caribbean
Last week, AdAge published a story in which a several sources in the agency community complained th…
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Why quant giant D.E. Shaw seeks out academics, doctors, and veterans to work at the $60 billion hedge fund
The firm is known for recruiting talent from outside of finance to work at the long-running asset m…
Bradley Saacks
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Anima Anandkumar, a former Nvidia director, now at CalTech, uses AI to tackle the climate crisis
Ex-Nvidia AI director Anandkumar, now at CalTech, explores tensor applications to enhance AI simula…
Helen Li
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Bayesian Health CEO Suchi Saria is leading the healthcare data revolution
Bayesian Health CEO Suchi Saria is tackling sepsis and leveraging AI to enhance patient care, as hi…