The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation recently announced the 22 latest recipients in its fellowship program, commonly referred to as “genius grants.” Of this year’s 22 winners, two are African American scholars with current ties to the academic world in the United States. The post Two Black Scholars at Universities in the United States Named MacArthur Fellows appeared first on The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.| The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
If Trump’s higher ed “compact” was good for the goose, AOC’s will be even better for the gander The post SecEd Maddow Makes College Presidents an Offer They Can’t Refuse appeared first on Education Next.| Education Next
There are many factors that can impact our eyesight, but one common source of vision loss centers on a blockage in the major vein in the eyeball, which prevents it from draining properly and damages the retina. This is known as retinal vein occlusion, and scientists at Columbia University have…| New Atlas
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.| www.nytimes.com
This essay, on fear as a means of enforcing social order, was my Observer column this week. It was published on 30 March 2025, under the headline “Just like McCarthy, Trump spreads fear everywhere before picking off his targets”. “Gold, mister, is worth what it is because of the human labor that goes into the finding and getting of it.” It’s a line spoken by Walter Huston in the 1948 film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, a story about greed and moral corruption directed […]| Pandaemonium
A recent cyberattack compromised the Social Security numbers and other personal information of students and employees, administrators announced.| EdScoop
In April, I wrote a plea for the Columbia University leadership not to appease the Trump administration by giving in to its demands for control over the university’s operations, despite the federal funding that was being held hostage. I wrote as an academic concerned, generally, for the fate of US universities under an authoritarian regime,…| Blog of the APA
Columbia University’s recent suspension and expulsion of more than 70 students for a Palestine demonstration is the latest sign the school’s crackdown on activism is not simply about campus conduct, but appeasing political pressure from Washington.| Mondoweiss
Dr. Kessler taught psychology at Case Western Reserve University for four decades. She had two stints as department chair and was a key faculty member in advancing the university's clinical training opportunities in psychology.| Women In Academia Report
This will be a talk for the conference on Ultrafinitism: Physics, Mathematics, and Philosophy at Columbia University in New York, April 11-13, 2025. Abstract. I shall argue in various respects that ultrafinitism is fruitfully understood from a potentialist perspective, an … Continue reading →| Joel David Hamkins
Shafik wanted to be on the side of righteous alliance with the oppressed, so she stayed her hand with the protesters| The Spectator World
